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January 29, 2011

If you travel to or send money Cuba, this is how the Castros will spend it

As a public service for those who either don't understand or refuse to understand that a large share of the money sent to Cuba or spent on travel to island subsidizes the Castro dictatorship's repression of the Cuban people, here are some visual aids — photographs of the arrest Friday of independent journalist/human rights activist Guillermo Fariñas and other dissidents.

It may be your money, but as these photographs show, it's the Cuban people who pay.

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And here's some video of what happened:

Posted by on January 29, 2011 at 12:14 PM in Cuba, Cuba — Fariñas |

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