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• “Have a pleasant flight!” (Says Reno Airport to it’s passengers)

  
  
  

  As posted earlier by Alberto a painting of Che Guevara adorns Reno-Tahoe International Airport.

  In brief: the man who co-founded the terrorist movement that pulled off among the first and deadliest airplane hijackings in the Western Hemisphere greets all boarding passengers!

  In November 1958 Cubana [...]

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• Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez preparing a Junta?

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  The news regarding the health of Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez indicates he is losing his battle against cancer and may not make it to the elections scheduled in Venezuela this October. Since he may not be around to claim victory after what is sure to be a [...]

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• Man cannot live on slogans alone

  
  
  

  An excellent editorial in the Buffalo News by former Cuban prisoner of conscience and now Buffalo, NY resident, Alexander Hernandez:

  Man cannot live on slogans alone

  Alexander Hernandez, a refugee from Cuba now living in Buffalo, cherishes his freedom.

  Every day before class, I used to shout with my [...]

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• Sean Hannity Hands Occupy Wall Street Orangizer His Empty Head

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  A couple of power points in this video that pretty much sums it up:

  1. According to this OWS "organizer" the NYPD sent the criminal element and troublemakers, especially the rapists, into the occupy camps. He makes a claim and offers no evidence ... when it is obvious [...]

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• When artistic freedom is used to glorify its oppressors

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  It never ceases to amaze me how some artists and advocates of artistic freedom continue to glorify a monster who executed artists and sent hundreds of them to concentration camps to be "reeducated" for the expressing artistic freedom. It is an irony that is beyond words.

  Via [...]

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• On Genuine Reconciliation

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  “Reconciliation” (reconciliación) has suddenly become a key word in Cubanspeak, due to its frequent use by Catholic bishops on both sides of the Florida Straits. It’s a word that is being used very carelessly by these prelates, and without reference to the full meaning given to it [...]

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• Ros-Lehtinen: If True, Ikea’s Use Of Cuban Political Prisoners To Build Furniture Another Insult Against Human Dignity & The Cuban Nation

  
  
  

  PRESS RELEASE

  May 4, 2012

  If True, Ikea’s Use Of Cuban Political Prisoners To Build Its Furniture Would Be Yet Another Insult Against Human Dignity & The Cuban Nation By The Castro Brothers, Says Cong. Ros-Lehtinen

  Miami, Florida – U.S. Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) issued the following statement regarding [...]

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• While you’re down there…

  
  
  

  The Short of It from our friends at Guamá:

  Translation:

  "Since you're already down there, see if you can find any 'change.'"

  "We're doing great!"

  Note: While this vignette is highly illustrative of the current situation in Cuba in regards to the "reforms" of the Castro dictatorship, it is also [...]

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• The Cardinal, Reconciliation and Forgetfulness

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  A guest post from Asombra:

  This post is drawn from one posted this Wednesday on the Tersites blog, run by a New York-based Cuban blogger. His post was also picked up by Enrisco blog. I have been essentially faithful to the original, but this is not [...]

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• Hugo Chavez Pleads for a Miracle as His Condition Worsens

  
  
  

  The Spanish newspaper ABC reports that Hugo Chavez is now using a cane and a wheelchair, and that his cancer continues to spread aggressively.

  Journalist Nelson Bocaranda, who claims to be in close contact with Chavez's Venezuelan and Brazilian doctors, says that Chavez can no longer walk [...]

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