tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503239653195967295.post800162574288374444..comments2008-07-29T10:27:31.637-04:00Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17285764199578112393noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503239653195967295.post-66394007993021978442008-07-29T10:27:00.000-04:002008-07-29T10:27:00.000-04:00The series in the Christian Science Monitor was most informative and I recommend it highly to everyone who wants to be informed about Cuba today.<BR/><BR/>Yoani Sanchez is a remarkable and interesting young woman. <BR/><BR/>Having lived abroad in Switzerland, she returned freely and of her own volition, to the island. Cubans living in the United States don't have the freedom which Ms. Sanchez had: to travel to Cuba and to be able to live there.<BR/><BR/>In Cuba, Ms. Sanchez, using her own name and photograph, publishes her criticisms of life on the island, illustrated by nice photographs, has them translated into several languages, and, so far, hasn't been bothered by the Cuban government for doing so.<BR/><BR/>Yes, she reports that she couldn't get a passport to go to Spain to pick up her Ortega y Gassett prize and the thousands of dollars which accompany the prize. But since there are no restrictions on Spanish citizens sending money to Cuba, perhaps the money was able to get to Ms Sanchez anyway?<BR/><BR/>She chose voluntarily to return to Cuba, knowing that she would be subject to Cuban law and to the decisions of the Cuban government.<BR/><BR/>Her complaints about not being able to travel where she wants are understandable. Here in the United States, most of us aren't free to travel to where we want, if where we want to travel is to Cuba.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I understand that two wrongs don't make one right, but people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.Walter Lippmannhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/CubaNews/noreply@blogger.com