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Cuba in the NewsEx Charanga Habanera fue trasladado a la carceleta del PJ 2/1/2012 Generaccion, Peru: "El intérprete de Lola fue detenido el pasado 27 de enero en La Victoria y se le encontró 35 envoltorios de PBC y 14 de cocaína. El excantante podría permanecer en prisión 25 años."Narcoterrorista Matamoros, cómplice de Posada: ¡Welcome in the United States! 1/31/2012 TeleSur: Por: Jean-Guy Allard - "Durante el acto celebrado en el Teatro “Manuel Artime” de Miami, convocado por Unidad Cubana, federación de grupos extremistas tolerada sino auspiciada por el FBI, Matamoros -ya con más de 75 años de edad- se apareció entre los “héroes” de la conspiración mafiosa de Panamá, impulsada y promovida por la llamada Fundación Nacional Cubano Americana (FNCA). Condenado por la justicia Panameña a siete años de cárcel, una sentencia complaciente cuando se considera que el atentado hubiera provocado cientos de muertos, Matamoros recuperó su libertad por el indulto de la presidenta Mireya Moscoso, cuya ilegalidad acaba de ser pronunciada." ¿Quién es Yoani Sánchez? 1/30/2012 CubaDebate: "Además de las fotografías y videos que ha documentado la prensa cubana, Wikileaks publicó varios cables que registran, desde el 2008, reuniones de YS con funcionarios de la SINA en La Habana. En al menos 11 cables no censurados y emitidos desde la Oficina de Washington en Cuba, hay referencias a reuniones con la bloguera e intercambio de información de ella con diplomáticos de esa embajada." Michel Maza, el ex cantante de La Charanga Habanera involucrado en drogas y secuestro 1/28/2012 El Commercio, Peru: "Y es que su situación es grave: “América Noticias” informó que hace 15 años está de ilegal, y que por los cargos que se le han levantado, el show en el “Tumbao” pudo haber sido su último gran espectáculo, pues podría ir a la cárcel por 25 años." Michel Maza es denunciado por supuesto robo a joven taxista 1/27/2012 RPP, Peru: "El ex vocalista de la agrupación cubana La Charanga Habanera, Michel Maza, ha sido denunciado por un joven taxista, quien asegura haber sido víctima de robo a mano armada, la madrugada del último domingo." Newt Gingrich prepared to bomb Cuba 1/27/2012 The Australian News: "If the US planes bombed Libya, should they do the same with Cuba? "If there was a genuine, legitimate uprising, we would, of course, be on the side of the people," Mr Gingrich told Spanish-language network Univision. "In that sense, I don't see why Cuba should be sacrosanct, and we should say, 'Oh, don't do anything to hurt' - you know, we're very prepared to back people in Libya. We may end up backing people in Syria. But now Cuba? Hands off Cuba. That's baloney." EX CANTANTE DE LA CHARANGA HABANERA ES ACUSADO DE ASALTAR A UN TAXISTA 1/27/2012 YouTube: Michel Maza accused of assaulting a taxi driver in Peru. Ron Paul calls for diplomatic relations with Cuba 1/26/2012 LA Times 500 Cuban health workers to relieve understaffed hospitals in Jamaica 1/19/2012 AP: "Jamaica’s government says that about 500 Cuban health workers will work on the island for the next two years to bolster understaffed clinics and hospitals. Health Minister Fenton Ferguson said Thursday that 117 doctors and nurses are expected to arrive in February." 400 Cuban health professionals coming 1/17/2012 Jamaica Observer ¿Y si Posada Carriles no fuera cubano? 1/15/2012 Isla Desconocida: "Pero no ha pasado de ahí; vuelvo a repetirlo, porque Cuba no secuestra, porque Cuba no ejecuta a personas fuera de la ley, aunque tenga el derecho moral de hacerlo. Así es Cuba. Así es la Revolución. Así es Fidel y así es Raúl." Viva la gaffe... Mercedes-Benz apologises for using image of Che Guevara to promote 'revolutionary' car sharing programme 1/13/2012 Daily Mail: "During the pitch, the famous Alberto Korda photo of Guevara was proximately displayed – but on his beret was the logo of the luxury car brand, msnbc.com reports." Ros-Lehtinen Says Cuban Regime Big Winner in New Travel Spree; Says Obama Administration Policies to Blame for Increased Travel Revenue to Dictatorship 1/10/2012 US House: “Travel advertisements are springing up throughout the United States seeking to entice American tourists to take a trip to the island. The New York Times recently joined the Cuba travel bandwagon, ranking Havana as number 10 of ‘The 45 Places to Go in 2012.’ But the Times’ assist to the propaganda machine of repressive regimes was not just limited to Cuba. It also touted Burma, under the rule of the brutal military junta, as a must see, ranking it as number 3. National Geographic Expeditions is also on board, organizing a 10-day trip to Cuba, and the Smithsonian Institution is sponsoring four so-called ‘cultural exchange’ trips to the island through Smithsonian Journeys." Travel to Cuba: People-to-People Cultural Exchange 1/4/2012 Smithsonian: "Smithsonian will offer multiple departures of a new People-to-People Cultural Exchange Program to Cuba in 2012. Thanks to a special license issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Smithsonian Institution invites you to participate in this meaningful Cultural Exchange program with the Cuban people who are involved in the arts, cultural traditions, agriculture, natural history and education. •Travel Dates are: May 4 - 13; May 11 - 20; November 9 - 18; November 30 - December 9, 2012*. (*pending license renewal)" Ros-Lehtinen says Smithsonian trips to Cuba a cash gift to Castro 1/4/2012 The Hill: "Ros-Lehtinen stopped short of saying she would move to block the Smithsonian trips but said the visits would do nothing to help Americans to see the brutality of the Cuban regime. "Instead, these tourists will experience a false depiction of Cuba through a biased and censored ‘tour’ of the island," she said. "The Smithsonian's 10-day trips to Cuba will amount to little more than a tropical vacation," she said. "Americans participating in these trips will not see the brutal reality of the Castro dictatorship." Ros-Lehtinen accused Smithsonian of "supporting Cuba and terrorism" 1/4/2012 Walter Lippman: by Jean-Guy Allard - "Hysterical, Ros-Lehtinen accused prestigious institute of "supporting Cuba and Terrorism" Congresswoman objects to Smithsonian tours to Cuba 1/4/2012 WaPo: "In a blistering press release, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) said the Smithsonian was helping what she called “the deplorable Havana tyranny” by sponsoring trips to Cuba." Ros-Lehtinen Concerned about Smithsonian-Sponsored Trips to Cuba 1/3/2012 US House: "“The nature of the Smithsonian’s upcoming trips to Cuba becomes clear merely by looking at the ad promoting it. The ad fails to mention that Cuba is a state-sponsor of terrorism or that Castro’s thugs repeatedly and routinely beat and harass the innocent Ladies in White while they peacefully march down a street. It does not mention that an American citizen is being held hostage by the regime simply for seeking to lift the veil of censorship that the dictatorship imposes on the Cuban people." ¿Una Cuba con petróleo? 1/1/2012 El Economista de Cuba: "La compañía estatal petrolífera cubana dice que las reserva pueden ser cuatro o cinco veces mayores. Cuba va a empezar a extraer petróleo en el Golfo de México. Si encuentra lo que está buscando, la abundancia de petróleo podría arrebatar a Cuba del agarrón de los Estados Unidos antes de que Obama deje la Casa Blanca. Esta posibilidad ha traído el equipo de ataque al congreso de Miami liderado por la fanática congresista Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Republicana por Florida, R-FL), quien básicamente quiere que se criminalicen las extracciones en la sección cubana del Golfo." Repression still the rule, but Cuba sees year of change 12/31/2011 Miami Herald: "Now you can get a loan, buy a house and — maybe soon — travel abroad more easily." 2011: Cuba recibe un 7,6% más de turistas 12/26/2011 Cubahora Amplían facilidades de arrendamiento a particulares (+ Gaceta) 12/26/2011 Cubahora: "A partir del primero de enero del 2012, y de forma gradual durante ese año, trabajadores de las empresas provinciales de Servicios Personales, Técnicos y del Hogar podrán arrendar locales y áreas como trabajadores por cuenta propia, de acuerdo con una nota publicada hoy por el diario Granma." Cuba to release 2,900 prisoners 12/24/2011 CNN: "Among those who might be freed are prisoners over the age of 60, along with those who are sick, female or young with no previous criminal record. With some exceptions, prisoners convicted of spying, terrorism, murder and drug trafficking will not be released. Those who will be freed have already served a "important" part of their sentences and exhibited good behavior, according to an official statement published on the state-run website Cubadebate. The jailed American, Gross, will not be among those pardoned, the Cuban Interests Section in Washington said." Anuncian rebaja de precios de materiales de la construcción 12/23/2011 Cubahora Inter-American Dialogue consults the IISC - Predicting the future: What will happen over Cuba in 2012? 