CAPITOL HILL CUBANS
During an interview from Havana with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson made a very revealing statement:
"I am here not as an administration envoy. I'm trying to sell chili, salsa, green chili to the Cuban government, and I have two more days here in my visit."
Sadly, that absurd statement defines the current Cuba policy debate.
In Cuba, only one entity is allowed to engage in international trade and commerce: the Castro regime (through it's commercial arm named Alimport).
Thus, Richardson is -- only -- looking to sell chilies to the Castro regime.
It's a sad statement that Cuba's dictatorship is so absolutist that it must even control "chilies."
So there are essentially two sides to this debate:
One the one hand: Those that are happy to collude in "chili sales" with the Castro regime and, therefore, foment their absolutist control.
An on the other hand: Those that look forward to freely trading chilies with the Cuban people and stand up to the Castro regime's current absolutism.
Needless to say, we know what side Governor Richardson is on.
It'll be interesting to see how many chilies he sells on this trip, for last year Richardson returned to New Mexico with all his chilies in hand.
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