Yeah, I remember Ronald Reagan suggesting that Gorbachov tear down the Berlin Wall;
Here’s an idea, how about telling the Castros that he won’t let any remittances into Cuba until they release their political prisoners and lower the amount they tax residents on remittances? How about that?
And why is Obama stooping and bowing to Chavez when Chavez is on the ropes. He’s squandered his windfall profits from oil on weapons and submarines instead of spending it on his people – and now he needs the US. Chavez should been stooping and bowing to the US.
Our buddy, John, an American living near the Costa Rican frontier with Panama sends us this cartoon from Nicaragua;
It’s Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega, Bolivia’s Evo Morales and Cuba’s Raoul Castro as monkeys. The sign Chavez is holding says “Cuba is the Paradise of Democracy”. John writes that the artist of this cartoon is in hiding in Florida because of threats towards his family.
ADDED: This is why I screen capture AP headlines these days. They seem to change;
Jonn…Castro’s idea of releasing political prisoners will be to empty out the mental institutions and prisons of the mentally ill and real criminals Ala Marial boat lift.