US News
Nobel winner Saramago urges Obama to close Guantanamo
Nov 5, 2008, 12:36 GMT
Madrid - Nobel Literature laureate Portuguese author Jose Saramago on Wednesday urged US president-elect Barack Obama to 'tear down the shame' represented by the US prison camp in Guantanamo, Cuba.
The winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for literature, who lives on the Spanish Canary Island of Lanzarote, described Guantanamo as a 'concentration and torture camp' in his Spanish-language blog.
Obama should also lift the embargo against Cuba and apologize to the Cuban people, advised Saramago, who belongs to the Portuguese Communist Party.
COMMENT
blog comments powered by DisqusLatest Headlines in US
- 1. Mitt Romney Addresses Tea Party Summit Pictures
- 2. Seven injured as US Navy plane crashes into apartments
- 3. At least three injured in US Navy plane crash
- 4. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, others to face death penalty trial
- 5. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, four others to face death penalty trial
Older Talkback
page: 1
page: 1
lanceNov 5th, 2008 - 12:52:13
'Obama should also lift the embargo against Cuba and apologize to the Cuban people'
Apologize for what?? He isn't even president yet!
Now, if he said that about Bush then I would say Bush should get down on his knees and pray for forgiveness and apologize to Cubans AND muslims as well as U.S taxpayers (for stealing their money and throwing it away in foolish adventures of mass killing).
At least give Obama one year before he has to start apologizing for his own policy decisions.
Or should Obama issue an apology like this:
'My predecessors (and their 100 million followers) apologize for their ridiculous and stupid behavior and I vow never to repeat that myself'
Report this comment