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• The ‘Single Party’ of Martí

  
  
  

  Guamá's Gaveta Official #111:

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• The Fraudulent Mr. Wilkerson

  
  
  

  Jose Cardenas at InterAmerican Security Watch:

  U.S.-Cuba Relations: The Fraudulent Mr. Wilkerson

  Those closely tracking U.S.-Cuba relations over the past couple of years may have come across the name of Lawrence Wilkerson as a commentator on the issue.  A while back, Wilkerson, who was Colin Powell’s Chief of [...]

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• “¡Viva la paz! ¡Viva el pubelo! ¡Viva América Latina!”

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  Maybe the title of the article should be, "Batistiano Mafia pro-embargo exile hardliners proven right once again!"

  Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has officially launched a Spanish-language satellite TV channel, saying it would deal a blow to "dominance seekers" – remarks that were an apparent dig at the [...]

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• Another week, another murder by the Castroites, another cover-up by their Media auxiliaries

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  U.S. media representatives audition for Havana press bureaus

  Last week the regime co-founded by Che Guevara (worldwide icon of youthful rebellion) murdered a young defenseless political prisoner named Wilman Villar for the crime of “disrespect to authorities.”

  So, 53 years into Cuban Stalinism we’re at about [...]

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• Photo of the day

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  Rosines Chavez, the fourteen-year-old daughter of Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez, displays the wonders of her father's 21st Century Socialism:

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• How Odebrecht Abets Castro’s Repression

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  Via Capitol Hill Cubans:

  How Odebrecht Abets Castro's Repression Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is heading to Cuba this afternoon, but has already made it clear that she will not meet with pro-democracy activists -- nor criticize the Castro regime's repression.

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  Because her trip is on behalf [...]

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• Raul Castro’s reforms in pictures

  
  
  

  They say a picture is worth a thousand words. These pictures of Henry Perales, a victim of an attack last month by a government organized mob of violent thugs, tells the story of Raul Castro's reforms in Cuba.

  Via Along the Malecon:

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• Your Tuesday Babalú Ajiaco for January 31st, 2012

  
  
  

  The chefs at the Babalú kitchen have prepared a delicious and nutritious news ajiaco for you today. Enjoy!

  In Cuba, there is no freedom or liberty. The people lived enslaved to a brutal and repressive monarchical dictatorship that beats, imprisons, and murders those who dare challenge them. Brazilian [...]
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• Dr. Carlos Eire: The Catholic Church’s long history of compromise — A Babalú Exclusive

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  In a Babalú exclusive, Yale professor and our good friend Dr. Carlos Eire analyzes a recent article in the Miami Herald by Juan Tamayo regarding the Catholic Church in Cuba and how it has learned to coexist with the brutal and murderous Castro dictatorship:

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  The Catholic Church's long [...]
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• “President Dilma Rousseff’s foreign policy will emphasize human rights.” Marco Aurelio Garcia, special advisor to Brazil’s president

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  “Bruno, you shouldn’t have!” (H/T Asombra)

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff greeted by Stalinist apparatchik, Bruno Rodriguez, foreign minister of a totalitarian regime in power four times longer than Hitler's, that jailed and tortured political prisoners at a higher rate than Stalin's, and that prohibits visits by [...]

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