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Operation Pedro Pan

Mi querida Carmen: Que alegria me dio verte en el documental! Que pena que no fuiste entrevistada, ni Silvia tampoco. Ustedes hubieran dicho la verdar y no la farsa que estas personas sin dignidad presentaron. Alegrandome de verte en Noviembre - cuando son las festividades? Un fuerte abrazo, Mercy

Message by Mercedes Argiz Escribano | May 29th 2010

It is very important to realize that there is no freedom of expression in Cuba, for those that live on the island, or for anyone that intends to travel there, be it a TV producer, a political science professor, an activist, a singer or a businessman; once you make the determination to travel to Cuba, you either shut up or repeat the talking points: 1) Miami Cubans are an intolerant terrorist mafia that threaten and destroy anyone who dares to differ from their opinion. Communist tactic 101: project your own actions on the enemy. Cuba’s government DOES NOT TOLERATE DISSENT. They PROMOTE TERRORISM AROUND THE WORLD and DESTROY ANYONE THAT DARES TO DIFFER FROM THEIR OPINION. 2) Operación Pedro Pan, known in Cuba and within their circles as Operation Peter Pan, happened because Cuban parents panicked due to a lie by the CIA about “Patria Potestad”. Communist tactic 101; project your own actions on the enemy. The only parents that were fooled were the ones that believed the LIES OF THE REVOLUTION and gave Castro their children to do as he pleased. 3) The children of Operation Pedro Pan were mistreated and abused. Communist tactic 101: project your own actions on the enemy. We all know that the children that remained in Cuba were the ones that were mistreated and abused in the different WORK PROJECTS imposed on all children and the FORCED LABOR CAMPS for those that the revolution considered dangerous, for example: Catholics, Protestants, members of the wrong social class and homosexual, to name a few. THIS IS WHY I DON’T TRAVEL TO CUBA; I AM NOT WILLING TO RENOUNCE MY FREEDOM.

Message by Carmen Valdivia | May 28th 2010

as one of the oldest kid on the PEDRO PAN OPERATION i must state that nor the CIA. or the US goverment had nothing to do with my decision to leave my beloved country, i was force by the persecution and oprecion of the Castro's brother communist type of sistem imposed by force to the Cuban people, i did never had a free ride at Matecumbe or any special treadment nor did became famous and i may had it was a very up hill road for me but by no means put the blame on OPERATION PEDRO PAN, farther more IAM VERY THANKSFULL TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN OPERATION PEDRO PAN that made it posible to escape the worst DICTADOR and OPRESOR that Cuba had since the Spanish INDEPENDENCY of Cuba, once more i want to thank averyone at OPERATION PDERO PAN , i had been a free man ever since, bye now un abrazo "El Frances"

Message by Eddie Enrique Fernandez Tramezaygues | May 28th 2010

Repeating a lie does not make it true, and so it goes that repeating Castro’s talking points, that our parents sent us to the United States because they were fooled by the CIA with a lie about “Patria Potestad” does not make it true either. It does, however, make those that repeat it, liars; Communist enablers and liars. Whatever the CIA did, or did not do, had no impact on my parent’s decision. What was happening inside Cuba, under Castro, was the sole reason for their actions. I am forever grateful to them, to the Catholic Church and to the US Government for Operation Pedro Pan. I apologize to all of the above, for the ungratefulness of some that claiming to be Pedro Pan, disgrace the Operation.

Message by Carmen Valdivia | May 27th 2010

Maria del Carmen has updated their profile.

Status update | May 27th 2010