Re: Cuba

["Jose G. Perez" <jg_perez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Critics of the Cuban health system point out that the country is heavily
>dependent for basic supplies on donations by U.S.-based relatives and by
>humanitarian organizations.
>There also have been complaints by ordinary Cubans that the best care on
>the island is reserved for foreigners under a program designed for those in
>need of medical treatment that is unavailable or of substandard quality in
>their native countries.
>In addition, a number of disaffected Cuban doctors serving in Venezuela,
>Zimbabwe and Zambia have asked for political asylum in recent months.

Notice what is otherwise a fairly straightforward piece of reporting becomes
a piece of crap. Even the most basic standards of the capitalist press's
vaunted "objective" and "factual" reporting is immediately forgotten when it
comes to trying to piss on Cuba.


"Critics"? Which critics?
"Ordinary Cubans?" Who are they?
"A number" -- what number?

This is how the pig press like the NYTimes and the AP show they are
ass-licking stooges of the gusanería.

And this, of course, is the "freedom of the press" that the CIA-paid
"independent journalists," "dissidents," etcétera are "fighting" for in
Havana.

José

----- Original Message -----
From: "Julio Pino" <jpino@xxxxxxxx>
To: <marxism@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 4:02 PM
Subject: News: Cuba