| Castro Mourns Pope. 4/8/05 |
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Fidel Castro’s Shameful Duplicity: April 8, 2005. Fidel Castro, in his latest stroke of propaganda, attempted to outdo the rest of the world declaring three days of national mourning for Pope John Paul II. Let’s not be fooled by this tragicomic deceit. Cuba’s serial killer played deaf to the Pope’s plea during his 1998 trip to Cuba to end oppression. His blatant disregard for life, in the systematic execution and assassination of opponents and dissenters, is long-known, documented, and ongoing. In April 2001, Fidel Castro publicly declared: “In our country there have never been death squads –not a single disappearance, no political assassinations, not one person torture. …find just one shred of proof, someone demonstrate that the revolutionary government has ordered or tolerated any such acts, and I will never again assume a public post.” Now, as the United Nations Human Rights Commission meets in Geneva, Cuban Foreign Minister has parroted this absurd claim. The Truth Recovery Archive on Cuba, primarily based on the work of Dr. Armando Lago, Ph.D., is assembling the record of the Castro regime’s victims. Despite the inability to operate inside Cuba, 8,000 cases of execution, assassination, and disappearance for political causes are documented –including two Catholic nuns, twelve religious leaders of other denominations, dozens of minors, pregnant women, 29 U.S. citizens, and 28 other foreign nationals. A long list of injustices discredits Castro’s outlandish claim. One in particular stands out for its connection to the Catholic Church. On December 3rd, 1980, the three García-Marín brothers, ages 25, 21, and 19, members of the persecuted Jehova's Witnesses, sought asylum at the Vatican Embassy ("Nunciatura") in Havana. Cuban Special Troops burst in and took them into custody. Soon, they were sentenced to execution by firing squad, falsely accused of killing an embassy worker who was later found alive. A few months later, the three were taken from their cells in the middle of the night and never seen again. The mother was sentenced to twenty years in prison for protesting her sons’ killings and released a few years later when her mental health deteriorated. She died still pleading that she be given their bones for proper burial. The long list of extrajudicial killings and executions includes many young Catholic leaders, but obeys no affiliation –religious or otherwise, nor gender, age, race, occupation, or socioeconomic status. Many cases have been reported by international organizations, others remain known mostly to survivors. Numerous families have been denied remains. So, not that we count on Cuba’s master of deception to keep his word, but, for the record, here is our dare: Mr. Castro, prove us wrong or step down. The culture of life has yet to reach Cuba. In justice to John Paul II, let us remember his words: “…every threat to human dignity and life must necessarily be felt in the Church's very heart.” Let the world take heed and reject Castro’s malicious antics. For more on Castro’s victims, see www.CubaArchive.org.
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