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June 6, 2007

Cuban Exiles Can Relate to Chavez Tragedy

Nestled in their snug cocoon of MSM propaganda, some liberals fail to grasp the tragedy of Venezuela succumbing to totalitarianism before our very eyes. But one group understands it very plainly: Cuban exiles.

Even their children can relate. Says Ilia Cuesta, who grew up in Florida:

When we were kids, those stories seemed so impossible for us to imagine. But now you're seeing it on TV, and it illustrates what my family went through. It strikes a chord. All of a sudden those old fairy tales become very real.

Fortunately for Ilia, she wasn't hauled out of somebody's closet at gunpoint and shipped off to Cuba.

Diane Cabrera was also born in the USA of refugees from Castro's slave state. She's a spokeswoman for Directorio Democrático Cubano, an organization that is winning no friends in Hollywood by fighting for human rights and democracy in Cuba. To her the horror is perfectly clear:

I've always had Venezuelan friends, but now these two tyrants have brought us even closer together. We exchange stories, learn from each other, so that history is not repeated. But unfortunately that seems to be happening.

Rafael Adrianza is director of Unidos por Venezuela y América in Miami. He appreciates the support Cuban exiles have shown for Venezuelans who love freedom:

We've been embraced as brothers. They have the experience of 50 years. Venezuelans are now just opening their eyes.

If only more eyes could be opened quickly enough, the slow-motion train wreck of Chavez's power grab might yet be avoided.

Posted by Van Helsing at June 6, 2007 8:58 AM