Cuba Blogs
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Watch LIVE Today: Post-Castro Cuba: What future will Raúl leave behind?
The American Enterprise Institute is holding a panel discussion today in Washington D.C. on the future of Cuba after the eventual demise of the brutal Castro dictatorship. The event will begin at 10:00 am and you can watch it live on streaming video below.
Post-Castro Cuba: What [...]
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State Department grants daughter of Cuban dictator visa to enter U.S.
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It is hard to believe that the U.S. State Department would grant a visa to Mariela Castro Espin, a high-ranking Cuban government official who happens to be the daughter of Cuban dictator Raul Castro and a staunch and vocal defender of the repressive Cuban regime. Then again, [...]
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Sarah Palin? She’s not influential at all!
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After all, she's just a dolt, right?
[...] Dustin Hawkins of About.com makes the case that despite the fond hopes of many in the media and GOP elites, Sarah Palin is proving a potent force.
Many naysayers have dismissed Palin's influence, instead suggesting that her endorsements had little [...]
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Cuban human rights activist and mother arrested on Mother’s Day by Castro political police
Cuban human rights activist and mother, Sara Martha Fonseca, was arrested this past Sunday, Mother's Day, by agents of the Castro regime's political police.
Pedazos de la Isla has the report:
Sara Marta Fonseca: Arrested on Mother’s Day in Cuba
“Once again, our country has suffered under the tyranny which [...]
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RSF: Cuban independent journalist awaiting 10th deportation from Havana
The international organization that tracks violations of press freedoms throughout the world, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), has a report on Cuban independent journalist Calixto Ramon Martinez Arias, who is currently being held by Cuban State Security in Havana. Martinez Arias is awaiting deportation out of the [...]
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Treasury Dept. tightens restrictions on American tourists vacationing in Cuba
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Ever since President Obama opened up American tourist travel to Cuba under the misnomer "people-to-people contacts," it has been a virtual free for all devoid of any benefit to the Cuban people. Salsa dancing lessons, mojito tasting events, and propaganda laden Castro regime organized tours of State-run [...]
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I SWEAR I am NOT making this up!
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"All Cubans are expected to take part in community activities, perhaps as members of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution responsible for polio shots, traffic control, or perhaps preparing a float for a civic parade or carnival."
"In 1974 Cuba held what may" [...]
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‘Viva la Revolucion’ propaganda aimed at Cuban children: part 2, a painful confession
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Hey! Thanks for the post, Alberto. The images came flooding out of my vault of oblivion, like the Atlantic Ocean into the ballroom of the Titanic. @#!%$#@!
I collected these "postalitas" and filled up my album while casting a wary eye on all of the propaganda nonsense. I [...]
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Obama’s White House Graffiti
Conservatives are having a laugh after it surfaced that the official presidential biographies on the White House website have been updated to inject President Obama into history. But kidding aside, this is a truly disgraceful behavior. In the most egregious example, noted by the Heritage [...]
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