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

You have the MSM picking up Granma dispatches and taking them at face value, as they ignore (or give short shrift to) this from our President:
President and Mrs. Bush Saddened by Loss of Mario Chanes de Armas
Cuban patriot Mario Chanes de Armas was a political prisoner of the Castro regime for 30 years, one of […]

Despite all the noise that Raul isn’t like his brother Fidel, a Castro is still a repressive tyrant. Check out this AP story on Yahoo! News:
Repression is increasing in Cuba under the control of Raul Castro, and the domination of the government by his brother, Fidel, is nearing an end, Bush administration officials […]

The Associated Press let this one slip through the cracks:
CUBA: US commerce secretary sees no softening of policy toward communist-run island
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said Wednesday it would be a “great disservice” for the Cuban people if the United States eased economic and political ties with the island in the […]

For the first time ever (although I’m not sure if by “ever,” the media means by any U.S. President, or by President Bush), President Bush mentioned Cuba in his State of the Union address last night:
We will continue to speak out for the cause of freedom in places like Cuba, Belarus, and Burma …
I […]