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• On this date in history: 100th Anniversary of the historic Key West-Cuba flight

  Via the Sun-Sentinel:

  Historic Key West-Cuba flight back in spotlight

  Domingo Rosillo del Toro, Wright Brothers, Key West to Havana flight

  It was a time when aviation was in its earliest stages, when it took guts just get in a plane, let alone fly over 90 miles of open water.

  But tempted by [...]

  From Babalú Blog at May 17, 2013, 9:13am in Cuba

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• Cuba Nostalgia!

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  From El Cafe Cubano at May 17, 2013, 8:59am in Cuba

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• Cuba: Smile, you’re on ‘Thug Camera’

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  For decades, the hired thugs of Cuba's dictatorship have watched, harassed, intimidated, and viciously beat opponents of the regime with relative impunity. Living on an island prison where the rulers have effectively sealed off the people from the outside world, they could be as brutal and violent as they pleased [...]

  From Babalú Blog at May 17, 2013, 8:42am in Cuba

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• Cashing in on Alan Gross

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  Judy Gross

  Alan Gross is still rotting in a Castro Kingdom prison, but his family in the U.S.A. has just turned that calamity into gold.

  Cha-ching!

  A lawsuit for 60 million dollars that the family of Alan Gross filed against Development Alternatives, Inc. and the U.S. government has resulted in a "financial" [...]

  From Babalú Blog at May 16, 2013, 10:39pm in Cuba

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• Babalu Booth Exclusive at Cuba Nostalgia

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  Some HATE it!!!

  "Humberto Fontova's books shamelessly libel our Revolution's founders! The terms "scoundrel!" and "traitor!" should precede every mention of Humberto Fontova!" (Cuban Communist Party press organ Cubadebate April, 17, 2010)

  Some LOVE it!!!

  Whatever...some advance copies will be available (exclusively) at Babalu's booth this week-end at' [...]

  From Babalú Blog at May 16, 2013, 9:09pm in Cuba

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• Cuba Nostalgia 2013: We’re there!

  
  Cuba Nostalgia 2013 is here! The festivities start tomorrow and run through the weekend. And believe it or not, we were able to set up the Babalú pavilion without me shedding one single drop of blood! That must be a good omen.

  As you all know, this year we [...]

  From Babalú Blog at May 16, 2013, 7:36pm in Cuba

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• Willy and the Magic Beanstalk

  By Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo in Translating Cuba:

  Willy and the Magic Beanstalk

  
  As a birthday present, Willy Toledo announces that he is going to live to Havana.

  At forty something and with his own First World “savage capitalism” bank account, it was now time for the actor to star [...]

  From Babalú Blog at May 16, 2013, 5:00pm in Cuba

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• Cuba Nostalgia: Memories of a Quinces celebration

  Via The Miami Herald:

  A quince party in Cuba: a real fairytale to be recalled at this weekend’s Cuba Nostalgia

  Like many teenage girls in Cuba, Lydia Hortensia de Castroverde yearned to be a quinceañera — to one day dress like a princess, enter a banquet hall full of family and [...]

  From Babalú Blog at May 16, 2013, 3:45pm in Cuba

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• The Scam of Communism

  A Chinese dissident exposes the scam that communism is and always has been.

  Via The Atlantic:

  Chen Guangcheng: 'Communism Has Always Been a Scam' In this interview, the Chinese dissident discusses human rights, Internet censorship, and what the international community can do to help individual freedom in China.

  OSLO, Norway -- [...]

  From Babalú Blog at May 16, 2013, 2:30pm in Cuba

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• Venezuela: Operation Defecation

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  The humor of Santana in El Nuevo Herald:

  They have mounted a campaign to lower the price of food... For what? So people eat more and the demand for toilet paper increases, causing a destabilization and giving the empire a pretext to invade.

  [...]
  From Babalú Blog at May 16, 2013, 1:15pm in Cuba

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