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• Attention turnip truck

  
  
  

  You may be missing one of your passengers...

  The concentration of power under Hugo Chávez has jeopardised judicial independence, media freedom, and civil and political rights in Venezuela, according to Human Rights Watch.

  The US-based campaign group details in a report published on Tuesday what it describes as [...]

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• Image of the day — Flattery

  
  
  

  Because in Cuba, the theft of intellectual property is the sincerest form of flattery.

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• The high price of doing business with the criminal Cuban dictatorship

  
  
  

  Amazing how companies continue trying to circumvent the law and engage in illegal business with the Castro dictatorship's international crime syndicate in Cuba.

  Via Capitol Hill Cubans:

  Senate Report Highlights Cuba Transactions

  From the U.S. Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation's report, "U.S. Vulnerabilities to Money Laundering, Drugs," [...]

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• Raul Castro’s ‘reforms’ sinks its teeth into Cuba’s small businesses

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  Sort of like fattening up the calf before the slaughter. Not to say we told you so, but... we told you so.

  Via the Miami Herald:

  New import fees to hammer Cuba’s small businesses

  Cuban small businesses, most of which work with goods that arrive with travelers or in [...]

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• Let’s start the day by making liberal and ‘progressive’ heads go boom

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  Ladies and gentlemen, George W. Bush speaking with Peter Robinson.

  ''I believe we are a blessed nation; that is, therefore, we have a sense of responsibility to the extent we can to help others. In this case there was a pandemic destroying an entire generation of people. And [...]

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• ‘Free the Cuban 5′ event in Miami sparsely attended

  
  
  

  So much for that "generational shift" in Miami we have been hearing about for years where the Cuban exile community is supposedly becoming more accepting of the murderous Castro dictatorship.

  Via Cuba Confidential:

  How Embarrassing! Only 80 People Showed At Miami Conference on “Cuban 5”

  In yet another demonstration that [...]

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