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Billboards to Highlight Spanish Complicity in Cuban Exploitation
MIAMI, 18--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Spanish government is being denounced by
Bloggers United for Cuban Liberty (http://bucl.org) in a new advertising
campaign aimed at educating the public about oppression in Castro's Cuba.
The multimedia campaign, unveiled today, consists of bus shelter panels
that target areas near the Spanish consulate and the Spanish Cultural
Center, both in Coral Gables, Florida. An online component, launching
today, will steer readers searching for certain information about Cuba
and Spain to BUCL.org.
"This effort marks the first of several coordinated activities aimed at
exposing those countries, companies and institutions that aid and abet
the Castro regime in oppressing the Cuban people," said Henry Gomez, the
spokesman for Bloggers United for Cuban Freedom.
Gomez continues: "Spanish businesses are dealing directly with the
Castro regime and are helping perpetuate Cuba's totalitarian system by
complying with that country's unfair labor laws and enforcing an
apartheid system in which Cubans are not allowed to use the same
facilities as tourists. From the Spanish perspective, there is no reason
to pursue change in Cuba, they are benefiting from exploitation of Cuban
workers and would like to see the status quo perpetuated."
The Socialist Spanish government of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has
been leading an effort to normalize relations between the European Union
and Cuba. Those relations have been strained since the Castro regime's
crackdown on and jailing of 75 dissidents and independent journalists in
2003. In April of this year, Spain's foreign minister Miguel Angel
Moratinos visited Cuba and met with Raul Castro, while noticeably
snubbing Cuban dissidents that had requested a meeting with him.
"It's important for the Spanish government and business interests to
know that freedom-loving Cubans will not forget who conspired with the
Castro brothers and against their liberty when the inevitable fall of
the dictatorship comes," said Val Prieto, editor of BabaluBlog.com and
member of Bloggers United for Cuban Liberty.
Bloggers United for Cuban Liberty is a confederation of blogs and web
sites that pool resources and ideas for use in campaigns that raise
awareness of the Cuban reality.
Current campaign sponsors include: BabaluBlog.com;
CubanAmericanPundits.com; BlogforCuba.typepad.com; Claudia4Libertad.com;
jluix.com; TheRealCuba.com; the26thparallel.blogspot.com;
CubaCompanioni.blogspot.com; LaContraRevolucion.blogspot.com;
MarcMasferrer.typepad.com; TomasEstradaPalma4Today.blogspot.com;
TrenBlindado.com; NelsonGuirado.com; Cubanology.com;
AbajoFidel.blogspot.com; and albertodelacruz.com.
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