I will leave it to the CNNs and the New York Timeses to report on the "historic" nature of President Obama's dalliance in Cuba -- a few hours in, some of it already is hysterical.
Instead, this blog remains committed to telling the truth of what is happening in Cuba today. For instance, a few hours before Obama and his entourage landed in Havana, it was just another Sunday in Cuba, with opposition activists taking their protests to the street, and the dictatorship's police and other goons delivering another round of brutal beatings and arbitrary arrests. Dozens of arrests were reported.
That the regime has no problem again showing its true colors, despite more cameras than usual capturing the repression, demonstrates it's important to take the dictatorship at its word when it says that despite Obama's promises of hope and change, it has no intent of changing anything.
Of course, Obama is only interesting in cementing his legacy -- as what, I'm not sure -- and demonstrating to the American people that it's OK to vacation in Cuba and to spend the money that helps pay for what is documented below.
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