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• Cuban activist: Living as free men 'is the natural condition of every human person'

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  My friend Regis Iglesias spent more than seven years in Cuban prisons because of his opposition to the Castro dictatorship and his work to build a better in Cuba.

  Now in overseas exile, Iglesias rejects the notion that he is anything special, but to me and I suspect many others, [...]

  From Uncommon Sense at June 19, 2013, 10:19pm in Cuba

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• Cuban political prisoner Niorvis Rivera Guerra sentenced to 18 months in prison

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  More that 15 months after he was arrested and thrown into the Castro gulag, Cuban political prisoner Niorvis Rivera Guerra last week was sentenced to 18 month in prison on a trumped-up charge of "damage to state property," according to a report posted at PayoLibre.com.

  Whether Rivera, a political and human [...]

  From Uncommon Sense at June 19, 2013, 9:35pm in Cuba

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• Reports from Cuba: Olive Green High Society

  By Ivan Garcia:

  Olive Green High Society

  They have few reasons to envy of their capitalist counterparts. The differences between them are ones of rhetoric and philosophy. The anti-capitalist islanders having studied Marxist manuals and speak on behalf of the poor.

  But many are living at full throttle. At the workplace [...]

  From Babalú Blog at June 19, 2013, 4:37pm in Cuba

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• Long ignored legal claims against Cuba’s dictatorship getting new attention

  An unintended consequence of the push by Cuban dictatorship supporters in the U.S. to "normalize" relations with the Castro regime is the unavoidable recognition of the long ignored multi-billion dollar elephant in the room of unsettled legal money claims against the island's criminal government. Try as they might, the issue [...]

  From Babalú Blog at June 19, 2013, 2:57pm in Cuba

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• Maduro 2042

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  The humor of Lauzan in Yahoo Noticias:

  "The crisis in Venezuela will soon be overcome!"

  [...]
  From Babalú Blog at June 19, 2013, 1:25pm in Cuba

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• #OccupyLASA: For the first time free Cubans attend

  Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo in Sampsonia Way:

  #OccupyLASA

  Despite complications, the International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association takes a step towards democratization.

  For many years academic study of Latin America in the US has rested on a form of political leftism that brushes aside anyone who won’t comply with the [...]

  From Babalú Blog at June 19, 2013, 12:00pm in Cuba

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• Repression forced dissident family to flee Cuba

  The AP via the San Francisco Chronicle:

  Cuban dissident: Repression forced family to flee

  MIAMI (AP) — One of several Cuban dissidents recently allowed to visit Europe and the U.S. after Cuba changed its travel laws said Tuesday she decided to seek refuge in Miami after facing continued repression on the island.

  Rosa [...]

  From Babalú Blog at June 19, 2013, 10:34am in Cuba

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• Every move you make (Diosdado Cabello)–we’ve (Castro’s KGB-trained secret police) been watching you

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  According to the usually on-the-ball and (genuine) Cuba-Expert Marzo Fernadez in a piece over at Nuevo Accion, Diosdado Cabello's recent Cuba visit was not unlike (Corleone consiglieri) Tom Hagen's (2nd) visit with Nevada Senator Pat Geary.

  The Castros simply showed Cabello, who serves as the Pres. of the [...]

  From Babalú Blog at June 19, 2013, 9:03am in Cuba

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• Government officials claim video of Cuban detainees being beaten in Bahamas is a fraud

  Via The Miami Herald:

  Bahamas claims that video of Cubans being kicked is fraudulent

  A video purporting to show a Bahamian guard kicking Cuban migrants detained in Nassau has been branded a forgery by the Nassau government but sparked a call for a protest Wednesday at the Bahamas consulate in Miami.

  The [...]

  From Babalú Blog at June 19, 2013, 8:58am in Cuba

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• Ros-Lehtinen asks UN to investigate harassment and beatings of Cuban detainees in Bahamas

  As Harassment & Beatings Continue Against Cuban Detainees At Bahamian Detention Center, Cong. Ros-Lehtinen & Cong. Diaz-Balart Ask The UN To Investigate

  The Congs Are Also Sending Ambassadors Of Respective Nations A Video That Depicts Despotic Taunting & Beating By Guard Against Detainees

  Washington, DC - Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and Congressman [...]

  From Babalú Blog at June 19, 2013, 8:34am in Cuba

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