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

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 […]

For readers who wonder why I’ve been silent on the recent hijacking of the airplane in Cuba by a group of young conscripts… well, I’ve been extraordinarily busy this week. I do have a “day job,” after all.
My take on the thing is I could understand why they want to leave. […]

According to Channel 7 in Miami (WSVN TV), 11 adults and two children have made it to shore safely from Cuba in the Miami area. The 13 are reported in good health as they made landfall near Key Biscayne in Miami. The news coming on the High Holy Day of communism, May Day. […]

Through the eyes of a Mariel refugee:
Argelio del Valle had no plan. All his best ideas had failed him. A 29-year-old mechanic, he had dreamed up several elaborate plots to leave Cuba. But something always went wrong. In the worst instance, he and his friends were caught and put under house arrest.
So when he […]

The biggest advocates for a free Cuba in Europe are the Czechs. Clearly it’s because they once felt the yoke of communism around their own necks and they haven’t forgotten. God bless them.
Prague was probably the last place on the minds of three Cuban families when they set out from their island home […]

Rough seas can’t deter the human yearning for freedom:
Nearly two dozen Cubans braved wind whipped seas to make a dangerous crossing to South Florida.
The 21 migrants were dropped off Monday morning at the toll plaza on the Rickenbacker Causeway. They told CBS4’s Yusila Ramirez they left Cuba on Friday, and spent the following two […]

A new wrinkle to a story that’s been all over the blogs: a little Cuban girl who is the subject of a custody battle between her father in Cuba and family in the U.S., may see her father –here in the U.S.:
A fisherman in Cuba who is fighting for custody of his 4-year-old daughter […]

…to want your child to live in Castro’s hell.
As posted earlier on this blog, the Miami Herald is reporting that another potential Elian Gonzalez situation is brewing in Miami. A four-year-old girl is locked in a custody battle between her father in Cuba and relatives in Miami.
What makes this case different is the fact […]

Is it any surprise when a country that once wore the noose of communism is a friend to those seeking freedom from Castro? The Czech Republic is taking in three Cuban families who escaped from Castro’s hell but didn’t quite make it to dry land in the U.S.:
The Czech government, which is known for […]

That’s the headline of an article in today’s Miami Herald. If I recall correctly, a few leftists are upset about this program because it encourages doctors to leave Cuba. In other words, it works. Perhaps the opponents of this program should aim their focus at the reasons why doctors (and anyone else […]