http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/cuba/ en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:02:33 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051013/posts MOSCOW - Russian strategic bombers may soon be deployed at airbases in Cuba, Venezuela and Algeria as a response to the U.S. missile shield in Europe and NATO's expansion, Russian daily Izvestia said on Thursday. Moscow has strongly opposed the possible deployment by the U.S. of 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and an accompanying tracking radar in the Czech RFepublic as a treat to its national security. Washington says the defenses are needed to deter a possible strike from Iran, or other "rogue" states... RIA Novosti http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051013/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:02:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050342/posts Cuba silent on Russian bomber report: Fidel Castro 24 Jul 2008 01:30:02 GMT Source: Reuters HAVANA, July 23 (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Wednesday said Cuba does not have to explain or "ask forgiveness" about a report out of Russia this week that Russia might use its Cold War ally Cuba as a refueling base for nuclear-capable bombers. He did not address whether the report was true or false, and Cuban officials have made no comment. "Raul did very well keeping a dignified silence," Castro wrote, referring to his brother, President Raul Castro, in a column... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050342/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:23:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040058/posts Al-Qaeda Draws New Recruits Via Internet Al-Qaeda is using the Internet to recruit vulnerable young people to its terrorist network, according to a programme aired on Saudi Arabian TV late on Tuesday. Umm Osama, the founder of al-Qaeda's first women-only website, al-Khansa, joined several others on the programme to discuss how they renounced jihadist ideology. Among those who sought a response to this question was an imam from the Medina mosque, Saleh Ibn Awad al-Mudamsi, and the father of a young al-Qaeda suspect held in an Iraqi prison. Read More Qaeda Targets U.S. Oil Interests in North Africa U.S.... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040058/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 02:02:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050299/posts National Security: In 1962 the Soviets tested a young American president by putting nuclear missiles 90 miles from Florida. Barack Obama fancies himself the next JFK. He may get to find out.In June 1961, a young and ambitious President Kennedy met with Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna, Austria, to discuss Cold War issues, particularly the situation in Berlin. Khrushchev came away unimpressed, convinced the young Kennedy could be had. Two months later the Berlin Wall was going up. By the following spring the Soviet leader was making plans for installing nuclear missiles in Cuba. Kennedy quickly found out that "aggressive personal... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050299/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:55:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2049813/posts DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN: RUSSIAN NUKES IN CUBA! Published in July 23rd, 2008 For the kidlets out there and for the adults who tend to forget and/or prefer to ignore history’s uglies, this is not unprecedented. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080722180457.q0jlf4en&show_article=1. The Russians are “thinking” of basing long-range, nuclear-capable bombers in Cuba. (”Why?” would be a good question since Cuba is just a 90 mile raft trip away.) In October, 1962, the “Cuban Missile Crisis” had many Americans flocking to churches, building air raid shelters, and generally believing that Armageddon was at hand. The U.S.S.R. had surreptitiously built nuclear missile bases in Fidel... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2049813/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:00:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049489/posts WASHINGTON (AFP) - Russia would cross "a red line for the United States of America" if it were to base nuclear capable bombers in Cuba, a top US air force officer warned on Tuesday. "If they did I think we should stand strong and indicate that is something that crosses a threshold, crosses a red line for the United States of America," said General Norton Schwartz, nominated to be the air force's chief of staff. He was referring to a Russian news report that said the military is thinking of flying long-range bombers to Cuba on a regular basis. It... AFP via Yahoo.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049489/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:14:20 GMT 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/2049057/posts HAVANA, July 21 (Reuters) - Speculation that Cuba's relations with Venezuela, its closest ally, might cool when Raul Castro became president has disappeared as the countries have forged even deeper and broader ties. Some experts thought Raul Castro could not maintain the close relations his brother Fidel Castro ... They have an oil-for-services deal in which Venezuela ships 92,000 barrels a day to Cuba in exchange for the services of thousands of Cuban doctors and other technical assistance. But they also reported more than 300 cooperation projects in 2007 and Venezuelan banks are financing 58 Cuban manufacturing programs and more... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049057/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:20:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049035/posts Russian military "considering stationing bombers on Cuba" Jul 21, 2008 Moscow - The Russian military is considering deploying long- range bombers to Cuba to counter the perceived threat of the US missile defence shield planned to be based in the Czech Republic and Poland, according to Russian media reports Monday. 'At the moment, there are just thoughts - but that doesn't mean there isn't something concrete behind it,' an unidentified officer was quoted Monday as telling Izvestiya newspaper. He said the aircraft under consideration were Tu-160 and Tu-95 MC bombers. Russia gave up in 2001 a base in Lourdes, Cuba,... monstersandcritics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049035/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:41:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048727/posts Russian combat aircraft could return to Cuba 21/07/2008 11:13 MOSCOW, July 21, 2008 (RIA Novosti) - Russian combat aircraft could return to Cuba in a bid to counter U.S. plans to deploy a missile shield in Central Europe, a Russian daily reported on Monday. Moscow has strongly opposed the possible deployment by the U.S. of 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and an accompanying radar in the Czech Republic as a threat to its national security. Washington says the defenses are needed to deter a possible strike from Iran, or other "rogue" states. "While they are deploying the missile shield in... Rian.ru http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048727/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:48:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2047840/posts Cuba is to put more state-controlled farm land into private hands, in a move to increase the island's lagging food production. artorius castus blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2047840/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:18:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047658/posts Cuban President Raúl Castro has announced further economic reforms aimed at reducing the country's dependence on food imports as prices keep soaring worldwide. The decree allows private farmers to increase their land to a maximum of 40 hectares. Those who do not hold land are entitled to a maximum 13 hectares. Cuban officials estimate that close to half the island's farmland is lying fallow. Radio Netherlands http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047658/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:10:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047177/posts You would have thought that the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 had been picked over by historians, memoirists, political scientists, filmmakers, conference organizers and decision-making theorists, until there was absolutely nothing more to be said. But Michael Dobbs has ferreted in the files, and his riveting book "One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War," does succeed in casting new light on aspects of the story hitherto carved in unassailable historical stone. The Kennedy brothers did not abandon the hope of overthrowing Cuban leader Fidel Castro after the dismal failure of the attempted invasion... The Moscow Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047177/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:32:56 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/2044926/posts Few Americans paid much attention last year when Cuban President Fidel Castro announced China would help explore potentially large oil reserves off Cuba's northwest coast - not far from the Florida Keys. "We sit here watching China exploit a valuable energy resource within eyesight of the U.S. coast," said. Sen. Larry Craig, an Idaho Republican. "I think the American public would be shocked - as this country is trying to reduce dependence on Middle East oil - that countries like China are realizing this energy resource." Thus there has been considerable excitement about fields off the northwest Cuban coast that... St. Petersburg Times (FL) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044926/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:36:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044874/posts Organized and increasingly violent criminals are helping Cuban emigrants make their way into the United States through Mexico, prompting Havana and Mexico City to open negotiations on a treaty to try to control the human trafficking. Those negotiations were given fresh impetus by an incident last month in which armed men intercepted a Mexican immigration service bus carrying 33 captured illegal Cuban immigrants in southern Mexico and made off with the Cubans. Within days, 18 of the Cubans turned up at a U.S. Border Patrol station at Hidalgo, Texas, to apply for residency in the U.S. Illegal immigration to the... washingtontimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044874/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:16:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042236/posts PHILADELPHIA: Anheuser-Busch Cos on Monday raised the political and emotional stakes in its fight against an unwanted $46.3 billion (23.5 billion pound) takeover bid by highlighting its foreign suitor's ties to Cuba. Belgium-based InBev wants to buy Anheuser-Busch to create the world's largest beer brewer, but its overtures have been rejected repeatedly by the St. Louis-based brewer of Budweiser. InBev on Monday moved ahead with plans to try to replace Anheuser-Busch's board with its own nominees. In rejecting InBev's offer as too low and uncertain, Anheuser-Busch on Monday also called attention to InBev's operations in Cuba. InBev, through a subsidiary,... International Herald Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042236/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 05:03:01 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/2038312/posts Healthcare Workers to Tour Cuba When Michael Moore directed the documentary SiCKO (Dog Eat Dog Films, 2007), he portrayed Cuba's public health system as an international elite that offers residents free, famously effective, cradle-to-grave medical care that rivals anything offered in the United States and Canada. Some observers challenge any glowing appraisals offered by Moore and others as being at least partially the products of a despotic propaganda machine whose gears are cranked by the Castro dictatorship. The truth about our "forbidden" neighbor's famous health system is one that few Americans have witnessed firsthand since the 1963 U.S. embargo, but... The O&P EDGE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038312/posts#comment Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:30:13 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/2037811/posts HAVANA - The Cuban at the bar of the old Hotel Nacional didn't know golf, but like all Havana he was rooting for Tiger Woods. Woods' winning putt at the U.S. Open moved the young comrade to high-five his newfound American friends sipping "Hemingways" at the landmark Mafia club. Back when the PGA was barring nonwhites from the tour, the stately Nacional wouldn't book a room to the likes of Josephine Baker and Nat King Cole. A bust of the black Cole adorns the lobby, and the museum walls are alive with portraits of white celebrity guests such as Frank... The Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037811/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:29:55 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/2036427/posts HAVANA, June 24 (Reuters) - Cuban scientists said on Tuesday the first vaccine to extend lives of lung cancer patients has been approved by Cuban authorities for use and is available in the island's hospitals. The drug, CimaVax EGF, has been shown to increase survival rates on average four to five months and much longer in some patients, they said in a news conference at Cuba's Center of Molecular Immunology. In contrast to chemotherapy, the traditional treatment for lung cancer, they said CimaVax EGF has few side effects because it is a modified protein that attacks only cancer cells. The... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036427/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:53:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036025/posts <p>Plans for foreign oil companies, some from India and China, to drill off the cost of Cuba are prompting calls from lawmakers to ease environmental restrictions that prohibit coastal drilling in most of the U.S., according to a report Tuesday.</p> HAVANNA JOURNAL (with CNN) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036025/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:03:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033769/posts Computer translation European Union (EU) decided void in this Thursday, the diplomatic sanctions imposed on the Cuban regime since 2003 and open an unconditional dialogue with the leaders of the Caribbean island. A medida, adotada durante um jantar realizado durante cúpula de chefes de Estado e de Governo do bloco, que aconteceu em Bruxelas, será revista dentro de um ano. The measure, adopted at a dinner held during summit of Heads of State and Government of the bloc, which took place in Brussels, will be reviewed within a year. The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the EU decided unanimously to... O Globo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033769/posts#comment Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:38:05 GMT