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  • Bay State seniors try softball diplomacy


    Cuban ColadaAuthority Authority: 133
    A follow-up to our Oct. 4 blog item " Senior softball teams will play in Cuba ," about the superannuated softball players from Massachusetts who traveled to the island this month, appeared Tuesday in The Boston Globe. To read about their experience, click here . The story is titled "In Cuba, diamond diplomacy ." ...
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  • The Cuba embargo: The answer my friend is laying in the wind


    Cuba JournalAuthority Authority: 427
    How can the current executive branch leadership of the United Sates continue to enforce the Cuba embargo/blockade? Are they myopic or just plain stupid? How can they arrogantly ignore the wishes of 187 civilized countries at the United Nations? For 18 years in a row the General Assembly has condemned, by big margins, ...
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  • Cubas embargo must go | John Keenan


    Comment is free | guardian.co.ukAuthority Authority: 162
    Its time to end the counterproductive sanctions against Cuba, which have only served to strengthen its brutal regime This month Europe celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of the iron curtain . Tribute was paid the role the US played in helping to speed the demise of totalitarian regimes. But just ...
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  • Cuba dissidents rally for political prisoner Darsi Ferrer


    Uncommon SenseAuthority Authority: 516
    Dissidents rally for Dr. Ferrer. (Photo: Ainí Martín Valero) A group of Cuban dissidents gathered recently to rally for the release of human rights activist Dr. Darsi Ferrer , who has been unjustly imprisoned since July 21, according to independent journalist Ainí Martín Valero. Ferrer has yet to face a ...
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  • Cycling is Such a Great Idea – But can Everybody Have a Bike


    The Planet D: Around the World Adventure CoupleAuthority Authority: 421
    Cycling is such a great utilitarian activity many of us take it for granted. And there are people that have one or two bicycles for each different kind of activity. Many of us are so fortunate, living in an affluent society like Europe or North America, to find so many bicycle stores and other suppliers of bicycles in ...
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  • The continued torture of Cuban political prisoner Mario Pérez


    Uncommon SenseAuthority Authority: 516
    Cuban health care has nothing to offer Cubas political prisoners. In fact, Cuban health care — or better put, the denying of Cuban health care — is one of the weapons the Castro dictatorship uses to torture those citizens, like political prisoner Mario Alberto Pérez Aguilera , in jail because of their ...
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  • “New Castro, Same Cuba” Report Issued by Human Rights Watch


    CIPE Development BlogAuthority Authority: 126
    Human Rights Watch released a new report on the current Castro regime in Cuba. This 123 page report, entitled “New Castro, Same Cuba” exposes Raul Castro to be just as repressive as Fidel while attempting to strengthen rather than dismantle the current system. Despite a lack of government cooperation, and ...
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  • Where’s the Buzz for Yuniesky Maya; Leslie Anderson


    myworldofbaseballAuthority Authority: 138
    Myworld first intimated about his defection on July 30th and reported it here: http://myworldofbaseball.com/wordpress/?p=1527 .  When myworld went to the leader boards at baseballdecuba.com we noticed the absence of Yuniesky Maya.  We then did some googling and found an article in the Havana Times that spoke of ...
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  • Sawyer and Dads Paintball Blog: RPL Finale wrap up


    PaintballLifestyle - Paintball's #1 Free eMagazine!Authority Authority: 149
    We got his mohawk going (not allowed at school) then headed off fo Camp Pendleton to register for The RPL Finale being held on the Marine base at the paintball park. After registration and getting out ID cards we headed off to walk the …
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  • Sawyer and Dads Paintball Blog: 2 Videos from RPL


    PaintballLifestyle - Paintball's #1 Free eMagazine!Authority Authority: 149
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07YUp3GQhXw - Sawyer just being a kid with other kids the day before the RPL started having “throwing” paintball wars on the field as the sun was going down. Posted by Sawyer and Dad at 9:00 PM …
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  • European Union commissioner says they will place less emphasis on human rights when dealing with Cuba


    Cuba JournalAuthority Authority: 427
    By Tom Evans, CNN November 23, 2009 8:26 p.m. EST A European Union commissioner Monday told CNNs Christiane Amanpour that Europes policy toward Cuba in the future will place less emphasis on human rights in the island nation than now. The EU commissioner for development and humanitarian aid, Karel De Gucht, who is ...
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  • Australia and Cuba strengthen diplomatic ties


    Cuba JournalAuthority Authority: 427
    AFP November 23, 2009 HAVANA — Cuba and Australia have decided to strengthen their 20-year relationship, Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith said Monday at the start of a two-day visit to Havana. "I see my visit here very much as the first step in our relationship to enhance good working and ...
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  • Sawyer and Dads Paintball Blog: More RPL pics


    PaintballLifestyle - Paintball's #1 Free eMagazine!Authority Authority: 149
    Sawyer and Dad Smith: Orange County, CA: Sawyer and Dad (Dan) have been playing paintball together for three years. Rec ball is fun but most of the time we play tournament style speedball. Sawyer has started a kids team - Max’d Kidz. …
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  • Trinidad, Jamaica, Cuba claim Caribbean berths in CONCACAF Women’s U-20s


    Soccer News InfoAuthority Authority: 158
    Cuba claimed the last berth in the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship, beating St. Kitts and Nevis 6-0 Sunday to join Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica as the Caribbean representatives. Trinidad will travel to Guatemala in January as the Caribbean champion, earning that honor with a 1-1 draw against Jamaica ...
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  • Cuba: An Act of Repudiation ( Acto de repudio) - Nov 24,2009


    Conversa Cuba Companioni on Blog Talk RadioAuthority Authority: 116
    Hat tip Fantomas @ Abajo Fidel ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The man seen being surrounded and overwhelmed In the violent tumult of Cuban state  hyenas Is The husband of Yoani Sanchez of the celebrated blog Genaracion Y. ...
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  • The Cyber-Tragicomedy of Yoani Sánchez


    MacheteraAuthority Authority: 417
    Generation Y: The Cyber-Tragicomedy of Yoani Sánchez – Español By Ana R. for CubAlMater Translation: Machetera Today my distinguished Communications College, located at G Street, between 21st and 23rd St., was witness to a singular event: the attempt by Reinaldo Escobar , Yoani Sánchez’s husband, to ...
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  • Senator Feingold targets Radio Marti as wasteful spending


    Cuba JournalAuthority Authority: 427
    Radio Ink November 23, 2009: Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) has launched a "Spotlight on Spending" series to highlight items in his Control Spending Now Act, which includes 40 items that, the senator says, will reduce the government deficit by more than half a trillion dollars. The first provision featured by Feingolds ...
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  • Dissidents support an end to the travel ban


    Cuban ColadaAuthority Authority: 133
    Miriam Alonso , a founder of the dissident group Ladies in White, issued a statement in Havana on Monday saying that she and her "husband, Oscar Espinosa Chepe , fully support the lifting of the travel ban on Americans to visit Cuba." Both have been vocal critics of the Cuban government. On Thursday, Alonso ...
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  • Music Review | Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro: Cuban Musical Pioneers Celebrate an Island’s Soul


    NYT > TheaterAuthority Authority: 912
    Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro, with the lead singer, EugenioRodríguez, performing at S.O.B.’s in the South Village.
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  • The visiting Ahmadinejad Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean


    Fausta's BlogAuthority Authority: 143
    Welcome to the Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad started his tour of South America by accepting Lula’s invitation to Brazil , which was first scheduled for last May but was postponed after public outcry. Protestors were at the airport Around 200 Iranian businessmen accompanied ...
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