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• Take that Fidel, take that Raul, you rat bastards…. this is what the “historic exile” is all about.

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  Ryan Lochte and his Cuban Mom

  Ryan Lochte's Cuban Mom on How He Became a Great Swimmer

  Source: NBC News

  The 6-time Olympic medalist credits his Cuban mom, Ileana "Ike" Lochte, for his success

  He is on the cover of Vogue magazine, has commercials for Speedo, Gillette, and Ralph Lauren – and [...]

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• Gold!

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  Cuban-American swimmer Ryan Lochte takes Team USA's first Olympic gold in the 2012 games in 400m medley...

  It wasn’t even close.

  Ryan Lochte crushed rival teammate Michael Phelps in their first of two Olympic showdowns Saturday, dominating the 400m individual medley. Lochte’s gold was America’s first in the 2012 games.

  For Phelps, who [...]

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• Cocaine’s Flow is Unchecked in Venezuela

  William Neuman in the New York Times:

  Cocaine’s Flow Is Unchecked in Venezuela

  LA MACANILLA, Venezuela — The Venezuelan government has trumpeted one major blow after another against drug traffickers, showing off barrels of liquid cocaine seized, drug planes recovered, cocaine labs raided and airstrips destroyed.

  But a visit this month to a [...]

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• Che Guevara Lollipops!

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  You just KNEW they were coming! From Wired Magazine:

  Mickey Mouse ice cream has been available at Disney World for decades, but we’ll wager this is the first time beachgoers could enjoy a chilly Che Guevera. We interviewed Victoria Mamikonova to learn more about the project.

  Wired: How did you select [...]

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• The Fog of Political Battle

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  With Mitt Romney traveling abroad Team Obama find themselves re-writing Obama History. By the way, ever notice these people refer to in-their-face facts and truth as "fog"?

  London Fog: Just the other day there was the remark Romney made in London regarding the bust of hero Winston Churchill. It had been [...]

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• Oswaldo Payá: The Act of Serving

  By Luis Felipe Rojas:

  Oswaldo Payá: The Act of Serving

  Still dazed and in shock I compose these words to Oswaldo. When I started to get the first messages about Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas’s death they were showing the film “War Horse,” and in one of the scenes a soldier leaves his foxhole [...]

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• Payá’s widow wants direct access to eyewitnesses (one of whom claims to have slept through the “accident”)

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  From Fox News Lateeeeenoh:

  Cuban dissident's widow rejects gov't version of husband's death

  The widow of prominent Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya said she does not accept the official government statement on the cause of the car crash that killed her husband and is demanding to meet with the two survivors of the' [...]

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• Quote of the day

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  Phil Davison, a reporter for the UK"s The Independent, on the death of Oswaldo Payá:

  "Oswaldo Paya Sardinas was born in Havana in 1952, when Cuba was still run by the US-backed dictator Anastasio Somoza. He was six when Castro and Guevara rolled into the capital, smoking big cigars, having [...]

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• Image of the day — Ghost of Payá haunts Cuban embassy in Spain

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• VIDEO: Castro State Security watches and follows Oswaldo Payá

  While the "Cuba Experts" continue to tout the Castro dictatorship's version of the details surrounding the mysterious death of Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá, this video records Cuban State Security's continuous surveillance of Payá's home and how Castro agents followed him as he tried to drive away.

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