Via Notes from the Cuban Exile Quarter: Press Freedom: Believing the government can be dangerous to your freedom Yesterday was World Press Freedom Day and Raul Castro remains designated as one of the predators of press freedom, by Reporters Without Borders but a closer look is needed. Raul Castro criticized the lack of quality journalism [...]

A federal judge has ruled that American Rene Gonzalez, one of the five Castro spies caught and convicted for espionage and for their role in the murder of our innocent American pilots from Brothers to the Rescue, can stay in Cuba as long as he renounces his U.S. citizenship. Gonzalez will now get to live [...]

PRESS RELEASE May 3, 2013   U.S. Born Convicted Spy for Cuba Jeopardized U.S. National Security Yet Is Rewarded By Being Reunited with Family in Cuba “Gonzalez to stay in luxury in Cuba while Alan Gross continues to languish in a Castro gulag” (WASHINGTON) –U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the Middle East and [...]

From the ever-dependable AP: (Mariela)Castro visited the Liberty Bell — an icon of democracy — even as critics say her family has run a repressive Communist dictatorship for decades. Her father, Raul Castro, is Cuba’s president and the brother of retired strongman. Mariela Castro spoke briefly to reporters during her sightseeing tour. Asked about the [...]

AIM's Cliff Kincaid "kicking out the jams" at CPAC If the FBI wants to find Joanne Chesimard, who has just been added to the “Most Wanted Terrorists List,” it could begin by wiretapping President Obama’s friends, Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, and other members of the Weather Underground. The Weather Underground helped Chesimard—a convicted cop-killer—escape [...]

As trooper Werner Foerster grappled with the driver, Chesimard shot him twice--then her gun apparently jammed. As lay Foerster lay on the ground wounded and helpless, Chesimard grabbed the troopers own gun and blasted two shots into his head, much in the manner of her Cuban idols Che Guevara and Raul Castro murdering hundreds of [...]

Your faithful and diligent Babalú crew has been working feverishly behind the scenes preparing for Cuba Nostalgia 2013. Since 2013 is Babalú's 10th Anniversary, we want to make this year's event on May 17th - 19th a special one. Here is who we have lined up so far to join us this year: Our good [...]

PRESS RELEASE May 3, 2013 Bipartisan Congressional Group Requests Answers from Secretary Kerry Regarding Visa Granted to Cuban Dictator’s Daughter Who is Public Face of the Dictatorship (WASHINGTON) – A bipartisan group of Congressional Members (Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-FL; Albio Sires, D-NJ; and Mario Diaz-Balart, R-FL) requested answers today in a letter to Secretary of State [...]

Via Translating Cuba: The Writer’s Block: A Video Q&A With Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo Photo: David Lewetag, Elevation Loft. The Writer’s Block is an ongoing video series of interviews with visiting writers at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh. In these Q&A’s, conducted on Sampsonia Way, writers sit down with us to discuss literature, their craft, and career. [...]

Via Geandy Pavon on Facebook:

The humor of Garrincha in El Nuevo Herald: "I'm going to the UN a moment, I'll be right back, comrades..." "That's what he's calling the bathroom now."

Via UM's Institute for Cuban and Cuban American Studies: Berta Soler at the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies Berta Soler, Head of the Ladies in White in Cuba, is visiting Europe and the U.S. On April 27th, she held a press conference at the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies/Casa Bacardi. Following are the [...]

Today's Question of the Day are actually two questions. On his blog Enrisco, Enrique Del Risco poses two questions regarding the achievements of Fidel Castro's revolution in Cuba (my translation): Questions Isn't there something logical and natural in that the leaders of the "humble socialist and democratic Revolution by the humble and for the humble" [...]

This latest news from the Obama White House is sure to surprise absolutely no one. President Obama's nominee to head the Federal Housing Finance agency, Rep. Melvin Watt (D-NC), traveled to Cuba in 2009 with the Congressional Black Caucus and along with his fellow travelers, was enthralled by Cuba's murderous dictator and leader of the [...]

Via U.S. News & World Report: Joanne Chesimard, Fugitive Living in Cuba, Named to FBI 'Most Wanted Terrorists' List Informers stand to gain $2M in the unlikely event Chesimard, convicted of murdering a cop 40 years ago, is caught Forty years ago today, Joanne Chesimard allegedly shot and killed New Jersey state trooper Werner Foerster. [...]