POLITICAL CHORONICALS:Raul steps up

Since the absence of his brother,Fidel Castro;Raul Castro is now at the helm of Cuba's government. It seems his least worry is shocking the state of Cuba one-moribund economy.(Moribund means approaching death;about to die,or on the verge of becoming absolute. Since Fidel is in since Monday and Bush's administration calling for a transition to democracy , the heat is on Raul Castro to alleviated in part because Cuba's economy has been recovering with the assistance of the Venezuelan president,He go Chavez. One of the last communist countries today, Cuba's economy is FAR from healthy. It a world away from the destitute and marooned when Cuba's long time ally, the Soviet Union collapsed. That has American officials, long determined to choke off Castro's government, exasperated that Venezuela, whose governments were once close to Washington, has helped turn around the Cuban economy just as policymakers thought dramatic change could take place. "The current regime in Havana is working with like-minded governments, particularly Venezuela, to build a network of political and financial support designed to forestall any external pressure to change," says a 93-page U.S. government report issued last month for President George W. Bush on the likelihood of Cuba's transition to democracy.

Huamanity Of Castro pt.2

Cuba Archive has documented dozens of people, including many children, killed attempting to escape Cuba with Raúl in a leading role. His Air Force carried out the Canimar River Massacre of July 6, 1980, when dozens were murdered. Many more unarmed civilians are believed to have suffered similar fate at the hand of special Air Force units dedicated to spotting and sinking rafts. Like countless others, on January 19, 1994, two young men -Iskander Maleras and Luis Angel Valverde- were killed by Cuban border guards stationed around the U.S. Naval Base at Guantánamo operating under Raúl’s direct orders to shoot. He rewarded their deed with medals and promotions.
As Defense Minister, Raúl Castro is responsible for war crimes in and out of Cuba. During the rural uprising of the sixties, his armed forces set fire and executed hundreds of prisoners on the spot. During the Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961, five prisoners were executed shortly after their capture; nine were deliberately asphyxiated in a trailer truck. The toll of victims multiplies over the course of decades with Cuba’s international military incursions in Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. Intentional attacks on civilian populations in Angola are part of his legacy.
That Raúl’s promotion happens on the anniversary of one of his noteworthy crimes is not without significance. On February 24, 1996, as dozens of members of Cuba’s peaceful opposition were rounded up, Cuban MIGs shot down two unarmed civilian airplanes in international airspace while flying a humanitarian search and rescue mission for the non-profit group “Brothers to the Rescue.” Three U.S. citizens, including a Vietnam War veteran, and a young man formerly rescued by the group perished. The incident was condemned by the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal and the Cuban government was found by a U.S. Superior Court to have committed premeditated murder.

Humanity Of Castro???_ Pt.1

• On monday feburary 25,08 the Caban Natural Assembly has named Raul Castro;long time minister of Defence,President of Caba as second in command for a 49 year old dictorship. Raul Castro killing carrer began in 1956.While in exile in Mexico he murdered a fromer comrade; he executed deserters and informers during the revolutionary stuggle. While in command of the Orente Province, he had hundreds of men kiiled.In one day alone , he ordered at least 72 executed without trail in the city of Santiaga, On the following day, groups of men were lined up in front of ditches at San Jaun Hill and shot by firing squads. Raul is reported to have "gleefully'' delivered the coup d'grave on a few.Afterwards, a bulldizer was ordered to cover the mass graves.In 1966,Raul had the bodies exhumed, encased in conrete, and dumped into deep water of the cost of Cuba.