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• Ros-Lehtinen: Contrary to Regime Apologists, Women Disproportionately Hurt by Cuba’s Dictatorship

  
  
  

  NEWS

  House Foreign Affairs Committee

  U.S. House of Representatives

  Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman

  For IMMEDIATE Release – May 8, 2012

  Contrary to Regime Apologists, Women Disproportionately Hurt by Cuba’s Dictatorship, Ros-Lehtinen Says

  (WASHINGTON) – U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today refuted recent assertions by apologists for [...]

  From Babalú Blog at May 08, 2012, 7:33pm in Cuba

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• The End of Chavismo As We Know It?

  
  
  

  Ray Walser at The Foundry:

  The End of Chavismo As We Know It?

  Since 1999,Venezuelahas continued sliding deeper into authoritarianism, populism, militarism, and anti-Americanism. Displaying formidable skills in winning elections, demagoguery, and public showmanship, Hugo Chavez has dominated Venezuela’s polarized politics and run his country as a [...]

  From Babalú Blog at May 08, 2012, 6:01pm in Cuba

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• The Route of the Plastic

  
  
  

  By Yoani Sanchez:

  The Route of the Plastic

  On the ground, turned over, and with a huge hole in the bottom, lies the dumpster on the corner. It was put there just months ago, with its bulky gray body ready to swallow the garbage. But it didn’t [...]

  From Babalú Blog at May 08, 2012, 4:40pm in Cuba

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• Free Market Reform in Cuba! ( trumpeted in 1982)

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  Yes, dat Cuba "Expert" sitting 2nd from the right during a panel at Univ. of Miami's Cuba Conference in 2009 is "Ex"--MININT officer and Raul Castro's nephew in-law, Arturo Lopez-Callejas.

  "Castro reformed and opened up his closed economy...allowing a certain amount of private business on" [...]

  From Babalú Blog at May 08, 2012, 3:55pm in Cuba

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• Never mind that copyright claim, Hugo!

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  More coincidences.....

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  From Babalú Blog at May 08, 2012, 3:38pm in Cuba

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• Hugo Chavez finds religion

  
  
  

  I guess that just like there is no such thing as an atheist in a foxhole, there is no such thing as a Marxist atheist suffering a painful death from cancer.

  Via Fox News Latino:

  Battling Cancer, Socialist Leader Hugo Chavez Finds Religion

  He’s embraced everything about socialism: its [...]

  From Babalú Blog at May 08, 2012, 3:19pm in Cuba

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• Cuban American Congressmen request meeting with IKEA President to discuss use of Cuban prisoner labor

  
  
  

  PRESS RELEASE

  May 8, 2012

  Rubio, Ros-Lehtinen, Sires, Diaz-Balart, Menéndez, & Rivera Request Meeting With IKEA President To Discuss Reports Alleging That The Furniture Maker Benefited From Cuban Prison Labor To Manufacture Its Products

  Washington, DC - U.S. Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), along with her colleagues Albio Sires (D-NJ), [...]

  From Babalú Blog at May 08, 2012, 2:36pm in Cuba

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• In case you hadn’t noticed…

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  Er... How could you NOT notice?

  Mere coincidence?  Maybe.  In the Twilight Zone, maybe.

  It's one of the oldest and most over-used of communist slogans.  Forward, Pa'lante, Vorwarts,  and so on. Some have noticed.  Take a look here and here.

  Below, a modest gallery....from... the Twilight Zone

  ' [...]
  From Babalú Blog at May 08, 2012, 2:11pm in Cuba

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• Pupo y Bebo — #4

  
  
  

  Our friends at Guamá bring us the Cuban version of Beavis and Butthead, Pupo y Bebo:

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  From Babalú Blog at May 08, 2012, 1:23pm in Cuba

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• The British should have stayed in Cuba

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  Juan Abreu's Emanaciones #1098 (my translation):

  1098

  Some nations deserve liberty and independence. Others do not. It is a false concept that liberty and independence is best for everyone. For example, the most Cubans can aspire to is a liberty and an independence under the watchful eye and [...]

  From Babalú Blog at May 08, 2012, 12:00pm in Cuba

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