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Rafael Cruz Remembers Life in Cuba
American Thinker ^ | December 1, 2016 | Bob Weir

Posted on 12/01/2016 6:48:41 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: uncitizen

FPCC was heavily infiltrated by both the FBI & CIA here and abroad. Incredibly, the agency actually shared the exact same office floor in a building with FPCC in New Orleans. FPCC appeared by design to be a front organization to attract subversives like moths to a flame. And thru FPCC, the agency could manipulate, control and orchestrate publicity stunts and events. And it looks like Cruz was part of at least one- if not three publicity stunts.

Likewise, the Student Revolutionary Directorate (DRE) became another false front. Cruz is photographed and identified at UT Austin on at least two occasions with DRE, they appeared in the student newspaper.

Cruz’s CIA connections to the JFK assassination have been a buzz all over the JFK forums. Makes one wonder about all of Ted’s background, especially when he selected as his running mate for the GOP presidential nomination another CIA asset, Carla Fiorina. The timing was an amusing coincidence, not that it really matters.

The ties that bind: Wikipedia reports: “Fiorina spent two years leading the Central Intelligence Agency’s External Advisory Board, from 2007 to 2009,[183] and became chair of that board,[184] when the board was first created in 2007 by then-CIA director Michael Hayden during the George W. Bush administration.[185].”

The remaining 60,000 locked-up JFK files can be legally released next year. It will be interesting to see how Trump handles those docs. The agencies can still insist on redaction if they so choose, If they are still upholding their original story, then they should have no problem releasing those 60K pages in their entirety to the public.

Harvard 1962— http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1962/10/30/cuban-student-directorate-in-exile-bears/


21 posted on 12/01/2016 9:42:32 AM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies ('45 will be the best ever.)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

A life.

Get one.

FAST!

(Don’t bother responding because I’m not reading it.)


22 posted on 12/01/2016 9:47:21 AM PST by safeasthebanks ("The most rewarding part, was when he gave me my money!" - Dr. Nick)
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To: tumblindice

There are other sources much more thorough and detailed than Madsen’s report, but he does seem to summarize some of the basic evidence.

http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/articles/20160407

And see post #21.


23 posted on 12/01/2016 9:52:39 AM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies ('45 will be the best ever.)
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To: Fantasywriter

He is indeed the Pastor of a Church.


24 posted on 12/01/2016 10:04:31 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

Rafael Cruz has never pastored a church. Unless this is brand new, and happened within the past few months?


25 posted on 12/01/2016 10:17:23 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Fantasywriter

Matthew 18:20 New International Version (NIV) 20

For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them

He doesn’t gather a large flock, but still...........


26 posted on 12/01/2016 10:59:29 AM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies ('45 will be the best ever.)
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To: gr8eman

It’s true! The Cuban government said it is. The also said their health care is the best in the world.


27 posted on 12/01/2016 11:12:57 AM PST by suthener
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

This is good info. Thank you. These are bad people who comprise the CIA.

Btw are you aware of the photo (which is a famous one) in which Rafael Cruz is seen watching the Kennedy motorcade roll down the street in Dallas? Yes, Dallas, too.


28 posted on 12/01/2016 11:21:49 AM PST by uncitizen (Boycotts Work! #DumpKelloggs)
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To: uncitizen

I never followed or had an interest in JFK theories, but did find it curious when Rafael was featured in The National Enquirer and Trump questioned this.

I went to the JFK forums and found posts from as earlier as 2004 linked to original research from the sixties and seventies. As new evidence pops up they share information, some of it has been ongoing for decades. The Cruz name is appearing in the search engines along with several other Cubans. The Cruz family and his actual transference and destination within the US falls apart. Other Cuban exiles tell a different story. And the people on FR with genealogy access doing records research come up with oddities that conflict with his story.

There is another photograph of Cruz that appeared to be late fifties earlier sixties when he was with the SRE protest group in either France or French Canada. I don’t think that anyone has ever alleged he was a major actor. More likely that he had a peripheral role in the pre- game party.

