{"id":129,"date":"2014-11-06T23:23:52","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T23:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democracycuba.com\/Blog\/?p=129"},"modified":"2016-01-25T20:11:16","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T20:11:16","slug":"ricardo-alarcon-on-nyt-cuban5-3-languages-idiomas-langues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democracycuba.com\/Blog\/ricardo-alarcon-on-nyt-cuban5-3-languages-idiomas-langues\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricardo Alarc\u00f3n on NYT &#038; the Cuban 5.<BR\/>2 languages\/langues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>(<a href=\"#francais\">FRAN\u00c7AIS SUIT CI-DESSOUS<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>ENGLISH<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The New York Times Breaks the Media Blockade<\/p>\n<p>Ricardo Alarc\u00f3n de Quesada<\/p>\n<p>November 6, 2014<\/p>\n<p>In my article currently circulating in Nueva R\u00e9plica I regretted that the New York Times had not raised the case of Gerardo, Ram\u00f3n and Antonio in its editorial last October in which the paper called for ending the US blockade against Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>When I wrote it, I did not imagine that with that document, the New York paper would start an important debate, which has lasted a month and includes several editorials advocating a substantial change in the relations between the two countries. The latest one, published Sunday, November 2, proposed that the three be released and that in exchange, Cuba for humanitarian reasons would free Alan Gross who was sentenced here for participating in illegal activities to overthrow the revolutionary government.<\/p>\n<p>This is a fair and reasonable position. The paper is right when it defines the release of three Cuban heroes as a vital step towards civilized coexistence between two countries that are and will always be neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>It should be added to the arguments of the Times that none of the Five were accused of espionage and therefore were not &#8220;spies&#8221;. As was demonstrated at the trial in Miami, none of them had access to secret information related to the national security of the United States. Neither had been given directions to look for that kind of information. This was acknowledged under oath by Gen. James R. Clapper who was a government witness whose testimony appears on pages 13089-13235 of the trial transcript. It&#8217;s the same Clapper who today is the Director of National Intelligence in the Obama Administration.<\/p>\n<p>It is also necessary to remember that the mission of the Five was to try to thwart terrorist plans against Cuba which more than once have caused death and damage also to people living in United States.<\/p>\n<p>But, in any case, this editorial from the New York Times should be hailed as an event of transcendental importance. The wall of silence surrounding the case of the Five has received a devastating blow which hopefully is final.<\/p>\n<p>A CubaNews translation by Walter Lippmann.<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/neo\/groups\/CubaNews\/info<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a id=\"francais\"><\/a>FRAN\u00c7AIS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Le New York Times brise le blocus m\u00e9diatique<\/p>\n<p>Ricardo Alarc\u00f3n de Quesada<\/p>\n<p>Dans mon article qui para\u00eet actuellement dans la Nueva R\u00e9plica, je d\u00e9plorais que le New York Times n\u2019ait pas \u00e9voqu\u00e9 le cas de Gerardo, Ram\u00f3n et Antonio dans son \u00e9ditorial d\u2019octobre dernier dans lequel le journal appelait \u00e0 rompre le blocus des \u00c9tats-Unis contre Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>Quand je l\u2019ai r\u00e9dig\u00e9, je ne soup\u00e7onnais pas qu\u2019\u00e0 partir de cet article, le journal new-yorkais lancerait un important d\u00e9bat, lequel a dur\u00e9 un mois et inclus plusieurs \u00e9ditoriaux pr\u00e9conisant un changement majeur dans les relations entre les deux pays. Le dernier, publi\u00e9 le dimanche 2 novembre, sugg\u00e9rait que les trois hommes soient lib\u00e9r\u00e9s et qu\u2019en \u00e9change, Cuba, pour des raisons humanitaires, lib\u00e8re Alan Gross condamn\u00e9 ici pour avoir particip\u00e9 \u00e0 des activit\u00e9s ill\u00e9gales visant \u00e0 renverser le gouvernement r\u00e9volutionnaire.