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January 3 in history
Homepaddock —
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On January 3: 106 BC Cicero , Roman statesman and philosopher, was born. 1431 Joan of Arc was handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon . 1496 Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tested a flying machine. A design for a flying machine. 1521 – Pope Leo X excommunicatesd Martin ...1 day ago -
Cuba celebrates 51 years of revolution
Thaindian News —
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Havana, Jan 2 (IANS/EFE) Cuba Friday celebrated the 51st anniversary of its revolution with traditional dances at the main squares of the communist-ruled island.State-run daily Granma Friday wrote what life was like in the country before 1959, when the uprising led by ex-President Fidel Castro ousted dictator ...1 day ago -
In (Cuba) like Flynn
The Mex Files —
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Errol Flynn, underground rebel Just in time for the 51th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, “magbana” at Honduras Oye! digs out the most amazing documentary on Fidel Castro and the overthrow of the Batista regime. A self-described “simple peace-loving, home-loving, peaceful man with the heart of a ...2 days ago -
The New York Times: Carrying Water For Castro, Again
Stupidica —
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Hundreds of thousands of readers now know who Carlos Varela is, thanks to a New York Times article about him and his magical musical lobbying tour of the United States. But unfortunately the Times only tells part of the story in that unique way that only the Gray Lady can, namely by minimizing the realities of Cubas ...2 days ago -
Hugo Chavez mocks Venezuela coup, Fidel Castro death forecast
Stupidica —
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CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelas President Hugo Chavez scoffed on Wednesday at U.S. magazine Newsweeks predictions that he would be toppled by a military coup and his Cuban mentor Fidel Castro would die in 2010. In a list of 10 predictions for the world next year, Newsweek foresaw in Venezuela a year of soaring ...3 days ago -
A most difficult year in 2010
C U B A P O L I D A T A —
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Infolatam analyzes the precarious economic and political situation be facing the Castro regime the year ahead:Cuba will live a very difficult year in 2010 due to an economic crisis drowning the Castroite regime. Raúl Castro will introduce cuts to social programs reducing costs that could ultimately cause protests to ...3 days ago -
Fidel Castro: We must continue to defend humanity’s right to life
Creative-i —
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Castro: In the meetings leading up to Copenhagen, it became clear that the leaders of the USA and the other wealthiest countries were maneuvering to place the burden of sacrifice on the emergent and poor countries.5 days ago -
Beard Liberation Front look to Glastonbury, not Cuba.
The Daily Dust | UK News | Good News —
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Fidel Castro looses “Beard of the Noughties” to Michael “Glasto” Eavis. Organiser and one man driving force behind the Glastonbury Music Festival Michael Eavis has taken the award for “Beard of the Noughties” from Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Decided on by 200 members of the Beard Liberation Front ...5 days ago -
Fidel Castro: Hollywood Screenwriter
Big Hollywood —
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“Che” film gets thumbs up in Cuba,” ran the headline from CNN’s Havana Bureau last December 8. Benicio Del Toro, who stars as Che, was being feted as the Castro regime’s guest of honor during the Havana Film Festival while presenting the movie he co-produced. “The lengthy biopic of the Argentinean ...5 days ago -
The Domino Diaries: Cuban Elevator Music and Origami Shadows
The Nervous Breakdown —
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Guillermo Rigondeaux, the most successful amateur boxer in the world, fails to show up for one of his fights at the Pan Am games in Brazil. It turns out he has attempted to defect before being caught and sent back to Cuba where Castro has forbid him from ever fighting for his country again. A portrait of meeting him ...5 days ago -
Eavis pips Castro to top beard gong, by a whisker
Asylum.co.uk —
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Filed under: Weird , News Michael Eavis edged out former Cuban leader Fidel Castro to win the finest beard of the decade. The 74-year-olds strong, Abraham Lincoln-esque facial trim, with notable missing tache was honoured for having the Beard of the Noughties by beard ... Read more Permalink | Email ...6 days ago -
Fake autobiography of Fidel is on target, writes reviewer, herself a Castro scholar
Cuban Colada —
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Cuban intellectual Norberto Fuentes has written a "deliciously wicked construct" about – rather, by – Fidel Castro, a book that is in fact a "faux autobiography," a "brew of history and satire" that "purports to channel the wily Cuban strongman," says reviewer/journalist Ann Louise Bardach in The San ...1 week ago -
Break the CIA in Two By Ray McGovern
War On You: Breaking Alternative News —
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http://consortiumnews.com/2009/122209a.html Break the CIA in Two By Ray McGovern December 22, 2009 Editor’s Note: Exactly 46 years ago, President Harry Truman looked back on the still-young CIA, which he had helped create, and was alarmed at how its original purpose – to provide unvarnished information to top ...1 week ago -
Havana’s Old Movie Houses Offer Escape
Blogger —
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When Fidel Castro seized control of Cuba 50 years ago, time stopped for Havana’s movie theaters. Castro nationalized all 130 and today only about 40 cinemas remain open. They are the classic big-screen movie theaters of a bygone era.1 week ago -
Newsweek forecasts Castros death in 2010
Along the Malecn —
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My prediction for 2010: Newsweeks circulation will continue to drop Newsweek predicts Fidel Castro will die in 2010. What kind of journalism is that? Maybe Castro will die. Maybe he wont. But it strikes me as odd that Americas second-largest news weekly is now predicting when people are going to croak. I figured ...1 week ago -
Catholic Church gains ground in Cuba
Along the Malecn —
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Revolution Square before the popes main address in Havana I didnt have time to take many pictures during Pope John Paul IIs historic visit to Cuba because I was too busy writing stories. It was an exciting scene. Sometimes I wish Id been there as a spectator, not a reporter, so Id have more time to take it all in. ...1 week ago -
Climate Change Hero Fidel Castro Complains Of Police Brutality In Copenhagen
Anorak News —
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IN Copenhagen, the climate change protest is joined by that master of human freedom fidel Castro. After Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Robert Mugabe and Sudan’s Nazis, here’s Fidel - he ofd the “dictatorial style of government and ruthless suppression of opposition”. Fidel makes a perfect Al Gorean: The Danish ...1 week ago -
Copenhagen and After
The Chindu —
Authority: 120
Did anyone notice that all the opinions of todays newspaper are by foreign writers? This is becoming an increasingly frequent occurrence with this paper. The lead op-ed claims to tell the truth about Copenhagen; coming from Fidel Castro, this truth takes the form of paeans to Cubas allies: notice his references to ...1 week ago -
The Truth About Copenhagen By Fidel Castro Ruz
Creative-i —
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If anything significant was achieved in the Danish capital, it was that the media coverage allowed the world public to watch the political chaos created there and the humiliating treatment accorded to Heads of States or Governments, ministers and thousands of representatives of social movements and institutions that ...1 week ago -
Valdés promoted to VP of Council of State; so is Bejerano,Cubas Comptroller General
Cuban Colada —
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Ramiro Valdés Menéndez , Minister of Computer Sciences and Communications, and Gladys María Bejerano Portela , Comptroller General, were elected vice presidents of the Council of State by the members of the National Assembly, the Cuban media announced Sunday. Valdés, 77, is a vice president of the Council of ...1 week ago
