The Two Faced Cuban Government

Seems like April Fool's came a few months early. Cuba announced today that staring early 2009, it will allow the U.N. Human Rights Council to monitor their human rights record. As the announcement was made, plain clothes state "gestapos" were preventing a march from taking place protesting Cuba's violation of human rights. That gives a new meaning to the term "two face".

Minutes after he spoke, plainclothes policemen broke up a small demonstration by
dissidents marking International Human Rights Day in a nearby square. Two were
detained and driven away in a car, a witness said.

Government
supporters, apparently coordinated by state security agents, booed dissidents
and shouted "Viva Fidel" for ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has not
appeared in public in 16 months.

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Regret or Blackmail ??

It seems that police in Brazil have found the two boxers who defected from their Cuban team during the Pan Am Games. What's interesting is that they want to return to Cuba. Iguess the Cuban government has threatend their families if they do not return back to Cuba. That is very typical of Cuba.

Two Cuban boxers who disappeared during last month's Pan American Games were found at a resort near Rio, where police say they partied and ran up an
exorbitant tab.

Now, a police inspector says, they want to go back to Cuba.

Two-time Olympic boxing champion Guillermo Rigondeaux and Erislandy Lara were found Thursday at an inn in the coastal resort city Cabo Frio.

"We still have to clear up the reason why they abandoned their delegation and now want to return," federal police inspector Felicio Laterca said. "Right now, they are only saying they are very dear athletes in their country and that's why they want to return."

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Soviet Union #2

Released today was a report from the University of Miami that says Venezuela is sending to Cuba annually $4 billion in oil shipments. That total is up $1 billion more than last year.

The value of Venezuelan oil subsidies to Cuba climbed past $3 billion in 2006 and could swell to $4 billion this year -- almost double current estimates, according to a University of Miami report to be released today.

Venezuela is propping up Cuba's troubled economy with shipments of 94,103 barrels of oil a day, experts at UM's Institute for Cuban and Cuban American Studies (ICCAS) calculated, based on official Havana figures issued last week. That means Cuba last year got some $3.3 billion in oil products from Venezuela, up from $2.7 billion in 2005. Caracas has declined to explain the payment system, but experts believe Havana gets the energy assistance free of charge.

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Here are some more facts about the Cuba-Venezuela relationship.

Another Edition of the U.N. (Non) Human Rights Council

Back in July, I wrote a post about this disgraceful organization and how we should stop funding this garbage. This article sheds more light on this topic ans hopefully one day funding will stop. It is nice to see that there are poeple out there that see it the same way we do.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing dealt last week with the United Nations Human Rights Council performance. The newly named council was formed last year to replace the U.N. Commission on Human Rights. Last month, the Senate committee approved legislation proposed by Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., to end U.S. funding of the commission. Coleman pointed out that the watchdog group's almost exclusive focus on Israel and its failure to investigate other countries made it a "disgrace" and that the council "has essentially one issue on the agenda: Israel. You have got countries like North Korea, Burma, Zimbabwe, where you have state-sponsored brutality, and what we have from the council is deafening silence."

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A Must Read

As I have mentioned before, The Moncada Attack: The Birth of the Cuban Revolution, is a great book for those who are not familiar with events of that day. Also, the book is great for those who heard the "official" version from the Cuban government. This book discredits a lot of the myths and lies behind that day.

The death of revolutionary combatant Abel Santamaría appears as a particularly grim chapter of official Cuban history, but a new book that took 31 years to research and write challenges the Cuban government's version of events.

Captured during the raid on the Moncada army barracks in Santiago de Cuba on July 26, 1953, Santamaría reportedly was tortured by the soldiers, who plucked out his eyes and showed them to his sister, Haydée, who also was captured during the failed attack.

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Golpiza Provoca Muerte

Rafael Cecilio Pazca fue golpeado por dos agentes de la Policía Nacional Revolucionaria (PNR) que se hacen llamar Luna y Yiqui. Cuando va a parar los abusos de cubanos contra cubanos !! Va a llegar el dia cuando Cuba sea libre y la policia que golpeaba y mataba no va tener donde esconderse.

El pasado 3 de junio fue detenido y golpeado despiadadamente el ciudadano Rafael Cecilio Pazca, por dos agentes de la Policía Nacional Revolucionaria (PNR), que se hacen llamar Luna y Yiqui.

