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• Reports from Cuba: High Statistical Indices

  By Rebeca Monzo in Translating Cuba:

  High Statistical Indices

  Talking with some Colombian teachers who were sightseeing in “my world,” they mentioned to me the magnificent statistical indices that we had in education and health. I, of course, I clarified that these figures were released by the government, unchallenged by any counterpart [...]

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• Cuba’s attack dog in Venezuela

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  The humor of Alfredo Pong:

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• Report from Washington D.C.: Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation honors Chinese dissident

  An on-the-ground report from our good friend and Babalú roving reporter Nathalie Vogel:

  Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation honors Chinese dissident

  The 100 million victims of communism were commemorated yesterday at the annual event of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in Washington DC.

  The event was widely attended by 20 embassies, heads [...]

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• Video of the day – #FreeTheCuban11million

  The latest single from Cuban dissident rap duo El Primario y Julito protests the repression in Cuba and calls on the Castro dictatorship to #FreeTheCuban11million:

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• Wh Everything is Screwed Up and We’re Up the Creek Without a Paddle in One Sentence, Part 3

  So, let's for one second imagine that you are a naturalized American citizen. That you're "Hispanic", as invented by Nixon in 1973.

  Let's imagine that you think that the immigration reform bill, as it appears to be shaping up, is simply a terrible idea.

  What does that make you?

  An employee of' [...]

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• Which is more painful in Cuba: Being stung by a jellyfish or being hacked with a machete?

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  Once again, the press dispatches its reporters to cover another Cuba related story that completely ignores the reality on the island. While Cuban State Security is hacking dissidents with machetes, political prisoners are being tortured in prison, and democracy activists on hunger strike are being kicked out of their homes, [...]

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• U.S. Coast Guard repatriates 38 Cubans trying to escape Castro’s magnificent reforms

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  Apparently, more than three dozen Cubans were not aware of the magnificent reforms being instituted in Cuba by its munificent dictator Raul Castro and attempted to escape this newly rejuvenated island paradise. The U.S. Coast Guard, which thanks to the U.S. "Wet-Foot, Dry-Foot" policy operates as the de facto border [...]

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• Why Everything is Screwed Up and We’re Up the Creek Without a Paddle in One Paragraph – Part 2

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  Fun Fact Of The Day: Mosque’s Are Off-Limits To Obama’s Snooping, Missed Boston Bombers...

  (Investors Business Daily) -- The White House assures that tracking our every phone call and keystroke is to stop terrorists, and yet it won’t snoop in mosques, where the terrorists are.

  That’s right, the government’s sweeping surveillance of [...]

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• Reports from Cuba: It Seems Cuba is Saying Goodbye to Beef

  By Ignacio Estrada in Translating Cuba:

  It Seems Cuba is Saying Goodbye to Beef

  Havana, Cuba: For decades Cubans have seen themselves constrained when it comes to putting beef on the table. A type of meat that causes stage fright in those who have never imagined themselves on a stage.

  To date, [...]

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• Damn that blockade!

  The humor of Garrincha at Martí Noticias:

  "Oh my goodness, commandant... Have you seen the huge scandal going on over in the U.S.? They have been monitoring millions of phone calls!"

  "Damn that blockade that stops us from getting our hands on that technology!"

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