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Continuing State of Siege: Rice and the Fifth Column

[U.S. policy toward Cuba is to increase, to always increase, the State
of Siege. For just one example, please see the New York Times article
below. Secretary of State Rice runs around the world trying to shore up
the "dissidents" as a force to help Washington overthrow the Cuban
government. Then, when Havana arrests any of the U.S.-linked
"dissidents," various collaborators (of one stripe or another) complain
about "human rights" violations. Now Washington has to be concerned
about Venezuelan and Bolivian independence as well.]

The New York Times - June 2, 2007

U.S. Questions Spain's Leaders on Cuba Policy

By VICTORIA BURNETT

MADRID, June 1 _ Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice bluntly criticized
Spain_s increasingly close contacts with Cuba on Friday and prodded the
Spanish government to do more to support dissidents in Cuba as it
prepares for what she called a _major transition_ _ a reference to the
health of Fidel Castro.