Pinocchio Theory: Cubans say Bush lied about sex-tourism
Monday, July 19, 2004 at 07:50PM
TheSpook
Cubans call
President Bush's charge that the island nation has a booming sex
business a lie, saying crackdowns have ended the trade. Cubans blasted President Bush on Saturday
after he accused Fidel Castro of turning the island into a major spot
for sex tourism and child prostitution. ''I've never heard anything as
pig-filthy as that,'' said Marta Rojas, a celebrated Cuban author.
''The nose of Pinocchio'' -- as some Cubans call Bush -- ``is so long
it can't get any longer.'' Cuba was a bustling sex tourism destination
in the early 1990s after its economy collapsed, travel writers say, but
police crackdowns have turned that around. [more]
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