Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sánchez as well as three others were kidnapped off the street today on the way to a anti-violence protest in Havana and threatened and beaten by Communist government thugs, then tossed out on the street. Val Prieto brought us this news, which pretty clearly shows that it's still business as usual in Cuba, even with Raul Castro taking over for Fidel.
Yoani is home now, battered and bruised, but she spoke with El Nuevo Herald which was posted at Penultimos Dias (link to Spanish language post):
"No blood was shed. We have bruises, blows, hair yanked out, punches to the head, kidneys, knees and chest. In the end, professional violence (violencia profesional)".
As a commenter noted, "violencia profesional" isn't a term herd very often, but in this case it perfectly describes the actions of the Castro regime. We've been told by reliable sources that there's more to come on this story.
Stay tuned...
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Communism's most fatal foe ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Geoffrey Britain | November 7, 2009 1:31 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Communism's most fatal foe is freedom of speech.
It must be suppressed at all costs because communism's precepts and actions cannot survive the light of truth.
1. Posted by Geoffrey Britain | November 7, 2009 1:31 AM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on November 7, 2009 01:31
2. Posted by TexBob | November 7, 2009 6:43 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
But the Che shirts are sooo cool.
2. Posted by TexBob | November 7, 2009 6:43 AM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on November 7, 2009 06:43
3. Posted by jim m | November 7, 2009 8:32 AM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
What Obama would like to do to the Tea Party crowd
3. Posted by jim m | November 7, 2009 8:32 AM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on November 7, 2009 08:32
4. Posted by dooz | November 7, 2009 8:46 AM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
People express their opinion openly and get beaten by thugs?! How awful!! It's just a good thing that never happens in the good old US of A!
Oh, wait. That was before Obama's "town meetings". Forget I said anything.
4. Posted by dooz | November 7, 2009 8:46 AM |
Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on November 7, 2009 08:46
5. Posted by Michael Laprarie | November 7, 2009 8:47 AM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
I say the Castro government was just ensuring that Ms. Sanchez would be a beneficiary of her country's free world-class health care system. So what's the problem?
/sarc
5. Posted by Michael Laprarie | November 7, 2009 8:47 AM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on November 7, 2009 08:47
6. Posted by Flu-Bird | November 7, 2009 10:56 AM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
And remember that worthless excuse for apresident went and rubbed elbows with castro and urged a end to the embagro then wondred why he lasted only one term becuase CARTER is still a idiot
6. Posted by Flu-Bird | November 7, 2009 10:56 AM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on November 7, 2009 10:56
7. Posted by Pedro Animala | November 7, 2009 11:21 AM | Score: -5 (5 votes cast)
You take Val Prieto's word for fact? This man has no credibilty as a reporter. He is nothing more than the voice Omega-7, Alpha 66, and the many other terrorist organizations operating from Miami.
Who are we to condemn alleged right violations of the Cuban government yet look the other way when the same crap happens here at home, or by governments who subject themselves to USA authority? What a pile of bull..
7. Posted by Pedro Animala | November 7, 2009 11:21 AM |
Score: -5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on November 7, 2009 11:21
8. Posted by Dr Carlo Lombardi | November 7, 2009 11:28 AM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
7. Posted by Pedro Animala
Behold the titanic, Bizzaro -world brand of psychotic stupidity that gave us Precedent Toonces .
8. Posted by Dr Carlo Lombardi | November 7, 2009 11:28 AM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on November 7, 2009 11:28
9. Posted by jim m | November 7, 2009 11:52 AM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
#7 is a classic example of demented liberal thinking. Because they can point to one example somewhere in time where an injustice was not confronted therefore we should not confront any injustice today.
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds..." --Ralph Waldo Emerson
In their effort to be consistent and not to appear to themselves as hypocritical they choose to excuse evil and countenance violence, murder and oppression. They render themselves as powerless eunuchs who refuse to accept the moral authority and obligation to confront evil.
There is no evil they will not excuse in order to protect their own cowardice. While they pose as high minded an intellectual they are in reality small minded and weak. By ignoring and excusing evil they aid it and support it becoming part of it.
9. Posted by jim m | November 7, 2009 11:52 AM |
Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on November 7, 2009 11:52
10. Posted by GarandFan | November 7, 2009 11:56 AM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Hey Pedro, you can level with us, is it really hard to breathe when you have your head firmly lodged up your ass?
10. Posted by GarandFan | November 7, 2009 11:56 AM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on November 7, 2009 11:56
11. Posted by retired military | November 7, 2009 9:05 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
I wonder if they gave her free medical care for her injuries.
11. Posted by retired military | November 7, 2009 9:05 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on November 7, 2009 21:05
12. Posted by 300 LBS PARAKEET | November 8, 2009 8:29 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
I see where busy whiskers castro gets standing ovations from those UN wretches
12. Posted by 300 LBS PARAKEET | November 8, 2009 8:29 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on November 8, 2009 20:29