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Category Archives: Cuba
Cuba’s WBC loss in San Diego alters urban planning in Santiago de Cuba
Japan knocked Cuba out of the World Baseball Classic yesterday in San Diego and its effects were felt as far away as Santiago de Cuba. A major infrastructure project, the first in the city since 1967–largely due to Soviet largess … Continue reading
Magglio Ordonez: Fellow Traveler
Fellow Traveler defined: Refers to a person who sympathizes with the beliefs of a particular organization, but does not belong to that organization. The phrase must be understood as referring to people who “walk part of the way” with an … Continue reading
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Cuban government property on US tour
>A neat idea. Bloggers United for Cuban Liberty have asked all like-minded blogs to focus attention on the unusual scenario which involves the Cuban National baseball team when it travels. Take me out of the ball game, to roam freely, … Continue reading
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Frances Robles and the Power of Omission
The written word can obviously influence, but what is left unsaid can influence as well. In a way, what is omitted can be more even effective, since the reader is unaware of how they were influenced. I will use a … Continue reading
Disenchanted With Castro’s Revolution
A WSJ article takes a hard look at life in Cuba today for a 56 year old woman and her family. An excerpt: In 1981, with the blessing of her husband, Ms. Vallejo used an opportunity of a trip to … Continue reading
“I’ve lost fifty years thanks to this regime …"
I had an earlier post which spoke critically of the regime-friendly quotes run in the Washington Post. Contrast that with this quote in the left-leaning French newspaper Le Monde: All that’s left for Cubans, says the correspondent, is black humour, … Continue reading
Critical Treatment of Cuban Regime
I apologize because these segments are in Spanish. But since I have so often been disgusted with the favorable treatment the Castro regime has received elsewhere, especially Spain, I feel a need to highlight the fact that a Madrid-based network, … Continue reading
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How Your Dog Can Deliver the Paper and the News
In a stunning technological breakthrough, the Washington Post yesterday unveiled its revolutionary malleable ink yesterday. With just a smidgen of K-9 urine spread evenly across a headline, the text in the article–but not the headline–is magically transformed. For example, a … Continue reading
Carlos Montaner’s Advice to Obama re Cuba Policy
The always thoughtful Carlos Alberto Montaner gives his analysis of Obama’s options regarding Cuba. To summarize his views: Cuba seeks: Obtain access to US credit markets. Obtain access to American tourists dollars. Release of Cuban spies. The most reasonable scenario … Continue reading
Cuba Bias Quantified
Over at the Babalu Blog, Henry Gomez does not complain about bias, he quantifies it. Please check out the blog [you will need to scroll down] for the application of the criteria to the various news stories about Cuba. Here … Continue reading
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