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CUNY Students' Trip to Cuba 'Propaganda'

Submitted by AKL, Mar 4, 2008 18:35

I'm not sure that Fidel (or Raul, who is now in charge) needs the propaganda value a CUNY trip may or may not bestow.... If Cuba has made propaganda inroads of any note in recent years, it would be for having sent thousands of Cuban doctors into the furthest reaches of poor Latin American and other nations--including to Pakistan, after the major earthquake there. Restricting US travel to Cuba for five decades merely tarnishes the U.S. reputation for violating its own citizens' rights to freedom of travel (something one might sooner expect of an authoritarian government) and for maintaining incredibly inconsistent standards of our friends and enemies around the world. If the United States truly wants to stand on principle, we must restrict travel and trade with other non-democratic states, such as Egypt and Saudia Arabia. The US used to refuse any dialogue with Kim Jong Il's North Korea, until the dictator demonstrated that the nation had developed nuclear weapons. Now normalization is back on the table. Is this the sort of message we want to send to potential "rogue" nations?

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George Rosquist

Mar 7, 2008 07:13

I have been to Cuba four times and had to fight OFAC but won. Why should we be the only... [MORE]

RONBO

Mar 5, 2008 11:08

Travelers to Cuba have an opportunity to take effective action to promote human rights. More than 200 libraries have been... [MORE]

Robert Kent

Mar 4, 2008 21:27

I'm not sure that Fidel (or Raul, who is now in charge) needs the propaganda value a CUNY trip may...

AKL

Mar 4, 2008 18:35

Trustee Weisenfeld proposes a propaganda mission instead of an educational trip. In addition, he proposes using the college to carry... [MORE]

a Brooklyn College Faculty member

Mar 4, 2008 16:48

Hahahahahahahaha...I read this "liberalize the economy, release political prisoners and dissidents, and hold fair elections" and had to laugh out... [MORE]

MJ

Mar 4, 2008 10:45

People who oppose travel to Cuba either have no confidence in American values and independent mindedness or want to prevent... [MORE]

John McAuliff

Mar 4, 2008 09:50

The fundamental American freedom that Mr. McAuliff refers is the same freedom that the Cuban people have been denied for... [MORE]

Rogelio Perez Leiva

Mar 4, 2008 13:44

Even if I thought this comment was an accurate description of Cuba today, it is non-responsive. The freedom of Americans to... [MORE]

John McAuliff

Mar 4, 2008 21:47

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