The Committee to Protect Journalists reports 2007 was the second worst in suppression of freedom of the press. Only 1994 was worse. Oppression in Iraq and Somalia have pushed up this year’s totals. The report also singled out China, Russia, the Philippines and Cuba as the worst offenders in recent years in limiting press freedom [...]
Cuba
What’s wrong with this story? The New York Times quotes Cuban National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcon, who talks about whether fidel castro will return as the island’s so-called president. Nominations come February 24th when the Assembly meets again. Alarcon says it’s unknown whether fidel will seek the office again. “It’s obvious that he has been [...]
California’s agriculture and food secretary, A. G. Kawamura is on a visit to fidel’s tropical workers’ paradise this week, and for a change, The Associated Press begins to see a bit of the apartheid: California hopes it can carve out an upscale market for such goodies as pistachios, figs, kiwi fruit and wine in Cuba, [...]
The Candidates on Cuba website has now received three position statements from candidates for president. All from Republicans. It looks as though the Democrats are honoring their pledge to ignore Florida this year.
Business executives and politicians in the U.S. continue their treks to fidel’s tropical island gulag with the idea of making a fast buck. The Sacramento Business Journal reports on the latest from California. Eleven companies, led by A.G. Kawamura, the state’s food and agriculture secretary, will visit Cuba Jan. 21-24 to market California agricultural products [...]