Fall down media myths about Cuba after Obama's speech : blockade exists and who is banned for traveling is ... the US people
Since tan on last December,
President Barack Obama made public the decision to start a dialogue with Cuba
and declare that the blockade of the island has been a failure,
several media myths have begun to crack down.
One: that the blockade of Cuba is not an "invention " or excuse form the Cuban Government,
but a policy that affects lives of the Cuban population
and the main straitjacket for economic development of the country.
Two: at first time many people have read in press
that citizenship can not scroll through an express prohibition is the US population
-which can not travel to Cuba except in certain conditions- not the Cuban population,
whose government abolished more than two years remaining obstacles to travel ?a certainly administrative process-.
Three: that the difficulties of Internet connectivity in Cuba
are referred to the US blocking,
and not with an alleged decision of the Cuban Government to prevent access to the network.
The White House decision about allow their transnational companies
to sell products and invest in Cuba to modernize telecommunications networks,
undoes the myth that Havana refuses or censorship Internet.
Another media myths that also begins to fall down
is the referred to the Cuban athletes in the US.
Cuba allows its athletes be recruited abroad
and receive -even- most of the income of their chips since some time ago.
They could also do this in the US. But in this case, is blockade that prevents it ...
unless those athletes establish their residence outside Cuba,
break all ties with the Cuban sports institutions and stop paying taxes on the Island.
We read in some newspapers news pointing to truly responsible for this situation for first time:
the US government.
The Spanish newspaper "El Pais" said that if case of getting up block
"Cuban beisbol players could sign for US clubs without risking their life (...).
As today is done with the Japanese League (...), MLB (Baseball Major League)
could pay a public ownership fee for the transfer from the Cuban championship".
Of course, the news could not miss the share of guilt of the Cuban government:
"there are people who distrust that the Cuban government will conduct a full opening" adds "El Pa?s".
But the truth is that Havana has already made its "openness",
allowing beisbol players can sign in foreign teams -also in the Majors Leagues, if they wish-
provided that they pay a portion of taxes for fund sport into the island.
Who is pending a "full open" -on this and another topics- is the US government.
In any case, it seems like that the historic step taken by President Barack Obama
about recognize the failure of the block against Cuba and the damage that it does to the population of the island,
served to some media begin to shed some light on certain issues.
We'll see for how long.
Translated and subtituled by Lic. Laura Virginia Mor.