Amgel,
I Agree.  It's propaganda for sure.
Vinny
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Subject: What do you all think of this.


> This is a fine propaganda tool don't you think.
>>
>> Castro offers eye care for US poor
>>
>>
>> Monday 23 January 2006, 23:32 Makka Time, 20:32 GMT
>> Aljazeera.net - Qatar.
>>
>>
>> The Cuban leader has been a bitter foe of the United States
>>
>>
>> Fidel Castro, the Cuban president, has offered free eye operations to
>> impoverished Americans and asked the US government to let them travel to
> his
>> country for treatment.
>>
>> Castro made the offer late on Sunday as he criticised American policies
>> toward his country during a three-hour appearance on state television and
>> announced a protest march for Tuesday outside the American embassy in
>> Havana.
>>
>> Because travel to Cuba by most Americans is prohibited under US 
>> sanctions,
>> Castro asked US authorities to give Americans official permission to
> travel
>> to Cuba for the operations.
>>
>> "We're ready to send an airplane to Florida to pick them up," Castro 
>> said.
>> Cuba would foot the costs of flights, accommodation and the surgery,
> Castro
>> said.
>>
>> Cuba has all the equipment and specialised personnel considered among the
>> best specialists in the world, he said. He asked if the US government
> would
>> prohibit those people from travelling to the island and "sentence them to
>> blindness".
>>
>> However, political relations between America and Cuba are worsening so
>> American approval to let its citizens travel - even for health reasons -
>> appeared unlikely.
>>
>> Cuba teamed up with Venezuela in recent months for a free eye surgery
>> programme that brings impoverished people from around the region to the
>> island for free treatment.
>>
>> Venezuela, meanwhile, recently expanded its programme to provide
> subsidised
>> heating oil to poor Americans.
>>
>>
>> AP
>>
>>
>> Source URL:
>>
> http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FCF39BE2-A13D-4698-A958-A62F14862241.
> htm.
>>
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