The timing could not have been any better. Just days after Cuba announced it had a toilet paper shortage, Cuba comes up with the perfect solution:
Cubans accustomed to hourslong speeches, thousand-word essays and lengthy interviews can now get Fidel Castro at a glance, thanks to a new dictionary of El Comandante’s teachings.
Yes folks, [...]
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With Cubans now able to buy microwaves, cellphones and hotel room stays (never mind they barely make enough to buy their next meals), what will Raul Castro “let” Cubans buy next?
Fidel’s picture–on toilet paper
A car manufactured in this millenium
One-way plane tickets to the U.S.
Their freedom
Boats
Che Guevara’s picture–on a dartboard
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January 5, 2008 – 11:40 pm
I heard about this one on Babalu Blog. It seems a website known as “The Spoof” has published an “article” about Fidel Castro’s first-ever cruise ship. Here’s a snippet:
The new ship which is the pride of the Cuban nation is a bit unusual in that it is made up of 10,000 inner [...]
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October 17, 2007 – 7:38 am
The last place on God’s green earth–the ABSOLUTE last place–that you’d expect to find a viewpoint on Cuba other than “Castro/Che good, U.S. bad” would be a college newspaper, especially that of a liberal Massachusetts college.
So I hope you’ll excuse my utter shock when I discovered this morning not one, but two–TWO–Massachusetts college newspapers presenting [...]
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September 19, 2007 – 6:44 am
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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September 6, 2007 – 8:20 am
As long as Fidel Castro remains “officially” (if not clinically) alive:
Cuba watchers and some dissidents question whether Raúl Castro will be able to implement his reforms as long as his older brother is alive. Fidel Castro’s presence would likely deter even modest economic reforms, they said.
“In a sense, the Raulista project, if you can [...]
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September 4, 2007 – 9:39 pm
Fidel warns of coming global recession
Fidel Castro warned on Tuesday that the world could be headed for a crisis reminiscent of the Great Depression and accused the United States of exploiting natural resources and countries around the globe.
”The picture is increasingly uncertain as we face the fear of a prolonged recession like that of the [...]
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