Alma Guillermoprieto Quotes
An essential part of the magic involves turning everyone into an enemy, to ward off surprises.
Guillermoprieto, Alma. Dancing with Cuba: A Memoir of the Revolution. Translated by Esther Allen, Pantheon Books, 2004.
“They” refers to the West. It is actually believed by many Arabs and Muslims throughout the West is deliberately causing Islamic deaths by deliberately spreading disease and resorts to these means because the West has not other way of controlling Islam. Arab oratory emphasis exaggeration and frequent repetition as persuasive techniques. Factual analysis and independence of thinking is not part of the tradition so Islamic leaders are often believed regardless of how absurd the accusation. AIDS which is plaguing the world, is thought to be, by many Arabs, an Israeli plot to weaken and destroy Islam. The supporting evidence is that the Israelis have a very sophisticated biomedicine capability. Israel itself has a very low rate of AIDS, and AIDS is spread by promiscuous sex. Everyone knows that Islam does not allow promiscuity so therefore AIDS in Islamic lands must be being spread by the Israelis. Ironically, Arab nations have a relatively low AIDS rate.
He was located in Syria at the time.
Throughout much of Africa there is one party rule, and opposition is generally regarded as being almost treason. Perhaps a partial cause of this is language.
Alma Guillermoprieto is a Mexican journalist who has written extensively about Latin America for the British and American press. Her writings have also been widely disseminated within the Spanish-speaking world.
