The Washington Times.
September 7, 2001. Excerpts and quotes from the cultural war of words in
publications around the nation.
"In a recent speech at the so-called World Conference against
Racism ... in Durban, South Africa, Fidel Castro endorsed the idea that the
United States and other Western nations should pay reparations to the
descendants of black slaves.
"Fidel would be better off worrying about the reparations he owes
to his own people, who have suffered for more than 40 years under his communist
slave-camp. ...
"Since 1959, more than 100,000 Cubans have experienced life in
Cuba's prisons or forced labor camps for their political beliefs. More than
15,000 have been executed for the same reason. ...
"The communist elites live in luxury, freely patronizing tourist
shops and restaurants that take only American dollars. Yet the regime has a long
record of sending average Cubans caught with American currency to jail.
"Ordinary Cubans live in utter poverty. ...
"Cuba has gone from being one of the richest Latin American
countries -- before the 1959 communist revolution -- to being one of the
poorest. Because of Castro's belief in 'socialism or death,' Cuba is now a
beggar nation."
Jamie Glazov, writing on "Fidel's
the One Who Owes Reparations," yesterday in Front Page at
www.frontpagemag.com | 
