OK, sure, you may have thought that Gabriel García Márquez, who died last week, was a pretty good writer, but the Washington Post 's Charles Lane just wants to remind you that García Márquez was also a communist, and entirely too close to Fidel Castro to actually count as someone worth remembering.
&lt; snark off &gt; This is why I hate it every time that Bacardi commercial comes on the tube about how much they&#039;ve suffered -- boo, hoo, hoo -- but they survived. They&#039;ve survived to stranglehold the US government and the Cuban people for 45 damn years of embargo-fueled poverty with a policy that has demonstrably <i>not worked</i>. Fuck the Bacardis. Engagement &gt; &gt; embargo. (Fuck html, also, too.) &lt; snark on &gt;
&lt; snark off &gt; This is why I hate it every time that Bacardi commercial comes on the tube about how much they&#039;ve suffered -- boo, hoo, hoo -- but they survived. They&#039;ve survived to stranglehold the US government and the Cuban people for 45 damn years of embargo-fueled poverty with a policy that has demonstrably <i>not worked</i>. Fuck the Bacardis. Engagement &gt; &gt; embargo. (Fuck html, also, too.) &lt; snark on &gt;
Hasta la renovacion siempre, herman@s.
Hate in the time of the choleric.
Shame is not the only theme of Marquez&#039;s that Lane will never comprehend.
Waiting to read how successful Mr. Lane was at improving the lot of the 11 million people living in Cuba.