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CUBAN LIBRARIES SOLIDARITY GROUP Resources on Cuba Bibiopolitical mail no. 86 México City, March 18, 2004 Searched and summarized: Felipe Meneses Tello 1. The United States press unmasks the “independent library” campaign 2. Cuba has the best library system in the entire Third World: New York Times 3. There aren’t prohibited books or persecuted librarians in Cuba: Michael Dowling "You already know, the entire world already knows these things." Pablo Neruda 1. The United States press unmasks the “independent library” campaign An example of this unmasking was what the Chicago Tribune published February 10, 2002: “Two small pieces of furniture make up Rogelio Travieso’s “independent library”. In no case can he say that his small library has been has been harassed.” The same newspaper reports that the Interest Section of the United States in Havana on a monthly basis provides these “libraries”—registered in that office – with materials that promote regime change in Cuba, according to the head of the Interest Section in Havana, Vicky Huddleston. And the U.S. newspaper reports that Vargas Llosa as well as George Orwell are in Havana’s libraries. The Atlanta Journal writes 02/05/2002: “They seem more like – speaking of the independent libraries — a professor’s office than what we would call a library.” Two walls with bookshelves in a small room with several hundred titles. The librarian Gisela Delgado leafing through the daily newspaper from Miami “Diario from the Americas” in her apartment. New York Times published 6/28/03, on the occasion of the annual American Library Association conference in June [from last year]: “ Small libraries in private houses that disseminate material that, according to them, the government has banned. “If you have 100 books in your home and you make them available to friends, are you a librarian?" asked Edward Frazo, president of the Latin American section of ALA.” Fuente: Björklund, Eva. “¿Están Pippa medias largas y Harry Potter prohibidos en Cuba?” (“Are Pippi Longstocking and Harry Potter Banned in Cuba?”). Liberación. 12 de septiembre de 2003. URL: http://www.liberacion.press.se/anteriores/030912/notas/eva.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Cuba has the best library system in the entire Third World: New York Times The New York Times also cites that Cuba has the best library system in the entire Third Word and ALA president Mitch Freemdan’s commentares about the accusations of the so-called “independent libraries”, who are paid agents of the United States government. He also he disclosed that R.[sic] Kent and “consultant” Sanguinetti, sole members of “Friends of Cuban Libraries”, are financed with federal funds. Fuente: Björklund, Eva. “¿Están Pippa medias largas y Harry Potter prohibidos en Cuba?” (“Are Pippi Longstocking and Harry Potter Banned in Cuba?”). Liberación. 12 de septiembre de 2003. URL: http://www.liberacion.press.se/anteriores/030912/notas/eva.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. There aren’t banned book or persecuted librarians in Cuba: Nichael Dowling “Despite that we have sent several information gathering groups to Cuba, we haven’t found any evidence that there are banned books or persecuted librarians,” said Michael Dowling, head of the International Relations Office of ALA. This has been frequently posted on the “Friends of Cuban Libraries,” since they haven’t achieved their perverse objectives. Fuente: Björklund, Eva. "Están Pippa medias largas y Harry Potter prohibidos en Cuba?" (“Are Pippi Longstocking and Harry Potter Banned in Cuba?”) . Liberación. 12 de septiembre de 2003. URL: http://www.liberacion.press.se/anteriores/030912/notas/eva.htm |