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• Ros-Lehtinen: As Human Rights Abuses in Cuba Are Rising, Some Lawmakers Wrongly Seek to Reward the Castro Regime by Advocating Lifting Restrictions

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  March 20, 2013

  As Human Rights Abuses in Cuba Are Rising, Some Lawmakers Wrongly Seek to Reward the Castro Regime by Advocating Lifting Restrictions, Says Ros-Lehtinen

  Castro Agents Using Stoning to Intimidate Ladies in White

  (WASHINGTON) –U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, made the [...]

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• House Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere: Joint Statement on Cuban Government’s Continued Human Rights Abuses

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  One Hundred Thirteenth Congress

  U.S. House of Representatives

  Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere

  Committee on Foreign Affairs

  256 Ford House Office Building

  Washington, DC 20515

  www.foreignaffairs.house.gov

  For Immediate Release

  March 20, 2013

  Joint Statement on Cuban Government’s Continued Human Rights Abuses

  Chairman Matt Salmon of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, and Ranking Member Albio Sires, issued the following [...]

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• Sen. Rubio meets with Yoani Sanchez, warns regime about her safety upon her return

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  Wednesday, March 20, 2013

  PHOTO RELEASE: RUBIO MEETS WITH CUBAN BLOGGER YOANI SANCHEZ, WARNS REGIME ABOUT HER SAFETY UPON RETURN HOME

  Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio today joined Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez in meeting with Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez, the author of Generación [...]

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• Notes From Left Field

  Well, beat the drum and hold the phone - the sun came out today! We're born again, there's new grass on the field. It’s the first day of spring-when a young man’s fancy turns to…beisbol.

  I’m no young man, but my thoughts did turn to beisbol and Cuba today. Yes, beisbol;' [...]

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• We do not exist

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  The article, "How clueless is the RNC?" is a must read for anyone who is still attached to the post-Reagan Republican Party...

  [...] Obviously, neither Reince Priebus nor anyone else at the RNC will read this blog item, since apparently they don't even know that blogs exist and are read' [...]

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• Reports from Cuba: The Violence that Touches Us

  By Regina Coyula:

  The Violence that Touches Us

  I believe I have successfully crossed the threshold of the 21st Century, a century that I prefer to believe more inclusive, comprehensive, and cohesive. After having been educated in certain social and ideological intolerance, I’ve gotten past them. My lesbian friends — they [...]

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• Yoani Sanchez: ‘Difficult times are ahead for Cuba’

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  Tracey Eaton reports on Yoani Sanchez's visit to NYC, including quotes from yours truly.

  Via Along the Malecon:

  Yoani Sánchez: "Difficult times are ahead for Cuba"

  Acclaimed Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez praised the power of the Internet to protect democracy activists from repression and help transform Cuba. She told supporters in New [...]

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• Venezuela: Maduro’s Magic Genie

  The humor of Garrincha in today's El Nuevo Herald:

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• The Truth About Abortion The Left/Liberals Never Wants Exposed … Is Exposed

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  The trial of the butcher abortionist of Philadelphia is underway. It is hard to single out one worst area of "termed" abortion from the other, but "late term/partial birth" has got to be right up there at the top. These are viable babies that can survive outside the womb [...]

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• Cuba: Paradise for sex tourists

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  Via The Toronto Star's Editorial Board:

  Paradise for sex tourists

  Cuba: land of sun, sand and cheap child prostitutes.

  Cuba has long been a favourite sun-spot for Canadians. It’s relatively cheap, loaded with resorts and just 2,300 km away.

  But some tourists are drawn by more its unspoiled beaches and fine cigars. The' [...]

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