By Francisco Acevedo
HAVANA TIMES – On a previous occasion, I already mentioned in this space this Spanish journalist who staunchly defends the Cuban regime. But now she’s going to be the center of attention, as they say in Cuban popular language. Ana Hurtado talks about Cuba as if she were a deputy and dared to say this week that there are no political prisoners in this country.
“They are common criminals, and there are few of them, because the Cuban police are very good. In Spain, they would have been treated more harshly, and in the United States even worse,” noted the Spanish journalist.
It’s impossible to see more disrespect, indoctrination, and even malice towards people she doesn’t know personally, neither them nor their families, because she simply repeats what her friends in power tell her, those who have her living here without a ration book.
If you think about it, I don’t understand what she says. Who is imprisoned in the United States or Spain for calling a demonstration or filming it, for shouting Freedom or Homeland and Life? I think no one.
But what can be expected from someone who dared to call the singer-songwriter Pablo Milanes a “worm and vile,” who in terms of decency is much more distant from her than from Havana to Madrid.
According to Hurtado, allowing him to sing in his country was the greatest proof of freedom of expression on the Island, when in reality it was the swan song of the troubadour. He knew his end was near and wanted to perform before his audience one more time, even if it meant keeping silent about his political views, matured over time.
More important was what Miss Hurtado said later: “I think criticizing the [Cuban] government openly shouldn’t b done on social networks. I can criticize my Spanish government on social networks, my neighbor, or whoev