Leafletting with Lee in New Orleans was not his first rodeo...


29 posted on 12/01/2016 12:04:18 PM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies ('45 will be the best ever.)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

I’ve read extensively re Rafael. He’s occasionally invited to address other pastors’ congegations, but he has none of his own.

Typically, when we speak of ministers, we’re referring to the pastors of a local church. It can be a very small church. But there’s no record of Rafael Cruz pastoring a very small church.

If you want to use the word, ‘minister,’ to denote a man without a congregation, then Rafael Cruz is a minister.


30 posted on 12/01/2016 2:03:29 PM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: MrEdd
"...He moved to Cuba to help usher in Castro’s regime and then he had buyer’s remorse...."

What what WHAT? I knew he killed Kennedy, but this is news to me.

31 posted on 12/01/2016 2:38:09 PM PST by T-Bone Texan (The time is now to form up into leaderless cells of 5 men or less.)
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To: Fantasywriter

I hear what your saying and agree completely.

Since you studied his career and life more extensively than I, what did he do upon his return to Texas?

Oil & gas related work? Did he reunite with the first wife and daughters?

I know he retained the Canadian citizenship and did not seek US citizenship until 2005. That is certainly odd for someone getting older, wanting to secure retirement benefits.


32 posted on 12/01/2016 3:39:47 PM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies ('45 will be the best ever.)
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To: T-Bone Texan

There exists a published documented trail of movement for Rafael. There are transportation records for a return trip to Cuba for some period of a few months. Maybe the year is ‘59 of ‘60. Perhaps the freshman or sophomore year at UT.

No one ever stated that he killed anyone, but you. No one at all.


33 posted on 12/01/2016 3:49:35 PM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies ('45 will be the best ever.)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

It’s been a while since I did my research. I hope I’ve still got all the details right.

Up until 2009 (hope the date is correct) Rafael was a salesman for Mannatech. It’s some kind of nutrition company, though there have been lawsuits re some of their health claims.

On his bio Rafael lists himself as president—or other grand title—of nonexistent entities. For example, he claims to be a professor of Bible and Theology at both the Advance Institute and the Advanced Bible Institute—neither of which exist.

Rafael had a couple of other one-man entities of which he also listed himself as Director, and in one case as ‘minister.’ But from all I’ve read, these were just organizations that he created out of his house, and which didn’t engage in active ministry. [I believe Rafael made an audio recording of himself reading the Bible in Spanish for one of these entities...and that was its sole output.]

The divorce dates for Rafael’s two marriages are a bit murky, iirc. Some who’ve studied this aspect of his life more closely than I have claim he was a bigamist. I.e.: that that the divorce date re his first marriage indicates that it was still intact when he married Ted’s mother. I looked into this at one time, and there appeared to be a solid basis for the claim.

I have a lot of info re Rafael in my posting history, because at one time I discussed him at great length. I don’t know how to easily go back that far and pull it all up. Perhaps what I’ve posted is sufficient?

Note: one of Rafael’s daughters committed suicide. My personal opinion is that it’s a family wracked by alcoholism. Sometimes, even when the alcoholic puts down the bottle, addictive/dysfunctional behavior continues. This is just my personal impression of the family.


34 posted on 12/01/2016 4:36:11 PM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Fantasywriter

It’s been a while, but from memory and the official records provided I gathered this:

1. He had to get out of the country, pronto, but his legal wife, Julia Garza refused to move. So he abandoned his first family.
2. He convinced Eleanor to go to Canada because he knew she could gain expedited Canadian citizenship, and then through her as her husband he was processed. (He may have already met Eleanor much earlier than stated.) Yet, he was still legally wed to Julia.

3. They have no official wedding certificate for Eleanor in USA, not sure about Canada. He abandoned Eleanor and Ted a few years later and returned to Julia and the girls. They had a falling out, or several and he bounced back and forth. Eleanor and Ted returned to the USA. Not sure about the next few years or who paid for Ted’s private school enrollment K-12.

