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• Amnesty International: Cuba Man Targeted for Government Criticism

  Via Amnesty International:

  Document - Cuban man targeted for government criticism

  UA: 333/12 Index: AMR 25/026/2012 Cuba Date: 15 November 2012

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  cuban man targeted for government criticism

  Government critic Antonio Rodiles has been charged with “resisting authority”. It is believed the charges may be used to punish and prevent his peaceful [...]

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• Have it your way…have it your way.

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  As the useful idiots from the left begin to notice Obamacare's impact on the economy, they do the most predictable thing...they blame everyone but themselves.

  We tried to tell them. You can't impose massive new health care costs on businesses without negatively impacting employment status and wage levels. But you knew' [...]

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• Raul Castro’s Granddaughter granted a U.S. visa to “pawty-hawty!” in New York City!

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  While (at last check) Honduran ex-interim (and fully-constitutional) president Roberto Micheletti was still denied a U.S. visa...

  Raul Castro's Grandaughter was granted one and is partying ("attending an art exhibit") in New York City as we post here at Babalu!

  "Witnesses spotted "Vilmita" Rodríguez Castro last night wearing Chanel" [...]

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• You Can Check Out Anytime You Like…

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  Yoani Sanchez in Foreign Policy:

  You Can Check Out Anytime You Like...

  Why the Cuban government's new law relaxing travel restrictions isn't what it's reported to be.

  HAVANA — "Will the last to leave turn off El Morro," goes a popular Cuban joke. The witticism, which refers to the famous lighthouse' [...]

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• Freedom House condemns arbitrary arrests in Cuba

  Via Freedom House:

  Freedom House Condemns Wave of Arbitrary Arrests in Cuba

  As the world’s eyes were turned on the U.S. election, Cuba’s regime unleashed a wave of arbitrary detentions, arresting 20-25 dissidents on November 8 and 9, as they were on their way to an organizing meeting for a campaign [...]

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• The crime ‘nobody’ committed

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  In Human Events: "J.P. Morgan and the crime nobody committed":

  The Wall Street Journal on Monday reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission “doesn’t intend to charge any individuals in its planned enforcement action against J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. for the allegedly fraudulent sale of mortgage bonds, according to [...]

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• A mystery revealed

  While we were all busy discussing how and why all predictions of a Romney win were off, we failed to realize that the most important prediction of all was coming true.

  Nothing follows.

  Seriously.

  Nothing...follows.

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• Down with the BLOCKade

  The humor of Lauzan:

  Translation:

  "Down with the blockade, damn it!"

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• Good choice there, Latinos!

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  Latino poverty rate climbs to 28%:

  While Latinos are gaining in political clout, they are also falling down the economic ladder, new Census numbers show.

  Latinos poverty rates climbed to 28 percent after the census reconfigured its algorithm to take into account medical costs and government programs. The Hispanic poverty level [...]

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• Another Cuban American done good story

  We never get enough of these...

  Via Fox News Latino:

  Our American Dream: West Point's First Cuban Refugee Grad, a Life of Science and Beyond

  In the way that one thing leads to another so that, looking back, “another” seems inevitable, Manuel Gonzales found himself standing at a podium in Orlando, Florida, [...]

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