A modification of the original, made especially for our times:
OUR OBAMA WHO ART IN THE WHITE HOUSE
HALLOWED BE THY NAME
THY PROLETARIAT COME, THY WILL BE DONE
ON WALL STREET AS IT IS IN THE SLUMS
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD
WHICH YOU TAKE FROM OUR FAT BROTHERS AND SISTERS
WHO CANNOT BE FORGIVEN
AND LEAD US NOT INTO [...]

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After having read the comments section of today’s Miami Herald story concerning the now seven defections of Cuban soccer players visiting Tampa for the Olympics qualifiers, I am saddened and, frankly, enraged.
From “sailfish41” comes the comment:
“Comunistas! these guys were and still are ALL COMMUNISTS and now they come here and expect to be greeted with [...]

Only days after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez embarrassed himself by condemning Colombian actions against the drug-trafficking FARC organization, the situation for the Venezuelan strongman has gone from bad to worse.
Colombian Police Chief Oscar Naranjo opened up a press conference in Bogota by displaying evidence that Chavez had funded and armed the drug cartel - which [...]

BREAKING NEWS! My God, somebody actually GETS IT. Stop the presses!
Good Riddance to Castro
"Tell him what he's won, Johnny!"

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So, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour arrives in Mexico for a 4-day visit and triumphantly announces that Cuba is showing “unprecedented positive engagement” with the international body in the human rights arena.
Arbour goes on to clarify his statement, pointing to the fact that the de-facto Cuban government announced in December, its intention [...]

Raul tops brother Fidel in votes
My most heartfelt congratulations to Raul Castro on his having become the next primary target for an entire nation of maligned, angry people. Better keep your eyes peeled. What's that old adage about reaping what we sow? I'm just sayin' . . .

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For those of you living in the New York City area, Ramiro Fernandez and Kevin Kwan, creators of the new book, "I Was Cuba: Treasures from the Ramiro Fernandez Collection," will be holding an open discussion on their recent work. The event takes place February 29th - 7:00 p.m. at McNally Robinson - 52 Prince [...]

In a report released yesterday afternoon by Sky News, Fidel Castro, Cuba’s “benevolent” tyrant leader revealed that he feared he was dying when he fell ill back in July 2006. As such, the Cuban “leader” hastily made plans to give power, even as doctors were fighting valiantly to save his life.
“"When I fell gravely ill [...]

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s official state visit to Cuba yesterday served as a wake up call for all those who may have originally viewed the left-leaning leader as a well-intentioned “man of the people.” Truth-be-told, I was one of the millions who - although I may not have agreed with his politics [...]

“It was a joke that turned real, nobody thought these guys were going to win. They would walk into the Catholic churches, trying to win over the clergy and end up genuflecting on the wrong knee. They marched into Havana wearing rosary beads and look at what they did.”
My mother was old enough to remember [...]

© 2007 Michael Ramirez

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UDPATE: One thing to keep in mind when emailing these posters to Cuban government addresses rests in the idea of anonmiity. Those of you with family on the island should be careful to use public computers - that is to say, computers with IP accounts that can't be traced to you or your loved ones. [...]

Cuban university students from across the island present 5,000 signatures in support of the "University Students Without Borders" project.
From the Directorio Democrático Cubano comes word that four youths, among them three members of the Cuban Movement of Youths for Democracy (MCJD) were arrested by state political police last night, November 29th. The activists were taken [...]

For your Friday post-work viewing pleasure, Kodachrome pulled from my files depicting Cuba as it once was. Cuban children enjoy a carnival ride in Havana - 1953.
All to often, we think of Cuba as the third-world disaster it has become, thus forgetting the developed nation it once was. I would hope that these snippets of [...]

We set off for Alquizar at eight in the morning, intent on celebrating the birthday of a dear family friend as best we could, with what little we had: Rice, beans, yucca, and avocados. The starchy feast would be accompanied by so many bottles of rum that by the time the storm came, many of [...]

No doubt many of you will recall the controversy that emerged a year ago after it was revealed that the Cuban government had been providing slave labor to the Curacao Drydock Company in a bid to pay off a long-standing debt with the Dutch company.
The use of laborers including Adalberto Rodriguez, Fernando Alonso and Luis [...]

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A few years back during a trip to Havana, I found myself seated beside my aunt, sucking down cup-after-cup of cafe while chatting away into the night. It was simply too hot to sleep on that particular evening and so we figured we’d talk ourselves into comas.
At one point, tia Mirta stood up and asked [...]

My grandfather was in some ways, a quirky fellow and his taste in cars was no exception. That World War II-era Willy's army jeep he's driving in the photograph was his normal mode of transportation. Whereas most folks in Havana's Miramar neighborhood preferred Buicks, Cadillacs and other assorted boats, papito - from what I've been [...]