Gross

It's always about money. The American "consultant" who is imprisoned in Cuba for counterrevolutionary activities has been portrayed by the U.S. media as an innocent victim. A man who just went to Cuba to help set up a wider Internet connection or something like that. The American government has turned his case into a cause celebre, insisting that he be set free, pointing not only to his "innocence" but to an alleged ill health.

Interestingly enough, all along, he and his wife had sued his company and the U.S. Government for $60 million, claiming that he wasn't made aware of the danger he would face in Cuba. Well, now, after so many years after Fidel came to power and established  a supposedly "totalitarian state", was this man completely unaware of the possibility of ending in jail? Also, he had made five trips to Cuba, which seems like a lot of traveling for just business. Unless he was doing something else.

In any case, Mr. Gross, while he wants his government to save him, has had no compunction about suing it. He has just settled his lawsuit against the company, probably a front for the CIA, but the part against Uncle Sam is still pending. He seems to have put his trust in Gold.

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