Pazca, de 31 años de edad, enfermo de SIDA, con serios trastornos de la personalidad y traumas psíquicos, se encontraba de paseo por las avenidas del reparto 26 de Julio en estado de embriaguez.

Los agentes que lo detuvieron se disponían a trasladarlo al hospital Mártires del “9 de Abril”, ubicado en Sagua la Grande, provincia Villa Clara, como es habitual en esas zonas. Pazca se disgustó ante la actitud de los agentes, y estos, luego de arrastrarlo y conducirlo hacia el carro patrullero, comenzaron a golpearlo.

Lean aqui.

Boxeador Cubano Noqueado

Yuciel Nápoles fue noqueado por el colombiano Eleider Álvarez en el tercer asalto.

La imagen del cubano Yuciel Nápoles dormido en la lona tras recibir un derechazo impresionante del colombiano Eleider Álvarez y el brasileño Pedro Lima, que dio un oro a su país después de 40 años de sequía destacaron en la primera jornada de finales del boxeo en los Juegos de Río 2007.

Corría un minuto y 31 segundos del tercer asalto y el cubano Nápoles, con alguna dificultad, dominaba al colombiano Álvarez por 7-5 en la final de la división de 81 kilos (medio pesado), gracias a su más refinado arte pugilístico.

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I Can't See It

According to the Associated Press, they interviewed more than two dozen Cuban immigrants who recently arrived in Florida and they say that TV Marti can not be seen outside of Havana. Obviously, the Cuban government is still successfully jamming TV Marti's signal even though 10 months ago the U.S. started using a new Gulf Stream jet that was supposed to diminish the jamming capabilities of the Cuban government. Not the case. Get it fixed guys. This is costing U.S. taxpayers $20 million a year.

This caught my attention while reading the article:

But U.S. Reps. Bill Delahunt, D-Mass., Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., and Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., are pushing for hearings on the Marti stations for the fall, and congressional investigators began reviewing management of the Marti's last month.

The funny thing is that the "3 Puppeteers" mentioned above have all gone to Cuba. Yes, that's right, Delahunt, Rangel, and Flake have traveled to the Caribbean prison. Delahunt and Flake were part of the largest U.S. delegation from Congress to travel to Cuba since 1959. How bias will they idiots be when discussing TV Marti issues ?? Will they be castro's voice in Congress ??

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Better Luck Next Time Jerk

House Rep. Charlie "Cara de Papa" Rangel proposed an amendment that was defeated today by a vote of 245-182. The amendment would have allowed Cuban officials to travel to the U.S. to inspect U.S. export facilities and products and let Cubans make direct payments to U.S. banks for any purchases. What the hell !! Is this guy serious ?? Rangel for years has been trying to lift the embargo and has been defeated every time. Let's not forget that Charles Rangel had his 2002 trip to Cuba subsidized by the Cuban government.

The House on Friday rejected an initiative to ease restrictions on U.S. agricultural exports to Cuba, virtually burying any chance that U.S. policy toward the island could be relaxed by Congress this year.

By a 245-182 margin, the House voted down an amendment presented by Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., that would have allowed Cuban officials to travel to the United States to inspect U.S. export facilities and products and let Cubans make direct payments to U.S. banks for any purchases.

The initiative would have also allowed the Cubans to pay for the goods after they are shipped from a U.S. port, rather than before as now required.

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U.S Contacts Cuba ??

That is what ex-CIA analyst, Brian Lattell, told Radio France Internationale. He was informed by senior military sources that the U.S. has been in contact with Cuba for some time now. Very important news if true. I have always said that the U.S. has a secret relationship with Cuba. Ever since Kennedy, no other U.S. president has done anything. I guess they can not violate the secret agreement established between Kennedy and Krushkov during the Cold War.

We have caught Cuban spies in the U.S. and working in our government. I can only imagine what would happen if we find an Al-Qaeda or Taliban member spying within our goverment. Would it be considered an act of war ??Why hasn't something been done to liberate the 11 million Cuban prisoners stuck on the island ?? We have Cuba 90 miles from away, why hasn't something been done ??

Brian Latell, who wrote a biography of Cuba's interim leader Raul Castro, told Radio France Internationale he was informed by senior US military sources that they had been in contact with the Cuban military for some time.

