MANDELA’S CONTROVERSIAL VISIT TO MIAMI

[Mika]

MANDELA’S CONTROVERSIAL VISIT TO MIAMI - MiamiHerald.com

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Former South African President Nelson Mandela helped usher in a era of peace and reconciliation in his country but he set off a firestorm in Miami that many have still not forgotten.
Mandela, who died Thursday at age 95, made a controversial visit to Miami not long after his release from 27 years in prison.
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His comments caused an official welcome planned for him to be rescinded by the time he arrived to address 6,000 people at the June 24, 1990 international convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

Five local Cuban-American mayors signed a letter criticizing Mandela’s comments as “beyond reasonable comprehension.”

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/12/05/3799987/mandelas-controversial-visit-to.html

[Judi Lynn]

1. DU poster magbana referred to a quote from Nelson Mandela, regarding Cuba's gift

of helping to liberate them, when he said that when Cubans left Africa, all they took with them were their dead soldiers.

I can't help but think he may have been referring to all the Westerners who have plundered Africa for so very long, while enslaving it's very people, taking their lives, destroying their families, ravaging their natural resources, and treating them like trash in their own homeland.

Here's a short video shared by your friend, Billy Barnett, of Miami, and points North, West, East, and South:

Fidel Castro in South Africa with Nelson Mandela