12/20/2011 IISC: Washington-based forecasting. Entra en vigor mañana política crediticia cubana y otros servicios bancarios 12/19/2011 Cubahora: "A partir de mañana entrarán en vigor el Decreto-Ley 289, tres resoluciones complementarias del Banco Central de Cuba (BCC) y una instrucción del Ministerio de Economía y Planificación, con el objetivo de ampliar la política crediticia cubanay otros servicios bancarios." Los Díaz-Balart y “Mel” Martínez lograron callar a político preso 12/17/2011 Granma: "El exsenador puertorriqueño Jorge de Castro Font, ahora preso, renunció a su derecho a una vista preliminar en un caso pendiente de fraude, bajo el pretexto de que la prueba del Ministerio Público estaba "contaminada". Al utilizar este escape que le permite la ley, De Castro Font evita "mojar" públicamente a los excongresistas cubano-americanos Lincoln Díaz-Balart y Melquíades "Mel" Martínez que dimitieron sorpresivamente hace unos meses." Díaz-Balart contra la familia cubana 12/14/2011 Cubaprofunda: "El representante republicano lucha en el Congreso de EEUU para restringir envíos de remesas y viajes a Cuba. Entretanto, La Habana da pasos para acercar a ambas naciones e invita a músicos y público de EEUU para que participen en el Festival Jazz Plaza. ¿Quién vencerá? ¿La politiquería o la cultura?" Luis Posada Carriles' U.S. Asylum Application Re-Opens JFK Unsolved Assassination 11/12/2011 John-F-Kennedy.Neet Organización “anticastrista” de Miami detrás de principal testimonio contra Gerardo Hernández 10/28/2011 CubaDebate: "El principal testigo de la Fiscalía federal contra el cubano Gerardo Hernández era primer oficial de un crucero norteamericano cuyos dueños contribuyeron nada menos que 25 000 dólares para la creación de la Fundación Nacional Cubano-Americana (FNCA), organización cuyo comité paramilitar impulsó, organizó e financió actividades terroristas contra Cuba. Hernández, uno de los cinco antiterroristas arrestados por el FBI mientras infiltraban grupos terroristas cubanoamericanos, fue condenado a dos cadenas perpetuas más quince años de prisión en relación con el derribo de dos avionetas de una organización contrarrevolucionaria de Miami que sobrevolaban ilegalmente el territorio cubano el 24 de febrero de 1996 a pesar de las advertencias." Ros-Lehtinen: says the presence of Cuban children in the United States is “a danger to national security” 10/22/2011 Cuba Soidarity: "The presence of the 22 children of Cuban children’s theater group La Colmenita (The Beehive) is part of a policy that “undermines U.S. foreign policy priorities and interests of national security,” said Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chair of of Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. Ros-Lehtinen is famous for her links with terrorist circles of Cuban Miami." Firma contratada para agresión mediática contra Cuba bajo sospecha de espionaje en EEUU 10/19/2011 CubaDebate: "Shlomo Shamir, el presidente del Consejo de administración de la firma israelí RRsat Global Communications que Washington contrató para difundir una programación contra Cuba, dirigió durante años una empresa que el FBI y la Agencia de Seguridad Nacional (NSA), de EEUU, habían incluido en una lista de sospechosos de pertenecer a la Unidad 8200 de la inteligencia israelí. De acuerdo con James Bamford, autor del libro “La Fabrica en la Sombra: la ultrasecreta NSA, desde el 9/11 hasta las escuchas a escondidas contra Estados Unidos” (”The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America“), Shamir perteneció durante 24 años a las fuerzas armadas de Israel y se jubiló con rango de brigadier." The Cuban Communist Party's Anti-Castro Activities 10/1/2011 Campello: published in 1987 The new Cuban entrepreneur: Boris Reyes 10/1/2011 Cuba Absolutely Technology is WAY Ahead of the Elections Department. By Geniusofdespair 9/15/2011 Eye on Miami: "I can get anyone's signature online - it is easy. If I were a loathsome person trying to steal absentee ballots and forge signatures on them, it wouldn't be too hard. But then, I don't think you have to worry too much about copying the signature. The Elections Department thinks that sending it to your address is good enough security. In their attempt to make every vote count, Elections leans over backwards for absentee ballots. If I go to vote on election day, I have to sign AND bring I.D. For absentees you have to get close to the signature...or maybe not even that. There is no way for anyone to check how close you have to be without a court order - you aren't allowed to see the signatures in the database, even your OWN signature. Isn't that odd that I can view anyone's signature online but I can't look at it on the Election's database? That is a recent law passed by our Republican legislators." A Hostage to Fraudulent Elections - The Dismal Future of America 9/14/2011 Counterpunch: "Clinton surely knew that America’s future, in a city like Miami, was also hostage to unreliable elections that could be determined by absentee ballot fraud. And as a student of ward politics, he surely knew, as did then US Senator Bob Graham, that election fraud in Miami Dade was rampant. (A top Graham top aide, Lula Rodriguez– and White House official during the first Clinton term–, personally signed 14 fraudulent ballots during the 1993 campaign of Hialeah mayor Raul Martinez.) As the blog Eyeonmiami reported yesterday, absentee ballot fraud is alive and well in Miami-Dade. In light turn-out and closely contested elections, the results of fraud can be determinant. This is especially harmful in state legislative races that in Miami are glorified popularity contests. The toxicity out of absentee ballot fraud cannot be rinsed out; it is based on political cronyism and sanctioned illegal activities that endure like the symptoms of a tick bite." For the Love of Israel: Congresswoman’s Misguided War on the UN 9/8/2011 Dissident Voice: "The benefactor of a controversial Jewish development in eastern Jerusalem is a major donor to U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen,” reported the Jewish Telegraph Agency on January 11, shortly after the congresswoman claimed her new post. Moskowitz, the well-known American Jewish millionaire, made his fortunes as a ‘casino magnate’. A high proportion of the revenue he made from the gambling industry has been used to demolish Palestinian homes, raze ancient olive trees and fund Jewish settlements. It has also been used to finance Ros-Lehtinen’s campaigns." 'Cuban Five' should be swapped to free U.S. man 9/7/2011 News Leader: By DeWayne Wickham To Cuba, With Baggage, and Love 7/19/2011 Counterpunch: "What a stinker headline for Miami Herald editor Juan O. Tamayo's article, "Wikileaks: Cable Says Peace Group's Leader Threatened Student." The punctuation of that headline in an otherwise 'balanced' article was strategically distracting. At least the article explained how the Cuban program provided an estimated 10,000 medical students--mainly from Latin America and Africa-- with free education and training plus free room and board. But Mr. Tamayo, appointed to the position of Associate Professor in the University of Miami's Cuba Institute in 2009, certainly knows more." Danny Glover y Saul Landau cuentan su nueva visita a cubano Gerardo Hernández en cárcel de California 7/17/2011 Contrainjerencia The Cuban Revolution: A Critical Perspective 7/15/2011 IWW: see Chapter 5, Anarchism in Cuba, for a review of strikes by dockworkers, tobacco workers, and others. How much of this involved the Ababua? Obama advierte que vetará proyectos que limiten viajes y remesas a Cuba 7/15/2011 Nuevo Herald, Miami: "La administración del presidente Barack Obama anunció enfáticamente que vetará cualquier proyecto de ley o enmienda que limite los viajes y remesas a Cuba. La declaración de la Casa Blanca se incluye en un memorando de cinco páginas preparado por la Oficina de Administración y Presupuesto. El documento, fechado el miércoles, contiene varias observaciones a una serie de lineamientos para promover su nuevo plan de reducción del déficit " El cuentapropismo con voz de mujer 7/8/2011 IPS: "¡Café! ¡Las jabas, aquí las jabas! (bolsas) ¡Queso crema del bueno...! Las voces, todas femeninas, se confunden entre el ruido y las ofertas habituales en cualquier mercado cubano. Elisa, de 64 años, estuvo entre estas mujeres hasta que fue multada por comercio ilegal. "Lo pagué caro", dice." Mensaje a mis lectores y amigos 7/7/2011 Esteban Morales Domínguez: "Deseo informarles que en el transcurso de la semana pasada, se me convocó a una reunión por parte de la Comisión de Apelaciones del Comité Central de Partido. En dicha reunión se me comunicó la decisión de dejar sin efecto la sanción de separación, tomada por el Comité Municipal del Partido del Municipio Playa el pasado año y reintegrarme el carnet del partido y con él la militancia plena." Don't "wait and see": Fight to keep Cuban American travel, for all our sakes 7/6/2011 Common Ground Travel All the Info You Need to Clobber Your Uncle in a Debate about Health Care in Cuba vs. US: Stephen Lendman Has the 411 7/6/2011 HCV Analysis Cuba Travel