I thought pampered leftist Westerners would never grow out of their crush on Fidel Castro's tropical gulag:
Well, better late than never:
Two years ago, I was given what quickly became an awful assignment. I was told to visit Cuba. Oh sure, like everybody I thought: dark rum, hot nights, fat cigars, the rumba.
The reality was very different. Cuba was wretched. Every day the photographer and I encountered distressing scenes of women, children and ageing Cubans living in terrible poverty.
There's plenty more info at the Real Cuba site.
How I would love to staple this on the foreheads of every dumb fucking Che lover from my former university....
Regardless, they've probably all moved on to fellating Hezbollah.
Posted by Quentin George at August 28, 2006 08:49 PMIt's about time! I knew Cuba was shit place to live in. I first got the inking when I discovered the US was full of Cuban refugees...
Still, they name a uni cafe after Fidel. And Boshi's brother thinks it's a swell place. Didn't see anything wrong when he was there...
Posted by: Engels at August 30, 2006 10:42 AM