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Cuba: Two Sides of Che?

Friday, December 5th, 2008 @ 13:10 UTC

by Janine Mendes-Franco

Countries:: Cuba
Topics:: Ideas, Cyber-Activism, Diaspora, Education, Film, History, Politics
Languages:: English

Havana-based Circles Robinson wonders how Cuban audiences will react to the new film about Che Guevara, while diaspora blogger Uncommon Sense advises readers to enroll in “The Ché Guevara Re-Education Program.”

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“Cuba: Two Sides of Che?”

December 5th, 2008 at 14:50 pm
Rob Sequin:
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Janine,

You seem to post a lot of Circles Robinson’s Cuban government propaganda.

Are you working with him and/or the Cuban government to promote their biased articles?

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