http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/castro/ en-us Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:44:15 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049435/posts International answer in conjuntion with other left wing america hating marxist groups are holding a festival on July 26th to celebrate the Cuban revolution and the 55 years of totalitarian oppresion by the Communist government of fidel castro in Cuba. Below is an article discussing it. It can also be read at http://www.pephost.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ANSWERLA July 26 "Noche Cubana" Party & Fundraiser Celebrate 55 Years Of Cuba's Revolutionary Struggle A Night of Music, Food, Film, Dancing & Solidarity with Cuba July 26th is celebrated around the world as the beginning of the Cuban revolutionary struggle. On July 26 1953, over 130 young... answer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049435/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:44:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045453/posts On the surface, political life in Cuban Miami seems unchanged. Little Havana is still partly a Disney version of a displaced Cuba and partly a genuine community hub, where families who have long since left for suburbia still come for nostalgic weekend lunches. At the Versailles Restaurant, the community newspapers preaching no compromise with Castro are all that are on offer. For almost four decades, the Versailles has been an obligatory stop for Washington politicians courting the Cuban-American community, visits that, as photographs in the restaurant attest, have often involved putting on a white guayabera, the four-pocket dress shirt that... The NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045453/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:41:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043016/posts Hugo Chavez visiting Tehran celebrated his alliance with Akmadinejad. Che Guevara's son Camillo visited Tehran last year. Fidel Castro was there and told his hosts that "Iran and Cuba, in cooperation with each other, can bring America to its knees." It's not just Latin American leftists who see potential in Islamism. There is Ken Livingstone, the Trotskyist mayor of London. Dennis Kucinich, during his first presidential campaign in 2004, quoted the Koran and roused a Muslim audience to chant Allahu akbar ("God is great") and he even announced, "I keep a copy of the Koran in my office." And there... National Review magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043016/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 18:41:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039769/posts TJ English joined Covert Radio this week to discuss his new book Havana Nocture.TJ received unprecedented access to the island of Cuba and its records of Mafia control from the 1920s to the 1950s. TJ's book covers a very dark period in the history of the island of Cuba but it is a period that still sets the tempo today. The fact of the matter is the Mafia controlling Cuba is what set the revolution in motion and that revolution being set in motion is what has created the political realities of today’s world. Fully 60 years after the Mafia’s... Covert Radio Show.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039769/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:43:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038258/posts Hugo Chavez faces political crisis as allies desert him By David Blair in Caracas Last Updated: 9:24PM BST 29/06/2008 President Hugo Chavez, the "socialist revolutionary" leading a global campaign against America's "empire", is facing a political crisis in Venezuela where crucial elections are approaching and old allies have turned against him. Mr Chavez has given Caracas's slum-dwellers free health care for the first time Mr Chavez, a devoted admirer of Fidel Castro, has forged an anti-American front with leaders ranging from President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran. At home, however, Mr Chavez is in trouble.... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038258/posts#comment Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:56:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036796/posts While Sen. Obama worked a warm audience at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Miami last weekend, protesting Bush and McCain's "tax cuts for the wealthy" and promising billions in federal handouts, a small group of Cuban-Americans stood outside the Intercontinental Hotel protesting Obama himself. More specifically, they protested some of Obama's top advisers: Gregory Craig, who serves as Obama's chief adviser on Latin America, and Eric Holder, who heads Obama's vice-presidential selection team. Both of these gentlemen had key roles in "legally" perfuming the shanghaiing of Elian Gonzalez. At the time, Craig served as lawyer for Elain's father (i.e.,... WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036796/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:56:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034766/posts It’s nearly unanimous; terrorist groups and cruel dictators have made a clear choice in the US presidential election: OneFreeKorea - Obama Gets Another Unwanted Endorsement. The Chosun Sinbo, the mouthpiece of North Korea’s Japanese front organization Chongryon and often for the North Korean regime itself, has announced its preference for Obama over McCain, whom it calls “a variant of Bush” and “nothing better than a scarecrow of neoconservatives,” which is a bit odd considering that the Bush Administration’s giveaway diplomacy is better for Kim Jong Il than even Clinton’s awful performance. It’s worth pausing to consider the disturbing rhetorical similarity... LGF http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034766/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:34:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032562/posts Cuban television is showing images of Fidel Castro chatting in a garden with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the first images of the ailing revolutionary broadcast in six months. The 81-year-old Castro looks thinner, and his hair and beard are much whiter in the video images, which did not include any audio. But he nevertheless looks vigorous and animated as he talks with his younger brother, President Raul Castro, and Chavez. He is dressed in a white running jacket with red and blue trim in the images broadcast Tuesday. Breitbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032562/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:49:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032536/posts HAVANA (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had an "animated and warm" meeting with former Cuban leader Fidel Castro during a visit to Havana, state-run media said on Tuesday, but no photos or videos of the left-wing allies were made public. Chavez, upon arrival on Monday for a two-day visit, told reporters he would meet with top Cuban officials including the ailing, 81-year-old Castro and Raul Castro, Fidel's younger brother, who took over as president in February. "Now we have our team, it's the same team," he said, referring to the close ties he has forged between oil-rich Venezuela and... