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

it IS nepotism:
Cuba’s ailing leader Fidel Castro has defended naming his brother Raul to stand in for him last year, saying no one in the communist country’s national assembly saw it as nepotism.
Of course no one in Cuba’s national disassembly sees Raul Castro taking over for brother Fidel as nepotism. Fidel himself told them […]

Babalu Blog has posted an editorial cartoon that says it all.

All I want for Christmas is…

A free Cuba (and Venezuela)

All of the above

A box of fine cigars

Time off

Lechon, moros, turron, yuca, and family and friends

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Well, in a hypothetical post by Henry Gomez of Babalu Blog, anyway, the Useless Nations and the media are called to account for their tacit–and in some cases, wide open–support of Castro’s regime. Here’s a choice snippet:
But this body is not just guilty of inaction when confronted with deplorable crimes. Sadly it’s much […]

The news comes, oh, about 48 years too late, but it nevertheless is there. Fidel Castro dropped hints he might be retiring soon, according to Reuters:
“My elemental duty is not to hold on to positions and less to obstruct the path of younger people,” the 80-year-old Castro said in a letter read on […]

All I want for Christmas is…

A free Cuba (and Venezuela)

All of the above

A box of fine cigars

Time off

Lechon, moros, turron, yuca, and family and friends

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Bloggers United for Cuban Liberty (BUCL) and Babalu Blog are reporting a number of protest marches today–which is International Human Rights Day–in support of freedom for Cuba.
Some of the marches will take place in Miami and Los Angeles. Some are scheduled to take place in Cuba. Naturally, the Castroite dictatorship […]

In case you missed it, Fidel Castro’s hand-puppet Hugo Chavez got punked at the ballot box by Venezuelans who voted against a proposal that would’ve made him dictator president dictator nearly for life. The proposal would’ve also given a “full-steam ahead” to a number of socialist measures.
The proposal was narrowly beaten. Surprisingly, Chavez […]

All I want for Christmas is…

A free Cuba (and Venezuela)

All of the above

A box of fine cigars

Time off

Lechon, moros, turron, yuca, and family and friends

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