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

A couple of days ago, the MSM picked up a story (and it ran in numerous MSM outlets) from Granma (any surprise there?) about Castro. Reportedly, the dictator had written (meaning a ghostwriting dupe wrote for his authorization) an editorial ripping President Bush and the U.S. over bio-fuels.
You could almost hear the […]

US News & World Report this week has an article about a book written by Scott Carmichael (disclaimer: yes, the link is an affiliate link), a counterintelligence officer who helped catch the traitor and spy for Castro, Ana Belen Montes.
Here’s an interesting excerpt:
Carmichael wrote the book as a wake-up call to the […]

Our March poll is almost over. Be sure to vote. The question is too irresistible:
How will Castro die?

The guys at Babalu blog published this morning an excellent but simple (sometimes those are the best) post about the whole Cuba spy thing. It’s mostly a series of links to a number of good articles on the topic, so rather than just rehash it here, I’ll just direct you there.
Don’t miss […]

One of our “friends” on the left has truly surprised me, pleasantly so. David Corn takes Ricardo Alarcon, AKA Fidel Castro’s parrot, to task for his hypocrisy in his blog on The Nation’s website:
… (Cuba’s National Assembly president and, as noted before, Castro parrot Ricardo) Alarcon’s concern for the plight of this one author […]

Senior Cuban officials are analyzing a pair of new labor laws taking affect next month as the island’s official media cranks up a campaign about the rules aimed at beefing up work productivity.
There’s more:
Cuban worker productivity plunged during the island’s economic crisis in the 1990s, brought on by the loss of its former Soviet partners.
Now, […]

Cubans are starving. Cubans are treated like second-class citizens in their own country. Cubans are jailed for daring to speak the truth about their foul government. And all this spoiled brat cares about is kiteboarding–in Cuba.

Hoo boy, yep. We’ve got us this here EMBARGO against Cuba…
Or do we?
From the Associated Press, via today’s South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
Since 2003, one country has been the main supplier of food to Fidel Castro’s Cuba: the United States.
Surprised? You have good company.
Here’s more:
Washington’s sanctions choke off most trade with Cuba, but […]

The Boston Globe is reporting that “Castro spent several days close to death,” according to his buddy and budding dictator Hugo Chavez:
Cuban leader Fidel Castro spent several days on the point of death, but is now out of his sickbed, his close friend and protege Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday.
A Cuban government […]

…to want your child to live in Castro’s hell.
As posted earlier on this blog, the Miami Herald is reporting that another potential Elian Gonzalez situation is brewing in Miami. A four-year-old girl is locked in a custody battle between her father in Cuba and relatives in Miami.
What makes this case different is the fact […]