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Column 122214 Brewer

Monday, December 22, 2014

Facts and Subterfuge regarding
the U.S. and Cuba Proposals
By Jerry Brewer
The Castro brothers unscrupulously
chosen Communist ideology, and irongrip hold and rule of Cuba, has forced
horrific sacrifices upon generations of
Cubans for 55 years.
Neither Fidel nor Raul Castro, the latter
having taken over the reins of
dictatorial power in 2008, ever, even
remotely, disguised their venomous
hatred of the United States. As well,
their combined goal that guided them
from the start was to reach the
countrys top leadership position and
stay there.
Fidel Castro, while he was president,
promoted cooperation and a growing
involvement with Iran. Hereof he once
stated, Together we can bring America
to its knees. The US regime is very
weak, and we are witnessing this
weakness close up.
Many have fallen in defense of human
rights and homeland freedoms in Cuba
under this rogue regime, many fled the
island, many disappeared, and far too
many have faced ruthless and bloody
confrontations and repression. And all
of the people remaining in Cuba, as well
as those expatriates now residing in
other free nations, deserve respect and
consideration from a watchful world of
public opinion.

None of us in good conscience can

ignore the atrocities of the Cuban
government that continue to this day,
part of a stranglehold to obstruct and
silence peaceful protest and the
opposition, as well as national
journalists and other worldwide media
reporting.
Since 1962, and up until recently, our
democratic leaders have expressed the
need for an embargo until such time
that Cuba would demonstrate respect
for human rights and liberty.
It is obvious that the arrogance of the
Castro regime to date has not complied
with essentially any aspect of that
mandate.
As far back as 2003, the European
Union accused the Cuban government
of continuing flagrant violations of
human rights and fundamental
freedoms. As early as 2008, Cuba had
the second highest number of
imprisoned journalists of any nation in
the world, behind only the Peoples
Republic of China.
Gladys Bensimon is an award winning
multilingual producer and director who
has spent much of her career exposing
dictators and associated human rights
violators. This author recently spoke
with her about one of her films,
Celebrating Life in Union, a factual
docudrama narrated by the famed
Cuban American actor Andy Garcia.
Bensimons courageous spirit and
Garcias impassioned words powerfully
and factually told the story of surviving
ex-Cuban political prisoners that had
been subjected to physical and mental
torture, disfigured, and survived firing
squads that killed so many by the
tyrannical and oppressive regime.

In the sphere of espionage, it is

important not to assume that the
poverty driven Cuban government is
sleeping. The Castros have always
richly funded their spy apparatchik.
Furthermore, Cuba continues to
maintain large intelligence-gathering
hubs in Mexico City and Venezuela, a
fact that reveals continuing Cuban
subversion in this hemisphere.
In 2000, it was reported that China
signed an agreement with the Cuban
government to share the use of a facility
for its own intelligence agency.
Russias recent decision to reopen its
electronic spying center in Cuba is, once
again, obviously an act that aggressively
demonstrates support for the Cuban
Castro regime, and a shared dispute
versus the United States.
Last week this author spoke with Pedro
Riera Escalante (in Spain), who served
the Castro regime in Mexico City (under
the guise of diplomatic cover from
1986-1991). He was the Group Chief of
Section Q-1, a part of Cubas intelligence
service in charge of operations against
the U.S. CIA.
However, he eventually denounced the
Fidel Castro dictatorship and was
imprisoned. He called for a shift
towards respect for human rights and
democracy, before, during and after his
sentence to prison in Cuba. His
revelations of his orders from Cuba, and
his actions in the secret war that has
pitted Cuba versus the U.S. for decades
in intelligence and espionage tradecraft,
reveal a continuing process of Cuban
subversion in this hemisphere.
Riera explained to this author that the
recent agreements between the U.S. and
Cuba do not appear to indicate any

changes in Cubas repressive apparatus

and Cuban intelligence. Castros
strategy regarding the objectives of
penetration and influence in Latin
America and elsewhere in the world will
not change, he stated.
Riera also said: Since the late 1970's,
the directorate of Cuban intelligence
initiated and developed 'PIP' (Plan of
Influence Policy). This was aimed at
recruiting people into favorable
positions to improve relations with
Cuba aimed at recruiting journalists
and others to produce changes in U.S.
government policy that were favorable
for Cuba.
Cubas espionage threats have been real,
as documented in the Cuban Five spies
(now released) and the case of Ana
Belen Montes (U.S. Defense Intelligence
Agency). U.S. air and naval bases were
monitored for military movements and
activities.
Communist ideology by the Castro
regime has graphically meant death,
destruction and misery to the island.
Ask the Cubans who have lived it, and
those now residing in the U.S.
If this regime is sincere, the Castros and
their minions would unequivocally and
publicly renounce terrorism,
revolutionary violence and oppression,
and extend true freedom and genuine
rights for their people before a world
audience.
Jerry Brewer is C.E.O. of Criminal
Justice International Associates, a
global threat mitigation firm
headquartered in northern
Virginia. His website is located at
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