Reply #8: His move is confounding lots of folks, it seems, [View All]

Reminding you of the tale from India of the blind men trying to describe the elephant!

From the Miami Herald I noted, after reading Mika's article on his thread, came this interesting information:

(snip) Six months ago, Eloy Gutiérrez-Menoyo confided to a close friend that he wanted to go to Cuba permanently to form an opposition movement because he believed that he would not be able to accomplish any effective change in Cuba from Miami.

The disclosure was made at Gutiérrez-Menoyo's South Miami home over cigarettes and cafecitos, both of which Menoyo loves, said Antonio Veciana, who co-founded Alpha 66 with Menoyo in the early 1960s and has remained close to him.

'He said to me, `The process for change is not in Miami or on Calle Ocho, but in Cuba. I will be there in the opportune moment,' '' Veciana said. 'I told him that he would fall into disfavor in the exile community. And he said, `That's part of the plan. Pretty soon, everyone will know about me.' (snip)


This is an interesting point, considering how we've been told that the "state" in Cuba took everything from the people after the Revolution:
(snip) The logistics of Gutiérrez-Menoyo's decision are still being worked out, friends say. But for now, he will stay with friends, or at his childhood home in Havana, which is still occupied by a family member. (snip)


For people who STILL don't grasp that Cuba does not prohibit religious practice:
(snip) Gutiérrez-Menoyo's friends said he has met with Cardinal Jaime Ortega, the head of the Catholic Church in Cuba, on previous visits to the island, and he spent several hours in Havana's Cathedral on Thursday. (snip)


The Cuban dissidents are confused by Menoyo's move. Could this mean they fear he'll steal their thunder?
(snip) Prominent dissidents in Cuba on Friday gave foreign journalists mixed reactions to Gutiérrez-Menoyo's announcement. While Oswaldo Paya, Cuba's best known opposition leader, told The Herald on Thursday that he welcomed Gutiérrez-Menoyo's help in opposition, Elizardo Sánchez, another prominent dissident, expressed more caution during an interview with the EFE news service.
''He is a brave man,'' Sanchez said, but ``during the last few years, he tried to discredit the internal opposition and has not shown expected solidarity on crucial issues like political prisoners.'' (snip)


Truly hilarious:
(snip) Some exiles in Miami also accused Gutiérrez-Menoyo of being soft on Fidel Castro, and some even labeled him a ''communist.'' Ernesto Díaz, who co-founded Alpha 66 with Gutiérrez-Menoyo and Veciana in 1961, said he could not fathom dialogue with Castro and claimed Menoyo was merely ``surrendering his integrity.'' (snip)

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/6493470.htm

Yep, the Miami Keystone Gusanos are a laugh a minute, aren't they?