Charlie Hill

Charlie Hill has lived in Cuba for 43 years serving as a refuge that Cuba has looked after. It all started on November 8, 1971 in New Mexico when Hill and two other men got pulled over on the interstate. All three of the men in that car were part of the Republic of New Afrika, a black militant group that was trying to make some of the southern states a nation for African-Americans. There they ran into Police Officer Robert Rosenbloom, who thought the car was stolen. When Mr. Rosenbloom went up to the car he was shot once in the head and the three men got away safely. They then made their way to Africa, where Charlie Hill is today. However, he wants to go back to America, because he misses it. He knows what will most likely happen if he goes back, but he is willing to surrender anyways just to be back in his home country and so he’s able to see his family again.

My opinion of this is that he is doing the right thing in returning to the US. He says he’s not going to try to run away, but he’s going to take full responsibility for his actions. I think we should have been able to arrest him though, even if the US and Cuba weren’t at a good place during that time. I don’t blame him for wanting to leave though because he is poor in Cuba and they don’t have McDonald's, which he says he wants to eat at again before he dies.  

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/09/americas/us-cuba-fugitive-charlie-hill/index.html