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So says The Havana Tribune,
a state-controlled Cuban newspaper which has added insult to injury
following Fidel Castro’s scathing criticism of President Barack Obama
upon his departure from the island. In an editorial, the title of which
refers to President Obama as “negro,” an opinion columnist has accused
him of “inciting rebellion.”
The article is titled “Negro, ¿Tu Eres Sueco?” which roughly
translates to “Black Man, Are You Dumb?” (The idiom “pretend to be a
Swede” means to play dumb, hence the title is literally asking, “Are you
Swedish?”)
The author, who is black, goes on to condemn President Obama
for meeting with Cuban pro-democracy activists and “subtly” suggesting
that the Cuban Revolution needed to change. “Obama came, saw, but
unfortunately, with the pretend gesture of lending a hand, tried to
conquer,” Elias ArgudÃn writes.
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5 comments:
Cuba gets it. Why doesn't Obama? Keep gitmo. Stay out of cuba. Why are we going to build up a communist economy? WTF?
Obama considers himself a "Black man". What's the problem with a Spanish speaking country referring to him as "black"?
Ask a liberal Obama lover.
The Cuban Communists get it. Why didn't the Democratic Party ?
Black is an insult in Cuban Spanish, their elite claims all the European background. Anyone whos been around them at all sees this. It was also not too bright to bring up Miami as an example of what the Cuban's "built" the city is vilified by the island and vice versa.
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