Restrictions in the Spotlight in Brooklyn and Beyond 7/5/2011 Americas Quarterly: "Opponents of ending travel restrictions to Cuba have long relied on the ambivalence of everyday voters for whom—under the decades-long policy of isolation—visiting the island has never been a practical possibility. For much of the past five decades, most Americans have never questioned the rationale for restricting travel. But, as academic and cultural ties grow, thousands more are bound to ponder that very question. Diaz-Balart and others will find it increasingly difficult to come up with convincing answers—and that might be the reason for all the fuss." The Bono-Diaz Balart connection: a free Cuba, Dr. Biscet 6/30/2011 Miami Herald: "Bono has been personally lobbied on the Biscet's cause by Miami Rep. Mario Diaz Balart, who met with the rock star last week and last year to raise awareness of human-rights issues, Biscet and Orlando Zapata, another jailed activist who died in 2010 after staging a hunger strike on the island." The Salting of Florida - And Not a Drop to Drink 6/28/2011 Counterpunch: "Think of Florida's water supply and demand as an elastic band, with the competition for water resources being stretched tighter and tighter by serial assaults on the supply by Big Sugar and developers insisting that the primary purpose of water managers is to deliver as much water as they need, whenever they need it. These are the politics-- backed by unlimited campaign contributions-- a rain of toxic cash-- that forced environmentalists and civic activists to the fringe over the past 40 years, in no small part because the mainstream media refused-- and still refuses-- to give weight to the ethical lapses that will ultimately determine whether we can afford to live in South Florida." [Big Sugar, Domino Sugar, is owned by the Fanjules, a pillar of the Plantocracy who made their fortune in Slavery, did their best to destroy Cuba, and are now destroying Florida.] Matanzas Can Do Better 6/25/2011 Granma Daily: ""The western province of Matanzas can definitively do more for the development of the region and the country," concluded the participants at the Provincial Assembly of the Communist Party. In line with the country’s necessity to increase food production, the delegates also agreed to increase efficiency in this sector." US Congressman Diaz-Balart Seeks to Punish Cuban-Americans 6/24/2011 Havana Times: "Puerto Rican legislator Rep. Serrano warned that we should not be trying to define what constitutes “family” because the scope varies among different ethnic groups and Virginia Democrat Rep. Moran decried the amendment as un-American and “totalitarian”… Florida Rep. Diaz-Balart said that remittances have become a huge cash windfall for the Cuban government, ignoring the fact that the money is helping the Cuban people to become less economically dependent on the government and that much of it has gone toward starting up small businesses." United States Cuba Policy: Cuba Travel? You Are Not Serious 6/24/2011 United States Cuba Policy & Business Blog: "Now here is the good news. There are more of us than there are of them. It is time to prove it in votes and money. What happened in the House Appropriations committee can and will likely be stopped. Only if you choose to finally get serious on this issue, follow all the rules of the political game, and play to win." House Appropriation Committee Approves Restriction of Travel to Cuba through the Power of the Purse Strings 6/23/2011 Common Ground Education and Travel: "Diaz-Balart (R-FL) The amendment tightens regulations on family travel and remittances to Cuba, returning these policies to those that were in place during the Bush Administration… Flake (R-AZ) The amendment inserts report language regarding the Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), related to Cuban Asset Control regulations. The amendment directs the office to provide a report on pending license applications related to education exchanges." USAID Identifies Its “Prey” in Annual Program to Destabilize Cuba: LGBT, Journalists and Others 6/23/2011 HCV Analysis Family travel to Cuba reverts to cruel Bush-era regs 6/23/2011 LAWG: "Today the House Appropriations Committee voted in favor of an amendment, put forth by Representative Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida (R-FL 21st), to the FY 2012 Financial Services Appropriations bill. This amendment, which passed by voice vote, rescinds changes that President Obama made in 2009 to Cuban-American family travel and remittances regulations. If this amendment were to become law, Cuban Americans would only be permitted to visit their families in Cuba once every three years, with a limited definition of what constitutes family, and with no humanitarian exceptions. Cuban Americans would also be limited in what they could send in remittances to Cuba." Starting My Own Business in Cuba 6/22/2011 Havana Times Cuba’s High-Flying Corruption 6/16/2011 Havana Times: "Some of my colleagues are complaining that the scalpel isn’t cutting everything as deep as it should, but for me what’s particularly interesting is that the government has in fact decided to apply surgical techniques to the problem, and they’re doing it publically. It seems that corrupt politicians will no longer be dealt with as “miscalculating comrades” who always deserve a second chance. Now such individuals are running the risk of being tried and convicted as common criminals." EEUU crea sistemas invisibles de acceso a Internet para apoyar “disidentes”, afirma The New York Times 6/12/2011 CubaDebate Freedom House gives back Cuba funds 6/10/2011 Miami Herald Miami Police Chief Defends Record, While More Horrific Footage Surfaces 6/9/2011 Color Lines History and the guest of stone 6/7/2011 Progreso Weekly: "Look at the fundamental data: Buyer: Nipe Bay Company, a subsidiary of the United Fruit Company. Area: 3,713 caballerias or more than 49,000 hectares. Total sale price: $100! ...We would have to laugh at the sale price: the ridiculous generates laughter among the spectators. But it was a tragic act. And Don Rafael Diaz-Balart, a lawyer for United in the Banes Division and ex-mayor of that town, defended those same fraudulent buyers on Aug. 9, 1940, in a memo requested by Mr. E.S. Walker, United Fruit Company administrator." Myopic policies hurts local economy 6/6/2011 AfroCubaWeb Why is the US Waging Perpetual War on Cuba's Health Care System? 6/6/2011 Counterpunch Parsing the Memorial Day shooting in South Beach 6/5/2011 Beached Miami: "They do not report where they found the gun — on the “floorboard behind driver’s seat,” according to David Smiley, the Herald reporter covering the story — until Saturday afternoon. The delay here is odd since a lot of people immediately speculated that the police had fired more than 100 rounds at an unarmed black man, and this speculation reportedly worried the Head Honcho. In one of his articles, Smiley said Miami Beach Police Chief Carlos Noriega was “concerned about the publicity surrounding the shooting” and that he “called the gun’s discovery ‘great news.’” US Targeting Cuba’s Health-Care System 6/4/2011 Common Dreams: "The United States also bans the sale to Cuba of vital medical drugs and devices, such as the inhalant agent Sevoflurane which has become the pharmaceutical of excellence for applying general anesthesia to children; and the pharmaceutical Dexmetomidine, of particular usefulness in elderly patients who often must be subjected to extended surgical procedures. Both of these are produced by the U.S. firm Abbot Laboratories. "Cuban children suffering from lymphoblastic leukemia cannot use Erwinia L-asparaginasa, a medicine commercially known as Elspar, since the U.S. pharmaceutical company Merck and Co. refuses to sell this product to Cuba. Washington has also prohibited the U.S.