U.S. Defends Denying Visas to 67 Cubans (the scholars)

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON -- The government on Thursday defended its decision to keep 67 Cuban scholars from attending a conference in Las Vegas.

The Cubans are government officials whose aim was to "spout the party line," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said.

"It's the State Department's view that Cuban officials should not travel freely within the United States" and one way to bring pressure on the Cuban government is to deny them to ability to travel in the United States, Boucher said.

The Latin American Studies Association annual meeting began Thursday. A protest was expected Friday against the denial of visas to the Cubans.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-us-cuba,0,7378205.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[peacetalksforall]

1. Stupid, stupid, stupid. If Kerry and Edwards perpetuate the infantile

money grubbing relationships with Cuba (and Haiti and Venezuela) as instigated by the right wing and some Democratic leaders, I will fight verbally with all contempt, but/and, possibly, finally know that there is no hope for this country and that no one is ever going to honor the people of other countries or stop interfering with them.

I am sick and tired of stupid policies, payola, aid for leaders, deals between leaders, betrayals and revenge (with the U.S. taking the lead in betraying), and all the resulting deaths.

Kerry and Edwards - straighten it out - don't lead in hypocrisy.

[Mika]

3. Too late. Kerry does support perpetuating the infantile

Kerry blasts Powell over Castro remark
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/americas/9854630.htm

''Fidel Castro is a tyrant who brutally oppresses the Cuban people,'' Kerry said in a statement. ``Castro's Cuba is the last bastion of communism in our region and a major obstacle to the triumph of democracy in this hemisphere.''

:puke:



Kerry's stated policy on Cuba:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/8848574.htm

Under a Kerry administration Cuba will remain under US sanctions

Under a Kerry administration we will still be travel banned unless our travel is deemed politically worthy by US gov jackboots




Mr Kerry, Tear down the wall of ignorance and hate!

[ladybugg33]

2. 67 scholars? What could they possible do to us that 5,000 Chinese

couldn't do?