Cuba Blogs
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15 Ladies in White in Cuba evade political police and arrive at Our Lady of Charity of Cobre Sanctuary
Rolando Bolaños Martin reports from Cuba this morning via Hablalo sin Miedo that fifteen Ladies in White were able to evade capture and the repression of the Castro dictatorship's political police and were able to make it to the Our Lady of Charity of Cobre Sanctuary. [...]
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Bismark Mustelier Galan, Cuban Political Prisoner of the Week, 5/6/12
Number of comments: 0Pedazos de la Isla has the story of Cuban political prisoner Bismark Mustelier Galan, who is laying his life on the line in his battle against the Castro dictatorship. (Read a previous profile of Mustelier here.)
Bismark Mustelier Galan. Political Prisoner. Held in Aguadores prison since April 1st 2012
Alina [...]
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More advances of the Castro ‘Revolution’ in Cuba
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Fox News Latino brings us another advance of the Castro "Revolution" in Cuba: Body builders shooting up with cooking oils.
Cubans Shooting Up with Sunflower Oil to Build Muscle
Havana – Injections of kitchen oils such as soy and sunflower has grown among Cubans seeking to build massive [...]
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Castro Regime May Be the Most Anti-Women Government in Latin America
Via Notes from the Cuban Exile Quarter:
The Castro Regime May Be the Most Anti-Women Government in Latin America
Reading the article by Luisita Lopez Torregrosa, "Cuba May Be the Most Feminist Country in Latin America" in the International Herald Tribune on May 1, 2012, raises a number [...]
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Cuban spies expelled from U.S. continue plying trade in other countries
Cuba Confidential gives us another example of how Cuba's Castro dictatorship recycles its spies expelled from the U.S. for use in other countries:
Expelled Spies Lead Cuban Embassy in Nicaragua
Two spies thrown out of the US for espionage activities continue to enjoy their posting in Managua. The [...]
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IKEA scandal only one of many examples of slave labor in Cuba
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Capitol Hill Cubans reminds us that the IKEA scandal is just one of the many examples of foreign companies using Cuba's enslaved people as cheap slave labor:
Whether Ikea, Melia or Odebrecht As we posted yesterday, former East German Stasi files have revealed how Swedish furniture [...]
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Image of the day
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From our friends at Guamá: "Cardinal Jaime Ortega: The Church is only for college graduates."
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Pope sends letter of thanks to Cuban dictator Raul Castro
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After Pope Benedict XVI's sadly disappointing visit to Cuba in late March where he completely ignored the island's Catholic dissidents while warmly embracing dictators Raul and Fidel Castro, the leader of the Catholic Church has sent the Cuba's acting dictator a letter of thanks. Once again, the [...]
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IKEA ‘investigating’ its use of Cuban slave labor
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Swedish furniture giant IKEA says it is "investigating" its use of Cuban slave labor to manufacture furniture in Cuba in the late 1980s. In other words, they need some time to figure out how they are going to deal with and respond to this devastating and criminal [...]
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Alan Gross: ‘I feel like I’m a hostage,’ calls Cuban government ’shameful’
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In a rare telephone interview with Wolf Blitzer on CNN's Situation Room, Alan Gross, the American aid worker imprisoned by the Castro dictatorship for more than two years and held for ransom, declared that he feels like he is a "hostage" and called the Cuban government's' [...]
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