The Place Where Superman Cries

Thursday, August 2, 2012
In Diario de Cuba, there's a must-read description of Castro's detention center at "100 y Aldabo."

This is the detention center where Castro's European hostage, Angel Carromero, has been held for the past week. He's now being charged with the crash that killed Cuban pro-democracy leaders Oswaldo Paya and Harold Cepero.

Here's the description:

"100 y Aldabo, like other centers of the Department of Technical Investigations, is a place conceived to weaken the character and destroy morale. This police center can only be compared to the Operation Centers of Cuban State Security, counterpart to the Stasi and KGB."

Or as Alvaro Prendes, a former Cuban Air Force colonel, who fell from grace with the regime and was first detained at "100 y Aldabo" before being sent off to prison for three years:

"It's the place where Superman cries."

Here's a picture of this infernal facility: