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• Dante Fascell on U.S.-Cuba Policy

  Vanessa Lopez in Cuba Focus, from  UM's Institute for Cuban and Cuban American Studies:

  Dante Fascell on U.S.-Cuba Policy

  Democratic Congressman Dante Fascell honorably served the United States through his distinguished career in the House of Representatives. Fascell’s tenure in the House as one of Florida’s Representatives lasted from 1955 [...]

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• Tyrant takes up leadership of ‘democratic body’ CELAC: Ironic yet predictable

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  In the New American, Alex Newman discusses the ironic yet predictable development where a brutal dictator, Cuba's Raul Castro, takes over the leadership of CELAC, an organization supposedly beholden to the principles of democracy and freedom.

  Communist Cuban Tyrant Raul Castro to Lead Latin American Bloc [...]

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• Quote of the day

  After the Cuban Catholic Church lamented the possible loss of young Cubans due to the migratory "reforms" of the Cuban dictatorship, Periodico Guamá had this response (via Facebook - my translation):

  "The Catholic Church is worried that young people will leave Cuba. Besides worrying about getting your property" [...]

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• Euphemisms for voting in Cuba’s totalitarian dictatorship

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  Agence France-Presse comes up with a euphemism to describe voting under Cuba's totalitarian government where Cuban "voters" are allowed to vote for 612 seats in the National Assembly from a total of 612 candidates: "Suspense-free" voting.

  Via Global Post:

  Cubans to vote in suspense-free polls

  Cubans go to the polls this weekend [...]

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• Odebrecht: BFF of Raul Castro and the Miami-Dade County Commission

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  Brazil's Odebrecht has an impressive list of BFFs: Cuban dictator Raul Castro and the Miami-Dade County Commission.

  Via Capitol Hill Cubans:

  Raul Castro Thanks Odebrecht

  Now the question remains:
  
  Will the Miami-Dade County Commission also continue to thank Odebrecht with millions more in taxpayer funds, despite the strong opposition of its [...]

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• Cuba’s dictatorship behind Menendez scandal?

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  Do you mean to tell me that the Castro dictatorship, which for decades has run an extensive and effective operation aimed solely at blackmail and destroying the reputations of its opponents, might be behind this Bob Menendez scandal?

  Oh my... say it ain't so!

  Via New Jersey's Star-Ledger:

  Congressman speculates Cuba may' [...]

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• Cuba: Independent journalist sentenced to 5 years in prison by regime protests his sentence

  The only crime committed by Cuban independent journalist and blogger Angel Santiesteban was to write critical articles about the repressive and violent Castro dictatorship. For his valiant effort to expose the atrocities of the tyranny that oppresses the Cuban people, Santiesteban was hit with trumped up charges of domestic violence [...]

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• Castro dictatorship denies passport to another Cuban dissident

  Another prominent Cuban dissident, former political prisoner and independent journalist Jose Daniel Ferrer, has been denied a passport by Cuban authorities. Like fellow dissident Angel Moya, who was also denied a passport, Ferrer is a member of the Group of 75, victims of Cuba's brutal dissident crack down in 2003 [...]

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• Cuban pastor imprisoned by Castro regime escapes to the U.S.

  Via BosNewLife:

  NEWS ALERT: Former Jailed Cuban Pastor, Family, Escape To US

  HAVANA/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- A pastor who was jailed for leading independent churches in Cuba has arrived with his wife and children in the United States "as refugees", the church leader and activists said Friday, February 1.

  Pastor Omar Gude Perez, [...]

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