Category Archives: Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis)

The video the Miami Mafia doesn’t want you to see

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Sabina Becker

“Armando Valladares: from false invalid poet to business speculator”. According to Aporrea, this video got yanked from YouTube on the grounds that it is “false and defamatory”. I watched it and can’t for the life of me see what would … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Just for laughs…

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Sabina Becker

…and in time for Chavecito’s upcoming birthday:I found this at Inca Kola News. Apparently it’s an actual mural from Caracas. It’s also one of the funniest takeoffs I’ve ever seen on Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel frescoes. It’s got Fidel Castro as … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Lugo comes to Venezuela

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Sabina Becker

And gets a hug-ito from Chavecito at a religious ceremony at Caricuao in his honor:And if the speech he gave in Ecuador here is any indication, he will work well with the rest for integration:BTW, El Ecuadorable and Evo are … Continue reading →

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Help! I think I’m starting to like Felipe Calderon!

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Sabina Becker

He’s done two things that are very decent, all things considered.First, he’s put a freeze on food prices so that poorer Mexicans can quit dying of NAFTA-induced starvation (or at least, slow it down a bit.) If he’s smart, he’ll … Continue reading →

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Wait, isn’t Fidel already OUT of office?

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Sabina Becker

I seem to recall that he stepped down. He’s now signing all his Granma articles as Comrade Fidel, rather than Comandante, too.So why, then, are “experts” trying to analyze the latest video of him to assess his “viability”? Are they … Continue reading →

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One in the eye for the Miami Mafia

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Elian Gonzalez, whose distant relations tried to keep him in Miami (over the protests of not only Elian’s father, but Elian himself) is now a Young Communist.I wonder if that wacky cult that sprang up around him is still operational, … Continue reading →

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Evo opens a hospital

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Sabina Becker

With a little help from Cuba and Venezuela, the town of Viacha, 64 km away from La Paz, now has a shiny new hospital.

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One more way Cuba kicks gringo ass

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Yes, they’re making progress on gay rights faster than the “freedom-loving” US of A. And guess who’s in the vanguard of this fight? Yes, it’s ANOTHER Castro… President Raul Castro’s daughter, Mariela, is organizing Cuba’s second anti-homophobia festival this week … Continue reading →

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A green-eyed view of Havana

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Sabina Becker

A BBC report on the organic-garden revolution in Cuba:The obvious order and beauty of the gardens belies all the anti-Cuban propaganda from those who would starve this island nation out of its sovereignty and into the arms of capitalism. It … Continue reading →

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Cuba: Canary in the global coalmine

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Cuban permaculturist Roberto Perez tells how his country adapted to economic and ecologic necessity thanks to the big US embargo aimed at starving the revolution out: To outsiders, the Cuban system is frequently presented in the media as a failure; … Continue reading →