Raul Castro’s spurious offer to talk with U.S.
With the Cuban government under increasing pressure last week to explain the suspicious death of a prominent dissident, Raul Castro did what any cornered dictator would do: He tried to change the subject. He grabbed his dog whistle and sent the media hordes scampering off in a new direction by announcing he is willing to sit down for talks with the United States.
It’s not that he hasn’t said it before, but he knows what buttons to push when the time is right. A story that places the United States on the defensive is just too irresistible for the international media, and they reacted predictably, pushing aside the more important story of whether the regime murdered Oswaldo Paya, winner of the European Union’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought for his effort to organize a plebiscite on Cuba’s lack of freedoms.… Seguir leyendo »