For many years Alejandro Gil was Cuba's Economic Minister and well-respected on the island and even in Miami. But in the first six months of 2024 -- still trying to recover from the Covid Pandemic and trying to survive the tightened U. S. Blokade that began in 1962 -- Cuba's economy hit new lows that have caused food shortages, blackouts, etc. Now in late May of 2024 the once-powerful Alejandro Gil has been accused on corruption charges, but many Cubans, including longtime supporters of the Revolutionary government, believe Gil is merely being unfairly treated as a scrapegoat for the government's dire economic problems.
The fall of Alejandro Gil is a reminder that 77-year-old Gladys Maria Bejerano Portela for the past two decades has been Cuba's most powerful judicial expert...JUDGE...when it comes to criminality in Cuba. How she feels about what has happend to Gil might affect Revolutionary Cuba more than what the ultra-powerful Counter Revolutionary U. S. Cubans in Miami and Washington will dish out for the rest of 2024.
Since 2018 Miguel Diaz-Canel has been Cuba's President and he has been a supporter of Economic Minister Alejandro Gil. Both as Education Minister and now as President, most Cubans like and support Diaz-Canel but now many of these Cubans believe Diaz-Canel has "betrayed" Gil. Therefore the crisis for Diaz-Canel might be more serious for the President than for Gil, the ousted Economic Minister.
Cuba President Diaz-Canel, it appears, may be making the biggest presidential mistake he has made by allowing former Economic Minister Gil to be used as the scrapegoat for Cuba's dire economic problems. But that will play out in the coming crucial days for Diaz-Canel and Gil.
It is surprising, as shown above, that Cuba's top judge Gladys Bejerano has spoken so candidly to the international EFE Spanish News Agency about the Alejandro Gil saga that is taking place in Cuba. It is up to the Cuban people to determine what she meant by "betrayal" by Gil or against Gil. Spain's EFE is one of the world's Top Four news agencies along with the Associated Press, Reuters, and Agence France-Presse.
Above is the start of the EFE article with Gladys Bejerano.
And above is Gladys Bejerano's 1 minute & 47 seconds comment.
Meanwhile...in late MAY of 2024 the Biden administration has finally removed Cuba from its short list of Nations that Sponsor Terrorism, leaving only North Korea, Syria, Iran, and Venezuela on that List. The Trump administration had put Cuba on that List and it had strengthened the U. S. Embargo/Blockade against Cuba that has existed since 1962. Above the Bridges of Love movement in the U. S. founded by Seattle professor Carlos Lazo hailed the removal of Cuba from the U. S. Terrorism List.
Above Cuba's longtime Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez used his X-Twitter page to mention Cuba's removal from the U. S. Sponsor of Terrorism List...and used the photo above to state that Revolutionary Cuba has been subjected to deadly terror attacks, such as the bombing of the civilian Cubana 455 Flight that killed all 72 aboard. The famous photo above shows the mother and other family members mourning a teenage Cuban athlete who was on the doomed Cubana 455 Plane.
Another major headline for Cuba in late MAY of 2024 has been China's decision {above} to resume regular flights to Cuba to encourage Chinese tourists to visit the island. It is China's way of trying to help Cuba survive its current economic crisis.
Germany's Condor Airlines, based mostly in Frankfort, is another major airline beginning to fly tourists to Cuba.
Of course, Canada has long been the country that has most defied the U. S. Sanctions/Embargo/Blockade against Cuba by flying tourists to the island. Four major Canadian airlines fly to Cuba including Toronto-based Air Canada and Ottawa-based Sunway Airlines. In 2024 Cuba is hoping for 1.2 million Canadian tourists.
Canadian families, despite discouragement from the United States, still try to visit Cuba {as shown above} because of Cuba's "Culture, history, people, and beaches. Others like Cuba for its price, safety, and lack of Americanization."
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