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• Books of The Times: Fiction Trying for Truth in Novel’s View of Dictator

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  Norberto Fuentes
  4 hours ago

• His Majesty El Bolero

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 735
  Su Majestad El Bolero - Sonidos del Mundo :: 2 :: 3 :: 4 :: 5 :: Special bolero, a musical genre with Iberian and African mergers that are installed in the Cuban archipelago in the late nineteenth century. Classical introduction of Matt Ramirez (Radio Felicidad 88.9 - Peru) who is involved in a musical gatherings led ...
  6 hours ago

• Accused Qaeda Detainees May Be Tried in Brooklyn

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  Several men being held in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, may be tried in two New York federal courts, officials said.
  6 hours ago

• A Mission Statement to Creative Film Artists

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 742
  Many of you know the story of Jerry Maguire , the agent with a conscience. Ya, I know. It’s only a movie. But sometimes movies can be great moral guideposts . Ironic that I should use one of Hollywood’s finest morality plays to illustrate how Tinseltown should operate at its most basic level. In Jerry ...
  7 hours ago

• Tasmania Local Expert: Will Alderton

  
  The Travel Blog by TravelPod — Authority: 415
  Ever since I invited Will to become TravelPod’s Local Expert for Tasmania, he’s jumped right into the discussions in the TravelPod forums participating not only in his own forum, the Tasmania forum, but he’s also been helping people out with general travel advice and various tips from all points all over the ...
  9 hours ago

• The top 8 tourist destinations of tomorrow

  
  Gadling — Authority: 701
  Filed under: Ethiopia , Iran , Iraq , Cuba , Panama , Colombia The rapidly changing landscape of todays globalized economy means that countries are developing at breakneck pace. Yesterdays war zones are turning into tomorrows tourist destinations at the blink of an eye, while todays utopias (see: Dubai) are ...
  10 hours ago

• Nelson asks Secretary of State Clinton to make detained contractor in Cuba a priority

  
  Naked Politics — Authority: 151
  Bill Nelson is asking Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to make the case of a U.S. contractor detained in Cuba a top priority. The Florida Democrat says Cuban authorities have refused to allow anyone on behalf of the U.S. to visit the man to check on his well being. He says under Cuban law, a citizen or a ...
  10 hours ago

• DAI and the perils of privatization

  
  Not My Tribe — Authority: 144
  The perils of privatization. Cuba has arrested a pro-democracy agent who admits working for the US government . But that didn’t come from a confession. Instead, it was confirmed by a Washington DC area contractor, Development Alternatives, Inc , who confirmed one of their employees had been apprehended. The US ...
  10 hours ago

• The Supreme Court skips out on defining Gitmo prisoner rights

  
  ShortFormBlog — Authority: 497
  Four Guantanamo prisoners (including these two) sued over torture allegations. An appeals court dismissed their case; now the Supreme Court does the same. SOURCE
  10 hours ago

• Top 50 Travel Destinations in 2009

  
  Where's the Travel Answer Man — Authority: 472
  EuropeAsiaCaribbean ferriesSouth AmericaAfricaFamous mountainsThailandFamous bridgesAustraliaNorth AmericaCaribbeanUSAOceaniaCubaCentral AmericaChinaArgentinaIndiaItalyMexicoMalaysiaJapanBrazilFranceNew ZealandInternational ferriesMoroccoMiddle EastVietnamCambodiaChildeSingaporeEgyptPeruFamous ...
  11 hours ago

• George LeMieux calls out Cuba

  
  Naked Politics — Authority: 151
  George LeMieux is criticizing Cuba for detaining a U.S. contractor who was distributing cell phones and laptop computers on the island. "This is clear evidence the Cuba regime continues to stifle dissent and oppress the basic human rights of its people," LeMieux said in a statement over the weekend, adding that ...
  13 hours ago

• Cuban political prisoners health worsens in jail

  
  Uncommon Sense — Authority: 523
  A Cuban prison is no place to get sick. Cuban health care may be a "miracle" outside the gulags walls but inside, medical care — or better put, the lack of care — is just another weapon the Castro dictatorship uses against its opponents. With malignant neglect, guards and other prison officials torture their ...
  14 hours ago

• Coke says green strategy will win business

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 135
  Having an integrated clean technology strategy will be a big part of winning business in the 21st century, a Coca-Cola executive told Reuters.com on Monday, and its investments in refrigeration will likely have the biggest impact on that strategy long-term. The worlds biggest soft drinks maker has hooked up with ...
  14 hours ago

• Fabio Prietos Cuban gulag hell

  
  Uncommon Sense — Authority: 523
  Fabio Prieto Llorente This is Cuban political prisoner Fabio Prieto Llorentes morning, every morning. He wakes up after sleeping on a concrete slab in a hot, humid cell that is only 5 feet wide and 10 feet long. He wakes up suffering the effects of various ailments — chronic obstructive pulmonary diseased ...
  14 hours ago

• CIA Agent Captured in Cuba By Eva Golinger

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 447
  Dandelion SaladBy Eva GolingerPostcards from the RevolutionDec. 13, 2009An employee of a CIA front organization that also funds opposition groups in Venezuela was detained in Cuba last weekAn article published in the December 12th edition of the New York Times revealed the detention of a US government contract ...
  14 hours ago

• Miguel H. Díaz is first Hispanic to represent U.S. at Vatican

  
  EndrTimes — Authority: 149
  Posted on Friday, 11.20.09 Miguel H. Díaz GREGORIO BORGIA / AP BY JACQUELINE CHARLES jcharles@MiamiHerald.com ROME -- Deep in the heart of Vatican City, Cuban-born Roman Catholic theologian Miguel H. Díaz has managed to find an Italian version of a sandwich that reminds him of home: pan con lechón. ...
  16 hours ago

• Short Takes

  
  Bark Bark Woof Woof — Authority: 557
  Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) says he wont vote for the healthcare bill as it stands now. The Senate passed the spending bill on Sunday. President Obama told 60 Minutes that the Afghan surge must show results before hell begin withdrawing troops. Ouch: Someone threw a statuette at Italian Prime Minister Silvio ...
  18 hours ago

• The Domino Diaries: Chapter III

  
  The Nervous Breakdown — Authority: 563
  The sweaty towel is thrown in the ring on the final fight of the evening at the National Boxing Championships in Havanas Kid Chocolate Gymnasium, unfortunately it turns out the towel belongs to a spectator who has struck the referee in the head and is being hauled off to jail for the offense. The Domino Diaries ...
  19 hours ago

• Send lawyers, guns and cell phones

  
  The Mex Files — Authority: 471
  Mark Lacey in the 11 December 2009 New York Times : HAVANA — A United States government contract worker, who was distributing cellphones, laptops and other communications equipment in Cuba on behalf of the Obama administration, has been detained by the authorities here, American officials said Friday. The ...
  22 hours ago

• 5 Cuban prisoners of conscience fast for human rights

  
  Uncommon Sense — Authority: 523
  Five Cuban prisoners of conscience — Pablo Pacheco Ávila , Adolfo Fernández Sainz , Félix Navarro Rodríguez , Antonio Díaz Sánchez and Pedro Arguelles Morán — commemorated International Human Rights Day last week by fasting for a day as a way to pay tribute for the Universal Declaration of ...
  1 day ago

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