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• Bipartisan Congressional Group Urges Secretary Kerry to Deny Visa to Cuban Dictator’s Son

  From the office of Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen:

  (WASHINGTON) – A bipartisan group of Congressional Members (Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Albio Sires, and Mario Diaz-Balart) sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry regarding the possibility that a U.S. entry visa might be given to Antonio Castro, son of Fidel Castro and [...]

  From Babalú Blog at July 12, 2013, 5:42pm in Cuba

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• Reports from Cuba: Cholera in Havana with Fatalities

  By Dania Virgen Garcia in Translating Cuba:

  Cholera in Havana with Fatalities

  HAVANA, Cuba, 9 July 2013, Dania Virgen García/ www.cubanet.org.- For several days there has been an increase in the cases of cholera in the provinces of Havana and Guantánamo.

  In Havana, where there are reports of more than 40 [...]

  From Babalú Blog at July 12, 2013, 4:05pm in Cuba

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• “Flat Earthers, Witch Doctors, Snake Handlers, etc.” (i.e. proponents of tourism to Cuba) burned-at-stake by our friends at Frontpage Magazine

  "Oh I know, I know, the media mantra has it that opening Cuba to tourism will quickly convert it into a combination Shangri-La, Land of Oz and Cancun. “I mean, come on Humberto! It just sounds so plausible! “

  Yes, and until a few people decided to" [...]

  From Babalú Blog at July 12, 2013, 3:26pm in Cuba

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• Events to mark anniversary of the murder of Harold Cepero and Oswaldo Payá

   

  Another grim anniversary is approaching.

  Nearly one year ago, on 22 July 2012 Cuban dissidents  Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero were murdered.

  I just received an email from a group of concerned exiles who would like to collect information on all events being held to mark the passing of these two [...]

  From Babalú Blog at July 12, 2013, 2:08pm in Cuba

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• Internet Firepower: What dictators fear

  Lauzan in Yahoo Noticias:

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  From Babalú Blog at July 12, 2013, 2:04pm in Cuba

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• Remembering victims of Cuba’s ’13th of March’ tugboat massacre, July 13, 1994

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  Via Uncommon Sense:

  Remembering victims of '13th of March' tugboat massacre, July 13, 1994

  There are more than 54 years worth of examples of why the Castro dictatorship is deserving of contempt.

  One of the more egregious is the "13th of March" Tugboat Massacre, July 13, 1994, during which Castro forces murdered [...]

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

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• So Paula Deen’s the Evil one? (yet Bourdain filmed a tourism commercial for Castro’s Stalinst/Apartheid regime)

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  Paula Deen occasionally used the N-word, we’ve recently learned. For this she was tarred and feathered, drawn and quartered, and fed to the ‘gators.

  Anthony Bourdain, on the other hand, headlined a propaganda junket to help secure the financial lifeline for the Stalinist regime that jailed and tortured [...]

  From Babalú Blog at July 12, 2013, 10:59am in Cuba

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• Will Obama State Dept. grant visa to son of Cuban dictator?

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  Considering recent history, another high-level member of Cuba's dictatorship may very well be allowed into the U.S. Just a few months ago, the Obama administration granted a visa to the daughter of dictator Raul Castro, Mariela Castro, a high-ranking official of the regime and one of the dictatorship's top propagandists. [...]

  From Babalú Blog at July 12, 2013, 10:28am in Cuba

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• Cuba-trained South African medical students in the news again

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  Ay!  It seems that the South African physicians trained in Castrogonia return to their native land ill-prepared to deal with some of the most common illnesses such as tuberculosis, diabetes, and HIV, or with routine medical emergencies, such as childbirth.

  It also seems that the excuse given for this disaster is [...]

  From Babalú Blog at July 12, 2013, 9:25am in Cuba

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• Number of computers in Cuba skyrockets in 2012

  No doubt thanks to the magnanimous and brilliant reforms of benevolent Cuban dictator Raul Castro, it appears that the number of computers in Cuba has skyrocketed in 2012.

  According to a report in El Universal quoting official statistics released by the Castro regime, in 2011, there were only 70 computers [...]

  From Babalú Blog at July 12, 2013, 9:10am in Cuba

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