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• Cuban student and independent journalist arrested by Castro State Security

  About the only real measurable change we are seeing in Cuba is an increase in repression by the Castro dictatorship.

  Via Uncommon Sense:

  Aspiring Cuban journalist Adiet Conde Sotolongo arrested by Castro police

  Adiet Conde Sotolongo

  For at least the second time this month, Cuban journalism student Adiet Conde Sotolongo was arrested [...]

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• Rabid Castro diplomat bite victim named sexiest woman in Norway

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  Alexandra Joner, the Cuban protester who was viciously attacked by a rabid Castro diplomat outside the Cuban embassy in Oslo, Norway has been named The Sexiest Woman in Norway.

  Via Café Fuerte (my translation):

  Alexandra Joner, the young woman who two years ago was bitten by a Cuban diplomat in Oslo [...]

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• Documentary about Cuba’s former political prisoners narrated by Andy Garcia to premier at Doc Miami Film Festival

  Press release:

  Celebrating Life in Union, a Documentary Narrated by Andy Garcia and Featuring Stories of Cuba’s Former Political Prisoners, to Make Miami Premiere at Doc Miami Film Fest

  Miami, FL, November 29, 2012 --(PR.com)-- HBR Productions and Producer/Director Gladys Bensimon are pleased to announce that the Miami premiere of their [...]

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• Why?

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  It seems that vote totals for Romney keep going up, making up the alleged 3 million vote "deficit" we had all heard about. Here is a link with raw vote totals. Romney, according to this chart, has surpassed the 60 million vote mark:

  Obama: 65,147,939 (50.91%)
  Romney: 60,610,074 (47.36%)
  Other: 2,209,061 [...]

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• La Yegua y la Yegua

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  A postcard from our friends at Guamá:

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• New Cuban Tax Just Same Old Communist Expropriation

  An editorial from Investors Business Daily:

  New Cuban Tax Just Same Old Communist Expropriation

  Tyranny: The media praised Cuba for slapping taxes on its impoverished citizens for the first time, calling the move "market-oriented" and "modern." In reality, it's just a new kind of theft from the same old dictatorship.

  To hear [...]

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• The saga continues for Alan Gross in Cuba

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  Along the Malecon: Alan Gross - Before and After

  While American aid worker Alan Gross remains imprisoned in Cuba and held for ransom by the Castro dictatorship, nothing good can really happen. Meanwhile, as Gross' health continues to deteriorate, the Cuban regime is vehemently claiming that he is in fine' [...]

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• Cuban dictatorship refuses help to family left homeless by Hurricane Sandy

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  Via Pedazos de la Isla:

  Regime refuses to assist family reconstruct their home, destroyed after hurricane Sandy

  Gertrudis Ojeda and her 3 underage children in front of their home in Banes, Holguin

  More than a month after hurricane Sandy swept through Cuba, leaving countless material and human losses in its trail, the Cuban [...]

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• Bill Whittle Speaks Truth AND Power

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  It is what every true conservative has been saying, and expects this nation's leader to say. PJTV's Bill Whittle gave a very good and strong speech at a David Horowitz Benefit Dinner recently. He expressed exactly what a conservative president should say ... and do. (Warning: You may want a [...]

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• Cuban labor activist sentenced to two years in prison

  Some of the most longstanding and loyal supporters of the Castro dictatorship in Cuba have been labor unions here in the U.S., which is ironic considering the fact that Cuba has been run like a slave plantation for more than five decades. Nevertheless, many American labor unions view the island [...]

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