WIKILEAKS PROVED THAT DR. DARSI FERRER WAS RIGHT AND MICHAEL MOORE IS WRONG

From: Enrique Artalejo

Date: Monday, December 29, 2010


I remember what Dr. Darsi Ferrer said back in July of 2007 when I was helping a producer for ABC 20/20, who was preparing a program to contradict much of what Michael Moore had portrayed on his 'documentary' "Sicko."

I was on the line with the producer, who didn't speak Spanish, and Darsi and we were telling him what was shown on the part of the documentary that was filmed in Cuba about how wonderful health care was in the island and how, according to Michael Moore, all Cubans had access to the medical services that his American guests received at Hospital Hermanos Ameijeiras in Havana.

When he heard what we said, Darsi's immediate response was: "That documentary will never be shown in Cuba."

The ABC producer was surprised! "Why wouldn't it be shown if it was complementary about Cuba's health care?"

"Because here everyone knows that is a lie and it would be considered counter revolutionary to show regular Cubans the medical services that only foreigners can receive," was Darsi's response.


And now, a cable released by WikiLeaks prove that Dr. Ferrer was right:

"The leaked memo reveals that when the film was shown to a group of Cuban doctors in Cuba, some became so “disturbed at the blatant misrepresentation of healthcare in Cuba that they left the room”.


Castro’s government apparently went on to ban the film because, the leaked cable claims, it “knows the film is a myth and does not want to risk a popular backlash by showing to Cubans facilities that are clearly not available to the vast majority of them."


Read more, including a video of the ABC 20/20 program: http://hotair.com/archives/2010/12/17/great-news-cuba-banned-michael-moore-documentary-for-being-too-rosy-about-cuban-health-care/


Read the entire cable about medical care in Cuba: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/139530