Stresses Friends, Not Foes!
The photo above shows Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel joyfully addressing the friendly audience at Harlem's famed Riverside Church in New York City yesterday -- Sept. 27th, 2018. The three topics that garnered him the biggest applause were: the Embargo ["Blockade"], Trump, and Imperialism. His closing words were: "Hasta la victoria, siempre. Muchos gracias." ["Until victory, always. Thank you very much."].
The Miami Herald's key reporter on Cuban issues, Nora Gamez Torres, used President Diaz-Canel's appearance at Riverside Church in Cuba-friendly Harlem to slam Cuba. She stressed that Cuban officials barred or booted out "accredited press from the U. S. and Europe" including journalists from the Miami Herald, el Nuevo Herald, New York Times, EFE, Telemundo, and OnCuba. The surprise appearance of Venezuela's embattled President Nicolas Maduro apparently persuaded both Diaz-Canel and Diaz-Canel's U. S. Secret Service guards to keep antagonistic journalists from inside the church. Prior to Maduro's official appearance, some of those reporters were inside the church but then escorted outside. One female member of Cuba's security team said, "Safety trumps everything else." She then smiled, remembering the verb she had used, and grinned shyly as she said, "No, I was not thinking of the noun Trump! Just the verb."
Since Sunday, the Cuban plane at John F. Kennedy Airport and President Miguel Diaz-Canel's first trip to U. S. soil in New York City have been safe...and even productive and successful.
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