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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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• Remittances to Cuba: More questions than answers

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  Yesterday, The Miami Herald published a story on how based on a recent report on remittances to Cuba, which claimed the island receives well over 2-billion dollars in cash remittances every year, this huge flow of money from outside island is driving the Cuban economy. However, a more [...]

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• U.S. State Department throws Venezuela’s dictatorship a lifeline

  The Editorial Board of the Washington Post:

  Venezuela gets a lifeline from the United States

  NICOLÁS MADURO, the former bus driver chosen by Hugo Chávez to lead Venezuela after his death, has been struggling to consolidate his position since being declared the victor in a questionable presidential election in April. With [...]

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• Australian swimmer quits attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida

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  Only 11 hours into her attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida, Australian swimmer Chole McCardell called it quits and abandoned her endeavor. According to news reports, the endurance swimmer blamed the painful stings of jellyfish for her decision to give up swimming across the Florida Straits.

  Jellyfish, however, are not [...]

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• Victim of Castro State Security machete attack in Cuba speaks out

  Via Notes from the Cuban Exile Quarter:

  Rights defender speaks out about machete attack in Cuba "That person was prepared. He knew who I was, how I think and how to identify me. His goal was to end my life. Deprive me of my life. Why? Simply because I have demonstrated to the" [...]

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• Maduro Institutionalizes Cuban-Style Economic Chaos in Caracastan

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  Economic meltdowns down get much more dramatic or stupefying than the one now unfolding in Maduro's Caracastan.

  The Venezuelan currency -- the Bolivar -- has now been assigned three different values by Maduro's economic ministers.

  The official name for this institutionalized chaos is "Sistema Complementario de Divisas (Sicad)".

  Those familiar with the [...]

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• Ros-Lehtinen: The Cold War May be Over, But the Fight Against Communism Continues

  The Cold War May be Over, But the Fight Against Communism Continues, Ros-Lehtinen Says

  “As a victim of communism myself, I understand the horrors that this misguided ideology has brought, and continues to bring, to billions of people around the world”

  WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the Middle [...]

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