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032536/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032083/posts Slowly, the yoke of communism is being lifted in Cuba. Since taking over from brother Fidel, President Raul Castro has made it easier for people to own homes and has overhauled the collectivist agriculture bureaucracy to make farms more productive and profitable. He also is allowing people to own cell phones, rent cars, stay in luxury hotels, and buy computers and other electronics, which is something of a cruel joke because though most Cubans get a lot of "free" stuff and government subsidies, their average monthly pay is 408 pesos — $19.50. But Cuba's latest retreat from Stalinism is more... Waterbury Republican-American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032083/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:01:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031602/posts HAVANA (CBS4) ― Eight years after a headline making international custody fight which ended with his return to his father in Cuba, Elian Gonzalez has joined Cuba's Young Communist Union. In an article in Cuba's communist youth newspaper, Juventud Rebelde, the 14-year old Gonzalez said he would never let ex-President Fidel Castro and his brother Raul Castro down. He joined more than 18-thousand others who joined the group on Saturday. In 2000, Gonzalez' mother was killed when a boat carrying them to the U.S. capsized in the Florida Straits. Elian, who was 6 years old at the time..........." CBS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031602/posts#comment Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:23:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024715/posts Most polls show Barack Obama and John McCain running about even, but one new survey is an extreme outlier. It gives Obama a 37-point margin. This, however, is a function of the sample. It is well known that Republicans tend to do better in polls of likely voters than in polls of registered voters, and Democrats do best in surveys that include habitual electoral abstainers. Which explains this result. For the sample of this poll consists entirely of nonvoters, as London's Telegraph explains: Senator Barack Obama emerged as Europe's favourite candidate for America's presidency today when a poll conducted for... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024715/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 12:12:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024560/posts Not long ago, Florida Republican Chairman Jim Greer pledged that the party and its allies will refrain from injecting race into the presidential contest in the state. "There will be no one connected with the Republican Party of Florida who will utilize any issue related to race, because it's not relevant," Greer told reporters gathered in his Tallahassee office. But that is exactly what a Democratic congressional candidate says the party did last week when it fired out an e-mail press release bearing a doctored photo purportedly showing Fidel Castro endorsing Barack Obama. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024560/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jun 2008 23:31:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024058/posts For nearly five decades, the United States has pursued a policy toward Cuba that could be described as incredibly stupid. It could also be called childish and counterproductive -- and, since the demise of the Soviet Union, even insane. Absent the threat of communist expansionism, the refusal by successive American presidents to engage with Cuba has not even a fig leaf's worth of rationale to cover its naked illogic. Other than providing Fidel Castro with a convenient antagonist to help whip up nationalist fervor on the island -- and prolong his rule -- the U.S. trade embargo and other sanctions... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024058/posts#comment Sat, 31 May 2008 17:23:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023495/posts Much of the Religious Left has abandoned its old infatuation with Marxism, having long since moved on to radical environmentalism or performing apologetics for radical Islam. But quaintly, some relics still hang on to the old causes, chief of which is the 50 year love affair with Fidel Castro and his Cuban despotism. Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023495/posts#comment Fri, 30 May 2008 13:33:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022838/posts In a presidential race in which unwanted, damaging endorsements seem far more plentiful than endorsements that actually could help, Barack Obama has had the unfortunate distinction of being a magnet for such well-wishers. The latest unsought praise for the Democratic front-runner came from Fidel Castro, who wrote in a column for Cuba’s Granma newspaper Monday that Obama is “the most progressive candidate to the U.S. presidency.” Never mind that the column was used to criticize Obama for wanting to uphold the U.S. trade embargo. The Florida GOP seized on it, posting an article about it on their Web site and... