USA's Press Freedom

Still Cherished EXCEPT Regarding Cuba!

     While Freedom of the Press, at least in theory, remains a hallmark of the U. S. democracy, there is no longer even a pretense of that precious axiom when it comes to Cuban issues. That has been so since the Cuban Revolution in January of 1959 miraculously overthrew the U.S.-backed Batista-Mafia dictatorship only to see it quickly resettled on U. S. soil with a new capital, Little Havana in the heart of nearby Miami. Most Cuban exiles, like newsman Emilio Milian, were decent Cuban-Americans but since 1959 a handful of not-so-decent Cubans have dictated the exile government, which the Bush dynasty made sure had a firm foothold solidly planted in Washington beginning in the 1980s. Thus, when Emilio Milian took to the airways in Miami to vehemently denounce extreme and unchecked Cuban-American terrorism against innocent Cubans, Emilio, not unexpectedly, was the victim of a favorite Cuban-exile weapon in Miami -- a car bomb. It is surely to this day politically incorrect to say so but Emilio's fate, I believe, left the desired message: Any media source in the U. S. that criticizes Counter Revolutionary Cubans, or speaks or writes positively about Revolutionary Cuba, will be the ones held accountable for their actions.

YET........

Photo credit: Pat Brennan/Toronto Star.

    ..........the photo above proves there are media sources outside of the USA still brave enough even to feature positive stories about the fascinating island of Cuba...even in March of 2019 when Cuban extremists in Miami, Newark, and Washington are totally convinced their dominance of the TRUMP presidency is enabling them to finally recapture Cuba by the time spring rolls around. The photo above illustrated a major article this week in the Toronto State entitled: "Auto Body Workshops Are Now Free Enterprise Operations In Cuba And Very Popular." Americans are not supposed to know such simple truths and Counter Revolutionary profiteers like Sen. Rubio from Little Havana would cringe if they knew Americans might read such an article that has been available online to read since March 6, 2019. In fact, this insightful article will, I think, fascinate Americans brave enough to dial it up because it updates another remarkable Cuban story. CHECK THIS OUT:

       This is the absolutely remarkable Jardines Bridge that extends 48 kilometers {29.8 miles} off the north-central coast of mainland Cuba to Cuba's and the Caribbean's most beautiful smaller islands. Even as Cuba deals with the 6-decade-old U. S. embargo, which is being strengthened each day now by the ruthless and unchecked Little Havana choirboy Rubio, the Cuban government is pouring resources into this bridge, as the updated Toronto Star article explains.

     The Jardines del Rey bridge leads from mainland Cuba to gorgeous and pristine smaller island that the Toronto Star says are now "Cuba's fastest growing tourism destination." WOW! I didn't know that but at least I was brave enough to read the article, which added: "Tourism is the country's main source of income and Canadians account for 40 percent of all foreign visitors to Cuba."

      In addition to pouring money & pesos into that sensational bridge, the airport on the magnificent CAYO COCO ISLAND is also being spruced up and modernized.

     If you drive across that incredible Jardines del Rey bridge or fly into that newly modernized Cayo Coco airport, you can stay at 5-star Iberostar Hotels and from there, as shown above, walk to perhaps the world's most still-pristine popular beach. The Toronto Star article on March 6-2019 said: "At Cayo Coco there are 5,000 luxury rooms on the island and 5,000 more under construction."

  

       Here's a map that shows you how that fantastic Jardines del Rey bridge extends 29.8 miles from the Cuban mainland to those fantastic smaller islands such as Cayo Coco. As a group those island are known as Los Cayos de Villa Clara because, as you see on the map, the bridge originates outside the town of Remedios in Villa Clara Province.

     This map gives you an overall perspective of Santa Clara Province in north-central Cuba leading out to those incredibly pristine and beautiful smaller islands such as...Cayo Las Brujas, Cayo Santa Maria, Cayo Guillermo, and Cayo Coco.

       EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THE UNITED STATES, Marco Rubio is afforded totally and unchecked access to the network TV channels as well as the mainstream printed media to tell propagandized Americans self-serving lies about Cuba in March of 2019 while also saying OR IMPLYING that the Batista-Mafia dictatorship from 1952 till 1959 was a sweet Mother Teresa-type democracy that must be returned "to help the Cuban people." A weakened mainstream U. S. media that is too afraid not to provide that daily forum for the likes of Rubio is, I believe, more punishing to "the Cuban people" than the war-mongers in the Trump administration who are being given free-reins to try to use the U. S. treasury and the U. S. military to starve and to eviscerate "the Cuban people" for the purpose, OF COURSE, of "HELPING the Cuban people."

     And that takes us back to Emilio Milian. The car-bomb in Miami that silenced Emilio was intended to keep the media from criticizing even horrendous terrorist acts against innocent Cubans. It also, I think, silenced U. S. citizens who have simply, by and large, not had the courage, the decency, or the patriotism to support the ideals that Emilio so bravely stood for. THAT WHY today...in March of 2019...Miami Cubans like Sen. Marco Rubio and Florida sycophants like Sen. Rick Scott dictate America's Cuban narratives and America's Cuban policies to suit their economic and political whims. {Revenge is no longer the Miami Motivting Factor; but Money & Power are}. And that, MY DEMOCRACY-LOVING FRIENDS, leaves not only Emilio Milian silent but it also leaves several million Cuban-Americans just as decent as he was also silent.

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