The Secret of the Bat
There is no ratio behind the Cuban-American relations whatsoever. And this
is what this film is about. It is a complex issue and it shows how the interest
of a few influences the politics of the last remaining superpower. The film
shows how the interest of the Bacardi-Clan, who was forced by the Cuban revolution
to leave Cuba and relocate their rum-business, is involved from the very first
years with US foreign policy. The film shows how Bacardi magnate Pepin Bosch
was related to attempts of the CIA and elements of the US Mafia, to topple Castro.
It proves the involvement of Bacardi into various exile organisations and their
connections to terrorist activities. It further shows, how the US harbours these
accused and sometimes convicted terrorists and used them for their illegal operations,
run by the CIA. How politicians like the Bush clan profit from their support
of the Bacardis and how they in return get corrupted by misusing their political
power for the commercial interest of the Bacardi company, like Jeb Bush's pressure
on the US Trademark office... the most recent case of corruption which lead
to the protest of the EU against the US at the WTO. The film shows the connections
of the US, the CIA and members of the Bacardi family to illegal operations and
corrupt behaviour. The film gives Castro the best arguments to fight his enemies
and to keep the regime under his control.
If the US doesn't change it's pro-embargo policy, its support for militant and
corrupt exile organisations, terrorists and illegal trade practice of corporations
like the Bacardi, there is little chance for a change in Cuba. The US declared
the fight against terrorists. Why does this exclude militant members of the
Cuban exile community? The US declared war against countries that harbour terrorists.
Why does this not apply to the US territory? How can it be, that a company based
in Bermudas can dictate the US congress laws regarding US foreign policies and
US trade relations that violate international trade laws?
A final statement: Laws in the US, such as the "Freedom of Information
Act" made this film possible. Only because of US laws, once classified
documents had been released, e-mails from politicians like Governor Jeb Bush
had been made public. Because of NGO are able to operate free and Journalists
are able to publish and comment without being put to prison, we had access to
the facts and documents we provide in this film. We got great support from the
Cuban authorities too and were free to film and interview whatever and whoever
we asked for. I wish for my Cuban colleagues, that this freedom of information
and expression will soon be the rule, not the exception. I wish for my US colleagues,
that corporate interest don't limit the great opportunities of their great democracy
and that this film will be shown in the US too. A society can only flourish,
if it's citizens can move freely, express and criticizes.
As free people we must not accept any restriction of free speech. Neither from
a dictatorship nor from corporate interests.
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