...but NOT as he would have wanted, going down in a blaze of glory like Che Guevara, perhaps in mortal combat with U.S. Marines. Nope, the Venezuelan dictator and Numero Uno fan of the bearded beast is going down at the hands of Castro's medical machine, helpless, in pain, taking orders from Cuban state doctors. [...]

I am sure Michael Moore is busting his buttons. Well, more so than usual... MORE than 60 medical experts comprising doctors and nurses from Cuba are expected to arrive in Zambia soon, out-going Cuban Ambassador to Zambia Carmelina Ramirez Rodriguez has said. Ms Rodriguez said plans were underway to send Cuban medical officers who would [...]

Old Hugo is one huge cancerous growth... Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday he will undergo surgery in the coming days to remove a "lesion" in the same area where a cancerous tumor was extracted in mid-2011. Chavez, who faces a serious challenge as he runs for re-election this year, said the lesion was found [...]

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 that everyone seems determined to hold up as a prime example of a successful government/state-run system. Democrats, Hollywood celebrities such as Michael Moore [...]

I don't know what is worse ... The Cuban healthcare system, or the detached leftist/liberals living in a comfort zone far, far away from it, but bowing adoringly to if from their safe distance for "the cause". Once again it's those who do not live directly under the Cuban medical system (that the general population [...]

Hmm, they seem to work just fine for weight loss on the Cubans that are 'checked-into' them ... The Daily Caller tracks the tagged beached whale: It’s not even the new year yet, but Michael Moore is trying to lose a few pounds. The liberal filmmaker recently checked into a $4,500 a week luxury weight [...]

The U.S. and Cuba held a rare, unusual, unprecedented meeting over at the United Nations yesterday. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's chief of staff, Cheryl Mills was there, sitting down to talks with Bruno Rodriguez, the foreign minister of Cuba. It would be normal to think the topic of this meeting would be Cuba's political prisoners, given that [...]

Our friend George from The Real Cuba on the Michael Moore interview: Oct. 11 - Michael Moore was interviewed on Friday, October 9, by Sean Hannity on Fox News Channel. During the interview, Hannity played excerpts from Moore's documentary "Sicko" where he presented a false view of Cuba's healthcare. Hannity then told Moore that he [...]

Amnesty International released a report earlier this week indicating that the U.S. and its embargo is responsible for the deterioration of health in Cuba. I was going to post some personal thoughts on this, but after reading this piece by Sylvia Longmire at Dallas-based Examiner.com, I figured I'd let her explain instead: Unfortunately, the Amnesty [...]

From TalkingCuba: The hearse led a procession through the streets of a Cuban town then out into the countryside. It was converted from a 1980’s era Chevy S-10 blazer, a rare model to be found in Cuba where nearly all American-made cars predate the 1959 revolution. But a few foreign embassies and consulates imported cars [...]