tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419558703918975245.post5206932509853693317..comments2024-03-18T05:11:45.069-04:00Comments on Notes from the Cuban Exile Quarter: Cuban human rights defender Frank Calzon physically prevented from providing information at Cuba Summit hosted by The EconomistJohn Suarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11333798474560217548noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419558703918975245.post-58704020450496875672015-12-04T17:09:20.258-05:002015-12-04T17:09:20.258-05:00There might have been a special reason why the Eco...There might have been a special reason why the Economist chose to prevent Frank Calzon from presenting the report. Maybe one of the staff of the Economist didn't like some of the language of the report that Calzon was intending to present, including the characterization of the military men in Cuba's state-owned companies as forming a sort of oligarchy. Presumably, participants at the meeting would have frankly disagreed with Calzon's belief that Raul Castro's military men constitute an economic oligarchy no different from Russian robber barons who came of age in the 1990s, since they know that all state enterprises in Cuba dominated by FAR officers have never been privatized, unlike the case of Russia where former KGB officers gave up teir positions in the Russian security forces after taking control of Russian enterprises.Davidowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06099864739987549261noreply@blogger.com