Fidel Castro, Cuba, castro death watch, havana, habana

Reuters published an article today picked up by several outlets. The article, titled Cubans oblivious to what goes on inside Guantanamo, is just another twist in the MSM’s whinefest over the terrorists being held at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba. This time, they ask Cubans who live near Gitmo what they know […]

CubaNet posted on its website today a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on abuses of the press in Cuba during 2006. The report notes that, despite the news interest in Castro’s infamous intestinal illness, foreign journalists were denied entry into Cuba as the communist government classified Castro’s medical condition as a […]

I’ve never heard of the Epoch times, but I’ve stumbled onto an article of theirs with the intriguing title Communism in Cuba Will Depart With Castro. Here’s a choice quote:
Now, it seems that a new chapter is opening in the U.S.-Cuba book. While many Americans are probably today wondering why we keep up our […]

The Newark Star-Ledger published today a “Castro Death Party” article I was interviewed for.  It was written by Kevin Manahan, a sports reporter who was in town for the Super Bowl but happened to drop by Versailles on Calle Ocho. So yes, he does use a lot of sports metaphors in the article.
But in […]

Is it any surprise to see economists trash Castro’s worthless economy? It shouldn’t be. Here’s what one economist says in an article published in today’s South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
“The perception is very clear among economists here that the Cuban economy doesn’t function,” said Pedro Monreal, a professor at the Center for Research on […]

Hey, don’t forget to take our first poll. It’s only one question long: How are you going to celebrate when Castro dies? You can even add a response if you don’t like the ones available to choose from.

Pedro Knight, widower of the late, great Cuban salsera Celia Cruz, died Saturday at 85. Mr. Knight had been embroiled in some controversy his latter years as several heirs of his late wife’s filed lawsuits against him. Also, his health had been diminishing and he had constantly expressed the desire to be […]

Our Venezuelan friends are painfully aware of what Castro’s favorite hand-puppet, Hugo Chavez, is quickly becoming. News is out that they’re beginning to take steps against the would-be next Great Caudillo of Latin America:
Taking a cue from the Cuban-American exile community, Venezuelans in South Florida are turning to radio to slam their homeland’s […]

Let me be frank (pun fully intended): I have often been ambivalent about the U.S. embargo against Cuba.
On the one hand, of course, anything we can do to hurt Castro is great, no matter how small. On the other hand, the embargo has been in place for so many years–and so has, unfortunately, Castro–so […]

I came across a very interesting article on Opinion Journal, the Wall Street Journal’s op-ed (and more importantly, free) website. The article was basically a piece about a gentleman I’d never heard of before, Robert Conquest.
Ironically named, Mr. Conquest wrote an important anti-communist book years ago called The Great Terror. The Great Terror […]