Castro’s new Republican friends
Castro's propaganda ministry is not notorious for fawning over Republicans. But lately they've been gushing over the Ranking Republican member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Senator...
View ArticleYou know you’re in trouble when…
You know you're in trouble when the runaway spending associated with the economic policies being implemented by the US government leaves the country's deficit in worse shape than the deficit of a...
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Cuba: Dictator buys Beemers while people tighten belts
Last year the dictator told the Cuba people they would have to tighten their belts. Since the ration card only lasts about two weeks out of the assigned month of days, and children over the age of...
View ArticleCuba: Let them eat???
Since the younger dictator assumed the role of leadership three plus years ago, there has been a lot of talk about expected changes. None have materialized to ease the struggle of daily life for the...
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Let The U.S. Dollars Flow
AFP: Cuba to allow first US dollar home rentals in 50 years Cuba is to allow some houses to be rented in US dollars for the first time in 50 years as well as the opening up of small businesses as it...
View ArticleCuba’s Communist ‘Experiment’ Charts A New Course
Mmm`k, who exactly down there in castro's utopia knows anything about free markets and capitalism? Cuba is not China. They obviously don't have the resources or the capital China has to go very far...
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Cuba More Business Friendly Than The United States?
Who would have thought two years ago the communist Cuban leadership would become private sector small business friendly while the democrat led government of the United States would line up American...
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Russia To Drill Offshore Cuba
While the Obama Administration pretends to have lifted the offshore oil drilling moratorium in the Gulf, there have been ZERO drilling permits issued. So we, as usual, are subjects to our OPEC...
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“Half of Cuba lives off the black market … And the other half depends on it.”
When you seek to have the State completely control commerce, production, consumption, and capital this is what it produces. People always find a way to survive, even if it is outside the restrictions...
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Finding Dr. Sanjay Gupta in Cuba: “I found in him a refusal to subscribe to...
Frances Martel at Mediaite has written a lengthy article interviewing CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta in Havanna, Cuba. Dr. Gupta is in Cuba to investigate for himself the facts about Cuba's healthcare system...
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There’s no Home Depot in Cuba
In Cuba, for those in need of home repairs, there is nothing, and you can go to prison for attempting to illegally acquire building materials. So much for the "revolution" providing. Meet Jesús...
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Cuando Sali de Cuba – Luis Felipe’s Story
Marta here. I started this series, Cuando Sali de Cuba, Stories of Courage and Hope on my own blog, My big, fat, Cuban family in order to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month: Cuban-Style. I asked my...
View ArticleTwo countries, Cuba and Colombia
Excellent article contrasting progress or lack of in Colombia and Cuba during the past decade by the former Costa Rican ambassador to the U.S. A Tale of Two Countries by Jaime Daremblum On April 14,...
View ArticleToday in Cuba news: regime uses Paya’s death to attack dissident funding, rum...
Spaniard close to vehicular homicide charge in Cuban dissident’s death The Swedish man who survived the crash that claimed the lives of Cuban dissidents Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero has returned...
View ArticleToday in Cuba news: the Carromero family hires a lawyer, a cubiche wins...
CUBA. DESPUÉS DEL ASESINATO DE OSWALDO PAYÁ: ¿QUIÉN SERÁ EL PRÓXIMO OPOSITOR ASESINADO POR LOS HERMANOS CASTRO. VIDEO CON TESTAMENTO POLÍTICO DE JUAN FRANCISCO SIGLER AMAYA EN CASO DE SU EXTRAÑA MUERTE...
View ArticleThe weekend in Cuba news: Cheesehead wrestler, migration spike, judo gold
NEWS Wisconsin wrestler to face Cuban opponent in opener Olympic wrestler Ben Provisor drew the No. 17 spot and will face Alexi Bel of Cuba in the opening round of the Greco-Roman 74-kilogram weight...
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...
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