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

So says his parrot, Felipe Perez Roque. The fact that Castro’s lackeys have to deny his death tells me he’s probably already roasting at very high temperatures.
In any event, Perez Rockhead’s “Castro ‘is fine’” comment has inspired me to write the following song parody, based on the Beatles’ “I Feel Fine.” […]

Before today, I’d never heard of the artist Victor Huerta Batista, who is based in Cuba. But I like the theme of some of his work, as it reflects the reality of Castro’s Cuba:
In Huerta’s “rampant imaginative world”–as (University of Arizona Museum of Art) curator Lisa Fischman calls it–the whole population of Cuba […]

then you KNOW you did a good thing:
Cuba branded Hungary an “imperial accomplice” of Washington on Wednesday for granting political asylum to 29 Cubans who were held at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. naval base.
Those given Hungarian visas were among 44 Cubans picked up at sea by the U.S. Coast Guard. Authorities deemed them at risk […]

Venezuela’s rubber-stamp congress moved closer to allowing Fidel Castro’s parrot, Hugo Chavez, to become dictator for life (or for a very long time at least). They gave the initial thumbs up to a series of so-called “reforms” that would allow Mini-Me, er, Chavez, to stay in office for a seven-year term rather than the […]

Of course, when you’re talking about Fidel Castro’s Cuba, being “freed” from prison is a relative term. After all, Cuba under the Castro brothers is nothing but a huge, open-air prison.
But I digress.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), independent Cuban journalist Armando Betancourt Reina was released Monday. […]

Obama, Obama, Obama. It takes more than a speech in Little Havana to endear yourself to Cuban-Americans. You’re already starting out with a handicap: you belong to the wrong political party. And now this?
”We regret that Sen. Obama has been so ill-advised as to assume that lifting sanctions against Cuba’s dictatorial regime will bring about […]

Don’t forget to take the August poll. The poll question is…
Finish this sentence: A year without Fidel Castro is like a year without…

Lots of rumors floating around that Fidel Castro is finally dead.

Babalu Blog has a few posts dedicated to the topic, here’s the latest one.
The Caudillo Maximo hasn’t posted any new blatherings on his propaganda website.
Castro’s Mini-Me, Hugo Chavez, is denying Castro is dead (and we all know how good a commie’s word is).
The fact that, […]

The five CONVICTED (that’s right, CONVICTED) spies Castro sent to the U.S. (disclaimer: link goes to a website I own) are appealing their prison sentences.
Why?
Because, {sniff, sniff} they say their sentences are {whine, whine} too long:
Almost nine years after their arrest, five Cubans convicted of spying on the U.S. government and South Florida exile groups […]

Now that I’m married to a Jamaican-British beauty, I’m taking a greater interest in happenings on the island.
So I’d like to take this opportunity to ask you to help those harmed by Hurricane Dean. If you live in South Florida, you can drop off non-perishable (canned) food, batteries, flashlights, bottled water and […]