Category Archives: Cuban Embargo

Less money in Castro’s pocket,

less money for him to spend on terrorism and other nefarious purposes:
The U.S. economic embargo against Cuba has deprived its communist government of funds it might otherwise have used for military adventures, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said on Thursday.
Take Angola, for example:
“When they have had resources, they’ve had military adventures in Africa, [...]

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Embargo costs Castro 89 billion

Good, keep that money out of the moribund dictator Castro’s Swiss bank accounts:
Washington’s 45-year-old embargo has cost Cuba more than $89 billion to date, wreaking havoc on everything from primary education to pest control and nearly all other facets of island life, the foreign minister said Tuesday.
Havana produced a 56-page booklet laying out its [...]

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Take the poll

No, not our poll (although that wouldn’t be a bad idea, just click here now and start voting).
Opinion Journal has a poll question asking whether the U.S. should ease travel restrictions to Cuba. Go there and vote; the poll is on the right-hand side of the home page.

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Shyeah, this’ll win the Cuban-American vote

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 [...]

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Letter from a friend to Today’s Matt Lauer

Babalu Blog and a few others have been watching closely as Matt Lauer (of NBC’s Today Show) reports from Cuba this week. As can be expected of the MSM’s coverage of Cuba, Today’s reportage has left viewers with an inaccurate impression of the island and the 48 years of Castroite destruction of the Pearl [...]

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Mickey Mouse Communism

It’s interesting to see Castro admit–not verbally, but through his dictatroship’s actions–that capitalism is superior to communism.
Yes folks, American name brand products are for sale right now–in Cuba:
Despite the U.S. Trading With the Enemy Act, which governs Washington’s 45-year-old embargo, sales on Fidel Castro’s island are lining the pockets of corporate America.
Nikes, Colgate [...]

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Awww, poow widdle babies

Take your bank accounts and stuff ‘em:
Cuba on Wednesday protested the decision by an Austrian bank recently bought by a U.S. consortium to stop serving Cuban customers.
“For us, this action is unacceptable,” Norma Goicochea Estenoz, Cuba’s ambassador to Austria, told reporters at the Cuban Embassy.
Gee, I thought socialists hated bankers. Gee, I thought nobody [...]

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‘Dream’ vacation to Castro’s hell turns into nightmare

Some foolish, naive British tourists thought they’d go to Fidel Castro’s Cuba and have the time of their lives.
Har, har, har. I could’ve told them…
A pals’ dream holiday turned into the trip from hell when a muck-up with flights left them stranded thousands of miles from home
Natalie Coyne travelled to Cuba with [...]

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So much for the embargo, huh?

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 [...]

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Correction, repression in Cuba has increased in general

It’s not just journalists in Cuba who are getting it. But then again, if you’re a regular reader of Castro Death Watch, you know that.
Surprisingly, Reuters did the following piece:
Convalescing Cuban leader Fidel Castro is still in control of the country and repression has increased during the rule of his younger brother [...]

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