Category Archives: Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis)

The Argentine woman who fought in Spain

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Sabina Becker

You want an awesome woman? Here you go…someone who is the very embodiment of the word, finally rescued from obscurity: They called her the Female Che Guevara. Her name was Micaela Feldman, although she preferred to be called Mika Etchébère, … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Don't Cry For Argentina, Uppity Wimmin | 3 Comments

Disgusted Cubans leaving Spain

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Irony bites hard when you’re a “dissident” with ambitions of getting rich from capitalism, as some Cubans formerly living in Spain are now finding out, to their great chagrin: The crisis of capitalism wasn’t on their agendas. The dream became … Continue reading →

Posted in Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Economics for Dummies, EuroPeons, Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't It Ironic?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Schadenfreude, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, The United States of Amnesia, Under the Name of Spain | 2 Comments

Google gets evil in Cuba

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Well, well, well. What have we here? Someone trying to turn Cuba into a closed society…and it ain’t Fidel Castro! Cuba on Tuesday accused Google of “outrageous censorship” after the US internet giant blocked access to a web traffic analysis … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Do As I Say..., Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't It Ironic?, Law-Law Land, Newspeak is Nospeak, Socialism is Good for Capitalism! | 1 Comment

Festive Left Friday Blogging: A new monument to Che

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Sabina Becker

A plaque marking a special place in Venezuela where Che Guevara himself set foot in the early 1950s, on the Collado del Condor in the Venezuelan Andes, was unveiled today, on the 84th anniversary of his birth, and the 60th … Continue reading →

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Puerto Rico wants in!

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Is Puerto Rico a US colony, or is it a part of Latin America? The political leaders in Puerto Rico seem to think the former. But a famous rap star has other ideas: The lead singer of Calle 13, René … Continue reading →

Posted in Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Paraguay, Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Gente Pobre, Spooks, The United States of Amnesia | 1 Comment

Who needs an editor? Not Fidel…

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Sabina Becker

…but the unnamed snotball who wrote this for the Canadian Press? Oh yes. Look, CP presstitute-person, whoever you are, hiding behind your tradition of unsigned editorial cowardice…I understand that you may not like Fidel Castro, but it’s still a fact … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: René González comes home, and so does Chavecito

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Sabina Becker

René González, a Cuban anti-terror agent (and one of the famous Cuban Five, imprisoned in the US on espionage charges) gets a supervised leave of absence to visit his sick brother back home. As you can see in the video, … Continue reading →

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The JFK assassination hoax that refuses to die

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Oh, Che. What would you say if you knew how much of this struggle still remains to be fought…and how much ground the good guys have lost since you lost your last fight? Case in point: this professional liar from … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito gets a visitor

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Via Cubadebate’s Facebook page, some fresh photos that came in just now: Now, who might that healthy, hearty-looking guy be? Surely not the same walking corpse that the lamestream media, on the orders of a crapaganda-peddling putschist private “intelligence” (ha!) … Continue reading →