U.S. wants Benedict XVI to adopt a harder line on Cuba
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
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Anti-Castro forces say pontiff’s trip serves the interests of Havana
[Translation of an article from La Jornada of Mexico City for March 24. See original here.]
by David Brooks
New York, March 23 – When the United State government and anti-Castro forces in Miami denounced the brief detention of opponents by Cuban authorities on the eve of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the island, they did not mention that those “dissidents,” like a wide range of the political opposition on the island, are supported and in many cases financed, in violation of Cuban laws, by Washington and the anti-Castro organizations in Miami, whose stated goal is “regime change.”
So the statements on Cuba coming from Washington and Miami concerning the pontiff’s visit to Cuba next Monday and Tuesday have a more dangerous edge than appears at first sight. (more…)