Agustin Blazquez with the collaboration of Jaums Sutton.
NewsMax.com. Monday, April 9, 2001.
Finally, a humanitarian program owned and operated by Fidel Castro! Free
scholarships for poor students from underdeveloped and poor areas of the world.
Its actually more than humanitarian and it's a classic!
Lets take a look at it.
Bring these students to Cuba and treat them well. Not great, just a little
better than they were being treated at home. Take advantage of the young minds
of people who, for economic reasons, feel a bit abandoned by their society.
Their vulnerability gives them the tendency to feel resentment toward their own
culture and thus open to accepting all sorts of help, influence and new ideas.
Young people in this state of mind are easily captured by the propaganda and
have the mind-set for political indoctrination.
The technique was developed early in the 20th century in communist countries
to create admirers and supporters where there were none, and to form future
cadres to spread the philosophy throughout the world. Castro began his
international scholarship program in the early 1960s.
It does not take a genius to realize what happens when those students return
to their countries of origin after graduation in Cuba. Castro and his revolution
have become their role models. And as planted in their minds by their teachers
in Cuba, they begin to spread their new beliefs developed in the sheltered
environment especially created for their "education." Their stories
about the ideal Cuba they experienced brings sympathizers into Castros
sphere of influence. The new converts repeat the tales to others and so on, like
a cult. This communist technique of spreading propaganda has proven very
effective for decades.
Communist infiltration in an open and democratic society where
discrimination for political beliefs is prohibited is very easy. This insertion
by seemingly genuine believers demoralizes and upsets people about their own
society, inciting desires for a drastic change, with the goal of creating a "better
world" that, of course, is based on principles of Marxist theory.
It does not matter that Marxism has proven to be a dismal failure all over
the world. The Marxists like members of any cult are very
persistent. In spite of the collapse of most of their empire, they keep going
and going like the battery-powered bunny. Keep watching; communism is not dead.
Castro, although looking increasingly like a corpse, is still alive and
kicking. And no matter what the U.S. media and the uninformed say, he is still a
threat to the security of the U.S.
It is known that Castro has produced bacteriological agents for warfare.
That he is involved in the electronic spying of military, economic and civilian
targets in the U.S. That he is waging a cybernetic war by developing, producing
and sending computer viruses to disrupt military and civilian computers in the
U.S. The corrupt Clinton administration, with the full cooperation of the U.S.
media, kept this information hidden from the American public.
And in a new scheme to further manipulate public opinion in his favor and to
create future problems and unrest in the U.S., Castro is now offering his
infamous scholarships to U.S. students.
Our "benevolent" tyrant to our south, in May 2000, offered to a
group of visiting U.S. lawmakers from the Congressional Black Caucus to provide
free "medical training" to 500 Americans, mostly minorities. And in
September 2000, revealing the other side of the same coin, he offered to send "doctors"
to Mississippi and other states where trained medical personal are in short
supply. Which reminds me of his offer to send "election experts" to
the U.S. to help count votes in Florida. Cuba has not had a free and democratic
election in 42 years!
The irony of Castros offer of "doctors" and his
well-publicized donations of medicines to other countries is that common, vital
medicines in Cuba are not available to the citizens. Cuban Americans
called "Miami Mafia" by Castro and the U.S. media have been
sending their relatives in Cuba medicines and prescription eyeglasses for
decades. And after the legalization of the dollar in Cuba, they have been
sending millions of dollars to their relatives so they can purchase their own
medicines at Castros dollar-only stores. And some of the medicines donated
to Cuba by charitable organizations from the U.S. and many other countries are
sold in those dollar-only stores. Also, Cuban citizens have to pay for some
medical treatments and procedures made available to them in dollars only
in spite of Castros claims of free health care.
In spite of all those facts, the members of the U.S. Congressional Black
Caucus have accepted Castros offer and are excitedly looking for
low-income minority students for his free "medical" study
scholarships. Half of them (250) will be blacks, and the rest will be
distributed among other disadvantaged minorities. Castros friend and
admirer, New York Democrat Rep. Jose Serrano, is looking for Castros
easily influenced young minds in the Bronx.
Castros generous program (without any ulterior motive, of course) will
house, feed and indoctrinate oops, sorry train in the "medical
arts" 500 impressionable young Americans carefully selected by the
Congressional Black Caucus and other Castro lovers. And every year another 500.
And in six years wed better move out when those trainees troop into U.S.
hospitals. A real invasion of the body snatchers. Let's make sure we have plenty
of room for the pictures of Che. They all come back with pictures of Che to hang
up all over the place.
It is almost like a tragicomedy, the fixation of the U.S. Congressional
Black Caucus with a tyrant who is a racist and a fascist communist. Castro is
what hippies used to call in the 1960s a "pig." And you have people
such as Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel of New York and Democratic Rep. Maxine
Waters of California, among others, fawning over him! Sometimes you doubt their
intelligence or the real intentions under their façade. Could it be just
a simple case of falling under the spell of a cult leader? With Castros
outrageous record, there is no other explanation.
How can black Americans who understand the evil of slavery and racism feel
any sympathy for Castro?
According to Stephan Archers article published by NewsMax.com on May
9, 2000, the "evidence suggests that black and mulatto Cubans are treated
unfairly and even harshly. Prison conditions continue to be harsh in Cuba, but
for the black prisoner, particularly those who speak out against the government,
conditions are even worse. The fact that there are black dissidents is a
tremendous slap in the face for the Castro regime." The history of the
political prisoners in Cuba is not only white but composed of thousands of
blacks who despise his tyranny.
But the U.S. Congressional Black Caucus is silent about that. They never
talk about, much less denounce, the tortures, abuses and injustices of black
political prisoners such as Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, Vladimiro Roca, Felix Bonne
and many of their brothers and sisters rotting away and dying in Castros
infamous gulag.
Archer said, "In 1997, Castro implemented Decree 217, which was
designed to control the migration flow from poorer provinces to the capital city
of Havana." In effect, this specifically targeted the poor black and
mulatto population concentrated in the eastern provinces. "The decree also
resulted in numerous credible reports that said many desperate blacks and
mulatto squatters, not having official permission to reside in Havana under
Decree 217, are forcibly evicted from their homes and sent back to the
countryside."
How would those Castro-loving U.S. representative members of the
Congressional Black Caucus like it if a similar decree were in force in their
respective states? Well, if that would be unacceptable in the U.S., why is it
acceptable in Cuba? And why send unsuspecting young Americans to live and be "educated"
even for free in such a devious political system in a country
classified for its terrorist activities as a "rogue nation"?
The only decent and honorable thing to do is to say: "No thanks, Mr.
Castro."
© 2001 ABIP
Agustin Blazquez is producer/director of the
documentaries "Covering Cuba," "Cuba: The Pearl of the Antilles"
and "Covering Cuba 2: The Next Generation."
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