Cuban dissidents heckled at Americas Summit

[Judi Lynn]

Cuban dissidents heckled at Americas Summit
By Joshua Goodman and Andrea Rodriguez?|?AP April 8 at 7:01 PM


PANAMA CITY — About 100 supporters of Cuba’s government on Wednesday aggressively heckled dissidents from the communist-run island attending a civil society forum at the start of a region-wide summit in Panama.

Opponents of President Raul Castro were greeted to shouts of “imperialist” and “mercenaries” as they filed into a hotel auditorium to attend speeches by host President Juan Carlos Varela and former U.S. President Bill Clinton.

Organizers appealed for calm during the frenzied scene, which lasted for more than an hour. But their plea fell on deaf ears and the pro-government groups angrily marched out of the forum, saying they wouldn’t attend the proceedings in the presence of individuals they accuse of trying to destabilize Cuba’s government. The boycott was later joined by pro-government groups from ally Venezuela.

“We’ll never share the same physical space with groups that are paid for by the U.S. and have caused so much damage to the Cuban people,” said Ariana Guerra Hernandez, a representative of a group of Cuban university students.

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[Marksman_91]

1. Such a tolerant and civic lot, those Castristas, aren't they...

[Mika]

2. Yes. Cubans should be quiet and tolerant of terrorists and attack.

Plus, don't they know how well imperialism works out? They've experienced it before, and it worked out great, right?

[Bacchus4.0]

3. The Castristas have an all expense paid trip to Panama with the condtion they be assholes

No problemo.

[Judi Lynn]

4. The Cuban right-wingers are there to protect their jobs in creating propaganda, for big bucks.

That's why Cubans hate them: they lie for money, they work for the U.S.