than a simple infraction : it ’ s a crime . And a serious one , since it involves an abuse of the children ’ s innocence and a violation of their rights as human beings . It remains to be seen whether the male adult commanding these Havana children to shout against the U . S . President , even knowing the diverse meanings of the term , was fully aware of his offense and his crime . Would he be able to fairly value how much the human race had to advance for having Barack Obama elected president of the world ' s first economic power ? Obama is a descendant from the victims of the slavery imposed to African blacks ( one of the most opprobrious chapters in human history ) and has shown such a professional competence , such a seriousness and such a honesty that he won the electoral favor of tens of millions of American citizens . Of course , this adult was not able to value this , because his intellectual , spiritual and moral development was also twisted during his childhood by other adults according to the law ruling the stultifying spiral of totalitarianism .
3-Factory of mentally disabled people She should be about ten years old . She got dressed in a delicate pink . Her face is tender like that of all the children , but suddenly it becomes a chilling mask of hatred . She is tearing copies of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ( 1948 ), while looking up , hostile and defiant , to the small group of Ladies in White and other peaceful opponents who were under siege by violent mobs under the command of the political police . When I see these images of horror , in a video filmed by Estado de Sats that still circulates in internet , the first thing that came to my mind was the scene from the book The Long Journey ( 1963 ) in which Jorge Semprún describes his transfer , as a Nazis ’ prisoner , to the Buchenwald concentration camp . The Dantesque train passed through the German towns where rows of Nazi-indoctrinated children were waiting at every station . And Semprun tells that he had experienced the most heartbreaking anxiety when he saw the expression of revulsion in the eyes of those creatures , who complied with the command to hate them without knowing them and without having the slightest idea of the reasons for which they were taken into prison ,
4-Seven-headed Hydra In case anyone considers exaggerated the comparison between the children of Nazism and Fidelism , I just want to point out some slight details . It is not in my heart — and I think I don ’ t need it — to use extreme standards to try to judge the problems in the Cuban education system . Its consequences are today in view of all who want to see them . Its doctrinal and dogmatic nature has been revealed by itself as time goes by , despite the efforts by prominent people and institutions ( more and less deceived or manipulated by the official propaganda and statistics ) that are still eager to praise the system as a vanguard of the underdeveloped world and an example of revolutionary panacea . I do not attempt either to establish alarming parallels between the Hitler ’ s and Fidel Castro ’ s ideologies , as distant in their praxis as coincident in certain historical derivations . The general comparison is not only improper , but also expendable . The mention of Semprun ' s book can then be taken as what it is , a passing reference . Strictly speaking , the substance of these pages requires no other support than the palpable and easily verifiable reality in Cuba . The advantages provided by the program of free , accessible and inclusive schools for all citizens are obscured to the point of disgrace by the political manipulation that the students
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