April 12, 2000

Why Maxine Waters?

For quite a while everyone has been wondering why Maxine Waters is so adamant about returning Elián to Cuba.  Of course behind every position, there is a reason. Good old Maxine owes Fidel.

She wants Elián to go back to Cuba, because, she says, he belongs with his father. And she also said that we Cubans must obey the law. Good old Maxine is practicing the old saying "Do as I say, NOT AS I DO".

Maxine Waters is supporting someone who has broken the law and is hiding in Cuba, running away from the American judicial system that wants her.

The person in question is Joanne Chesimard, aka Assata Shakur, a militant woman member of the Black Panthers Party, who has been found guilty of murdering a police officer in New Jersey. There is a price over her head. And Maxine Waters has asked Castro not to deport her to US.

So visit the following site where you can read all about it. The account of the murder story and the reward. You can also read Maxine Waters' letter to the dictator of Cuba. This information was obtained as a courtesy of the Fairfax County, Virginia, Republican Party: http://www.fairfaxco-gop.org/mwaters_castro.htm

On the other hand, should you be interested on reading about all the members of Congress who belong the International Socialist Alliance, what the Alliance is, and who are the members. Of course you will see the names of Maxine Waters and Charles Rangel, two prominent "fidelistas" in Congress, who together with José Serrano have taken up the lead in defending the deportation of Elián to the dictator.

So visit the following site and you will see them. This is also a courtesy of the FCRP, Virginia. http://www.fairfaxco-gop.org/socialists.htm