Batista = Good, Che = Bad

You have to love the Gusanos.

In his review of a movie called "The Lost City" by Andy Garcia, Val Prieto demonstrates his love for Fulgencio Batista quite openly, check this out:

It was raining when Maggie and I arrived at the theater. We were early and we sat down at a table to wait. A gentleman came up to us and asked if he could join us, he looked familiar, was very cordial. "Sure," we said. And for some reason, while we were discussing the weather, my wife mentioned that she freaks out sometimes because I like to swim in our pool when its pouring rain.

"There's nothing like being underwater while it's raining," I said.

The gentleman agreed. "I love it." He said.

We chatted for another while and learned that this gentleman was actually Juan Fernandez and played the role of Fulgensio Batista in the film.

Now, imagine my surprise, while sitting there watching the movie, and in the very first scene where Batista appears, he is shown swimming in a pool while it's raining. It was surreal. After the film, Luis told us that he had taken that conversation with us as a sign and that hehadn'tt told us of that scene because he wanted us to truly appreciate it.

How cute and whimsical, just imagine, Fulgencio Batista swimming in the rain, awww.

Just like that, without a mention of the evil that Fulgencio Batista represented.

He does not stop there, he then splurges in his favorite past time, Che Bashing:

You will hate Che. Jsu Garcia does a masterful job at catching the murderers true colors. So good is his interpretation of Che that you find yourself wondering if Andy Garcia had any trouble trying not to strangle him while on set. Finally, a film that depicts the truth about the murderous bastard.

Murderous bastard would be the way any intelligent and educated individual would call Fulgencio Batista, but pathetic little worms seem to do the exact opposite.

Now, regarding that hate for Che, well, I think I would bestow that feeling on Andy Garcia first, for aligning himself with people that yearns for American imposed dictators back in Cuba and the rest of Latin America.

But why should I hate him?

Who is he anyway?

I mean, be real, dude has not been in an important movie in how long? Twenty years?

Because besides his sidekick role in "The Untouchables" and losing his head in "Dark Rain" he has been in series of Hollywood duds.

And what about the mention to Cuban music?

Shall we remind Val that the Latin Grammys had to be removed from Miami due to the constant threat to Cuba based musicians by the Gusanos?

And as if issuing statements regarding the possible harm to Cuban musicians and singers was not enough, let us remember here how not too long ago Carlos Santana, a Mexican-American, received the same treatment.

Hee, we know that Gusanos have not a lot of love for the rest of the Latino/Hispanic community, earlier this year another Cuban-American blogger published a post in which he supported the Minutemen. Yet, post after post Val tells us about how brutal the "Wet Foot/Dry Foot" policy is.

Hypocrites.

Of course, he tells us about the tragic death of a six year old Cuban boy.

Which begs some questions.

Is the Clinton policy to fault?

Or is it the criminal embargo by the USA against the sovereign nation of Cuba?

Or is it all the money that the Gusanos spend in fooling the Cuban people into taking the risk of crossing the Florida Strait?

Because let me tell you, the Gusanos are the best allies Fidel Castro can ask for.

Why?

Simple, the entire world knows that embargos are the best way to keep a dictator in power, they provide them with an excuse to rally the citizenry behind them.

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