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This was taken November 24, 2011 around 10:30 am, on the corner of 23 and L in La Habana. By marisolmarquez1: "Protesters were trying to express their ideas and support the "Damas de Blanco" and Laura Pollan. Everyone was supportive except for one lady who decided to rip the sign apart. The police [...] While the MSM continues to parrot Cuban state press run by a murderous outlaw dictator, they ignore the brutal violent acts of repression against Cuba's peaceful dissidents. I am pleading with the MSM and international human rights organizations to please speak out [...] The pile of mierda from official sources in Cuba gets higher every day. Now that Cubans can supposedly buy and sell cars and real estate, it seems they now also need to respect the image of their cities. (The article is printed on toilet paper; I won't link, but you know where to find it.) If you love visiting Cuba why not join Club Cubano and start earning rewards-brought to you by Cuba Explorer: American Club members are credited in U.S. dollars... I will forever hold in my heart the image of Laura Pollán, dressed in white, carrying gladiolus, leading the column of Las Damas de Blanco. How many of us waited every Sunday for news of their weekly act of brave resistance, their peaceful, dignified walk down Havana’s 5th Avenue, as we prayed for their [...] Not much is uglier than people vacationing in a Potemkin village while ignoring human rights atrocities right under their noses. However, I think Congressmen Jeff Flake and Charles Rangel naming a bill allowing just that the "Export Freedom to Cuba Act," is an affront to all those in Cuba struggling for freedom. Ugly Americans indeed. Inspired by Cuba's [...] Berta Antunez, Women's rights activist in Cuba speaks at the Global Summit against Discrimination and Persecution. En espanol here. Share Really, is this the best propaganda Havana can come up with? What an embarassment, considering that in Cuba before Castro, the island nation of Cuba was ranked fourth in the region for rice production. A fact from the UN FAO Yearbook 1961, p. 50. VIENNA -- Iran was praised and Israel criticized Wednesday at a 151-nation meeting, with Cuba and Venezuela defending Tehran's right to run a nuclear program and Syria saying the Jewish state's undeclared nuclear arsenal is a threat to world peace. Cuba - Disbarred lawyer and Human Rights activist Rene Gomez Manzano spoke to Cuban-American congressional representatives by telephone during a Human Rights briefing hosted by the Cuban American Bar Association (CABA) in Washington DC. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Mario Diaz-Balart, David Rivera and Albio Sires participated in the briefing. 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. If you're in southern California this weekend, join us for the LA screening of the award winning documentary, Voices From Mariel. Jane Fonda (warning) likes to fancy herself a righteous activist. We all know Jane from her romantic NVA gun-straddling days during the Vietnam War as those pesky American POWs insisted on being tortured, starved, beaten, and killed. But what you probably don't know is dear Jane is pining for the one she let get away. [...] This is one incredible Cuban woman of valor, what a great patriot! She and her husband were in Los Angeles over the weekend, hosted by the Junta Patriotica Cubana. In spite of all she and her family has suffered and endured her strength of character and sprit remain intact. Zapata Vive! Videos from the luncheon:
Share Yves Schladenhaugen is French, as Havana Club's international marketing director, he enjoys the elite life in Cuba. His daughter attends the "very international" French School, and I'm sure his family doesn't live in the kind of crumbling unsafe dwelling without adequate plumbing and electricity that the average Cuban family must endure. More likely, they live in [...] Media complicity with the brutal Castro dictatorship is why we are bombarded with articles promoting Tourism to Cuba, Healthcare in Cuba, Gay Rights in Cuba, et al, while members of the "Ladies in White" and other peaceful dissidents are attacked and beaten in broad daylight, under the watchful eyes of A.P., CNN, and other MSM outlets. They enjoy [...] As if I needed another reason not to vote for Congressman Ron Paul ... I agree with a lot of his ideas on domestic issues, especially the Fed, but his foreign policy is beyond isolationist. The man isn't living in the real world where our economy not only is tangled in the rest of the [...] I live in Southern California and I'm constantly amazed at the number of people who have no idea why there are so many Cuban Americans here in the U.S. When President Obama eased the travel restrictions to Cuba, his statement included the following, “...These measures will increase people-to-people contact; support civil society in Cuba; enhance the free flow of information to, from, and among the Cuban people; and help promote their independence from Cuban authorities.” According to the White House Blog, President Obama believes those changes, [...] |
      
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