4. He did not divorce either wife until 1990 (or thereabouts) where he first divorced Julia, and then Eleanor 6 months later in Texas. And Julia moved to California.

The origins of the Cruz family in the USA and their settlement is murky. It is highly doubtful that Rafael settled completely alone at 17 years age, as stated. There is a conflict with the year of entry and his official legal name. Cruz admitted to assuming someone’s identity with the same last name, at one point. Not sure how he rationalized that one. And by the way, there is no passenger rail service from Key West to Austin as Cruz had stated. Never was, never will be.

I guess that he has gotten old, but he should have done a bit of research, he is a very poor liar.


35 posted on 12/01/2016 5:32:19 PM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies ('45 will be the best ever.)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

It’s safe to say Rafael Cruz was not all Ted’s most dedicated supporters claimed and hoped he was.


36 posted on 12/01/2016 6:33:56 PM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Fantasywriter

That’s an understatement, IMHO. But to people who took him at face value, he was an attractive persona and surrogate for Ted. Little did they know.

Rafael’s campaigning is credited for delivering several states, plus at least two territories for Ted. He inserted himself into the election and deserved scrutiny.


37 posted on 12/01/2016 10:16:25 PM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies ('45 will be the best ever.)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

I couldn’t agree more. And neither of us has even touched on the whole seven mountains dominionism doctrinal error yet. Someone during the campaign told me that seminary wasn’t necessary to make a good pastor—and used the twelve apostles as an example. I said, the Twelve learned directly from Jesus for three years, which no doubt explains why none of them went off the deep end on wacky ideas like dominionism. [Judas is another story.]


38 posted on 12/01/2016 11:37:50 PM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

the comment that Rafael Cruz killed Kennedy is a goof, based on the hysteria leading up to the election. It all stems from the photo of Rafael standing near the guy who really did kill Kennedy.

Folks here had strong opinions on the matter, which I respect, and which I also mock for entertainment value.


39 posted on 12/02/2016 5:20:04 AM PST by T-Bone Texan (The time is now to form up into leaderless cells of 5 men or less.)
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To: Fantasywriter

Anyone who has watched Cruz campaigning knew that he often mentioned his father’s role in his life. Rafael Cruz performed as a traveling evangelist and in a 2012 sermon in Texas, he described Ted’s campaign as a direct fulfillment of biblical prophecy.

He told the congregation that God would anoint Christian “kings” to preside over an “end-time transfer of wealth” from the wicked to the righteous. After this sermon, the pastor claimed Cruz’s recent election to the U.S. Senate was a sign that he was one of these kings. According to Rafael and the pastor, Ted Cruz is anointed by God to help Christians in their effort to “go to the marketplace and occupy the land … and take dominion” over it. This “end-time transfer of wealth” will relieve Christians of all financial woes, allowing true believers to ascend to a position of political and cultural power in which they can build a Christian civilization. When this Christian nation is in place (or back in place), Jesus will return and this is Seven Mountains Dominionism (SMD).

SMD believe Christians must take dominion over seven aspects of culture: family, religion, education, media, entertainment, business and government. The name of the movement comes from Isaiah 2:2: “Now it shall come to pass in the latter days that the Lord’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains.”

*Certainly Cruz and his SMD faith would have been the dream candidate for democrats. Hillary could have continued the CGI speaking tour engagements and not campaigned nearly at all. Ted was capable of winning solid red states and nothing more- losing Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, and every swing state-a total disaster. He really should have bowed out at South Carolina. Losing all of the Bible Belt -means something. It means -get out!!

Cheating through the primary caucus states and wrangling delegates to force a win would never have led to victory in the general election. The manipulation of caucus voters, who are .003%-12% of registered voters does NOT equate to a ‘winning state’ in the general election. This game needs to be changed to reflect winning candidates.
I hope people do not forget that it is that very corrupted process that has provided candidates destined to lose general elections.


40 posted on 12/02/2016 6:04:05 AM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies ('45 will be the best ever.)
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