At the World Economic Forum in Davos!
In recent days Miami's extreme Counter Revolutionary Cuban-Americans in the United States Congress -- Marco Rubio and Mario Diaz-Balart -- have bragged snidely and loudly that they have permission from the Trump administration to sue Cuba and companies around the world who do business with Cuba to recover reparations for Batista-era claims on the island following the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959. Of course, among the families that have tried for decades to sue regarding those topics is the family of the late Mafia kingpin Meyer Lansky. Not even the Batistiano-aligned two-term George W. Bush presidency allowed that to go forward for fear of Cuba getting to sue the U. S. in non-Miami courts. At this week's ongoing World Economic Forum in Davos, Cuba's Minister of Economic Trade and Foreign Investments, Rodrigo Malmierca, is shown above addressing that latest threat from Miami and Washington. Malmierca said, "Such an act could create legal problems all around the world -- for the U. S., for Cuba, and for U.S.-friendly nations that do business with Cuba, such as Spain and Canada that have important hotel and mining ties to Cuba." Some other nations seemed as concerned as Cuba. A leader of one key U.S.-friendly nation told Malmierca, "Even the Bush administration held back from haphazardly punishing other nations just to punish Cuba."
Just a few hours ago at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Cuban Trade Minister Rodriguez Malmierca stressed to the leaders of the world's richest nations that: "Cuba wants market reform, we want to diversify global trade relationships with nations that want to do business with us." He also was repeatedly asked about the latest assault on Cuba from the Trump administration concerning threats to sue Cuba and any nations doing business with Cuba. He responded to that and also mentioned how drastically things changed with Trump: "The Trump people in Washington have backtracked from the Obama administration that preceded them in the White House. And it's a shame except for a few that benefit from it." Also, Malmierca hinted that in an international courtroom "outside of Miami this time" that Cuba would like to sue the United States for such things as the "illegal" embargo, the "illegal" occupation of Guantanamo Bay, and "deadly" terrorist attacks against "a civilian airplane, Havana hotels, and coastal fishing villages." And Malmierca suggested that de-classified U. S. documents would "support" claims by Cuba. As shown by the photo above, CNBC has an updated video in English with Malmierca about those topics. You can dial up that interview by Googling: "CNBC: Cuba's Minister Warns the White House..."
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| Photo credit: Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press
The photo above was taken in front of the White House in Washington yesterday, January 22nd, 2019. These four extreme anti-Cuban Counter Revolutionary politicians from Florida had just met with President Trump in their fervent quest to take advantage of Trump's pro-Batistiano presidency while it lasts. On the left above is Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart whose father Rafael was a key Minister in the Batista-Mafia dictatorship and, after being overthrow in 1959 by the Cuban Revolution the extremely wealthy Rafael and his sons Lincoln and Mario have spent all their adult years trying to overthrow Revolutionary Cuba, with Mario and his older brother Lincoln believing that the dysfunctional and distracted Trump affords them that chance. Next to Diaz-Balart is the former Congressman now newly elected Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis whose entire political career has been 100% aligned with the extreme hard-line Cubans in South Florida. At the microphones is Senator Marco Rubio, the Little Havana choirboy in Miami whom Trump has allowed to become America's latest radical Cuban dictator. DeSantis and Rubio just in recent days have saturated Florida's federal and state judicial systems with anti-Cuban zealots, including DeSantis yesterday appointing a non-judge, Carlos Muniz, to a permanent spot on Florida's Supreme Court. Standing to the right above is Florida's former Governor and newly elected U. S. Senator Rick Scott whose entire political career has also been 100% aligned with the Cuban-American extremists in South Florida. Remember that I said this quartet had just met with Trump in the White House yesterday just prior to this photo being taken? Well, not only was recapturing Cuba high on their agenda with Trump but they insisted that Trump makes sure that Juan Guaido is recognized as the new President of oil-rich but fatally flawed Venezuela where the Cuba-friendly President Nicolas Madura is barely holding on. So, for sure, study what Cuba's Rodrigo Malmierca had to say in Davos yesterday about the U. S., including CNBC's video interview with Malmierca. But also make sure to study the photo above {and its meaning} just outside the White House yesterday. If this quartet -- Diaz-Balart/DeSantis/Rubio/Scott -- are allowed to make America's decisions regarding Cuba and Latin American while Trump remains in the White House then GOD HELP Cuba, Latin America, AMERICA and DEMOCRACY!!! In a two-party political system, the U. S. democracy that allows every Republican Party to permit anti-Cuban extremists to make laws and rules that routinely hurt innocent people on the island and other innocent countries is a Republican Party that even middle-of-the-road democracy-lovers like me believes should be sent packing in Washington and elsewhere, even if the alternative is left-wing extremists. Right-wing thugs, at least at this moment-in-time, are clearly the worse option in a two-party system that is clearly no longer viable. The photo above outside the White House yesterday is a case in point.
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