then you KNOW you did a good thing:
Cuba branded Hungary an “imperial accomplice” of Washington on Wednesday for granting political asylum to 29 Cubans who were held at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. naval base.
Those given Hungarian visas were among 44 Cubans picked up at sea by the U.S. Coast Guard. Authorities deemed them at risk […]
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Hungary, if Castro ’slams’ you,
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007Posted in Defection, Friends of Cuban Freedom, Anti-Communism, Cuban Dissidents, Hunger Strike, Wet Foot Dry Foot, Human Rights | 1 Comment »
Breaking: 13 Cubans make landfall in Miami
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007According 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. […]
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Czech this out
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007Is 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 […]
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Talk about a “live exercise”
Thursday, March 8th, 2007Imagine you’re holding an exercise for an anticipated, potential emergency event. Imagine if the emergency event happens during your exercise, albeit to a far lesser degree than what you’re holding the exercise for:
[The] simulation began just hours after a real U.S. Border Patrol mission picked up more than 40 Spanish-speaking migrants who happened to […]
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Wet foot plus dry foot equals “schizophrenia”
Monday, March 5th, 2007Q: How do you spell “schizophrenia?”
A: “Wet-foot, dry-foot.”
Imagine missing out on freedom by a few feet of land/ocean. Compare and contrast the following stories from the Miami Herald today:
11 cold migrants arrive at toll booth
BY TIM CHAPMAN
Soaked, shivering and disoriented, two groups of migrants walked up to the Key Biscayne toll […]
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