That’s the headline on a story from Saskatchewan. It seems a snowbound Canadian wants to go on a tropical vacation – which means Cuba – but, sigh, there are concerns. But there are important considerations involved in deciding to pour one’s vacation dollars into a country with such a despicable human-rights record. For me, this [...]
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A lot of folks believe there is really an effective embargo against Cuba. Some even follow fidel’s assertion and call it a blockade. Look, then, at this from the International Herald Tribune. Wearing a Santa suit and a wide grin, a wealthy Florida rancher doled out sneakers and sweets to Cuban children on Sunday, bringing [...]
One wonderful thing about moving to WordPress is that hate mail has increased. For instance, my post on Cuba’s energy shortages here. I pointed out that Carlos Lege spent Christmas touring oil facilities and complaining that Cuba lacked enough energy. I pointed out that Cuba sent its doctors to Venezuela in exchange for oil – [...]
It rarely makes the news in the US, but Iran continues to maintain close ties with the dictatorship in Cuba. Ahmadnejad sent greetings to raul yesterday, Cuba’s National Day. The Tehran Times reports: In his message, Ahmadinejad expressed hope that Tehran-Havana relations would promote in the future through strengthened bilateral cooperation. More than 40-years ago, [...]
fidel popped up again yesterday and announced that his appointment of raul as his successor was not nepotism. That’s right. It was simply communist strong-arm succession. AFP reports on a letter fidel allegedly wrote to the Cuban assembly in which he says he saw the light. “There was a stage when I thought I knew [...]