<\/p>\n<p>C\u2019est un point de vue honn\u00eate et \u00e9quitable. Le journal a raison de consid\u00e9rer la lib\u00e9ration des trois h\u00e9ros cubains comme une \u00e9tape essentielle vers une coexistence harmonieuse entre les deux pays qui sont et seront toujours voisins.<\/p>\n<p>Il faut ajouter aux arguments du NYT qu\u2019aucun des Cinq n\u2019a \u00e9t\u00e9 accus\u00e9 d\u2019espionnage et qu\u2019ils ne sont pas, de ce fait, des \u00ab espions \u00bb. Comme il l\u2019a \u00e9t\u00e9 prouv\u00e9 au proc\u00e8s \u00e0 Miami, aucun d\u2019entre eux n\u2019a eu acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des informations secr\u00e8tes li\u00e9es \u00e0 la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 nationale des \u00c9tats-Unis ni non plus re\u00e7u de mandat pour chercher ce type d\u2019information. Ceci a \u00e9t\u00e9 reconnu sous serment par le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral James R. Clapper, t\u00e9moin officiel du gouvernement \u00e9tasunien, dont le t\u00e9moignage appara\u00eet aux pages 13089-13235 du compte rendu du proc\u00e8s. Clapper est aujourd\u2019hui directeur des Services de renseignements nationaux (National Intelligence) de l\u2019administration Obama.<\/p>\n<p>Il convient \u00e9galement de rappeler que la mission des Cinq \u00e9tait de d\u00e9jouer des plans terroristes contre Cuba, lesquels ont plus d\u2019une fois entra\u00een\u00e9 des d\u00e9c\u00e8s et des destructions, y compris aux \u00c9tats-Unis.<\/p>\n<p>En tout \u00e9tat de cause, cet \u00e9ditorial du New York Times devrait \u00eatre salu\u00e9 comme un \u00e9v\u00e8nement d\u2019importance capitale. Le mur de silence qui a entour\u00e9 le cas des Cinq a re\u00e7u une onde de choc d\u00e9vastatrice qui, esp\u00e9rons-le, aura \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9cisive.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Traduction: Veronica Schami Editorial Services<\/span><\/p>\n<p>www.democracycuba.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(FRAN\u00c7AIS SUIT CI-DESSOUS) ENGLISH The New York Times Breaks the Media Blockade Ricardo Alarc\u00f3n de Quesada November 6, 2014 In my article currently circulating in Nueva R\u00e9plica I regretted that <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/democracycuba.com\/Blog\/ricardo-alarcon-on-nyt-cuban5-3-languages-idiomas-langues\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ricardo Alarcon on The New York Times, Cuban Five, Cuba<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ricardo Alarcon on New York Times regarding the Cuban Five, los Cinco, les Cinq cubains, Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labanino, Tony Guerrero in Miami and Cuba\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democracycuba.com\/Blog\/ricardo-alarcon-on-nyt-cuban5-3-languages-idiomas-langues\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ricardo Alarcon on The New York Times, Cuban Five, Cuba\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ricardo Alarcon on New York Times regarding the Cuban Five, los Cinco, les Cinq cubains, Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labanino, Tony Guerrero in Miami and Cuba\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/democracycuba.com\/Blog\/ricardo-alarcon-on-nyt-cuban5-3-languages-idiomas-langues\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-11-06T23:23:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-01-25T20:11:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arnold August\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arnold August\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/democracycuba.com\\\/Blog\\\/ricardo-alarcon-on-nyt-cuban5-3-languages-idiomas-langues\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/democracycuba.com\\\/Blog\\\/ricardo-alarcon-on-nyt-cuban5-3-languages-idiomas-langues\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arnold August\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/democracycuba.com\\\/Blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0dbfd37e7267e77f93ec5b6ed1a80e0f\"},\"headline\":\"Ricardo Alarc\u00f3n on NYT &#038; 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