CASTRO_SUCKS
26th November 2003, 21:41
Last night, I saw a local program called "Manos Habierta"(Open Hands) that had a man by the name of Dariel Alarcon Ramirez. He went by the Cuban Revolutionary Guerilla alias of "Benigno" This guy knew El Che PERSONALLY. He fought in the cuban revolution and was one of castros trusted colonels. At his peak he was the "Jefe de Seguridad de Industria Chimica" (Chief of Security for the Chemical Industry), and in the cuban Special forces in Angola, under General Ochoa's command.
He told about how he killed people for the revolution and that after they had succeeded, that many commanding officers got mansions as a present from castro. He talked about how after the revolution, there was no thought on philosophies, or ideals. He said that they had simply won and that they had earned those gifts. But he DID think EVERYONE was going to have houses and TVs like castro had promised them.
He then told the story of how after a while..he had seen the promises disappear one by one. He started becoming disillusioned after a while and started showing it. It was then when castro decided to punish him, by naming him "Jefe De Fuerza De Trabajo" (Chief of the Labor Force). This brought him face to face with prison and labor camps. His main office was at the Bahia Grande Prison that housed 6900 prisoners. There, he said, he witnessed acts of cruelty and the torture of prisoners. He said he'd look the other way when this happened because he didn't want to stir anymore crap with castro. He mentioned that back when the US$ was forbidden to be carried, people would get 6mo to 10 years in prison for being caught with $1 to $10!!!
He talked about how the great General Ochoa...Commander of all cuban troops in Angola, hailed by castro as the First Hero of the Republic, one of the most important figures in cuba....AND castro's personal friend...was sentenced to death by fidel himself when he [castro] saw that the military was following Ochoa a little too closely!
This guy actually KNEW El Che personally. He's going to be on the show again tonight, and I'm thiking of calling in to ask him a few questions. I just don't know WHAT to ask him!
He told about how he killed people for the revolution and that after they had succeeded, that many commanding officers got mansions as a present from castro. He talked about how after the revolution, there was no thought on philosophies, or ideals. He said that they had simply won and that they had earned those gifts. But he DID think EVERYONE was going to have houses and TVs like castro had promised them.
He then told the story of how after a while..he had seen the promises disappear one by one. He started becoming disillusioned after a while and started showing it. It was then when castro decided to punish him, by naming him "Jefe De Fuerza De Trabajo" (Chief of the Labor Force). This brought him face to face with prison and labor camps. His main office was at the Bahia Grande Prison that housed 6900 prisoners. There, he said, he witnessed acts of cruelty and the torture of prisoners. He said he'd look the other way when this happened because he didn't want to stir anymore crap with castro. He mentioned that back when the US$ was forbidden to be carried, people would get 6mo to 10 years in prison for being caught with $1 to $10!!!
He talked about how the great General Ochoa...Commander of all cuban troops in Angola, hailed by castro as the First Hero of the Republic, one of the most important figures in cuba....AND castro's personal friend...was sentenced to death by fidel himself when he [castro] saw that the military was following Ochoa a little too closely!
This guy actually KNEW El Che personally. He's going to be on the show again tonight, and I'm thiking of calling in to ask him a few questions. I just don't know WHAT to ask him!