Sin agua ni luz, como los habaneros.

The United States Interest Section in Havana is under siege, held on the same predicament that kasstro holds the Habaneros, without water or electricity, since June 5th. Seven days later, the Department of State comes with a statement in that regards. In the meantime, the Coast Guard has kept the same busy schedule of sending rafters back to hell.
We have the right to demand some action from our elected officials, including the President. Time to get tough on the thug, Mr. Bush.
The part of the Department of State press briefing regarding that situation follows, pretty weak for my radical taste.

QUESTION: The U.S. interests section --

MR. MCCORMACK: Yeah, there's a question -- it was a question about the U.S. interests section in Havana and about the cutoff of utilities. And in fact, you are correct. On Monday, June 5th at approximately 3 a.m., electricity to the main building of the U.S. interests section in Havana was cut off. The U.S. interests section building is the only building in the neighborhood without electricity. I wonder how that happened.

American requests to the Cuban Government to restore power have gone unanswered. As of this morning, the power remains cut off and the U.S. interests section is operating on generator power. The same type of harassment that the Cuban -- this is the same type of harassment that the Cuban people have had to live with on a daily basis. Work at the interests section continues unabated, including interviews of refugees and direct outreach to the Cuban people.

I would just say that the bullying tactics of the Castro regime aren't going to work.

QUESTION: Any protest to the -- to the Cuban Government?

MR. MCCORMACK: We have worked with our protecting power as well as sent notes directly to the Cuban Government on this matter.

QUESTION: No answer?

MR. MCCORMACK: Well, the power's not on yet, is it? No.

QUESTION: Are you up to date on your bills?

MR. MCCORMACK: What's that?

QUESTION: Are you up to date on your electricity bills?

MR. MCCORMACK: I assume we are, Saul. I'll check for you.

QUESTION: I just wonder if that's the reason that they cut the electricity off. That's why they cut mine off.

MR. MCCORMACK: I suspect not. (Laughter.) I suspect it has more probably to do with some of the activities of the interests section in terms of trying to provide basic information and facts to the Cuban people. And that, of course, is not something that the Castro regime takes kindly to. Just to get to your point about the power bill, they do also have a habit of sort of turning down the spigot on the water supply as well in the interests section. This is a tactic that they have periodically employed. So I think it has less to do -- has probably everything to do with their displeasure over some of the activities.

QUESTION: So is there something else in the timing? Was there supposed to be a big meeting? Would you have used computers inside -- the internet -- inside the interests section? Do you think that -- you're obviously honing in on what you think their motivation is as some kind of harassment, but is it in response to something they were deliberately trying to sabotage inside the embassy on these --

MR. MCCORMACK: Not that I'm aware of, Saul.

QUESTION: Okay.

MR. MCCORMACK: I don't have great visibility into the motivations of the regime.

QUESTION: Do you have any details on the Somalia contact group meetings?

QUESTION: One more?

MR. MCCORMACK: On Cuba? Yeah, sure.

QUESTION: Is there a possibility of reciprocal action against the Cuban interests section in Washington?

MR. MCCORMACK: I don't know. As long as they're up to date with PEPCO, I think they're probably okay. I don't have any information in that regard, George.