tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post7928863009670248263..comments2023-11-02T09:24:37.671-04:00Comments on Review of Cuban-American Blogs: The Schism at Babalú Over RemittancesManuel A.Tellecheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637085685599554349noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-29715491163263569962008-09-19T04:34:00.000-04:002008-09-19T04:34:00.000-04:00Anatasio:Schism or not, I am glad that there are "...Anatasio:<BR/><BR/>Schism or not, I am glad that there are "differing opinions" among <I>Babalú's</I> contributors as regards aid to the island. I hope that yours is one of those differing opinions, though I have seen no proof of it. You devoted a post recently to a poignant letter from a relative in Cuba describing the ravages of the hurricanes. I noted, however, your relative he did not ask you for assistance. Or did you think it prudent, under the circumstances, to excise that paragraph in order not to give offense to Val Prieto? This is not only my opinion. Others who read the letter had the same question.<BR/><BR/>I don't really think that it is enough to support the end of the Castro dictatorship. It is necessary also to support the Cuban people as they struggle to survive it. I don't see that Val's "Pressure Cooker" contributes much to that nor his calls to withhold assistance to them at this critical juncture.<BR/><BR/>You state that you were "never actually asked to leave Babalú." Yet your name did disappear for a time from its roster of contributors. I can't help but wonder what exactly that "actually" conceals.<BR/><BR/>Regards to you as well.Manuel A.Tellecheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637085685599554349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-18157623917552310722008-09-18T17:27:00.000-04:002008-09-18T17:27:00.000-04:00Oh by the way - just to set the record straight, I...Oh by the way - just to set the record straight, I was actually never asked to leave Babalu.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/>Anatasio BlancoCUBAWATCHERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05585099213404286772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-71586292963518288152008-09-18T16:43:00.000-04:002008-09-18T16:43:00.000-04:00I don’t know that I would call it a "schism," Manu...I don’t know that I would call it a "schism," Manuel. Of course there are differing opinions among the contributors on a variety of issues but I believe that in the end – it all boils down to essentially yearning for the same thing. <BR/><BR/>"Is it possible for 17 Cubans (and philo-Cubans) to approach the subject of Cuba with perfect conformity of minds?"<BR/><BR/>That would never be possible – especially when talking about a topic that rouses as many passions as Cuba. I think we’d both agree that we’re (the Cuban people) a rather hot-blooded race and to tell you the truth, I’d never have it any other way. How many times have I sat across the dinner table from my uncle – a die-hard Republican – and been drawn into shouting matches as he attempts to lambast his nephew, the "lefty journalist" as he always refers to me. At the end of the night however, backs are patted, wine is shared and it’s time for a new day. <BR/><BR/>Debate is to be welcomed and as I said before, many of us have divergent viewpoints with regards to strategy. Where we inevitably come together is on one point: the end of the Cuban dictatorship and the homecoming that we’ve all been waiting for these one, two, three, four, or five decades.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/>Anatasio BlancoCUBAWATCHERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05585099213404286772noreply@blogger.com