Cuba Blogs
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Quote of the Day
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William F. Buckley Edition:
"Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views."
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***BREAKING NEWS***Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez heading to Brazil for medical emergency
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It appears that along with the Cuban people, Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez has become another victim of the vaunted Castro dictatorship health care system.
Breaking: Chavez medical emergency?
Hugo Chavez en Route to Brazilian Hospital with Complications?
Brazilian media is reporting that ailing Venezuelan President Hugo [...]
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The next Cuban revolution?
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An interesting report by Christine Amanpour on ABC News:
The Next Cuban Revolution?
As the winds of change swirled during the Arab Spring over the past year, many began to wonder whether there might be a similar movement in Cuba — a "Cuban Spring."
While visiting Cuba to cover [...]
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Rep. Kathy Castor’s (D-FL) affinity for brutal dictators
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Tampa congresswoman Kathy Castor (D) seems to have an affinity for brutal and vile dictators. While most U.S. representatives take the side of Cuba's courageous and viciously repressed dissidents, Ms. Castor focuses her energies on becoming buddies with the regime that represses them.
Via Capitol Hill Cubans:
Kathy [...]
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Little to celebrate after pope’s visit to Cuba
From the Editorial Board of the Miami Herald:
Little to commemorate, celebrate after pope’s visit
OUR OPINION: Repression continues after Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Cuba
As Christians commemorate Good Friday leading up to Easter and Jews prepare to celebrate Passover, the story of the Exodus, when the [...]
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The apprentice of the Cuban Satan asking God to spare him
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I've seen some cynical moves by politicians, but this one probably is the champion humdinger of 'em all:
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wept and asked God to spare his life during a pre-Easter Mass on Thursday after returning from his latest session of cancer treatment in Cuba.
Very [...]
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Amnesty International issues two URGENT ACTION calls on repression in Cuba
Cuban Government Detains Critic
A government critic has been detained, apparently without charge, for more than a week for peacefully expressing his right to freedom of expression.
Andrés Carrión Álvarez was arrested in the city of Santiago de Cuba on 28 March where he was attending [...]
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Cuba: Red Cross worker who viciously beat protestor identified
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The entire incident was caught on video. A Cuban Red Cross volunteer supposedly tasked with providing medical aid to people attending the papal mass in Santiago de Cuba viciously punching a courageous protestor and beating him with a folded stretcher. It took days for us to find [...]
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Cruise ship picks up 23 refugees fleeing Cuba
Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, picked up 23 Cuban refugees attempting to escape the island prison this past Wednesday.
Oasis of the Seas cruise ship picks up 23 Cuban refugees
Royal Caribbean's 225,282-ton, 5,400-passenger Oasis of the Seas was sailing from [...]
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