MACHINE politics has been a constant part of a South Florida patronage system entrenched since the 1959 Cuban Revolution exercised its right to self-determination, independence and sovereignty. While recent outcries of foul play interfering with Cuban American family ties may have broken the log jam of indifference, distinguishing CIA intrigue from psy-op warfare, state terrorism and government complicity will take wise consideration to expose injustice.
The bellicose attempt by a Bush administration to antagonize public opinion to cover up ongoing election fraud should not surprise anyone. Enforcing slavery law to annex a compliant population dates back to the slave master mentality of states rights advocates. The ex-Batista henchmen and new wave neo-conservatives became fast political allies in bribery, collusion, fraud and racketeering schemes to shortcut democracy for their corrupt alliance. The conspiracy to steal the November 2000 election may have been an afterthought of the Elian Gonzalez event, but the Washington/Miami connection has been an established historical fact based in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
For example, fair trade with Cuba defined by Helms-Burton in Section 106c as ineligible for foreign assistance – unless 'friendly governments' subservient to monopoly corporate interests – drips with nullification and interposition. Political censorship of foreign travel by US nationals, economic blockade during peacetime, violation of the Neutrality Act and massive disfranchisement in local electoral precincts flows through the application of a law discredited by increasing numbers of informed people.
With only 90 miles separating US people from Cuba, how did the 2003 decision of Congress (S.950) expanding trade relations with Cuba get reversed after the final vote? Apparently, the illegitimate intent for our obstructionist law rests in Title 11 called Assistance to a Free and Independent Cuba. Section 203 authorizes Reports to Congress for the purpose of interference with a legally constituted government recognized by every nation save one. It is the policy of the US/Cuba Committee to implement a plan through means [Section 201 paragraph (10)] including the unseen hand of the United States government.
This plan for economic assistance to support counter-revolutionary activity in Cuba depends on withholding vital information to achieve the destabilization of the Cuban government. The FAA knew in advance of he BTTR flight plan in Feb. 1996. James Cason, Director, US interests Section-Havana, conspired to form independent political organizations with US finances in Cuba. The FBI had extensive files proving terrorist connections with Miami. Disclosure of secret information alleged to weaken the States’ case by denial of defense attorney access to their client’s files damaged due process for the Cuban Five. Suppression of the above information and more was done to guarantee political loyalty of the Cuban community in the Miami/Dade area for the selection of George W. Bush in November 2000.
Certain facts that the Cuban Liberty Council intimidated the Electoral commission carrying out the vote count to stop until the Supreme Court appointed Bush are indisputable. By logical inference, language in Section 203 (b) that a democratically elected president shall submit … a plan … 'subject to an authorization of appropriations' [Section 203 (c)(3)] for accomplices in Miami who support his election campaign takes on substantial implications of 'subversive activity.' Of course, every time Bush goes South the Cuban Liberty Council reciprocates with a White House Committee Conference to obtain NED grants and other USAID funding through CIA conduits in a quid pro quo arrangement.
Public law 104-468 (Helms-Burton) states in Section 202(b)(1)(A) when a transition government [usurps] power … based upon threats after consultation with [a cabal of terrorists] democratically elected by executive order, a Cuba coordinator administers to a 'feeding frenzy at the public trough.' Codification of such perverse legislation is no one’s idea of representative government and has been a shameful exercise in futility since Congress passed it. The Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act (S.950) was a conservative approach to remedy a stupid blockade that no one understands why it still exists. Yet, we are not any closer to normalizing relations.
The best answer to foreign policy guidelines for mutual respect is to allow unrestricted travel. Ex-HUD Secretary Mel Martinez is spokesman for the rightwing extremists responsible for unethical conduct regarding foreign relations. Bush is a lame duck. His minions in the State Department overlook the obvious: a lie in defense of freedom is still a lie. A gag order devised by thugs from Miami is what led to the overturn of a decision by Congress last fall to quit enforcement of a travel ban. As a travesty of justice, Helms-Burton should be repealed for the insanity it creates as a pretext to subvert democracy in Cuba, a friend and neighbor emerging on the world scene. Otherwise, the American taxpayer will be forced to submit to exploitation by the denial of human rights we can no longer take for granted.
