At different points in my life I've been close to people who were prepared to excuse away Cuban repression because Cuba:
1) Has reasonably good health care and education systems,
2) Is anti-American,
3) Is an affordable place to have to sun-cation in (if you're from the True North Strong and Free, not the True South Stronger but not so free), or
4) Was co-founded by Comrade Che.
As much as I disagree with 45 years of the American embargo, lets remember that even post-Castro, Cuba is a still in a state of Stalinist repression. If people have no ability to criticize their government, they have no ability to be protected from it. If they have no ability to be protected from it, it can do anything it wants to them. That's wrong.
Here's a story to remind us all that Cuba is far from a free or open society.
Read this article from the Globe and Mail "Cuba says blogger ran afoul of the law".
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