Castro's daughter impressed by Dutch take on prostitution

Praise indeed for the way prostitution is organised in Amsterdam's Red Light District. The Cuban sexologist Mariela Castro Espín is pleasantly surprised by the facilities that exist for window prostitutes in the Dutch capital.

This is an entirely different message to the warnings issued by Amsterdam police and politicians about the human trafficking that goes on behind the scenes of the red-lit windows.

"Having seen all this, I can only say how impressed I am by how sex workers can go about their work in a dignified manner and command respect," says Mariela Castro, daughter of Cuba's leader Raul Castro, after a tour through Amsterdam's infamous Red Light District.

Ms Castro listens closely to health workers and former prostitutes explaining how things are organised in Amsterdam. She is told that the local authorities offer health checks, that the rights of the prostitutes are protected as much as possible and that, since prostitution was legalised, the prostitutes have to pay taxes like everybody else.

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• cuba
• love matters
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• red light district
• amsterdam
• sex

[viera1963]

So this woman can clearly travel outside of Cuba whilst most Cubans can't. It's ridiculous how she has that opportunity just because of who she is. Why doesn't she work on obtaining freedom and equal rights for her fellow countrymen instead of looking at ways to bring sex tourism to Cuba because that is clearly what she is up to here!!!

[GryffindorGurl]

WTF esta loca o que?? This woman is crazy to think there are "positive" ways contributing to prostitution y los pobrecito Cubanos have to suffer because of her and her family