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

A new wrinkle to a story that’s been all over the blogs: a little Cuban girl who is the subject of a custody battle between her father in Cuba and family in the U.S., may see her father –here in the U.S.:
A fisherman in Cuba who is fighting for custody of his 4-year-old daughter […]

When you can’t get to your enemies, get those close to them:
-Intelligence agents raided the home of a close friend of anti-communist militant Luis Posada Carriles, who’s jailed in the U.S. but wanted in Venezuela for a 1976 airliner bombing, the friend’s wife said Thursday.
The raid came as President Hugo Chavez accused […]

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Looks as though the rock group The Police might be playing in a police state–Cuba:
The Police may be giving their Cuban fans a free show this Christmas.
The super rock group, which recently reunited for a sell-out world tour, has received an invitation from the Cuban government to perform there in December.
The Havana show would […]

The latest issue of the Miami New Times has an interesting review of an exhibition of several photographers’ work. The exhibit is appropriately titled Cuba: As Time Stands Still, 2007.
Here are some good excerpts from the review:
Gallery owner Lourdes Guerra says this is the second time she has curated a show […]

Venezuelans who voted in Chavez are now beginning to see he’s as bad as Castro. Shortages, which have been a way of life in Cuba for the last 48 years, are beginning to rear their ugly faces in Venezuela:
Ysacar Morales and her stepfather Daniel are sitting on the front step of their house […]

Talk about birds of a feather flocking together. Fidel Castro and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are courting each other like a pair of mourning doves in heat or something.
First, there’s this from the Mehr News Agency in Iran:
The most prestigious medal of the Cuban government was bestowed on the Iranian ambassador to Havana, […]

Retirees in the socialist paradise forced to work just to eat? Nah, couldn’t happen. Right?
Maria is 59 and retired - at least in theory. For the past four years she has held two jobs in the underground economy to supplement her government pension. Like many of her generation, she is finding that what […]

I knew there was a reason they called it “La-La Land:”
About 100 people gathered in Hollywood Saturday night to protest U.S. policies regarding Venezuela and Bolivia and economic sanctions against Cuba.
The candlelight vigil, organized by the April 7 Coalition and held at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue about 6:30 p.m., was peaceful, LAPD […]

Don’t forget to take the April poll. I did a LOT of work on it, can’t you tell?
Seriously, I think it’s a good question: When will Castro die?
You can even create your own answer and add it if you don’t like the available answers.