Professor der Geschichte!! Carlos Eire ist Autor vom Buch:
Warten auf Schnee in Havanna

Er ist offensichtlich Einer der einflussreichen kubanischen Intellektuellen in USA.
Als 11 jährigen haben ihn Eltern 1960 nach USA geschickt!!??
Er will nicht Kuba besuchen so lange Castros an der Macht sind.
Die Zahlen die er nennt sind auf den ersten Blick glaubwürdig,
aber die politische Bewertung ist eindeutig eng oder falsch und so nicht objektiv.

An diesem Wochenende hatte ich rege E-mail Korrespondenz mit ihm.
Er schreibt mir, dass wir nicht sehr weit im Denken auseinander sind
Aber von diesen 32 Feststellungen sind einige eindeutig falsch oder tendenziös.

Ich bitte Euch , da, wo er eindeutig falsch liegt, zu begründen


Thirty-two Things Cubans Can’t Do

1. Travel abroad without government permission.
2. Travel abroad with spouses and/or children. (Except for select government officials).
3. Change jobs without government permission.
4.Change residence without government permission.
5. Publish any piece of writing without government permission.
6. Own a computer without government permission.
7. Access the Internet without government permission (the Internet is closely monitored and controlled by the government. Only 1.67% of the population has access to the Internet).
8. Send their children to a private or religious school. (All schools are government run).
9. Attend religious instruction of any sort without penalties: Adults can be dismissed from their jobs; children are banned from any schooling past the age of 16.
10. Join any international associations, except as a government or Communist Party official.
11. Watch independent or private radio or TV stations (all TV and radio stations are owned and run by the government). Cubans illegally watch/listen to foreign broadcasts.
12. Read books, magazines or newspapers, unless approved/published by the government (all books, magazines and newspapers are published by the government).
13. Receive publications from abroad or from visitors (punishable by jail terms under Law 88). 14. Communicate freely with foreign journalists.
15. Visit or stay in tourist hotels, restaurants, beaches, and resorts (these are off-limits to Cubans).
16. Accept gifts or gratuities from visiting foreigners.
17. Seek employment with foreign companies on the island, unless approved by the government.
18. Own businesses, unless they are very small and approved by the government and subjected to crushing taxes.
19. Earn more than the government-controlled pay rate for all jobs: 17 dollars per month for most jobs, 34 dollars per month for professionals, such as physicians and top government officials.
20. Sell any personal belongings, services, home grown food products or home made handicrafts without government approval.
21. Engage in offshore fishing or gain access to a boat without government permission.
22. Join an independent labor union (there is only one, government controlled labor union and no individual or collective bargaining is allowed; neither are strikes or protests).
23. Organize any sports teams or activities, or artistic performances without government approval.
24.Claim any prize money, or proceeds from performances abroad.
25. Choose a physician or hospital. Both are assigned by the government.
26. Seek medical care outside of Cuba.
27. Retain a lawyer, unless approved by the government.
28. Refuse to participate in mass rallies and demonstrations organized by Cuba’s Communist Party.
29. Refuse “volunteer” labor assignments for adults and children.
30. Refuse to vote in one-party, one-candidate elections.
31. Run for public office unless hand-picked by Cuba’s Communist Party.
32. Criticize these repressive laws, or the Castro regime, or the Cuban Communist Party, the only party allowed in Cuba.