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  American Thinker: "IRS Targeted Conservative Hispanic Outreach Group, Too" (More @ The Gateway Pundit)

  The Gateway Pundit: "Beck, Bachmann, Rand Paul, Mike Lee & Ted Cruz to Headline “Audit the IRS Rally” Wednesday in Washington DC"

  But hey, we are all just being paranoid and blowing that [...]

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• Report from Italy

  This Babalu correspondent has been in Rome for the past week, which is why he has not been posting too frequently.

  Rome has a way of claiming all of your attention.

  So does Mount Vesuvius, some miles to the south, which this correspondent climbed yesterday.  And here is the proof:

  The [...]

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• Reports from Cuba: The Embargo or the Never Ending Story

  By Rebeca Monzo in Translating Cuba:

  The Embargo or the Never Ending Story

  In recent days many of us have been having friendly conversations and discussions about the famous embargo. Some are in favor of lifting it, others for keeping it in place.

  What seems to have been forgotten by everyone, [...]

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• American academia enslaved by communist dictatorships

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  The sad and disturbing truth that liberal academia in America, so enamored by communist dictatorships, continues to be enslaved by despotic and repressive regimes. Despite their proclaimed love for freedom of expression, like loyal stooges and apparatchiks, they obey every command given to them by communist regimes.

  Via CNN:

  Chinese dissident [...]

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• Marielaaa!

  The humor of Garrincha in Martí Noticias:

   

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• Boiling Over in Brazil

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  As scheduled big international events approach in Brazil the country's poor economy and growing government failures and corruption have the Brazilian people quite a bit angered...

  (Reuters) - As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities on Monday in a swelling wave of protest [...]

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• Cuban Booty: The Art of Looting

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  Excerpts from an article appearing in the summer edition of the German art journal KUR by our good friend Tania Mastrapa, Ph.D. For those interested in Cuba's looted art, Dr. Mastrapa will be holding a conference in Miami on July 20th addressing the thefts in Cuba as well as [...]

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• Image of the day – The Bromance

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• U.S. Representatives host reception in support of Cuban spies responsible for murder of four Americans

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  In spite of the fact these Cuban spies helped the Castro dictatorship murder four innocent American pilots from Brothers to the Rescue, it appears some U.S. Representatives are compelled to support them.

  Via Capitol Hill Cubans:

  Two U.S. Reps. Host Reception in Support of Cuban Spies

  A couple of weeks ago, a [...]

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• Castro dictatorship publishes ‘reforms’ on internet Cubans have little or no access to

  Even though less than 3% of Cuba's 11-million+ citizens are able to actually access the internet, that does not stop the Castro dictatorship from proudly touting that its farcical reforms are now being made available on a new website. Makes you wonder just who the Cuban regime is trying to [...]

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