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022838/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 06:08:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022284/posts Election 2008: What is it about Barack Obama that makes our enemies like him? The latest anti-American icon to express eagerness for an Obama presidency is none other than Fidel Castro.Presidential candidates usually collect the endorsements of governors, senators and aldermen. But Obama is getting the backing of thug after thug on the international scene. Castro became the latest when, in an article in the Cuban government organ Granma, he gave the Democratic front-runner the closest thing to an endorsement the communist despot has ever bestowed. Castro called Obama, "this man who is doubtless, from the social and human points... IBD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022284/posts#comment Wed, 28 May 2008 03:45:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022113/posts Senator Barack Obama's foreign policy credentials took a further blow on Tuesday after his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination won the backing of Fidel Castro. The former Cuban president gave a qualified endorsement to Mr Obama whom he described as "the most-advanced candidate" in the race for the White House. The unwelcome support of the ailing revolutionary icon is likely to give Senator John McCain further opportunity to question Mr Obama's foreign policy credentials. The Republican nominee has consistently tried to exploit the support offered for Mr Obama by Hamas, which is listed by the US state department as... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022113/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 22:15:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021523/posts HAVANA (AP) — Former President Fidel Castro says Sen. Barack Obama's plan to maintain Washington's trade embargo against Cuba will cause hunger and suffering on the island. In a column published Monday by government-run newspapers, Castro said Obama was "the most-advanced candidate in the presidential race," but noted that he has not dared to call for altering U.S. policy toward Cuba. CNN Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021523/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 18:06:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021513/posts Former President Fidel Castro says Sen. Barack Obama's plan to maintain Washington's trade embargo against Cuba will cause hunger and suffering on the island. In a column published Monday by government-run newspapers, Castro said Obama was "the most-advanced candidate in the presidential race," but noted that he has not dared to call for altering U.S. policy toward Cuba. "Obama's speech can be translated as a formula for hunger for the country," Castro wrote, referring to Obama's remarks last week to the influential Cuban American National Foundation in Miami. Obama said he would maintain the nearly fifty-year-old trade sanctions against Cuba... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021513/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 17:40:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021085/posts Cuban leader Fidel Castro blasted Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday for his criticism of the Cuban government this week, saying McCain had shown why he finished near the bottom of his class at West Point. In his latest newspaper column, Castro also attacked President George W. Bush for his speech on Wednesday announcing that U.S. citizens would be allowed to send cell phones to Cuba. "A deluge of speeches and lies they directed at Cuba," Castro said in a column published in Communist Party newspaper Granma. "How far they are from knowing Cuba and its people." McCain, speaking... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021085/posts#comment Sun, 25 May 2008 17:35:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020276/posts Cuban leader Fidel Castro blasted Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday for his criticism of the Cuban government this week, saying McCain had shown why he finished near the bottom of his class at West Point. In his latest newspaper column, Castro also attacked President George W. Bush for his speech on Wednesday announcing that U.S. citizens would be allowed to send cell phones to Cuba. "A deluge of speeches and lies they directed at Cuba," Castro said in a column published in Communist Party newspaper Granma. "How far they are from knowing Cuba and its people." Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020276/posts#comment Fri, 23 May 2008 16:26:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010889/posts Jeremiah Wright's Cuban Friends By Humberto Fontova Was it remotely conceivable that someone with Jeremiah's Wright's worldview and connections had somehow avoided a pilgrimage to the world capitol of Yankee-hatred, to worship and commiserate with its high priests? Not a chance. Reverend Wright was part of Revered Jesse Jackson's 300 person entourage to Havana in 1984. “Viva Fidel!” bellowed Reverend Jackson while concluding his speech at the University of Havana. “Viva Che Guevara!..Long Live our cry of Freedom!” “He (Jesse Jackson)is a great personality,” reciprocated a beaming Fidel Castro, “a brilliant man with a great talent, capable of communicating with... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010889/posts#comment Sun, 4 May 2008 01:40:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010874/posts Cuban emigres living out rags-to-riches fairytale with colt Gayego Dr. Jose Prieto, left, and Carlos Juelle pose with Gayego shortly after they purchased him at the 2006 Keeneland September yearling sale. Carlos A. Juelle Mike Brunker Horse racing editor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Few, if any, have traveled a more improbable and circuitous route to the Kentucky Derby than Carlos Juelle and Jose Prieto. The Cuban émigrés journey to the owners’ suite at Churchill Downs traces back nearly four decades to hard-labor camps and a maximum security prison run by Fidel Castro’s communist regime. Juelle, a 68-year-old semi-retired business executive... NBC Sports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010874/posts#comment Sun, 4 May 2008 00:49:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010752/posts The first legalised home computers have gone on sale in Cuba, but a ban remains on internet access. This is the latest in a series of restrictions on daily life which President Raul Castro has lifted in recent weeks. Crowds formed at the Carlos III shopping centre in Havana, though most had come just to look. The desktop computers cost almost $800 (£400), in a country where the average wage is under $20 (£10) a month. But some Cubans do have access to extra income, much of it from money sent by relatives living abroad. BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010752/posts#comment Sat, 3 May 2008 17:37:30 GMT