Son of Fidel Castro busted?

[A New Era]

Cuban-born Luis Dominguez carried on an eight month-long, online flirtation with former Cuban president Fidel Castro’s son, Antonio Castro Soto del Valle, who happens to be the doctor for Cuba’s national baseball team. Dominguez posed as a Colombian woman named “Claudia” to whom Antonio, in a classic case of putting the state of one’s pito for the state, routinely revealed information such as his whereabouts, phone number and home address.
Dominguez revealed his prank on Miami’s Americateve TV Channel 41 in order to shatter, he said, the myth that Cuba had an impenetrable security system protecting its government - as well as the hypocrisy at play on the communist-ruled island:


The man who used the Canada-based e-mail address ”[email protected]” also provided ”Claudia” with details of a life far richer than the grind of the average Cuban — weekends in Varadero beach, Lacoste shirts and belt buckles, a personal Apple computer and a BlackBerry with Internet access, Domínguez’s files showed.
”While everyday Cubans were banned from using the Internet cafes in Havana hotels, this guy had a BlackBerry and unlimited access to the Web,” said Domínguez, 46, a security company employee who runs a website featuring reports on Cuba’s armed forces and security services — Cubaaldescubierto.com.
Dominguez apparently got the idea for his prank after watching Antonio cozying up to various women at a baseball game held in Cartagena, Colombia. Researching Antonio’s interests and pictures of his former girlfriends, Dominguez created what he thought would be the perfect prototype of a woman - a Colombian sports reporters in her mid-20s, brunette with blonde highlights, who loved technology. He gave her the name “Claudia Valencia,” scrounged up a “virtual picture” of his character, made up a story about her webcam being broken and let cupid do the rest.
Antonio took the bait and correspondence between the two quickly turned from friendly to flirtatious to sexual, with Antonio constantly professing his desire to make love to Claudia. This is all happened despite the fact that 42-year-old Antonio is engaged to a 26-year-old TV producer in Havana.


http://guanabee.com/2009/06/luis-dominguez-antonio-castro

[RedSonRising]

While I am a supporter of Cuba, I am aware of the privileges that those in government receive, though honestly, I expect the son of the head of state and leader of the revolution for 50 years to have access to such products. A blackberry isn't exactly corruption. While those problems have to be remedied, the way that they exploited their knowledge of this information exaggerates the facts. It may not be the way most respectful to the revolution but this doesn't raise any alarms as to excessive Cuban Bureaucratic corruption, in my opinion.

[Blackscare]

Yea they seem to be making a mountain out of a molehill.

[Wakizashi the Bolshevik]

All this proves is that Cuba may need a better security system.

[Pirate turtle the 11th]

:laugh:

[Dimentio]

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[The Idler]

As lifestylists are often told on revleft "you can't boycott capitalism". Che Guevara was given a Rolex, Fidel Castro wears adidas. In any case, Apple computers aren't a premium brand as this discussion on OSNews explained (http://www.osnews.com/thread?361174). Likewise Lacoste aren't a premium brand, they're just made in a sweatshop cheaply with an alligator logo stuck on.

Ferrari is a true premium brand. Despite what Apple wants its fans to believe, Apple is NOT a premium brand. You only have to look at Apple's terrible handling of massive defects as well as their short warranty periods to realise that they are NOT a premium company.Plus everyone knows a Blackberry is a poor man's iPhone ;-)

[Killfacer]

A lifestylists are often told on revleft "you can't boycott capitalism". Che Guevara was given a Rolex, Fidel Castro wears adidas. In any case, Apple computers aren't a premium brand as this discussion on OSNews explained (http://www.osnews.com/thread?361174). Likewise Lacoste aren't a premium brand, they're just made in a sweatshop cheaply with an alligator logo stuck on.
Plus everyone knows a Blackberry is a poor man's iPhone ;-)

i think the complaint was more about the fact that certain people have access to these products over others.

Having said that it does appear to be a bit of a self important article.

[bobroberts]

He is a doctor, and from what I've read, doctors in the country tend to have a computer and access to the internet. The general tone of these articles is always about rubbing Cuba's nose in the fact that they have harsh restrictions on the use of scarce resources, and compare them to countries which are not under an embargo by the US (although, they generally don't compare them to poor countries like Haiti). Venezuela is preparing to run some cables to Cuba which will help them bypass the blockade set up by the US. They will probably continue to control the internet but it will become more widely available to ordinary citizens, at least. Having people in a country like the US, which is largely responsible for crippling Cuba's internet capacity, scoff and laugh at what a shitty country Cuba is as a result is kind of obnoxious.

You can find a myriad of examples throughout the world demonstrating the stupidity, abuse, and oppression that comes along with political bureaucracy. Ultimately, It's up to Cubans to dismantle their oppressive bureaucracy and the "perks" that come along with being in positions of state power.

[More Fire for the People]

Not only are exiles pricks, but dumbasses as well. Posing as a woman in a chat room isn't busting someone, it's called trolling.

[heylelshalem]

IMHO america is the sole reason that cuba is forced to live off of so little. The greatest propaganda that the pigs have is to destroy the economys of free people and then tout how communism has "failed".

[More Fire for the People]

Given that Microsoft and Dell are both American corporations, I'm willing to bet computers are in short supply. But I remember reading something about Cuba building domestic computers that run off Linux.

[heylelshalem]

Given that Microsoft and Dell are both American corporations, I'm willing to bet computers are in short supply. But I remember reading something about Cuba building domestic computers that run off Linux.

as a linux fan myself..i gave up on windows two years ago...hearing this little fact warms my heart.

[The Idler]

i think the complaint was more about the fact that certain people have access to these products over others.

Having said that it does appear to be a bit of a self important article.
While my comments about Apple were tongue in cheek, I didn't think others would have actually missed the point that you have observed here.


Not only are exiles pricks, but dumbasses as well. Posing as a woman in a chat room isn't busting someone, it's called trolling.

No but discovering the level of privilege he enjoys, is considered "busting him".


Given that Microsoft and Dell are both American corporations, I'm willing to bet computers are in short supply. But I remember reading something about Cuba building domestic computers that run off Linux.

I doubt Cuba are actually manufacturing computer hardware, but I also doubt there would be any political obstacle to importing them from Lenovo Inc. which is bigger than most American PC hardware companies (except Dell and HP) and part owned by the Chinese government. Cuba hasn't had a problem with using proprietary software such as Microsoft in the past. Only recently have they begun migrating to Linux, though mainly only due to national security concerns about Windows.