Cuban voices rise again

I have been to Cuba and seen what communism does to a people and place. It is not pretty. There are people who will tell you that the Cubans are very happy with their communist government and that Cubans get the best medical treatment in the world, blah, blah, blah and more blah. Those are blatant untruths from the mouths of leftists. I have seen and I have talked to the natives and the picture is just the opposite of what the media feeds you. The only people who are doing well in Cuba are those in the government who are the oppressors. Their houses are beautiful, they have plenty of food and top-notch medical care and the cream of things. That's just a mere 10% or less of the populace.

If you visit their shops, shops where the natives go to buy their groceries,etc, you will see that they have hardly any stock on their shelves. Everything is rationed and you need to have an "allocation" on the "ration card" even to buy a shirt or shoes. People who visit Cuba and stay at those luxury hotels and come back after a week's vacation, will never ever know the terrible state of Cubans in that communist hole.  Tourists are taken only to areas which are approved and whose upkeep is in the government's hands, so the average tourist is never going to see any evidence of the misery in Cuba under a harsh communist regime.  And, with so many people preferring to keep their heads buried underground ostrich-like, that is not surprising at all.

At last some brave women have taken it upon themselves to raise their voices. Bravo!!! Here are a couple of bloggers talking about the situation in Cuba.

One: Some 75 Cuban journalists, librarians, human rights activists and other dissidents were arrested and imprisoned during the "black spring," which started March 18, 2003.

Fifty-three of them remain in Raul Castro's gulag, as of March 12, 2010.

There are hundreds, if not thousands more political prisoners jailed in Cuba because of their opposition to tyranny and dedication to freedom. Their suffering is no less that that experienced by those arrested during the "black spring," and they are no less deserving of your prayers and solidarity. (You can read about many of them by clicking on the names on the right side of this page.)....

Two: I’m not going to sugarcoat or editorialize or plead or try to tug at your heartstrings today. Enough has been said and written about the the Black Spring Crackdown of 2003 and there is plenty of evidence out there to serve as absolute proof of what I am about to shove down your throat:..........