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• Cubas embargo must go | John Keenan

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — 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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• Anti-Castro blogger hears from Obama before Fidel

  
  Not My Tribe — Authority: 488
  Havana pseudo-blogger Yoani Sánchez has the ear of President Obama, what a surprise. In the wake of not being able to travel to the US to receive an astroturf accolade from Columbia University, then a much ballyhooed – but uncorroborated – attempt by Cuban police to make her late for a rally, the “blogger” ...
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• The Domino Diaries

  
  The Nervous Breakdown — Authority: 534
  "What is one million dollars compared to the love of eight million Cubans?" asked a Cuban boxing champion when offered five million dollars to fight Muhammad Ali. Brin Friesen, at the Cuban National Boxing Championships, looks at why any Cuban who wishes to disagree can only do so in a whisper.
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• Sharp wits in Spanish Congress set for debate on mercenary blogger, Yoani Sánchez

  
  Machetera — Authority: 417
  Tejero Molina addresses the Spanish Congress, 1981 The U.S. Government and the World’s Great Media Empires Are Using “Mercenary Bloggers” in Their Offensive Against Cuba – Español By J.P. for La República Translation: Machetera The world’s great media empires have undertaken a merciless ...
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• Fidel Castro: The Bolivarian Revolution and Peace

  
  Nasir Khan blog — Authority: 142
  By Fidel Castro Ruz, Cuba.cu , November 20, 2009 I know Chavez well, and no one could be more reluctant than him to allow a showdown between the Venezuelan and Colombian peoples leading to bloodshed. These are two fraternal peoples, the same as Cubans living in the east, center and west end of our island. I ...
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• JFK and the Unspeakable

  
  OlyBlog - 'We Are the Media' — Authority: 442
  The assassination of JFK. What really happened? Do the mainstream accounts reflect the whole story? In the mainstream, is there adequate analysis of the environment surrounding the death of JFK? The answer is no. Heres a compelling analysis by Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action co-founder James W. Douglass. ...
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• The eyes of the world must remain on Colombo

  
  Antony Loewenstein — Authority: 131
  Sydney University’s Jake Lynch, a strong supporter of the Palestinian cause , writes in his weekly column about Sri Lanka and the need to continue pressure over its appalling treatment of the Tamils: The news that the Government of Sri Lanka is to close the internment camps where thousands of Tamils were ...
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• Spanish daily urges EU to pressure Cuba

  
  Cuban Colada — Authority: 133
  The influential Spanish newspaper El Pais – normally a left-of-center daily – has sided with hardliners who would like Spain and the European Union to pressure Raúl Castro into relaxing his control of society. Here are excerpts from an editorial it published Sunday, titled "Repression in Cuba ." "Fidel Castros ...
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• The Day That’s In It

  
  Politics — Authority: 494
  Listening to Sunday Miscellany this morning, I was reminded by contributor Kevin McAleer (the comedian, I take it) that this is the anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas on 22 November 1963.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G_Zxup7esU&rel=0 (more…) Share This
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• Hugo Chavez invites Fidel Castro to Venezuela

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 173
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is inviting his mentor Fidel Castro to visit Venezuela during the coming months. Chavez read aloud a letter to the 83-year-old former Cuban leader during a televised speech Saturday night, saying "Venezuela awaits you." Chavez proposed that Castro visit at ...
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• Peace & Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution

  
  RUPEE NEWS: Recording History, Narrating Archives, Strategic Intellibrief Analysis: Noticias de Rupia | Nouvelles de Roupie | Rupiennachrichten | ??????? ????? | ???? | Rupi Nyheter | ??????? | ????? ????? — Authority: 490
  I know Chavez well, and no one could be more reluctant than him to allow a showdown between the Venezuelan and Colombian peoples leading to bloodshed. These are two fraternal peoples, the same as Cubans living in the east, center and west end of our island. I find no other way to explain the close relationship between ...
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• Couple Plead Guilty in 30-Year Espionage Conspiracy

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 453
  A former State Department official and his wife have pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from their roles in a 30-year conspiracy to provide classified U.S. national defense information to the Republic of Cuba. At a hearing before Judge Reggie B. Walton, defendant Walter Kendall Myers, 72, aka “Agent 202,” ...
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• NewsBusted: What Makes Sammy White?

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 803
  In this episode, “NewsBusted” covers: Republicans, Democrats, Jobless Americans, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Fidel Castro, President Obama Poster, Al Gore, Current TV, Sammy Sosa, Lamar Odom, and Khloe Kardashian.
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• Austerity, anyone?

  
  The Cuban Triangle — Authority: 473
  Another nugget from Fidel published in Granma, this one from December 1, 1986 (my translation): “Many don’t understand that the socialist state, no state, no system can give what it doesn’t have, much less will it have things if things aren’t produced, if it is giving itself money not backed up by ...
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• Cuba: Raul’s a brutal despot too?! Duh…

  
  The iPINIONS Journal — Authority: 128
  This week, international news organizations reported the fact that Raul Castro is continuing the reign of terror his brother Fidel launched almost 50 years ago as if it were every bit as shocking as the fact that President Barack Obama is continuing many of the oppressive war-on-terror tactics his predecessor George ...
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• Pánfilo Takes on "Raulita" and Fidel

  
  Florida Blog — Authority: 152
  Pánfilo is back.A Cuban with a major drinking problem, Pánfilo stumbled onto a video interview with a Cuban rapper earlier this year and became an overnight sensation, logging nearly 750,000 hits … Continue reading “Pánfilo Takes on “Raulita” and Fidel” > Original post: Pánfilo Takes on "Raulita" ...
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• New Daily Kos Poll: Rubio Narrows Crist’s GOP Lead Thanks to Birthers, Still Can’t Beat Meek in General

  
  Florida Blog — Authority: 152
  Daily Kos/Research 2000 just released their latest Florida poll, and their is a lot of interesting little poll number factoids to be pulled. Riptide tends to have some smart readers so we won’t r… Continue reading “New Daily Kos Poll: Rubio Narrows Crist’s GOP Lead Thanks to Birthers, Still Can’t Beat Meek ...
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• Who seriously wants the trade embargo?

  
  The South Chicagoan — Authority: 124
  I got a kick out of reading the results of a new poll taken of the Cuban people (as in the ones still living on the island, not the exile community centered spiritually around Miami). For it seems that this particular survey shows the bulk of the island’s population is ready to see the United States as their ...
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• Rumors Of Fidel Castro’s Death Circulating On Internet

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  By Gina GomezNov.19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Speculations are running high regarding Cuban dictator Fidel Castro as rumors are circulating in the internet that claim that the Cuban politician has passed away. Although the news has not been confirmed as yet, many online portals are allegedly claiming Castro has died on ...
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• Who Was Jose Marti

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 551
  Biography Born in Havana in 1853, Martí was too young to have played a large role in the Ten Years War, but was exiled to Spain at the age of 17 for his opposition to colonial rule.He eventually settled in New York, where he lived from 1881 to 1895. Essayist, poet, political thinker, organizer-a true ...
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