Cuba Blogs
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The Pope’s visit to Cuba and the protestant church
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In the Miami Herald, Frances Robles examines what benefit if any will the protestant church in Cuba receive from the upcoming visit by Pope Benedict XVI:
Pope’s visit to Cuba shines light on religious freedoms
Pope John Paul II’s 1998 landmark visit to Cuba left evangelical pastors all over [...]
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Celebrating Ché in Ireland becoming less popular: Galway mayor withdraws support for monument
After experiencing outrage and opposition from individuals in both Ireland and around the world, the mayor of Galway, Ireland has withdrawn her support for the City Councils plans to erect a monument to the Marxist mass murderer Ché Guevara.
Via Galway News:
MAYOR OF GALWAY WITHDRAWS SUPPORT FOR [...]
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Cuban State Security launches violent raid on home of human rights activist in Guantanamo
Cuban independent journalist Jose Daniel Ferrer Garcia reports on Hablalo Sin Miedo (my translation):
Police violently raid home of activist - March 2nd, 3:23 PM
This is Jose Daniel Ferrer Garcia speaking, coordinator for the Patriotic Union of Cuba, mobile #5353631267. In Guantanamo, at approximately 9:30 in the [...]
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Wave of Castro repression washes over Matanzas, Cuba
The wave of repression unleashed by the dictatorship of Raul Castro in Cuba over a year ago continues to take its toll throughout the island. The province of Matanzas felt its crushing power recently as the Castro regime set its sights on members of the opposition there [...]
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Castro regime denies visitation for father of political prisoner
For the Castro regime, viciously beating the political opposition and imprisoning them is not enough. They must also exact a price from their family members as well. The father of Ernesto Borges, a political prisoner protesting his unjust continued incarceration with a hunger strike, has denounced the [...]
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Lucy and Desi an interracial couple?
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Lucy and Desi, guilty of miscegenation (according to the Huffington Post)
in a time when Latinos and people of color in general were largely absent from television, Arnaz was an unlikely television pioneer.
Unreal
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Even Kafka Would Have Trouble Coming Up With Such a Story
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NEWS FLASH: SICKLY-LOOKING EX-DICTATOR WHO ONCE ALMOST BLEW UP THE WHOLE WORLD AND IS NOT SORRY FOR IT MEETS WITH ANTI-NUKE "ACTIVISTS" IN HAVANA
No kidding. If there is anything beyond absurdity or beyond hypocrisy, this must be it. There is no name for it, but here it [...]
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Real estate for sale in Cuba
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How about this gem, the Monte Carlo Palace #13 offered by Luxury Real Estate:
This 2bed/2.5bath condo in Havana, Cuba is located 1 mile from the city center, on the old "Avenue of the Embassies". Monte Carlo Palace was built by a Swiss company in 1999. [...]
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Sen. Marco Rubio’s Plan for Syria
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Two weeks ago the rebels in Syria raised the same flag that was raised in Libya after Muammar Gaddafi fell ... al-Qaeda's.
Sen. Marco Rubio has introduced The Syria Democracy Transition Act of 2012 in order to assist in the ousting of the' [...]
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‘Compelling reasons’ to vacation in Castro’s Cuba
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The Australian travel writer Peter Needham has some "compelling reasons" to vacation in Castro's Cuba:
Cuba is a magnet for travellers keen to see the country now, in case it suddenly changes. The Obama administration has relaxed travel rules for US citizens to visit Cuba and tourist [...]
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