Category Archives: Cuba

Shane Battier, Vasily Alekseyev and the Cuban Embargo

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Jorge Costales

As the supposed death watch on the Cuban Embargo unfolds, fear not my fellow reactionary bitterly exiled heartless souls, all is not lost. In fact, given octogenarian and nonagenarian actuarial tables, the probabilities still favor the Embargo being in effect … Continue reading →

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Pope Francis denies the dignity of the Cuban dissident

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Jorge Costales

Just when you thought this Papal visit couldn’t get any more dispiriting to Cuban dissidents, it did. The following questions were asked of Pope Francis on his plane trip leaving Cuba: Rosa Flores, CNN: We understand that more than 50 … Continue reading →

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Another one bites the Embargo’s dust?

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Jorge Costales

https://twitter.com/CPA_thinkgood/status/553604818456301568 C.S. Lewis in the The Great Divorce: There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, “Thy will be done,” and those to whom God says, in the end, “Thy will be done.” … Continue reading →

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Wired like Sgt. Carver about the Cuban embargo

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Jorge Costales

There is more than a little Ellis Carver, part of Baltimore’s fictional finest in The Wire, in me about the recent Obama administration changes to U.S. policy towards Cuba. In a memorable rant atop an unmarked police car, [then] Sgt. … Continue reading →

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The Cuban Embargo’s other purposes

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Jorge Costales

People happy about the Obama administration’s change in policy towards Cuba had a remarkably consistent theme in their comments during the day, ‘the Cuban Embargo has failed.’ You won’t be surprised to learn that the actual current legislation — Cuban … Continue reading →

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What Cuban American views on the embargo and global warming have in common

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Jorge Costales

What do Cuban American views on the embargo and global warming have in common? They are shifting at about the same pace, 1.3° per century. Think about it, there has been a U.S. foreign policy position in place for over … Continue reading →

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Leftist Administration gets an election year fix

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Jorge Costales

Lefties in the Obama Administration [redundant?] are no doubt constrained by reelection efforts, so at this stage they are reduced to using visas as a way expressing their solidarity with all things on the left. The Wall Street Journal’s Mary … Continue reading →

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How Do I Lift Thee, Let Me Count The Ways

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Jorge Costales

To say that getting the United States to lift their economic sanctions against Cuba is an article of faith to some on the left, is a comical understatement.  Perhaps fueled by guilt, given their complicity in giving Fidel Castro a … Continue reading →

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Castro Proposes Post-Death Limits For Public Office

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Jorge Costales

Havana, Cuba (CNN) — Cuban President Raul Castro on Saturday proposed setting post-death limits for public office in a country where two brothers have ruled for more than 50 years. “We have arrived at the conclusion that it is advisable … Continue reading →

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Abuelo’s ALF Spells Trouble for Cuban Goverment

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Jorge Costales

Recently, a Cuban government ministry [i.e. the Castros] issued a comically ungrateful statement bemoaning the fact that the recent Obama administration loosening of travel restrictions did not go far enough. It made me wonder what a Cuban government official would … Continue reading →

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