-based Pastors for Peace Caravan from donating three Ford ambulances to Cuba." US Remains Stuck in the Past - Cuba Changes 6/3/2011 Counterpunch: "Few U.S. media reports listed the vast increases of religious visits to and from abroad. Havana now permits public religious processions and religious blogs. The state has made scarce resources available to refurbish churches and in the last two years permitted the building of new churches and seminaries. Cuban leaders regularly show up at religious activities and allow churches to provide services to people in prison. The Catholic Church now has radio time and its high officials have become interlocutors on matters involving prisoners, dissidents and even in foreign policy. The number of Protestant churches opening in Cuba has dramatically increased. The State no longer promotes Atheism. But these facts remain unreported as “significant change.” Indeed, every religious institution has called for an end to the U.S. embargo and the normalization of relations. The U.S. government appears to have grown deaf to the needs of religious people of the island." Felabration! The Third Edition of the BN Book Review Delves deep into the Life of an African Icon 5/31/2011 Bella Naija: "The introduction to the book, given by Dr Carlos Moore, is a bit too subservient for my taste and in my view doesn’t engage with the negative side effects of some of Fela’s excesses. We all know that Fela’s life is worth celebrating but we do injustice if we do not speak candidly of the ‘other’ publicized aspects of his life, the repercussions of which may have contributed to his untimely demise." From Cuba, progress that U.S. refuses to see 5/30/2011 USA Today: by DeWayne Wickham, head of the Trotter Group of African American columnists Witch Hunting Revisited in Cuba 5/25/2011 Havana Times: "An example of this is the unfortunate occurrence experienced by one of our most prominent figures in the visual arts: the painter, national arts award-winner and teacher Pedro Pablo Oliva. He has just published an excellent essay on the web site El Diario de Cuba, where he clearly describes what happened and expresses his firm and commendable position of being no more than another Cuban with the right to free expression. The artist, who was also a member of the Provincial Legislative Assembly of Popular Power (what made him part of the politocracy of the island), has been expelled from those ranks accused of dissidence and high treason for the simple act of having agreed to an interview with Edumundo Garcia, on his program “La noche se mueve” and a letter published in the blog Generation Y, the site of Yoani Sanchez, the blogger classified by the inquisitors as the most infamous witch=dissident in the country." Expanding Study in Cuba 5/20/2011 Tulane University: "With interest in Cuban studies on the rise at Tulane, provost Michael Bernstein is leading a delegation to Havana this week in hopes of reinstating a summer program that will add to a semester-long study opportunity in Cuba already available to Tulane students." NJ Cops Protest Common's White House Visit Over Assata Shakur Track 5/11/2011 All Hip Hop: "The head of the union that represents the New Jersey State Police has spoken out against Common's visit to the White House tonight (May 11th). Common is among the guests to attend the White House's celebration of American poetry, which is being hosted by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama... During an interview with NBC New York, David Jones, President of the State Troopers Fraternal Association Union, took offense to the lyrics in Common's track "A Song for Assata." The Agency's Terrorist Dispersal Problem - The CIA's Human Hurricanes 4/29/2011 Counterpunch Video Captures Iraqi Forces Killing Iranian Dissidents 4/15/2011 FOX: [The 'dissidents' are the MEK, much beloved of Ileana Ros Lehtinen.] Cuba planning to drill deep-water oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico 4/7/2011 Global Research The Sound and Fury of Otto Reich 4/5/2011 Counterpunch: "According to the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London - hardly a lefty think tank - Cuba's troop strength is believed to be somewhere between 50,000 to 60,000. To posit that 50,000 of those troops are in prison, as Reich maintains, means that hardly anyone in the Cuban armed forces has escaped incarceration to defend the country from invasion. Moreover, neither the CIA, the State Department or human rights groups remotely suggest a thing. Only Otto Reich is out on a limb on this issue." De Tomás Fernández Robaina, siempre cimarrón 4/5/2011 Negra Cubana: "Ayer concluyó Cuba Futures past and present: International Cuba Symposium. Fue un evento que me recordó a LASA, pero más concentrado en todos los aspectos, que también serán analizados en el próximo congreso del Partido." Destituyeron a funcionarios de cargos provinciales por violaciones e indisciplinas 4/2/2011 Aporrea José María Aznar pide a Occidente que invada a Cuba 4/2/2011 Aporrea: "El expresidente del Gobierno español José María Aznar aseguró este viernes que “no vale jugar a una cosa en Libia y a la contraria en Cuba” porque el “valor de la libertad es universal” y, por lo tanto, no se puede ejercer “a beneficio de inventario” o por “conveniencia”. Es decir... Sin sonrojarse, le pidió a Occidente que invada a Cuba, en nombre de la “libertad” y la defensa de los civiles inocentes (¡!)." Mentiras bien pagadas 4/2/2011 Cuba Debate: EE-UU fabricando disidentes. La Inteligencia Cubana Versus La CIA 4/1/2011 Aporrea Senador Kerry admite que EEUU ha dilapidado 150 millones destinados a la subversión en Cuba 4/1/2011 Aporrea: "Kerry reconoció que este tipo de programas ha costado 150 millones de dólares al contribuyente norteamericano y solicitó que la Oficina de Supervisión del Congreso (GAO, en inglés), que ha investigado fraude y abuso de esos programas en el pasado, realice otra investigación “sobre la base legal y la eficacia de estas operaciones”." Según documentos desclasificados, la CIA financiaba el narcotráfico mundial 3/31/2011 Cuba Debate: "La historia de las relaciones entre la Agencia Central de Inteligencia estadounidense y el narcotráfico comenzó en los años 70 y tuvo su punto culminante en los 90." [En realidad, empezo cuando se formo la CIA en la cinquenta.] Fotos del encuentro entre Fidel y Carter en La Habana 3/30/2011 Cuba Debate: “Hoy tuve el gusto de saludar a Jimmy Carter, quien fue Presidente de Estados Unidos entre 1977 y 1981 y el único, a mi juicio, con suficiente serenidad y valor para abordar el tema de las relaciones de su país con Cuba…”, escribió Fidel en su Reflexión de hoy. Carter, en conferencia de prensa y luego en la entrevista que le concediera a Arleen Rodríguez, en La Habana, confesó que Fidel “es mi amigo”. Pequeños propietarios cubanos podrán vender al Estado 3/30/2011 Cuba Debate Carter in Spanish 3/30/2011 Progreso Weekly: "We have talked (with) some officials about Mr. Gross' case. I am not here to remove him from the country." Radio Marti versus NPR 3/25/2011 Ethnocuba: "While NPR’s federal funding is in jeopardy, support for Radio Marti and the Voice of America seems guaranteed. The bill proposing to eliminate the 64 million dollars that the government would have devoted to NPR’s operations passed in Congress and is waiting for the Senate. While newscasters and bloggers seem divided across Party lines concerning public broadcasting, with Republicans generally advocating its elimination, nobody seems to remember the U.S. international broadcasts, which receive over 700 million dollars annually." Obama amenaza a Cuba con que habrá consecuencias si no realiza "cambios" 3/21/2011 Aporrea Cuban intelligence vs. the CIA 3/21/2011 Strategic Culture: "Several days ago the Cuban TV showed “The Empire´s Pawns”, a documentary about the CIA’s subversive activities on the island of Freedom. This film contains revelatory stories from the agents of Cuban counterintelligence Carlos Serpa Maceira (cover name Emilio), Dalexi González Madruga (Raul) and Moisés Rodríguez (Vladimir). They all were in good books in the US representative office on Cuba. As “useful pawns” they carried out the CIA’s tasks which concern certain areas of the “oppositional activities”." U. S. paid billions to company that hired Alan Gross 3/19/2011 Progreso Weekly: "The Maryland company that hired American development worker Alan Gross won more than $2.7 billion in USAID contracts from 2000 to the third quarter of 2009, statistics show. Development Alternatives Inc., or DAI, sent Gross to Cuba as part of a USAID-financed democracy program. Cuban authorities accused Gross of setting up an illegal satellite communications network and sentenced him on Friday to a 15-year prison term." CUBA’S REASONS - Agents for change? 3/18/2011 Granma A Tale of Two Terrorists 3/16/2011 COHA Las razones de Cuba: ¿Agentes para el cambio? 3/15/2011 Prensa Latina REFLECTIONS OF FIDEL - NATO’s plan is to occupy Libya 2/21/2011 Granma An Undying Obsession - Cuba in the Wikileaks Mirror 2/14/2011 Counterpunch: "Everywhere, from Dushanbe in the mountains of Tajikistan to Paris, from Kiev in the Ukraine to Sydney in Australia, American diplomats are busy watching over a small island in the Caribbean Sea with an obsessive malice. Like a professional womanizer who was once rebuffed by a small-town beauty, Uncle Sam can’t seem to get over it. The diplomats monitor all Cuban activities, make note of every Cuban utterance, and report every sighting of a migratory Cuban with the enthusiasm of a birdwatcher. It seems that the US has lost none of its Cold War passion for Cuba." BROTHER OF POSADA VICTIM TO ROS-LEHTINEN: "You don’t even see the terrorist within!" 