Author Archives: Other News Sources

(February 1, 2003) Fidel Castro worked miracles after leading the Revolution that liberated Cuba from the dictator, Batista. The statistics are there, for any fool to see. Continue reading →

(January 27, 2003) Re: Lawrence Solomon’s article, “Bad Cuban medicine,” published in the Jan. 18, 2003, issue of the National Post. Continue reading →

(January 25, 2003) Over at the Museo de la Revolucion, Fidel Castro’s case against the dictator he overthrew 44 years ago is vividly on display. Continue reading →

(January 20, 2003) Re: Cuba’s Cruel Joke, Lawrence Solomon, National Post, Jan. 11. I am truly impressed that a Canadian newspaper has finally captured the very essence of the survival of the Cuban people. Continue reading →

(January 18, 2003) The shelves in the neighbourhood pharmacy, like those in the other neighbourhood pharmacies I had seen in Havana, were half empty and full of dust, the small section of medicines on display arranged in lonely rows of old-fashioned little bottles. Customers were as scarce as the medicines. Continue reading →