[Publib] Laura Bush Meets Cuban Librarians in Video Conference

[Kathleen Horan]

Kent's U.S. government supported propaganda is not the official ALA position, obviously.  Read on to decide for yourself:
 
http://www.ala.org/ala/iro/iroactivities/alacubanlibrariesreportcuban.cfm
 
  -- Kate
 
 
Currently reading:  
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
The Millennium Matrix by M. Rex Miller
 
Kathleen P. Horan, M.L.S.
Branch Manager
Palm View Branch Library
McAllen, TX
956-688-3322

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                      PRESS RELEASE
         The Friends of Cuban Libraries
(http://www.friendsofcubanlibraries.org )

Laura Bush Meets Cuban Librarians in Video Conference

NEW YORK, Nov. 28, 2007 (Friends of Cuban Libraries) - On November 27 Laura Bush held a video conference with members of Cuba's independent library movement [residing in Havana]....

.... According to a White House statement, during the conversation Mrs. Bush "spoke of her admiration for the work of the independent librarians in Cuba who provide a source of uncensored information to their countrymen at great personal risk, and expressed solidarity with them and their cause."

For the full text of the press release, with a photo, see the "Recent News" section of our website at:

( HTTP://WWW.FRIENDSOFCUBANLIBRARIES.ORG ) 
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