2/10/2011 Granma: "The names of Posada Carriles and his associates are always appearing in available declassified documents, he notes. "I learned that in the U.S., members of Congress are among those who have lobbied on behalf of these terrorist criminals. In fact, your name, Ms. Lehtinen, appears time and time again." "In this open letter, I wish to express the extreme indignation and revulsion that I feel knowing that there are people like you in the U.S. Congress who are so blinded by hatred for the legitimate leaders of Cuba that your twisted minds consider Luis Posada Carriles and Orlando Bosch as heroic patriots." El Paso Diary: Day 14 in the Trial of Posada Carriles - The Battle for the Passport 2/8/2011 Counterpunch El Paso Diary: Day 14 in the Trial of Luis Posada Carriles - Posada Carriles Sleeps Like a Baby 2/7/2011 Counterpunch Guilty until Proven Innocence 2/5/2011 Havana Times: "“Bring me six letters from your school, from your Committee for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), and from other places explaining that you’re not a putica (“a little whore”),” an officer told her." El Paso: Day 13 in the Posada Carriles Trial - The Soap Opera Matters More Than the Truth 2/4/2011 Counterpunch El Paso Diary: Day 12 of the Posada Carriles Trial - Questions Are Not Evidence, But They Sway 2/3/2011 Counterpunch El Paso Diary: Day 11 at the Posada Carriles Trial - Judge Cardone at the Center of the Drama 2/2/2011 Counterpunch Focus on Cuba: The Cuban Government and Multi-Million Dollar Medicare Fraud in South Florida 1/24/2011 Cubanology: An entertaining effort to place gusano medicare/medicaid fraud at the door of Fidel Castro. Former CIA Asset Luis Posada Goes to Trial 1/24/2011 The Nation: by Peter Kornbluh, head of National Security Archive Broadband cable on its way to unplugged Cuba 1/23/2011 Guardian The Context of Cuba's Crisis 1/21/2011 Counterpunch Posada: A Voice From the Past 1/20/2011 Counterpunch: "Looking at Posada, I realized something very curious. The section for the audience is located in the back of the courtroom, behind the desks and seats where the trial lawyers are seated. Observing from the back, Posada and his three attorneys are on the left-hand side, while the attorneys for the prosecution and the FBI agents supporting them are seated on the right. The back of the courtroom where the audience sits has three rows on each side. The section behind Posada was empty except for one seat that was occupied by a solitary woman, while the three rows behind the prosecutors were filled to capacity. It was as though no one wanted to approach the man the world recognizes as a terrorist, while the United States accuses him of only of lying." The Trial of Luis Posada Carriles 1/19/2011 Counterpunch: "Hernández affirmed that the government of Cuba has a longtime prejudice against Posada Carriles. He spoke of "50 years of dictatorship and tyranny against the Cuban people" and threatened to present historical examples of "Castro's tyranny." Reardon responded forcefully, "This is not the History Channel." He stated that the prosecution is thinking of bringing two Cuban police officers and a doctor to the court. At that very moment, Reardon turned to face Posada Carriles. He fixed his gaze on him and told him: ". . . so that they might testify about the death of that poor Italian. Remember?" he told him with his voice raised. Posada Carriles didn't look back. He didn't even blink, his blue eyes cold as ice." Who Killed the Iranian Physics Professors? 1/18/2011 Counterpunch: [Ileana Ros Lehtinen favors MEK] - "There were also rumors in some Iranian news media, as well as some foreign news sources, that the US designated terrorist organization Mujahedeen Khalq-e Iran or MEK [MKO, National Council of Resistance, and various other names used by the organization] was also behind the assassinations. For example, Iranian Students News Agency stated on December 1, 2010, that the “monafeghin,” a code name for MEK, had admitted that they had “played a role” in the attack. In this report they referred to some MEK documents that appeared on the website of “Habilian Center,” a group that claims to be a non-governmental organization fighting terrorism in Iran. On December 1, 2010, AP also reported that according to Iran’s defense minister, Israel had enlisted members of MEK to carry out such attacks. Indeed, on November 30, 2010, Fars News Agency quoted Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi as saying: “This inauspicious act was sponsored by the Zionist regime and in coordination with the western intelligence agencies, the US and Britain in particular, and was carried out by MKO [MEK] hirelings." En 6 meses, Cuba dispondrá de cable submarino que multiplicará por 3 mil su acceso a Internet 1/17/2011 Contrainjerencia: "El despliegue de la conectividad no se resuelve de un día para otro porque cuesta mucho dinero y se necesitan otras inversiones, expresó a reporteros recientemente el viceministro primero de la Informática y las Comunicaciones (MIC), Ramón Linares. Ante esa situación, añadió, nuestra prioridad es continuar la creación de centros colectivos de acceso a Internet, además de potenciar las conexiones en centros de investigación científica, educacionales y sanitarios del país de 11 millones de habitantes." Obama to ease travel restrictions to Cuba, allow more U.S. cash to island 1/14/2011 Miami Herald Censura de Youtube a Cubadebate desató movimiento solidario 1/13/2011 Cuba Debate Fabian Escalante: “Los que protegen hoy a Posada son los mismos que conspiraron contra Kennedy” 1/12/2011 Cuba Debate: de Jean Guy Allard - "Para Fabián, que investiga desde años cada aspecto del asesinato del mandatario estadounidense, varios de los personajes que hoy siguen vinculados al mecanismo terrorista que da apoyo a Posada, se encontraban ya entre los miembros de la Operación 40, montada por la CIA paralelamente a la fracasada invasión de Playa Giron para liquidar a los dirigentes de la Revolución cubana y reprimir a sus partidarios. Y es entre estos agentes y colaboradores criminales de la CIA que aparecieron varios individuos vinculados al asesinato, en Dallas, de John Fitzerald Kennedy. “Esto es la mata de todos los terroristas,” señala Escalante acerca de esta organización fundada por la CIA que sigue activa, con locales en el centro de Miami, beneficiándose de la complacencia e incluso la protección del FBI y de los Fiscales federales… Además de Posada, siguen exhibiéndose hoy en Miami, Félix Rodríguez Mendigutía, el asesino del Che; Antonio Veciana, fundador de Alpha 66; Orlando Bosch, cómplice de Posada en la destrucción de un avión civil cubano; Guillermo Novo Sampoll, asociado al asesinato del ex ministro chileno Letelier; Virgilio Paz Romero y Jose Dionisio Suarez, los ejecutores del crimen; Gaspar ‘Gasparito’ Jimenez Escobedo, asesino de Artagnan Díaz Díaz; Pedro Remón Rodriguez, asesino de Felix García Rodriguez y Eulalio Negrín, en Nueva York; Jose Basulto y otros más." THE CIA FILE ON LUIS POSADA CARRILES 1/11/2011 National Security Archive: "As the unprecedented trial of Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles begins this week in El Paso, Texas, the National Security Archive today posted a series of CIA records covering his association with the agency in the 1960s and 1970s." Congresista Connie Mack tiene historial de vinculos con red de Posada Carriles 1/11/2011 Vos el Soberano, Honduras: "En 1989, el propio padre del representante para el distrito 14 de la Florida, el Senador Connie Mack III (McGillicuddy), y la entonces candidata al congreso Ileana Ros-Lehtinen fueron los políticos que llevaron la campaña para la liberación en EE.UU. del terrorista Orlando Bosch, el jefe de la organización terrorista internacional CORU. Bosch y Posada Carriles fueron quienes ordenaron, organizaron y financiaron en Caracas, en 1976 la destrucción en pleno vuelo de un avión civil cubano, provocando la muerte de sus 73 ocupantes." Former CIA Asset Luis Posada Goes to Trial 1/8/2011 Global Research: "In the annals of modern justice, the Posada trial stands out as one of the most bizarre and disreputable of legal proceedings. The man identified by US intelligence reports as a mastermind of the midair destruction of a Cuban airliner—all seventy-three people on board were killed when the plane plunged into the sea off the coast of Barbados on October 6, 1976—and who publicly bragged about being behind a series of hotel bombings in Havana that killed an Italian businessman, Fabio Di Celmo, is being prosecuted for perjury and fraud, not murder and mayhem. The handling of his case during the Bush years became an international embarrassment and reflected poorly on the willingness and/or abilities of the Justice Department to prosecute crimes of terror when that terrorist was once an agent and ally of America. For the Obama administration, the verdict will carry significant implications for US credibility in the fight against terrorism, as well as for the future of US-Cuban relations." En la Televisión Cubana nuevas revelaciones sobre Luis Posada Carriles 1/7/2011 Cuba Debate: "En el proceso judicial de dos días que tuvo lugar en la Sala de los Delitos contra la Seguridad del Estado del Tribunal Provincial Popular de Ciudad de La Habana, Chávez Abarca reconoció plenamente su culpabilidad al describir las circunstancias de su reclutamiento y de las operaciones que Posada le encargó. En un momento del interrogatorio de más de 200 preguntas que le hizo la Fiscalía, el acusado cuenta como viajó a Cuba con explosivos escondidos “debajo de la plantilla” de sus zapatos." Más de 83 000 cubanos solicitaron licencias para Trabajo por Cuenta Propia 1/7/2011 Cuba Debate: "Más de 85 000 personas, la mayoría