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Cuba: Madiba Was Great, But Not Perfect

Categories: Caribbean, Cuba, Citizen Media, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Politics

Cuban blog Without Evasion [1] says the best way in which she can pay tribute to Nelson Mandela is by “imitating him in forgiveness and reconciliation”:

I forgive you…for the friendship with…the vilest dictator my people has ever had…for placing your hand –redemptive for your people- on the bloodied shoulders of the one who excludes and reviles mine.