Bahia de Cochinos

Val Prieto at Babalu Blog has a series of articles commemorating the 45th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion, April 17, 1961. Here is a long excerpt from the article by Humberto Fontova.
“The Republicans have allowed a communist dictatorship to flourish eight jet minutes from our borders,” accused John F. Kennedy during his [...]

The face that launched a thousand ships.

I had to blog this.

PRAGUE- Czech top model Helena Houdova, who was arrested in Cuba last week while taking photographs of Havana’s slums, told journalist that she will display the pictures she took at an exhibition portraying the island not only as a tourist paradise but also as a land of political oppression. Houdova, [...]

Affirmative action

The DoJ is threatening to sue Southern Illinois University, alleging its fellowship programs for minority and female students violate federal civil rights laws by discriminating against whites, men and others. Whatever could have given the Feds such an idea?
Pat McNeil, an assistant dean and administrator of the Underrepresented Fellowships Office, said she knows of [...]

Pirates of the Caribbean

According to Investor’s Business Daily, Venezuela sends 90,000 barrels of oil per day to Cuba. IBD estimates the value of the oil at a billion dollars annually. What does Venezuela receive in return?
He’s [Chavez] so afraid of potential rebellions that some observers believe his real game is to set up a safe place in [...]

Some day, soon

A Cuban dissident shows his right arm tattooed with North American landmarks, ‘The Statue of Liberty’ and Twin Towers, outside a fruit orchard on the outskirts of Havana where an unprecedented meeting to push for democratic changes takes place, May 20, 2005. Some 200 opponents of President Fidel Castro gathered on the outskirts of Havana [...]

20 de Mayo

I’ve long admired Val Prieto’s work at the Babalu Blog. Val speaks the truth about Cuba. Because he asked everyone to spread the word, I am going to quote an entire post from Val.
Make a Difference
Right now, there are people in Cuba taking great risks to themselves and their families because they not only [...]