sin vínculo laboral, han solicitado licencia para el Trabajo por Cuenta Propia desde finales del pasado octubre, reporta hoy el diario Granma. Hasta el cierre del pasado año se habían otorgado 75 061 nuevas licencias para el Trabajo por Cuenta Propia y 8 342 se hallaban en proceso, desde que fuera aprobada la ampliación y flexibilización de esta actividad." Cuba Announces Cabinet Reshuffle 1/7/2011 Voltaire Net Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's intelligence 1/5/2011 Progreso Weekly: "A critic of what she considers the “weaknesses” of Obama's policy toward Latin America, she hosted a meeting of the continental ultraright in the Capitol itself, which was attended by notorious putschists whom she called “our responsible partners… From her new position in Congress, protected by Cuban-American fundamentalists, Zionist Jews and extremist white neocons, Ileana Ros competes for the post of spokeswoman for the ultraright in Latin America, a job that does not seem too demanding, since the Latin American oligarchy apparently is not interested in looking cultured or pleasant.” She also made statements calling for greater OAS willingness to intervene against governments she deems “threats to democracy, human rights and hemispheric security” and even accused Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega of being a “collaborator with the Castro regime” for his efforts to gain the release of prisoners who had until then allegedly caused sleepless nights to the Congresswoman and her friends." The Day Diplomacy Died 1/3/2011 Cuba Now: "El día que murió la diplomacia" (The Day Diplomacy Died) tells the story of four Cuban secret agents who worked to unmask 75 «independent journalists» who, encouraged by alleged diplomats from the U.S. Interest Section in Cuba, carried out offensive actions to overthrow the revolutionary government. Irish producer Bernie Dwyer made exclusive statements on the work to Cubanow." Yoani Sánchez Asked Undersecretary of State for Online Shopping Access, Reveals Wikileaks 1/3/2011 Cuba Now: “The bloggers, who partly for their self-preservation don’t want to be grouped with the dissident community, were equally optimistic about the course of events. ‘An improvement in relations with the United States is absolutely necessary so that democracy can exist here’, the pioneer of blogs, XXXXXXXXXXXX, who is also listed by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people, said to Williams in her modest apartment. ‘Restrictions only do us harm’, and she added: ‘Do you know how much we could do if we were able to use Pay Pal or buy stuff online with a credit card?” SWAT Officer Kills Armed Felon in Overtown 1/2/2011 NBC Miami A funcionario norteamericano le preocupa que Wikileaks revele sus conversaciones con bloguera 12/31/2010 CubaDebate Cuban regime fears bloggers more than “traditional” dissidents 12/29/2010 Reporters without Borders Cuba, Finally an Undersea Cable for Internet Connection 12/26/2010 CubaNow: "Cuba will finally have an international link that will multiply its internet connection in the coming year, 2011." Rafters: The return trip 12/22/2010 Progresso Weekly: "What's paradoxical about this situation is that, once they step on U.S. soil, these people are not considered illegal immigrants by the United States, but refugees. This allows them to benefit from the Cuban Adjustment Act, which was designed exclusively for illegal immigrants, since those who enter the U.S. legally do not require it. So there is a contradiction: while that country denies illegals a visa for considering them ineligible according to U.S. immigration law, it pressures Cuba to keep them from leaving, to the point of threatening war. The U.S. repatriates them when they are caught at sea but gives them special treatment if they arrive, waiving the very obstacles that its own government has created for them." Viva WikiLeaks! SiCKO was NOT banned in Cuba 12/22/2010 Progresso Weekly: "So, on January 31, 2008, a State Department official stationed in Havana took a made up story and sent it back to his HQ in Washington. Here's what they came up with: XXXXXXXXXXXX stated that Cuban authorities have banned Michael Moore's documentary, "Sicko," as being subversive. Although the film's intent is to discredit the U.S. healthcare system by highlighting the excellence of the Cuban system, he said the regime knows the film is a myth and does not want to risk a popular backlash by showing to Cubans facilities that are clearly not available to the vast majority of them. Sounds convincing, eh?! There's only one problem -- the entire nation of Cuba was shown the film on national television on April 25, 2008! The Cubans embraced the film so much so it became one of those rare American movies that received a theatrical distribution in Cuba. I personally ensured that a 35mm print got to the Film Institute in Havana. Screenings of Sicko were set up in towns all across the country." Transforming Anthropology and J. of Iberian & Latin American Research special issues on Cuba 12/21/2010 Ethno Cuba: "For those who missed it, in 2008 Transforming Anthropology: Journal of the Association of Black Anthropologists had a two-part special issue on Cuba, vol. 16 no. 1 (April 2008) and no. 2 (October 2008). There are a total of eight short articles by colleagues like Marc Perry, Kaifa Roland, Andrea Queeley, and Amelia Rosenberg Weinreb (click in the links provided for full table of contents)." Cuba’s Economic Paradigm Shift: A Work in Progress, Norman Girvan and Alissa Trotz 12/20/2010 Norman Girvan Ros-Lehtinen: My mission is to cut the state and foreign aid budgets 12/8/2010 Progreso Weekly Wikileaks, Cuba y el autismo mediático 12/4/2010 CubaDebate ¿Periodismo del siglo XXI o pretexto para el Cibercomando? 12/4/2010 Jiribilla: "Habría que dilucidar finalmente si en efecto Wikileaks no es un pretexto para el refuerzo del Cibercomando —justo en los días en los cuales se deben aprobar los presupuestos para el año próximo—, que justifiquen una escalada en las medidas de censura y control del mundo digital tal como fue el cierre de 80 sitios web vinculados con Cuba, propiedad de un operador turístico extranjero, cuyo dueño vive en España y hace negocios en el Reino Unido, entre los cuales se encontraban algunos literarios, como http://www.cuba-hemingway.com, otros de temas de historia y cultura de Cuba como http://www.cuba-havanacity.com, y otros que promovían el turismo hacia la Isla como http://www.ciaocuba.com y http://www.bonjourcuba.com." Operación Peter Pan, cerrando el círculo… 12/4/2010 Jiribilla: "En 1961 más de 14 mil niños cubanos fueron enviados a EE.UU. por sus padres con el temor de perder la patria potestad, campaña perpetrada por la Agencia Central de Inteligencia contra el gobierno revolucionario cubano, que trasciende como la llamada Operación Peter Pan. Cinco de las víctimas regresan a Cuba encontrando quizá el camino de vuelta de la tierra de Nunca Jamás a la que los condenó el desarraigo. Este es el argumento del último documental de Estela Bravo, al que dedicó más de 20 años de investigación." Special Issue: Cuba Today: 50 Years On 12/1/2010 AILASA: Editors: Carlos Uxó and Par Kumaraswami Leaked Cuba memo to raise eyebrows 12/1/2010 Progresso Weekly: "A recently retired military intelligence officer submitted this memo [see below] to his former commander (Southcom) -- copies to other appropriate agencies. Obama Administration officials ignored it. “Cuba is not on our agenda,” one said. One official surreptitiously mailed us a copy, which we share. “The Cuban government has announced it will lay off 500,000 “superfluous” state workers. Our sources predict at least another 500,000 will get pink-slipped before the end of 2011. “Such news should ring alarm bells in Florida and Washington. Havana could encourage – without formally acknowledging it to its newly unemployed population – a migration northward rather than face possible unrest on the island. If the Cuban government tried to stop migration, we do not think Cuba’s police or military would fire on the population, even if their commanders ordered it." A Looming US Foreign Relations Disaster in the making: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen to Chair the House Foreign Affairs Committee 11/28/2010 AfroCubaWeb: by Alberto Jones CNN ya entregó su sucursal en español a la extrema derecha cubano-americana 11/27/2010 Patria Grande: "Con la llegada a la cabeza de su sucursal en español de la cubano-americana Cynthia Hudson, ex jefa de la “estación cloaca” Mega TV de Miami por los últimos cinco años, CNN completa la entrega del canal de propaganda norteamericana hacia América Latina a la extrema derecha de Miami y apuesta sobre un “estilo de trabajo” que hasta ahora no ha tenido aceptación alguna fuera de la Florida." Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: Así es la congresista yanqui que pretende “enseñar” la democracia a América Latina 11/25/2010 Diario Universal Ni un dia de Paz para Cuba 11/22/2010 AfroCubaWeb: "Si todos los Cubanos, dondequiera que estos se encuentren e independientemente de las diferencias políticas que pudieran albergar, no fuéramos capaces de unirnos en este momento crucial de nuestra historia en defensa de nuestro país, y el gobierno Cubano no diseñara e introduzca nueva políticas y estrategias que reemplacen aquellas que en los pasados cincuenta años no han sido capaces de desmoronar el embargo y hacen el máximo esfuerzo por rechazar esta amenaza de vida o muerte a nuestra soberanía, estaremos exponiendo nuestro país a la posibilidad real, de que su nombre se sume a los de Guam, Atolón de Palmira, Islas Vírgenes, Isla Wake, Midway, Puerto Rico y otros." U. of Miami Faculty Decries Homage to Orlando Bosch 11/22/2010 Ethno Cuba: "A few days ago, Prof. Lillian Manzor sent an update: the Latinamericanist faculty at UM responded, decrying and rejecting that homage in a letter that is reproduced below. The University administration, however, has said nothing. The Institute of Cuban and Cuban American Studies where the event take places apparently alleges that they merely rented the building space for the homage. I would think that the rental would not include the banners of the University and the Center, which were clearly visible in pictures and videos of the event. Here at the University of California there have been many debates about what privatization means. If universities, private and public, are in such dire straits that they need to rent their facilities to outside groups, should not they, still, exert some judgement as to who and for what? Should a university rent its facilities to, say, the Ku Klux Klan? That begs the question: what is the price for which community principles are abandoned?" Never had a day of Peace or Happiness 11/15/2010 AfroCubaWeb: "If all Cubans, wherever they are and whatever differences they may harbor, fail to come together at this crucial moment in history in defense of our country and the Cuban government does not introduce new policies and strategies, replacing those that for fifty years have been unable to dislodge the embargo and do its outmost to fend off this life and death threat to our sovereignty, it is a real possibility that our country’s name will be added to those of Guam, Palmyra Atoll, Virgin Islands, Wake Island, Midway Island, Puerto Rico and others." The inconvenient truth about Guillermo Fariñas 11/11/2010 Machetera: "At no time did the European organization claim that his stints in prison were due to his political activity for the simple reason that his imprisonments were the result of common crimes. The European Parliament’s discretion with respect to Fariñas’ criminal history is understandable, since his illegal acts discredit the assertion of the “non-violent” nature of the 2010 Sakharov Prize.5 In fact, Fariñas has a serious criminal history. In 1995 he was sentenced to a term of three years parole and fined 600 pesos after violently assaulting a woman, a work colleague at the institute of health where he held the position of psychologist, causing her multiple wounds to the face and arms. He then carried out his first hunger strike.6" Cuban militant's award raises concerns at UM 11/11/2010 Miami Herald: ``I think universities are places to think the unthinkable and speak the unspeakable,'' said University of Denver lecturer Arturo López-Levy, one of 70 academics who signed an Oct. 27 letter of protest to UM President Donna Shalala. The academics asked for an investigation. ``But to pay homage to a convicted terrorist, whoever authorized renting the place for that use has shown a lack of wisdom and a lack of judgment.'' Despite repeated requests, UM's administration refused to discuss the matter except to say it simply provided a venue for a community group." Back With a Vengeance? The Florida Growth Machine 10/26/2010 Counterpunch: "Today, efforts by the EPA to impose enforceable limits on phosphorous pollution in the Everglades are opposed by the state, which has taxing authority through the legislature but is afraid to use it. The sugar barons, exemplified by the Fanjul family interests, are pouring money into political campaigns with the seasoned skill of master puppeteers. And that is just the Everglades. Movement by the EPA to impose enforceable limits on phosphorous pollution in all Florida waters has triggered a political backlash wrapping up Democrats and Republicans, threatening riders in Congress to eviscerate the Clean Water Act, despite scientific evidence of human health threats, threats to tourism, and the economy from poisoned waters." Orlando Bosch and the Politics of Academia 10/23/2010 Ethno Cuba: "Colleague Isabel Alfonso, a graduate of the University of Miami, sent us this video of the October 12 event, along with her outrage. How is it possible that a bona fide University would sponsor a homage to Orlando Bosch? He is an extremely controversial figure, well known for his involvement in an airplane bombing; who at one point was convicted of terrorism by a U.S. court and who, according to the U.S. Attorney General’s Ofice, “for thirty years has been resolute and unwavering in his advocacy of terrorist violence.” One thing is to invite an individual, in this case a witness of a history worth telling, a man already in his eighties, to tell his story, even to give his opinion and defend his views. But to stage a homage to his terrorist actions and activities that broke laws in several countries?" Neighbors Wake to Headless Animals Halloween Mystery 10/22/2010 Miami Herald Contratista de USAID apadrinó homenaje a Orlando Bosch en Miami 10/21/2010 Cuba Debate: de Jean Guy Allard - "El homenaje a Orlando Bosch, el ex jefe del grupo terrorista CORU, organización responsable de cientos de atentados en en territorio norteamericano como en el exterior, tuvo lugar en un centro subsidiado por la agencia norteamericana de “ayuda al desarrollo internacional”, la USAID." My Cuba: The Summer of 2010 10/12/2010 Havana Times: by Alberto Jones Enlace entre Posada Carriles y Chávez Abarca es asesor del Partido ARENA de El Salvador 9/30/2010 Cuba Debate: de Jean Guy Allard - "José Ramón Sanfeliú Rivera, el gerente de Talleres Moldtrok, de San Salvador, que reclutó a Francisco Chávez Abarca como ayudante de Luis Posada Carriles, se desempeña en la actualidad como asesor del partido de extrema derecha ARENA, principal grupo de oposición salvadoreño." Lucius Walker is in the Hearts of the Cuban People 9/26/2010 CAN, Cuba: "On the occasion of his meeting with the leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro at the Cuban Mission to the UN in New York in 1995, someone asked Lucius what was the secret of his love towards Cuba. Interesting question, he responded, adding that before the tremendous love Cuba has dispersed around the world, “we cannot do anything less than love Cuba”." South Florida Congressional candidates split over U.S.-Cuba relations 9/26/2010 Naples News Israeli leaders praise Fidel Castro 9/25/2010 AP: "Israeli President Shimon Peres' office says Peres sent Castro a personal letter Saturday thanking him for his remarks. And Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent reporters text messages drawing attention to a series of interviews published in the Atlantic magazine early this month. The Israeli praise is highly unusual, as Castro has traditionally supported the Palestinians and has been highly critical of the Jewish state in the past." Netanyahu: Fidel Castro has a deep understanding of Jewish history 9/25/2010 Haaretz: "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his appreciation on Saturday over remarks by Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who said that Israel has a right to exist in an interview earlier this month. "The remarks attributed to Castro demonstrate his deep understanding of the history of the Jewish people and the State of Israel," Netanyahu said." The self-employed sector - Much more than an alternative 9/24/2010 Granma: "Increasing the opportunities for self-employment is one of the decisions which the country is making in terms of restructuring its economic policy, in order to increase levels of productivity and efficiency. It is also an attempt to offer workers another way of feeling useful in terms of personal effort, and to distance ourselves from those concepts that almost condemned self-employment to extinction and stigmatized those who decided to legally join that sector in the 1990s. On August 1, the approval of a tax system of taxation for the self-employed sector was also made public, in line with the nation’s new economic scenario. Whoever contributes more, will receive more is the principle of the new tax regime that will help to increase sources of income to the state budget, and achieve an adequate redistribution of that income to society." Cuba unveils private sector expansion plan 9/24/2010 Reuters: "Many are expected to get start-up money from relatives living abroad, especially in the United States." [US Cubans are largely of Spanish descent.] Wife of detained US contractor visits him in Cuba 9/23/2010 AP The rationalizations: A first look 9/22/2010 Progreso: "Can a private sector capable of assimilating