Chavez battling bone metastasis?
I'll believe it when the son-of-a-bitch is in the ground. Venezuela President Hugo Chávez is now battling bone metastasis from his pelvic cancer, according to a report by Spanish newspaper ABC. Citing...
View ArticleCuba still next to last in Index of Economic Freedom
The 2013 Index of Economic Freedom is out, and Cuba remains next to last place, above only North Korea. Cuba’s economic freedom score is 28.5, making its economy one of the world’s least free. Its...
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Attack of the Killer (Mexican) Tomatoes
The Obama administration has averted a war. The New York Times reporting: The United States and Mexico have reached a tentative agreement on cross-border trade in tomatoes, narrowly averting a trade...
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Backdoor Capitalism: Cuba’s Golf Courses for Elite Foreigners Get Green Light
Isn't that great? Now all those Hollywood visitors can now drag their expensive golf clubs along on these trips to paradise. Gee, I sure hope they get them completed so Obama can be the first Prezzy...
View Article“El socialismo no sirve” but some keep trying and trying!
How many times does socialism have to fail before people come to their senses? Some have figured it out. Chile, for example, has a sound economy and no one lines up at the US Embassy looking for a...
View ArticleObamaCare is starting to look like “la zafra de 10 millones”!
My mother said this about Obama in 2008: "Este tipo habla mucho....como Fidel". I guess that Cuban mothers know best! Our mothers have a good eye for charlatans, don't they? In 1970, Fidel Castro, the...
View Article“El jefe de Babalu” on CANTO TALK
We spoke with Alberto de la Cruz on Wednesday night. As Babalu readers know, our friend Alberto has done a great job posting about the "fake reforms" and continuing "repression". Fausta Wertz, editor...
View ArticleCommunist Cuba “no se puede arreglar” and that is why change is near
It must be tough being Raul Castro these days. He tries this or that but Cuba is still a disaster. He yells at the younger generation but they are not paying attention. He wants people to be more...
View ArticleCuba & Mexico: “Toma chocolate….(NO) paga lo que debes”
Our friend Alberto De La Cruz reported on Cuban foreign debt yesterday. This is simply the latest episode in a movie that we know very well: "Castro no paga"! Over at American Thinker, I opined on a...
View Article“No ayudes a la dictadura”: A word to all of those spending their vacation...
We've read often in this blog about repression, torture and complete violations of human rights in Cuba. I have a message for those who travel to Cuba and subsidize the corrupt Castro regime: You are...
View Article“Oye compay, que semana”: We talk Cuba with Jorge Ponce!
Jorge Ponce and I looked back at this big "semana" of Cuba news. It started with the handshake, talk of Dr Gross, calls for lifting the embargo, to more of Alberto's posts about human rights violations...
View Article“La agencia Los Hermanos Castro” has a big car sale in the island!
The Castro dictatorship has just announced "la ultima reforma": "The Communist Party newspaper, Granma, said the Council of Ministers approved new regulations on Wednesday that "eliminate existing...
View ArticleEnjoy my chat with Carlos Eire about Cuba, 54 years after Castro
Our friend Carlos Eire is a real treasure. We love his books and the many posts on Babalu. A year ago, Carlos recalled the 54th anniversary of the Castro regime: "Today is a grim day for me, and many...
View ArticleLatin America leaders in Cuba: ‘Abrazo si, dinero no’
This is my American Thinker post about all of this "love" between Latin American leaders and the Cuba dictatorship. Don't take it at face value, specially Mexico and Cuba. "My Cuban American friends...
View ArticleCuba today: “Los Castros no quieren cambio”
(This is my new Cuba post over at American Thinker) We've seen this movie many times before. It starts with a country giving Cuba a line of credit or going around the US embargo. It is followed by...
View ArticlePre-Castro Cuba had problems but “a worthless peso” was not one of them!
My father has a copy of a pre-Castro Cuban peso framed in his home office. I see it every Sunday when we visit my parents and enjoy some of my mom's Cuban food. It's been on that wall for a long time,...
View ArticleRaul Castro wants ‘los capitalistas americanos’ to bail out ‘los socialistas...
(My new American Thinker post) The Cuban government has just announced the latest version of "foreign investment reforms." Before you go and put a dime in Cuba's corrupt communist government, please...
View ArticleThe Cuba that tourists do not see with Brian Lloyd French, author
WEDNESDAY: The Cuba that tourists do not see with Brian Lloyd French, author...Listen in now at http://t.co/ngHsCLAHaj. #BlogTalkRadio — Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) May 15, 2014
View ArticleTUESDAY: We look at Cuba with Alberto de la Cruz, Editor, The Babalu Blog
TUESDAY: We look at Cuba with Alberto de la Cruz, Editor, The Babalu Blog.....Listen in now at http://t.co/FDsWr4u32c. #BlogTalkRadio — Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) May 21, 2014
View ArticleLions, leopards and buffalo: latest punchlines in the running joke of Cuban...
As we've heard so many times since Raul Castro took the helm in Cuba, the younger of two Communist dictators is a pragmatist. A reformer. He's brought changed to the island's dated,...
View ArticleTaiwan as a model for Cuba – panel discussions from the Cuba Transition Project
Back in February, the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies' Cuba Transition Project held some panel discussions on "Taiwan as a Model for Cuba's Future." It wasn't until now that they posted...
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Cuba Now Taxing Everyday Goods
HAVANA - Cuba has slapped a new customs tax on everyday goods shipped from overseas in a drive that experts say could weaken the economy and sap consumption. The levy took effect Monday and is payable...
View ArticleThe Infinite Postmenopausal Liberal Monkey Theorem…Part 2.
If one million monkeys typing away for all eternity can type out the collected works of William Shakespeare, and five hundred thousand drunk monkeys typing away for five hundred years could turn out...
View Article“You know, Castro? He’s been working on his economy for 50-plus years now.”
Rush Limbaugh made a spot-on analogy on his radio program today... RUSH: I want to remind everybody, "Barack Hussein Obama! Mmm! Mmm! Mmm!" campaigned for president as the man who could fix our...
View ArticleThe Castro Regime and doing business in Cuba
(My new American Thinker post) Last December, many welcomed President Obama’s opening to Cuba as an opportunity to bring prosperity to the island. It went something like this: American tourists will...
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