The Tale Of Two Massacres

This is a very interesting article from Guillermo I. Martinez, columnist of the Sun Sentinel. In this article he talks about two massacres in Cuba's history that occurred 27 and 14 years ago respectively, the massacre of the innocents on the vessel "Rio Canimar" and the "13 de Marzo" vessel. Both of these events occurred in July and the 11 million prisoners living in Cuba were not notified of the tragic events. Bodies of the deceased were never returned to their families for proper burials. He mentions that it took years for the international press to find out about 1st event and by the time they did, it was not newsworthy anymore. Massacres

Much like the old philosophical question, if the world's mainstream media does not cover a story, did it really occur?

Yes, but convincing people of its veracity is not simple. Tales of the Soviet Gulags, or the Nazi concentration camps were not immediately reported by the media. Only now, decades later, do we understand the inhumanity that for years had gone unreported.

Cuba celebrates — and I use the word sarcastically — two similar events; not comparable by a long shot in magnitude to those hidden by Soviet and Nazi propagandists, but despicable and inhumane in their own right.

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