"If this is confirmed to be true, it would be a very important event," he said.

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Dr. SHITvago

Michael Moore, is Cuba's healthcare system really better than what the U.S. offers ?? When will you learn you idiot !! The article is great.

Excerpt:

To stem the tide of defections, the Cuban government has sought to keep doctors under constant guard. Cuban “minders,” most commonly police and intelligence agents, severely restrict doctors’ freedom of movement. Traveling outside of one‘s assigned area is strictly prohibited. In Venezuela, according to The Lancet, doctors are forbidden to engage in any personal contact with natives, let alone journalists or diplomats, and must adhere to a 6pm daily curfew. Those who complain about any aspect of the program open themselves up to threats of being sent back to Cuba -- itself a devastating commentary on the political state of the country. Beyond endless surveillance, there are reports that Cuban authorities select only married doctors for missions abroad. The idea is that should the doctors entertain the idea of defecting, their families in Cuba would serve as potential hostages.

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Cuban Boxing Defectors Sign 5 Year Contracts

With no time wasted, two time Olympic gold medalist and two time World champion Guillermo Rigondeaux and reigning world amateur welterweight champion Erislandy Lara have signed 5 year contracts with Box-Promotion located in Hamburg, Germany. Rigondeaux won 243 of his 247 amateur fights. They are expected to arrive in Hamburg in four weeks.

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Politician or True Believer ??

Below is part of a transcript from the Hannity and Colmes show. I was reading through it and found an interesting part in which former speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, mentions fidel castro. Do the right words come out of his mouth because he is a politician or does he really get it ?? You decide !!

GINGRICH: I think Senator Obama is an authentic voice of the left. I think meeting with Fidel Castro makes perfect sense if you come from the American left because the American left fears the U.S. military. They fear the CIA. They fear the American government. They never fear our enemies. It would make perfect sense for him to openly announce he will visit with virtually any dictator in the planet who would be willing to have him.

COLMES: The American left never fears our enemies but fears the American government. I thought it was the conservatives, the Goldwater conservatives who spoke out against the government. It was Ronald Reagan who said one of the great lies is, "I'm from the government, I'm here to help you."

I thought it was conservatives to heard the government but to say those on the left don't fear our enemies and don't want to protect this country which is what you seem to be implying is just inaccurate.

GINGRICH: I just suggested that it made perfect sense for Senator Obama given his base of his support on the left to feel comfortable going to see Fidel Castro. There is this wonderfully romantic notion on the part of people who never look in Fidel's prisons, never look what he does to poets and never look at what he does to people in democracy. Never look at what happens with people who flee the country. My daughter lives in Key Biscayne and was telling me over the weekend that they routinely have people land from Cuba trying to flee terror.

It's just interesting that on the American left somehow Castro is a romantic.

Like a typical Liberal, Alan Colmes did not respond to Gingrich's last comment. He initiated a new topic - the war in Iraq.

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Funny Shirt

I found this shirt online last night. When I saw it, I couldn't stop laughing. The shirt depicts a side of che guevara that not many people want to accept. He was a joke and an excuse for a human. What better way than to do a t-shirt of who che guevara really was - A Clown !!

Trasladan A Alexander García Lima

Yoel Espinosa Medrano escribe que Alexander García Lima fue trasladado desde Alambradas de Manacas a la prisión Ariza, en Cienfuegos.

Agregó la fuente, que en horas de la tarde del citado día, cuando conversaba en áreas de la enfermería con el prisionero de conciencia Librado Linares García, fue sacado del lugar a empujones.

Alexander García Lima fue sancionado a 13 años de privación de libertad bajo los supuestos cargos de robo con fuerza y manifestaciones lascivas. En los últimos 30 días ha sido trasladado de prisión en cuatro ocasiones.

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Donde Esta fidel ??

Se cumple un año de la última aparición pública de Fidel Castro antes de ceder el poder por enfermedad

Hoy se cumple un año de la última aparición del líder cubano, Fidel Castro. Un año después de su retirada se mantiene la incógnita sobre si regresará al cargo que provisionalmente ejerce su hermano Raúl, quien no ha acometido reformas políticas ni económicas significativas.

