Informacion importante sobre los ex-presos en Madrid
If you have a chance, please take a look at a string of articles
published in ABC, the Spanish newspaper (see below). These pieces
contain important information that has not been picked up by any other
news organizations. The most significant points are these:
1. The Spanish government has lodged the released prisoners on the
outskirts of Madrid, in Vallecas (el culo del mundo)…take a look on
Google Maps, you’ll see. Getting back and forth from this remote
location is extremely difficult. One of the articles has photos of the
hotel. In one of the articles, one of the wives complains about how
isolated they are. Central Madrid is full of cheap hostales which
probably cost less than the one they’ve sent them to. Come to think of
it, this is double exile — not in Cuba, not really in Madrid either.
2. Even though the ex-prisoners have begged to remain together, the
Spanish government is hell-bent on splitting them up, claiming that they
don’t have enough resources in Madrid to take care of them. Mentirosos
asquerosos. Some will be sent to Valencia, others to Malaga. (And you
can bet they will not lodge them in a central location).
3. The Spanish government has only committed to offering aid to the
prisoners for 24 months. Spain has unemployment rates of over 20%.
Buena suerte …adios.
4. One of the prisoners seems to be in a deep state of depression.
So, things are really far from hunky-dory. All of these items indicate
that the Spanish authorities are complicit in a very heavy-handed
attempt to dilute their presence and their impact abroad, and to
demoralize them and keep them out of the public eye.
This information needs to be broadcast far and wide.
Here are the articles:
http://www.abc.es/20100715/espana/ppdefiendecubanos-201007152035.html
http://www.abc.es/20100715/espana/presoscubanos-201007151910.html
http://www.abc.es/20100715/espana/presos-cubanos-201007151349.html
