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What: Protest demanding change in Cuba
When: Sunday, March 1 - 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Where: Outside the Cuban Mission to the United Nations - 315 Lexington Avenue, New York City
According to Belascoaín y Neptuno, a counter demonstration is scheduled to commence [...]

What: Protest demanding change in Cuba
When: Sunday, March 1 - 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Where: Outside the Cuban Mission to the United Nations - 315 Lexington Avenue, New York City
More information, including a series of downloadable posters, can be found at Belascoaín y Neptuno

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What: Protest demanding change in Cuba
When: Sunday, March 1 - 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Where: Outside the Cuban Mission to the United Nations - 315 Lexington Avenue, New York City

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Can someone please explain to me why it’s necessary for any nation to "apologize" for supporting the liberation of an oppressed people? It would seem that an apology for the "apology" is in order here. The complete and utter lack of logic in this world never ceases to amaze me.
Guatemala begs forgiveness for an act [...]

Now that Chilean President Michelle Bachelet’s fraud concerning her family history has been exposed, it’s time to get down to business.
Fraud, you say? Yes, fraud. For years, we’ve been hearing about the pain and anguish Bachelet suffered as a result of the actions of dictator Augusto Pinochet against her family - the torture and murder [...]

This coming Friday afternoon, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet is scheduled to meet with the body of Fidel Castro at an undisclosed mausoleum. The encounter will occur on the last day of her official state visit to Cuba, an event which will define Bachelet’s character and help the world to understand who she is.
Sound a bit [...]

The eyes of a human being are able to tell an entire life’s story with a single glance. This I believe.
I have in my possession, two photographs taken during the same week a few years back, that speak thousands of words. One shows my grandfather at the age of 89, during a visit by his [...]

In keeping with the recent protests lodged against the Cuban regime, blogger Alexis Romay of Belascoaín y Neptuno is currently planning a protest scheduled for March 1st outside the Cuban Mission to the United Nations in New York City. Romay is currently assembling an organizing committee and will be providing more information as the planned [...]

There is something to be said about the thrill involved in discovering one’s roots.
A few years ago I had the pleasure of accompanying a young man who had arrived in Havana on just such an expedition. The story of Alberto’s family was similar to those of many other Cuban families in the first five years [...]

Catch it live via this link before it changes. I always knew "she" was really a "he."

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I think it’s safe to say it is more than lamentable when any government willfully joins forces with an unelected dictatorial regime to deceive – not only the public of that regime – but the world at large.
Case in point – the Argentine government has released a statement alleging that President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner [...]

Somewhere right now, some folks are asking the world to pray for Fidel Castro –
and it ain’t for the reason you probably think it is.

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With just under three hours left in 2008, a message popped up in my email "in-box." What with all the holiday festivities going on around me , it was not until last night that it caught my attention.
Amid all the articles regarding Cuba and the 50th anniversary of the island's sacking appearing online and in [...]

Despite what many on the ultra-left often tend to say, I’ve always tried to maintain a balanced opinion when it comes to socio-political topics. In keeping with that intention, about a year ago I decided to see what all the hub-bub with New York City’s “Cuban Art Space” was all about. For those of you [...]

Those of you who regularly read the New York City metro area newspaper, El Diario La Prensa, might have caught a familiar face this morning on the opinion page. . .

Para aquellos de nosotros que vivimos la Revolución Cubana hay dos Che: el que conocimos, y el falso ídolo venerado por millones en la tierra.
El [...]

It is the worst type of bigotry imaginable. The celebration of the extermination of what were initially hundreds of Cubans which later became thousands by Ernesto “Che” Guevara stands as a shout of hatred against the Cuban people. In much the same way that Vienna’s most infamous son, Adolf Hitler, described the Jews as a [...]

The Cuban economy and national morale are in complete shambles. Hurricane Ike served to shatter what little hope our people had for positive change on the island following the retirement of dictator Fidel Castro. The agricultural sector was devastated by a storm that ran up the island’s spine killing crops and upending thousands of homes. [...]

From the same folks who brought you the much-anticipated t-shirts honoring the 80th anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s release from Landsberg Prison comes a new release honoring the spirit of dictators the world-over.
Just answer the simple question appearing below for your chance to win a fabulous prize!
What was the name of the boat on which Fidel [...]

This morning, after trying for days to communicate with family on the island, I finally received a message regarding conditions after Hurricane Ike. Havana - I feel - was hit much harder than any of us realized. Of course, the hardest hit areas were located in the center of the island but Havana itself was [...]

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U.S. National Guard soldiers in formation outside a Dress Barn women's clothing store on Maiden Lane in New York City during the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
I don't care to re-live the events of that morning so I'll be brief.
One of the images I will never forget - aside from the actual site of [...]