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MADem

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21. Someone beat her up but good. If she was going to fake bruises, she would have made them more

Wed Apr 3, 2013, 11:53 PM

Apr 2013

dramatic.

I think it's interesting that there are two diametrically opposed views of her allegiance in this very thread. She's working for USAID!! No, she's working for Raul Castro!!!!

I don't pretend to have a single solitary clue who she is working for--if anyone. I am not sold on either allegiance, not yet anyway. Maybe she's just in the mood for political change? It could happen...

I do know that she gets her blog out in e-mail (low bandwidth) format, and friends (either from her days in Switzerland, or through other associations) are the ones who--from a position offshore-- manage the website, do the fancy graphics, and pay the bills (hence, the paypal) to keep her online. She's not doing any of that from Cuba; she's just writing and either sending plain text email or giving visitors thumb drives.

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Life's too short dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #1

Its interesting. After hearing her in several interviews ... Mika Apr 2013 #2

Nothing would surprise me naaman fletcher Apr 2013 #6

Raul is a smooth customer. Mika Apr 2013 #9

Ah naaman fletcher Apr 2013 #11

They arrested her .... why, then? MADem Apr 2013 #12

"Arrested" (like Gorki, as in: not arrested) and had to pay a fine for using hotel WiFi illegally. Mika Apr 2013 #15

No, I am not talking about that. She was also arrested and beaten enroute to a protest, MADem Apr 2013 #18

Not true, her latest detention was in a cell. joshcryer Apr 2013 #38

She's been saying this stuff for years. joshcryer Apr 2013 #37

Who pays her? You're saying the Columbia School of Journalism has been 'duped?' MADem Apr 2013 #3

USAID dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #4

So PBS got scammed? nt MADem Apr 2013 #8

Here ... Mika Apr 2013 #5

Many questions--not many answers...and it sounds like she tailors her responses to suit her MADem Apr 2013 #7

Unless that mentor is ... Mika Apr 2013 #10

Why would the government give her shit and arrest her x2, then? MADem Apr 2013 #13

Not when one thinks like an American. Mika Apr 2013 #16

No--I am talking about the kidnapping/beating in 09 and the arrest/detention last year. MADem Apr 2013 #19

1st, we have no idea who "kidnapped" and released her. Mika Apr 2013 #20

Someone beat her up but good. If she was going to fake bruises, she would have made them more MADem Apr 2013 #21

Consider that their interests are mutual. Mika Apr 2013 #22

So, you're saying USAID conspired with Raul Castro to install this dissident blogger in MADem Apr 2013 #23

Only the logic of campaign money and maintaining power is at play. Mika Apr 2013 #24

USAID has an interest in maintaining the status quo? MADem Apr 2013 #25

The entities that you mention who would be harmed by normalization ... Mika Apr 2013 #29

Bottom line, though, no matter how nicely Cuba trades with others, they are broke. MADem Apr 2013 #30

Sorta like the Walmart model. Mika Apr 2013 #31

Well, Cuba isn't Costco, though I sort of take your point. MADem Apr 2013 #32

My point was that Walmart doesn't have an inordinate focus on the bottom line. Mika Apr 2013 #33

Well, there's "immediate" bottom line (profits above all else) and there's MADem Apr 2013 #34

That doesn't seem to apply to sociopathic owners like Walmarts. Mika Apr 2013 #35

I agree with the analysis about the sanctions. joshcryer Apr 2013 #40

The best thing to happen for Ileana Ros & the Blowhard bros is Castro. Mika Apr 2013 #41

Unfortunately for them anti-embargo is on the rise. joshcryer Apr 2013 #42

Remember the New Jersey "exile"-derived politicians have their anti-Cuba mob to draw from, also. Judi Lynn Apr 2013 #43

Hmm dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #14

Can hardly wait for Raul to unfurl that flag that Bill Nelson gave Yoani. Mika Apr 2013 #17

One suspects she may just forget that flag in her hotel room! flamingdem Apr 2013 #26

She has answered these questions. Intermediaries. joshcryer Apr 2013 #39

More conspiracy fuel for the fire Yoani lives in an apartment flamingdem Apr 2013 #27

She has a "condescending" criticism for the Cuban government. ocpagu Apr 2013 #28

I love that Beyonce and Jay Z are visiting Havana and it's the new Cuba story flamingdem Apr 2013 #36