Loco en el Coco (Farinas)

   After the death of the terrorist Bosch in Miami, the Miami newspapers have struggled to find anything to write about except for trying to portray a reflection of Fidel Castro criticizing the killing of Bin Laden as some sort of support for terror.  Of course that is to expected from Miami news outlets.
   The article that they have stumbled all over themselves to promote now is the one about the death of Juan Wilfredo Soto.  By running with the story as told by Mr. Farinas, which is one that blames the death on police brutality, they one again show their lack of investigation and inherent preference to simply use inflammatory statements by so-called "dissidents" to garner sympathy for their "cause".  When he was giving his version of events, he was clear that he had not seen the death certificate.  Choosing not to believe what the doctors had said, that the man died of pancreatitis, he decided that a story about police beatings would get him more bang for his buck.  Apparently  the deceased individual was actually a walking example of poor health.  He suffered from diabetes, hypertension, dialated cardiomyopathy, and hepatitis (which damaged his liver).  Also as a convicted criminal, he was excactly the type of person the US tends to consider as having been a "political" prisoner. 
   Unfortunately for him, he  is being exploited in death by those very groups who supported the policy of refusing to sell food and medicine to Cuba and along with the Torricelli Act, attempted to prevent other countries from doing so also. I wonder what kinds of medicines were intentionally made unavailable by US policy that could have given him a better quality of life. Although now it is legal to directly sell food and medicine to Cuba, it is on a cash only basis which is basically an attempt to deprive Cuba of using its money for development. 
   So the "Loco" Coco supporters will no doubt be selling new T shirts in Miami, exploiting a dead man, just over a year since having made money selling T shirts with the image of another "dissident", Zapata Tamayo.  Great group of people!

Foolish Farinas

     Guillermo Farinas is quite simply a fool.  He is a Cuban man who does what he can to impress the people to the north.  His sponsors come from Miami and Washington.  He was in contact with Radio Marti, not to talk to the Cuban people but to his only audience here in the US.  He wanted to let the American people and his sponsors know that he feels that the killing of Bin Laden was a great blow to terreorism.  Thanks.  It also was a way not to have to put him in front of a court and allow him to speak about things we don't like to hear.  Hell, we already have Luis Posada Carriles walking around threatening to spill the beans on thing that he claims are pretty big and shocking so I guess we don't need another.  What a silly man to believe that Radio Marti is anything more than a useless invention for the consumption of the Miami audience.  We really should as a nation take a look at the amazing waste of public funds supporting fake reporters and attempting to pump this garbage into Cuba. Let these scoundrels find real jobs somewhere else.  There is no need to pretend there is a demand for this station besides the demand for jobs by those who work there.
     Mr. Farinas tries to put himself in a good light by playing on the emotions of Americans who felt the need for revenge.  The US claims that it would have captured Bin Laden if it were possible so anybody suggesting that it would be better to have brought him to trial is not "weak" or whatever the derogatory description might be, it is actually in line with what official desires supposedly were.  Mr. Farinas, just to let you know, the American people are cynical and those few who even know who you are, know that you and your image are quite simply a creation of a policy towards Cuba.  Nobody here thinks of you as a hero and for the most part people here are tired of this policy which offends Cuba's soveriegnty but, more importantly to many cynical Americans, offends their desires to tavel to Cuba and  their thirst to buy and sell goods to Cuba.  Mr. Frainas please don't take yourself too seriously.