Galeano insults Cubans.

• Position: Letters to the Editor

As a Cuban American living in the United States for more than forty years, and having recently visited Cuba twice, I find Eduardo Galeano's article ("Cuba Hurts," June issue) an insult to Cubans who live in Cuba and to the ones who live outside Cuba.

How can he compare the execution of 152 criminals in Texas to the recent execution of three Cubans? Those 152 people were murderers: They killed and raped people. They got a trial and were in jail for years before they where executed.

The three young Cubans who were executed didn't hurt anybody. Yes, they hijacked a boat to look for freedom, but that was their only crime. They got a twenty-four-hour trial, and the next day they were executed. How can Galeano compare that to capital punishment in the United States, where the prisoners get a trial and a chance to appeal?

He said that the problem in Cuba needs to be resolved by the Cubans. How? The ones who live outside Cuba can't do anything against the regime. And the ones who are inside can't even...