Vicky Pelaez, one of the spies nabbed by the FBI this week, is a long-
time faithful scribe for the Cuban propaganda ministry....

It’s not often that Fidel Castro shares the stage. If during one of
his weekly screeds (which he refers to as “Reflections”) he briefly
steps aside to highlight a quote from a foreign well-wisher or agent,
that brief quote will surely echo throughout his propaganda ministry.

Among those on whom Castro has bestowed this rare honor is Vicky
Pelaez, known primarily to Hispanics in the New York area for her
columns (ongoing for almost 20 years) in El Diario/La Prensa, the
largest circulation Spanish language paper in the U.S.

“Hers is such a well-argued document,” Castro opined in his screed of
May 8 [1] referring to an article by Vicky Pelaez, “that I do not wish
to conclude this reflection without including it:

“The huge marches of this May Day condemning the pernicious anti-
immigration law passed in Arizona, have shaken all of the United
States,” starts Vicky Pelaez as quoted by Castro. “[The law] resembles
laws passed in Nazi Germany or South Africa in the apartheid period.”

The article goes on to accuse Jan Brewer of “hate against people with
an accent,” of “promoting ethnic cleansing,” and of authorizing
Arizona’s police to fire upon people based on the color of their
skin. It was as if Vicky was transcribing from a mainstream media/
Democratic teleprompter. Castro quotes her for up to about 500 words,
almost half of his screed. Again, a highly unusual honor in Castro’s
universe. But then, Frontpagemag.com has already explained [2]
Castro’s discomfiture with Arizona’s SB 1070.

Ms. Vicky Pelaez became much, much better known this week when
arrested by the FBI and charged (so far), along with 9 others,
including her husband, of spying for the Russian Federation. The FBI
affidavit stated that she traveled to an unnamed South American
country to pick up cash for fellow agents in Yonkers sent by Russian
handlers and to pass on messages. According to the FBI, in one 2002
trip, Pelaez returned with $80,000 stuffed into her luggage — eight
bags each containing $10,000.

An item utterly unreported by the media is that Vicky Pelaez has been
a faithful scribe for the Castro regime’s propaganda ministry [3] for
years. Her work appears just to the left of Fidel and Raul’s own
articles. As an interesting aside, the Huffington Post also publishes
a Castro court scribe, [4] innocuously described as a “Cuba–based
media analyst.”

“Fidel Castro is already immortal!” wrote Vicky Pelaez [5] in the
Castro regime’s house organ back in 2006:

|“He is a man who inspired and demonstrated the fertile path of truth
for other leaders!…

|We had the moments of Christ, Mohammed, Confucius, Plato, Aristotle,
Descartes, Newton, Pascal, Bolivar, Marti, |Che Guevara, etc. They all
left the scene, yet unlike us mere mortals, they remain
immortal…..they were rebels like |the very angels of God who did not
resign themselves to a sad destiny of mere mortals but instead
valiantly challenged |the very heavens to steal its glory!

|Fidel Castro Ruz belongs to that glorious group of rebels! With his
towering intelligence, discipline, drive, and |persistence he launched
his heroic struggle and gained his people’s support to fight for new
and sovereign Cuba! But |his fight is not over…!”

Manpower and time constraints prevent the FBI from using odes to Fidel
Castro as tips to uncover Castro agents. Keeping tabs on Castro
groupies would mean tailing the majority of the mainstream media
pundits, Hollywood elites, and liberal arts faculties at every college
and university from sea to shining sea—not to mention a plurality of
Democratic legislators, including the entire Congressional Black
Caucus. [6] One only need to consider the following evidence:

“He looked directly into my eyes! Then he asked: how can we help
President Obama? Fidel Castro really wants President Obama to
succeed.” So exhaled CBC member Laura Richardson (D-Calif.) upon
returning from a junket to Cuba in April 2009.

“It was quite a moment to behold! Fidel Castro was very engaging and
very energetic.” CBC member Rep. Barbara Lee. (D-Calif.) stated after
the same trip.

“He’s one of the most amazing human beings I’ve ever met!” CBC member
Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) announced after the trip.

And from Hollywood:

“Castro is very selfless and moral, one of the world’s wisest
men.” (Oliver Stone.)

“If you believe in freedom, if you believe in justice, if you believe
in democracy, you have no choice but to support Fidel Castro!” (Harry
Belafonte.)

“The eight most important hours of my life,” (Stephen Spielberg
describing his dinner with Castro, as reported in the Wall Street
Journal.)

And also from the media:

“Fidel Castro is Cuba’s Elvis!” (Dan Rather)

“Fidel Castro is old-fashioned, courtly–even paternal, a thoroughly
fascinating figure!” (Andrea Mitchell.)

“Castro has brought very high literacy and great health-care to his
country. His personal magnetism is powerful, his presence is
commanding.” (Barbara Walters.)

Alas, space restrains us here. The bandwith required to list all such
odes to Fidel Castro would bankrupt George Soros.

As to the story with Pelaez, Columnist Joy Tiz [7] reminds us of
profound warnings issued from KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov back in 1984:

|“Cynical, ego-centric people, people who can look into your eyes with
angelic expression and tell you a lie. These are |always the most
recruitable people (by the KGB) –people who lack moral principals –
who are either too greedy or who |suffer from too much self-
importance.”

This description would seem to capture Pelaez perfectly: Last week on
the Spanish-language TV show A Mano Limpia [8], a former colleague of
Vicky Pelaez at New York’s El Diario/La Prensa named Miguel Ángel
Sánchez, recalled Vicky’s suspension from the paper for plagiarism and
how her husband Juan Lazaro (a Baruch college professor arrested with
her) served as the official New York treasurer for the Peruvian
Communist terrorist group Sendero Luminoso [9].

KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov also revealed how “those who reject
Communist influence in their own country will be character
assassinated…” And as it happens, Castro’s press thinks rather poorly
of a FrontPage writer whom they’ve placed on the Stalinist regime’s
official enemies list. “Traitor, liar and cowardly Bambi-Killer” are
among the mildest insults Castro’s press hurled against your loyal
servant here. [10] (Also note how, in the 2nd paragraph, the Castro-
regime’s house organ insults Frontpage Magazine, Jamie Glazov and
David Horowitz.)


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