US/CUBA: Portugal decides to take in detainees from Guantanamo. The US has hailed this as a great idea as they slowly move towards closing this Human Rights black hole, but now they are also saying the closure, set for January 20th 2009, will have to wait. It will have to wait because the US is all of a sudden concerned that the current prisoners might not be treated humanely in other countries... my question is: Were they treated humanely in Guantanamo?
Tibet: Sovereign leaders are not allowed to speak with the Dalai Lama. China has stated their discontent in the face of recent meetings between the French Prime Minister, the Polish Government and the Dalai Lama. China seems to think that meeting with the Dalai Lama as a spiritual leader also strengthens his position as a leader in exile. Good job China, just cause your big... doesn't mean you're the boss.
Cuba (as always) : Here's a kind of not really well researched but still interesting enough article on the realities of life as a counter-revolutionary in Cuba. Read it and learn people, then go check out Generation Y and all of Yoani's links on my blogroll.
Canada : I decided to google the question: Does Canada suck... here's what I found out from yahoo answers : No!
That's about it for tonight... I'm more then a little drunk sitting at the pub... so I'll probably post more when I can actually type. Have a great weekend everyone!
Muchacho Enfermo
2 comments:
Good article.I'm at a loss, however, as to why Oscar finds Obama inspiring. The man sounds just like Castro and Che.
I have a great deal of respect for the people who are standing up to the Cuban government. I wish them as much luck as they can get.
I agree I have a lot of respect for people who fight the Cuban government, if you can even call it that.
Although I must say I find also find Obama inspiring, but then again I'm a liberal, hell I'm a card carrying member of the Liberal party of Canada.
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