Cubano in the 'Cajun Country - Latin American Studies

ACADIAN A PROFILE EDITORIAL
It's ~4YJ)AY' In The Western
Hemisphere, Mr. President.'
By BOB ANGERS, JR.
It's Mayday In the Western Hemisphere, Mr.
President!
All our flags fly upside down in distress.
The Communist Terrorist stalks the land.
He has assassinated our chief executiveand our
ambassador, kidnaped our diplomatic personnel,
confiscated our property, bombed and burned our
buildings, hijacked our aircraft and held us up to
worldwide contempt and ridicule.
His satanic influence has made itself felt during
your administration in three South American countries
now, just as it was felt earlier in Central
America and the islands of the Caribbean - and
within the United States itself.
This criminal seeks to overthrow our government
and the governments of our Latin neighbors, and
conquer the world.
Perhaps the verbiage of this plea has a familiar,
shopworn sound, Mr. President, but that in no way
lessens the urgency.
But you, Sir, of all men on earth, know the
seriousness of the hour.
And you, Mr. President, of all men on earth must
act and act now to begin the rollback of this
international communist conspiracy in the Hemisphere
or Western civilization is doomed.
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Where do we start the rollback of communi srn In
the Western Hemisphere?
In Cuba, Mr. President. Cuba, the Martyred Land.
Cuha - headquarters for the T ri -Continental
Communist Movement;
Cuba - training ground for US and Latin urban
guerri lias;
Cuba - concentration camp for the Western
Hemisphere;
Cuba - Communist Russia's base inside our
final line of defense!
Old Glory is soiled u;,til Cuba is free, Mr.
President.
That fact can't be swept under the rug.
It can't be pigeonholed in the United Nations or
the Congressional Committee or the Presidential
Commission.
The answer can't be found in the Alliance for
Progress. Or in the Export-Import Bank. Or at the
summit.
In Heaven's Name, Mr. President, call for the
Liberation of Cuba! Before your next meal! Before
night falls! Before freedom falls in this Land of
the Free!
Call for a Free Cuban Government in Exile.
The Cuban Exiles of Louisiana humbly suggest
that it be patterned after the Free French.
Calion the armed forces of Castro to overthrow
him. Call for a propaganda campaign against the
real forces of evil that would enslave us all.
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The Inter American Press Association during its
annual assembly in Mexico City in October, 1970,
called for the liberation of the 40 Cuban journalists
held in Castro's concentration camps.
Free all the Cubans in that captive isle, Mr.
President. Send the message to those who have
lived for a decade under the most barbaric conditions.
Untie the hands of the Cuban Exi les and el iminate
any unholy alliance we might have as a
nation that would impede the right of Cuba to
be free.
Remind us as Americans of our heritage as a
country peopled by men and women of incomparable
bravery and heroism of the highest order. Restore
our faith, rekindle our spirit.
Free Cuba, Mr. President, and where w()l'ld the
Tom Haydens and the Angela Davises and the
Mark Rudds and the Stokeley Carmichaels and the
Rap Browns and the Ch icago Sevens and the sky
bandits repair to?