The Bahamas standard of living reflects the effect of free trade and a relatively limited government. Although government keeps expanding, to the detriment of all taxpayers, citizens here are still far better off than in many countries in the region and the world.
However, every now and then The Bahama Journal editorialises about the virtues of Cuba. And frankly this turns my stomach.
In their editorial of Saturday, August, 16, 2008, they crow about the fact that they recently learned that, "A key United Nations human rights body on Monday appointed as its chairman for the next three years a Cuban law professor who has been a senior diplomat for the Havana government and a spokesman for its foreign ministry".
They continue:
"His name is Miguel Alfonso Martinez, currently acting president of the Cuban Society for International Law."
Throughout the editorial, they try desperately to convey that the way of life in Cuba was greatly improved by the so called Revolution.
If the Revolution was intended to deprive Cuban's of property rights, the ability to leave and return to Cuba at their will, their ability to vote for the party of their choice, or freely speak their mind, Castro and his henchmen succeeded far beyond even their wildest dreams.
Further, according to the babalu blog, there is only one promise that Castro kept after his famous march into Havana on that fateful day of January 8, 1959.
However, some of the important promises he has not kept, according to babalu are:
A.) “I will lead the country to economic and cultural progress without sacrificing individual freedoms.
B.) “There is little room in Cuba for communist ideas.”
C.) Cuban rebels didn’t preach class war.
D.) Promise to restore the Constitution of 1940
E.) The promise of free elections
Read the entire post here... (http://www.babalublog.com/archives/005506.html) to find out the promise that the maximum leader has kept.
For a local newspaper to support the Castro regime in this manner is shameless.
They would not dare to print the negative things about the Revolutionary government, that they rightfully do about the government here.
But what am I saying? The owner's of the Bahama Journal, or anyone else for that matter, can't own a private newspaper or radio station in Cuba. But some facts are just too inconvenient to mention for those that support the regime in Cuba.
