You probably think I am kidding, but this is just in from La Habana, Cuba:

Greece Celebrates Cuban Anniversary

Athens, Nov 8 (Prensa Latina) With a cultural gala, the capital started Wednesday activities for the 50th anniversary of the landing of Granma Yacht on which Fidel Castro arrived in Cuba on December 2, 1956.

The activity also includes the launching of the book translated into Greek "Cuba and Africa: the Cuban Contribution to African Liberation," edited by Dientes Vima publishing house, and the documentary "Sons from Namibia," by Cuban filmmaker Rigoberto Lopez Pego.

Granma members who began the war of liberation in the Sierra Maestra mountain range are Che Guevara, Raul Castro and other heroes of the Cuban Revolution.

You might think Greeks have better things to do than celebrate the «liberation» of the Sierra Maestra mountains; you would also (rightly) think that less than one in a million could place the Sierra Maestra mountains if you were to ask people on the street in Athens.

You might even be tempted to think that Greeks, full citizens of the European Union for over 25 years, would by now have better judgment than celebrate Che Guevara; or that December 2 would be better remembered as Maria Callas’ birthday rather than the arrival of some thugs in La Habana.

Guess you don’t know Greece very well!

PS- I can't help but wonder how many tens of copies "Cuba and Africa" will sell in Greece...