Category Archives: Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis)

Anywhere else, this would be called tyranny

Posted on July 10, 2006 by Sabina Becker

But since it’s BushCo USA, it’s somehow being spun as “democracy”. US President George W Bush has approved an $80m (£43m) fund towards boosting democracy in Cuba. The president said the fund would help the Cuban people in their “transition … Continue reading →

Evil wicked Cuba sets example again (twice!)

Posted on July 3, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Don’t you hate it when things like this happen? Uruguay’s Emergency Plan (PANES) Coordinator, Bertha Sanseverino, announced that the country will introduce Cuba’s Literacy Plan, currently applied in many parts of the world. “Just as Venezuela is supporting us in … Continue reading →

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9-11 truth: Venezuela, Cuba PRESENTE!

Posted on May 18, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Wayne Madsen drops a stunner–one that further raises Venezuela and Cuba in my estimation, and…well, let’s face it, BushCo couldn’t sink any lower. So let’s just say they ignored one more reliable source of antiterror information… In addition to Russia, … Continue reading →

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Another evil thing to come out of Cuba

Posted on April 24, 2006 by Sabina Becker

And it’s one that might just put Big Pharma out of business… The diluted venom of the blue scorpion has been used in Cuba as an anti-carcinogenic for more than a decade, though the scientific community is cautious about employing … Continue reading →

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“A president under arrest”–and guess who saved his life?

Posted on April 21, 2006 by Sabina Becker

It’s often said that Fidel Castro is a dictator, and it’s true that there are no presidential elections in the apparently one-party republic of Cuba (although there are local ones, interestingly enough.) And given what happened in Venezuela for the … Continue reading →

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45 years ago in Cuba…

Posted on April 17, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Here’s another little snippet the CIA would rather we all forgot, courtesy of Prensa Latina: The smoke of the battle of Playa Giron dissipated 45 years ago when the Cuban people defeated the mercenary attack concocted by the US to … Continue reading →

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US Congresscritters find their gonads

Posted on April 17, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Well, some of them, anyhow. They’ve written a letter to Dubya, urging him to send known terrorist (and former CIA asset) Luis Posada Carriles back to Venezuela to face justice, and to refuse him citizenship in the United States.

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I can think of many things worse

Posted on April 14, 2006 by Sabina Becker

I’m not sure in what spirit this article was written, but if it’s a spirit of regret for die Vergangenheit, the author really ought to reconsider. And count the blessings: For decades, Latin America was referred to as the United … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: The art of Marti

Posted on February 17, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Raul Martinez’s painting “Marti y la Estrella” during the first day open to public of the “Art of Cuba” exhibition in São Paulo, Brazil. (Photo credit: AFP/Mauricio Lima)

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