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DIÁLOGO (ANÁLISIS Y DEBATE) - Mayo 2003
- Date:
- 09 May 2003
- Time:
- 11:42:19
Comments
Dear Maribel C. Noda,
1. From time to time, we visit your website in the hope of reading interesting, well
informed articles, comments in your Analysis and Debate Section etcetera. Once again,
you have referred to myself and another member of our party by name. . We have no
reason to insult the intelligence of President Fidel Castro or of yourself.
2. Without good reason, we do not question the integrity of other people whose actions,
sometimes, might have been ill-advised. Like many others, Fidel played a useful role in the
Campaign Against Illiteracy which, like the work that is done at CITAD, should be
emulated. Canadian and Cuban young people should work together to restore the
glorious U.N. City of Havana for the benefit of future generations and to learn from the
experience of the young people of Santa Maria del Rosario.
3. We understand that the life of compañero Fidel Castro has been threatened on several
occasions and that, recently, he was personally involved in the capture of terrorists who
attempted to kidnap passengers, including minors, on a Cuban ferry boat and to transport
them to another state within which the death penalty is the ‘prescribed’ sentence for
interstate kidnapping of minors.
4. We understand that the President Castro has been in touch with the Prime Minister of
Canada who is collaborating with the President of Mozambique to implement an action
program to evert still further humanitarian disaster in Africa. We understand that Chileans
who were peacekeepers in East Timor and in the former Yuugoslavia are now working
with Argentinians to relieve Canadian peacekeepers in Cyprus and that Canada is now
preparing to send humanitarian aid and members of the North West Mounted Police,
(including veterans who served in Haiti) to the peoples of Iraq.
5. Mao Tse-Tung thought that it remains to be seen if America is a civilized country. We
believe, that as a consequence of pro-imperialist ideology that is now distributed mainly
from the United States of America, many Cuban young people are confused and apathetic.
We believe that, to overcome their confusion, young people in Cuba should work
together more effectively and constructively.
6. Above all, young people should work together to overcome the most pressing
environmental problems and to acquire the skills that they need to take care of themselves
and the aging population by improving the institutions within which they function.
7. At the G8 Conference that was held last year in Kananaskis, near Calgary, Canada,
it was decided that the soviet equipped Russian submarines that are leaking radio-active
toxins into the Arctic Ocean **MUST ** be secured within ten years. Earlier this month,
it was announced that the University of Calgary, through the Arctic Institute of North
America and a consortium of several other institutions, is refitting an ice-breaker that
could be used as the Command Centre in this humanitarian venture.
8. Last year, at the U.N. Sustainable Global Economic Growth Conference in South
Africa, it was decided that what can be done **MUST BE DONE ** within 25 years to
preserve as many species as possible of aquatic wild life.
9. We believe that other institutions that are willing to collaborate in these and other
endeavours that are directed toward improving the quality of education should contact
the University of Calgary.
10. On several occasions, you have referred to me in writing as “comrade and friend”.
Although these are names that we honour, they are only words. Actions speak much more
loudly. Although we prefer to avoid thinking about the ‘principles’ that guide criminals’
conduct, either before or after the events, yesterday (at their request) we sent Dan
Gallins’s article to an international lawyer who prosecuted former Yugoslavian war
criminals, to a labour lawyer and to a sometimes threatening ‘security’ officer who is
responsible for safety in the work place.
11. We hope that your readers are not burdened by reading this letter. My intellectual
interests are confined to translating poetry. We hope that you are in good health and that,
as you think about the future, your spirits are high. .
Yours sincerely,
Professor David Whitefield, Calgary, Canada
- Date:
- 10 May 2003
- Time:
- 15:42:26
Comments
- Date:
- 14 May 2003
- Time:
- 12:25:22
Comments
Dear Maribel C. Noda,
1. For many years, some ‘militant’ social democrats, who have been impacted by an
infantile disorder, have had no policy other than “Punch ’em! Punch ’em! Punch ’em!”.
2. Ours is a small Party. Our members are old people. For ‘security’ reasons,
we are no longer able to communicate directly by e-mail.
3.. We hope that, while you give thought to the ideas presented by Dan Gallin, you are
in good health and that, as you think about the future, you are in good spirits.
Yours sincerely,
Professor David Whitefield, Calgary, Canada.
- Date:
- 28 May 2003
- Time:
- 23:32:11
Comments
Yo soy ciudadana argentina y estuve en el discurso que dió el comandante Fidel Castro en Buenos Aires. La verdad es que no sé si ustedes están enterados de cuál es la situación de mi país ni de los desastres sociales que produjeron 10 años de un feroz capitalismo neoliberal ejecutado bajo un tirano "democrático" (Carlos Menem, si es necesario que lo nombre). En este momento el 50% de la población argentina está debajo de la línea de pobreza gracias a que en el año 76 el gobierno norteamericano puso una dictadura militar en Argentina para imponer el sistema económico que fundió al país y nos llevó a la situación actual. Me parece justo aclarar que pertenezco a la clase media alta, que no tengo problemas económicos pero me es imposible vivir tranquila debido a la situación social. Chicos mueren de hambre (literalmente) en el norte y la cantidad de gente viviendo en la calle en Buenos Aires es de no creer. La libertad es un concepto realmente relativo cuando hay chicos que tampoco van a poder salir nunca de este lugar ya que ni tienen 70 centavos para tomarse un colectivo para ir al colegio. No van al colegio y si no mueren de hambre se mueren de alguna enfermedad esperando en los pasillos de un hospital público. Realmente, debo reconocer que tengo diferencias con el régimen cubano (lo de los fusilamientos, por ejemplo) y creo que si Fidel cometió un error fue el de no haber preparado a Cuba para vivir en democracia. Es cierto. Pero les digo que América Latina vive en democracia y ya ven cómo nos va: la brecha social es cada vez más grande y se hace imposible salir a la calle porque no sabés si vas a volver vivo o alguien te va a matar para sacarte cinco pesos. Yo quisiera saber dos cosas y quisiera que sean sinceros: qué piensan del régimen (puntos a favor y en contra), qué va a pasar cuando Fidel ya no esté, qué es lo que ustedes quieren con Cuba, no tienen miedo de volver a la época de Batista?
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