Castro on Seattle

Lisa & Ian Murray seamus at accessone.com
Thu Jan 13 15:16:03 PST 2000


[forwarded from a prof at UW; sorry 'bout the format]]

"Using armored vehicles, tear gas -- which even made the delegations staying in

hotels queasy -- and, on top of that, pepper gas. Brutal methods, dragging

people through the streets. Six hundred arrested. What would happen if such

behavior took place in Cuba? What would they say if they saw an army, the

National Guard, occupying the city? Tons of masked men with horrifying

outfits to scare people, thousands of police in all directions, men being

dragged, horses and other animals to attack people? They would say that it

was a flagrant and massive violation of human rights and that, therefore,

they had to use the NATO formula to conduct a 'humanitarian' intervention."

-Fidel Castro, receiving the Cuban delegation upon its return from Seattle



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