Muy poco ha cambiado el día a día de los cubanos desde que vieron por última vez en público al «jefe de la revolución», en la conmemoración del 26 de julio de 2006, cinco días antes de que, en un hecho sin precedentes, delegara el poder temporalmente en su hermano menor por una enfermedad cuya naturaleza aún se desconoce.

Precisamente Raúl Castro será hoy, jueves, el gran protagonista de la conmemoración del 26 de julio, la más importante celebración de la revolución cubana. Más de 100.000 personas acudirán al acto convocado en Camagüey (unos 600 kilómetros al este de La Habana) en conmemoración del fallido asalto al cuartel Moncada (Santiago de Cuba), la primera acción armada de la guerrilla contra la dictadura de Fulgencio Batista, el 26 de julio de 1953.

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Where is he ??

Today marks the one year anniversary that fidel castro was last seen in public in Cuba. He delivered the usual bullshit speech celebrating the ill-fated Moncada Barracks attack of 1953. Where is he ?? That is the million dollar question. All I have heard is that he will not appear today and deliver his usual 8 hour speech. Praise the lord !! This is the first time that castro will miss the 26th de Julio "celebrations. That's how bad he is doing. He would never have missed an event like this if he would have been fine as the official press in Cuba insists.

Please check out Dr. Antonio De La Cova's new book for a clear understanding of the events.

The Moncada Attack: The Birth of the Cuban Revolution

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Juegos Panamericanos

Tres boricuas llegan a las finales de boxeo.

Parece que McWilliams Arroyo le agarró la medida a los cubanos en el ring.

El mosca boricua dio otro batacazo el miércoles al derrotar en el segundo asalto al favorito cubano Yoandry Salinas en la división de los 51 kilos, para avanzar a la disputa del oro en esta división del boxeo de los Juegos Panamericanos.

Arroyo, quien aseguró al menos la medalla de plata, se enfrentará en la final ante el dominicano Juan Carlos Payano, quien vapuleó al mexicano Braulio Avila 20-4.

Arroyo estaba abajo 4-3 al tocar el campanazo del segundo asalto, pero sorprendió al cubano con un gancho de izquierda para enviarlo a la lona. El árbitro le hizo un breve conteo y decidió parar el combate. El cubano se quejó e hizo gestos de que quería seguir peleando.

Lean aqui.

Info From Cuba

The guys of Killcastro have some inside information from sources in Cuba in reagrds to the castro's and the appearance of fidel castro at tomorrow's 26 de Julio festivities.

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castro No-show

fidel castro is not going to give the annual "Revolution Day" address according to a communist newspaper in Cuba. The speech will be given by his sister, raul castro, who has been the interim dictator since July 31, 2006. This does not surprise me one bit.

For months now, we have been told by officials in Cuba that fidel castro will return to take command of his dictatorship. Not once has castro been seen in person or live on TV. He is only shown on taped footage which the government can manipulate and edit.

Raul Castro - not his convalescing 80-year-old brother Fidel - will give this week's Revolution Day address, the latest sign the defense minister's yearlong caretaker role is becoming much more permanent.

The announcement Wednesday on the front page of the Communist Party daily Granma doused the few remaining hopes among Fidel Castro's ardent supporters he could make a surprise appearance during Thursday's Revolution Day celebrations.

Even though Raul appears headed for permanent rule, the two brothers' longer-term roles officially remain undefined.

Let look back at other important days castro has missed since July 31, 2006:

1. His birthday - August 13 - I will give him the benefit of the doubt that he was still very ill.
2. Granma Landing - December 2 - His birthday celebration was moved to this date to also celebrate the Granma yacht landing in Cuba.
3. New Year's - January 1 - This date mark's the departure of Flugencio Batista from his reign over Cuba.
4. castro's Arrival In Havana - January 8 - On this date, castro and Co. rolled into Cuba to celebrate their "victory" over Batista.
5. May Day - May 1 - What better day to come out and make an appearance ?? There were almost a 100,000 Cubans in attendance and the international press present. If he is as "OK" as his government says, why not take the opportunity offered to him on May Day ??
6. 26 de Julio - July 26 - This day marks the anniversary of the ill-fated Moncada Barracks attack.

Folks, castro is not doing as good as his government says. He has had plenty of chances to show his mug and nothing. We all know that he loves to make an appearance and loves the attention on him. He is going downhill and it's just a matter of time !!

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