MSNBC.com: Americas (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nov. 21: Dissidents and pro-government forces clash in Cuba over the treatment of a blogger. NBC's Mary Murray has the details. (Other) Cuba - Fidel Castro - Caribbean - Society and Culture - Sanctions
Aftermath News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cuban repression has continued under Raúl Castro, says watchdog Fidel Castro’s brother has used new tactics to crush dissent since taking over power, according to Human Rights Watch More than 40 cases in which individuals were jailed for “dangerousness”, including such things as handing out copies of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. guardian.co.uk | Nov 18, 2009 by...
South Dakota War College (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bob Mercer has a post on the staff member from former Democratic US Senator Jim Abourezk who ended up spying on the United States and passing the information to the communist regime of Fidel Castro: The Washington Post reports this morning that Walter Myers and Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers pleaded guilty in federal court Friday “that they [...]
Relevant Science (Free subscription) | yesterday
When I was in my early twenties I was clear in what was wrong and what was right. Now I am not so sure. I read Fidel Castro clearly acusing Colombia of helping the US to put military personnel there; lying about Chávez intentions. " Such words can only serve to justify the aggressive plans of the United States and the blatant treachery of the Venezuelan oligarchy and counterrevolution to...
Democracy Resource Center Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
URL: http://opencrs.com/document/R40193/ . Source: Library of Congress. Cuba remains a hard-line communist state with a poor record on human rights. The country's political succession from the long-ruling Fidel Castro to his brother Raúl was characterized by a remarkable degree of stability. Fidel stepped down from power temporarily in July 2006 because of health reasons, and Raúl assumed...
David Limbaugh (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
It seems the mainstream media's favorite pastime is to ridicule Sarah Palin. Of all the screeds I've read, I don't think any are snarkier than The Washington Post's Sally Quinn's "On Faith" blog post "Sarah Palin's 'rogue' Christianity." Do we need further proof of the secular orientation of our dominant media culture than the fact that Quinn, an avowed atheist, pens the Post's...
Truth Out (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The whole world appears to be fascinated by Barack Obama, and Fidel Castro is no exception. The former Cuban leader can't seem to stop himself from talking about the first African-American president of the United States, writing almost obsessively about Obama's policies, his youthfulness and his energy. In stark contrast to Castro's appraisals of former US presidents (he referred to George W. Bush,...
JURIST - Paper Chase (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
[JURIST] The government of Raul Castro has continued to repress dissidents and violate fundamental civil rights of Cubans, maintaining the mechanisms put in place by Fidel Castro, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released on Wednesday. Specifically, HRW reported that 53 political dissidents imprisoned since 2003 under Fidel Castro remain imprisoned, as well as "scores of of individuals...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The difficulty of pressing for change in a police state THOSE who hoped that the arrival in power of Barack Obama and Raul Castro would bring a thaw in the continuing 50-year cold war between the United States and Cuba so far have little to cheer. The Obama administration has lifted restrictions imposed by George Bush on visits and remittances to the island by Cuban-Americans, and has resumed discreet...
usahangout (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
2009: Cuban politician Fidel Castro dead. Politician leader Fidel Castro’s death came on Wednesday, internet view. Yesterday also Google hot search published Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift dead news, but this is not mistake of Google, this is public search reports. Now this is real fact or not? If yes, then bad news for politics world. Her brother [...]
Cuba Journal (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Wide support for repeal is countered by demand for political reforms By Mary Beth Sheridan Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, November 19, 2009 A battle over Cuba policy is escalating in Congress, with proponents saying they have their best chance in years of repealing the ban on U.S. tourist travel to the island. The House Foreign Affairs Committee has scheduled a hearing Thursday to galvanize...
The Latin Americanist (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
A new human rights watch report finds that Cuba is continuing to violate human rights and using draconian laws to repress its citizens. Despite the switch from Fidel Castro's rule to his brother Raul, the country has not shown much of a difference in conditions; keeping abusive laws firmly in place. According to BBC .com, Human Rights Watch has issued several accounts of the unfair and horrid laws...
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
COP15 for journalists: a guide to the UN climate change summit Governments gather in Denmark in December 2009 for what is perhaps the most important meeting since the end of the second world war. [or not] Friedman ‘11 tapped by Sierra student group to advocate for tough climate [hoax] treaty in Copenhagen « Bates College Robert Friedman, a Bates College junior, is one of 18 college students...
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I've come to the conclusion that the end of civilization as we know it is indeed upon us. And I blame Google. Though all search engines are at fault, Google in particular is contributing the most to the dumbing down of the Web, which in turn leads to the dumbing down of everything else. Eventually we'll get so stupid we'll forget how to feed ourselves. [ Also on InfoWorld: Google's cracks are showing,...
Daily Pundit (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Cuban conditions ‘remain harsh’ Cuba is continuing to violate human rights and is using draconian laws to repress its citizens, according to a new Human Rights Watch report. The communist country’s shift from Fidel Castro’s leadership to president Raul Castro has not changed conditions according to the report. The group said that since taking office, Raul Castro [...]
Videos