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• Tutankagao

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  The humor of Alfredo Pong:

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• Quote of the day

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  Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) at the U.S. Cuba Democracy PAC luncheon this past Friday in Coral Gables, Florida in regards to his stance on U.S. policy towards Cuba and the Castro dictatorship (via El Diario de las Americas - my translation):

  "Twenty years ago I said first comes Cuba, then" [...]

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• The Red Mummies

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  Güicho Cronico explores the fascination and obsession communist dictatorships have with mummifying their deceased dictators:

  Vladimir Lenin

  Mao Zedong

  Evita Peron

  See more HERE.

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• If you want to know why the United States is in trouble…

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  ...Just watch this video.

  Morons. Imbeciles. Democrats.

  The irrevocably stupid and terminally imbecilic are running the show. John Galt, where the hell are you?

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• Hugo Chavez’s ‘Red Revolution’ flush with Green

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  Just like his mentors Fidel and Raul Castro, deceased Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez became quite prolific at amassing hundreds of millions of dollars in personal wealth in the name of defending the poor and in the pursuit of "social justice." The "Red Revolution" is flush with green dollars.

  Via Newsmax:

  Report: [...]

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• Castro State Security violently arrests Cuban musician Gorki Aguila in Havana

  Gorki Aguila, a Cuban punk rock musician and founder of the punk band Porno Para Ricardo, was violently arrested yesterday by Cuban State Security as he was about to release their newest album, El Maleconazo. Once again, the dictatorship of the Castro brothers shows the world what its "reforms" are [...]

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• Cuban woman assaulted by State Security not improving

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  Via Notes from the Cuban Exile Quarter:

  Cuban woman assaulted by State Security not improving

  "It appears that the order to eliminate Yris has been given. Let us not permit this crime." -Jorge Luis García Pérez "Antúnez" over twitter today

  The news today on Yris Tamara Pérez Aguilera is deeply worrying. [...]

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• Cuban Lady in White and independent journalist stands up to Castro State Security

  Another untold story of the courage Cuban women in the opposition display on a daily basis. Like this one, there are thousands more that are ignored by the international media.

  Via Uncommon Sense:

  Summoned by police, Cuban independent journalist stands up for her rights

  Magali Norvis Otero Suarez

  The quote of the [...]

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• What are you doing right now?

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  I'm grilling a T-bone and two ribeyes while enjoying the holy fluid of Ireland.

  How about you?

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• What’s left of the Latin left?

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  An interesting article on the Latin American left in The Financial Times:

  What’s left of the Latin left?

  As Chávez’s death focuses attention on the economic failings of radicals, pragmatists are proving more successful

   

  Three weeks before Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez died on Tuesday, Yoani Sánchez, Cuba’s best-known pro-democracy blogger, landed in [...]

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