and maintaining a workforce that large be developed in Cuban society? Several factors will determine this, among them the facilities available to secure credits and supplies, the creation of wholesale warehouses, and the official regulations that rule them. The absence of any of these items would undermine the effort to open and energize the economy." Castro’s Change of Heart: The Implications for Cuba, Venezuela, and The United States 9/21/2010 COHA The Fanjul brothers 9/21/2010 Progreso: An interesting look into the Miami plantocracy, where old slave owning habits die hard - "In 1959, bearded men dressed in olive green entered the Fanjul mansion. At the time, Alfonso was 23 and had just graduated from Fordham University in New York City. His brother, Pepe, was 14. Castro's envoys summoned the entire family, put aside their guns and spread on the table maps that showed the family's properties – cane fields, mills, workers' barracks, mansions, a port. And they told them: “From this day on, all this belongs to the people. All of it!” Adios to Lucius Walker Jr. in Harlem 9/18/2010 Havana Times Landau and Valdés ask if former U.S. official lied 9/18/2010 Progreso: "Noriega also fails to acknowledge the point of his Klink-Schultz like scheming with Cason: to break the limited relations the two countries had. His radio conversation reveals that he and Cason maneuvered to provoke the Cuban government to oust Cason so Washington could shut down the Cuban Interest Section in Washington. Last but not least, Noriega and Cason, by their bumbling attempts to circumvent the accepted rules of diplomacy were responsible for the incarceration of 75 Cuban dissidents - to whom they had pledged support." THE REVEREND LUCIUS WALKER, 80, ANTI-BLOCKADE CRUSADER: August 3, 1930 - September 7, 2010 9/17/2010 Haiti Analysis Cuba offers 19 ways Obama can loosen US embargo 9/16/2010 AP: "Cuba is offering a series of small but specific steps the administration of President Barack Obama can take to soften the United States' 48-year-old trade embargo, including expanding flights and establishing ferry service between both countries and dropping bank bans that keep U.S. credit cards from working on the island. The 19 suggestions are a new — and perhaps conciliatory addition — to the communist government's annual report criticizing Washington's trade sanctions. Cuba produces the report every year ahead of an annual United Nations vote in which the world overwhelmingly condemns the embargo." Is There a Cuban Model? Castro's "Confession" 9/15/2010 Counterpunch: By NELSON P. VALDÉS - "There is no such a thing as a Cuban revolutionary model. The revolutionary regime has been pragmatic and changed over time, whenever circumstance required it, which is why it is possible to speak of different periods since 1959. Only those who are ill acquainted with the Cuban reality could come up with the assertion that there is an all encompassing, never changing Cuban model. Last, but not least: The Cuban process takes inspiration from over a century of self-definition and historical developments. The influence of José Martí in particular is essential for an understanding of contemporary Cuba." The Cuban Model, Not Working So Much 9/14/2010 Atlantic: "Last week, there was a bit of a kerfuffle on the international Interwebs about Fidel Castro's statement to me that the "Cuban model" doesn't even work for Cuba anymore. Fidel himself said, in speech last Friday, that I had misinterpreted his statement, that it was American-style capitalism, and not Cuban-style socialism, that was failing." Cuba to cut 500,000 from state payroll 9/13/2010 Financial Times: "Better accounting would be demanded of businesses, and the way they were taxed would be changed. As well as taxes on income, the self-employed would pay a sales tax and 25 per cent social security tax for themselves and each employee, the sources said, while co-operatives would pay a tax on profits and social security." Rev. Lucius Walker Jr. Fought for Civil Rights 9/12/2010 IFCO: "Long before Lucius Walker Jr. made international headlines - including for humanitarian aid to Cuba and when shot by U.S.-backed contra forces in Nicaragua - he was a minister and civil-rights activist in Milwaukee." Agreed, We Need a Different Model 9/11/2010 Havana Times: "In an interview granted to the US magazine The Atlantic, Fidel Castro was quoted as saying “The Cuban model doesn’t even work for us anymore.” At no moment did he speak of socialism, but of the “model.” The interpretation of this by an academic taking part in the conversation was that Fidel was referring to the high degree of State involvement in the economy. This factor precisely characterizes “State socialism” or “real socialism,” which has failed everywhere as it maintains a concentration of ownership (but in the hands of the State) and the wage-labor form of production – a model that Lenin himself termed “state monopoly capitalism.” Las Caravanas de la Amistad EEUU - Cuba, un testimonio de la solidaridad 9/11/2010 Jiribilla: "Las caravanas de la amistad, promovidas y dirigidas por la Fundación Interconfesional para la Organización de la Comunidad (IFCO) y Pastores por la Paz (PFP) han sido experiencias que le han otorgado mayor riqueza y sentido a la solidaridad con el pueblo cubano y su Revolución, y proporcionado un espacio de diálogo y reflexión entre el compromiso revolucionario cristiano y el máximo líder de la Revolución." Llegarás también, Lucius, con la alegría de la mañana 9/11/2010 Jiribilla No queremos pensar en un mundo sin Lucius Walker 9/11/2010 Jiribilla: "La ironía del mazazo nos estremeció a todos: cuando la amenaza de guerra nuclear se cierne sobre nuestras cabezas, uno de los hombres de paz imprescindibles se nos ha ido, tras 80 años de verdadero ejemplo. Ha muerto Lucius Walker, el reverendo norteamericano que hace casi dos décadas emprendió una irreversible lucha frente a la obstinada y cruel política del gobierno de su país contra Cuba." Y la guagua camina… 9/11/2010 Jiribilla: "Pastores por la Paz y su Caravana de la Amistad son protagonistas, desde hace más de veinte años, de una hermosa historia tejida desde el corazón por norteamericanos de las más variadas procedencias, colores y credos. El imaginario popular cubano los identifica por un símbolo: las guaguas escolares amarillas que ruedan por calles y avenidas de nuestras ciudades." Lucius Walker, Baptist Pastor for Peace, Dies at 80 9/11/2010 NYT: "The Rev. Lucius Walker, a Baptist minister who gained national attention with calls for reparations for the descendants of slaves and with repeated violations of the United States embargo of Cuba through caravans of humanitarian aid, died on Tuesday at his home in Demarest, N.J. He was 80." Fidel says econ remark 'misinterpreted' 9/11/2010 Press TV Reverend Lucius Walker, 1930-2010 9/9/2010 People's World: "In 2007, Walker took a group of New York City high school students to Cuba. As a result, he and IFCO/Pastors for peace were subpoenaed to give evidence against school personnel who had helped organize the trip. As always, Walker refused to cooperate, on principled grounds. The Caravans were expanded to include other places, including Chiapas in Southern Mexico, and El Salvador. Walker was working on the Haiti issue at the time of his death. Walker negotiated with then Cuban President Fidel Castro to make it possible for U.S. youth from poor communities to study at the Latin American School of Medicine in Cuba. Close to his heart was the issue of the Cuba 5, in whose cause Walker was a major actor. Shortly before his death, he had been working to pressure the U.S. government to issue visas to the wives of two of the Cuba 5 to enable them to visit their husbands in prison; visas which have been cruelly denied for 12 years." Report: Castro says Cuban model doesn't work 9/8/2010 AP: "The fact that things are not working efficiently on this cash-strapped Caribbean island is hardly news. Fidel's brother Raul, the country's president, has said the same thing repeatedly. But the blunt assessment by the father of Cuba's 1959 revolution is sure to raise eyebrows. Jeffrey Goldberg, a national correspondent for The Atlantic magazine, asked if Cuba's economic system was still worth exporting to other countries, and Castro replied: "The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore" Goldberg wrote Wednesday in a post on his Atlantic blog. He said Castro made the comment casually over lunch following a long talk about the Middle East, and did not elaborate." Fidel: 'Cuban Model Doesn't Even Work For Us Anymore' 9/8/2010 Atlantic Fidel to Ahmadinejad: 'Stop Slandering the Jews' 9/7/2010 Atlantic: "Over the course of this first, five-hour discussion, Castro repeatedly returned to his excoriation of anti-Semitism. He criticized Ahmadinejad for denying the Holocaust and explained why the Iranian government would better serve the cause of peace by acknowledging the "unique" history of anti-Semitism and trying to understand why Israelis fear for their existence." |
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