As expected, the White House announced on February 18, 2016 that President Barack Obama will travel to Havana on March 21, 2016 for two days to meet with bloody Cuban dictator RaĂșl Castro. His trip was immediately criticized by Republicans and some Democrats in Congress as well as some Republican presidential candidates. Obama wants to […]
Hillary Emails: Intelligence Report Said Hezbollah Has Base in Cuba
February 18, 2016 by
A private intelligence report from Hillary Clintonâs confidant, Sid Blumenthal, claimed that Hezbollah, the Iran-backed terrorist organization, had set up shop in Cuba, according to an email released by the State Department over the weekend. The group was actively âcasingâ facilities related to U.S. interests, the intelligence report also says. The dispatch read: During the […]
Facts Prove Obama’s Cuba Policy Counter-Productive
February 10, 2016 by
President Obama announced a new Cuba policy on Dec. 17, 2014. It gave diplomatic recognition to the sole remaining dictatorship in the Western Hemisphere, unilaterally eased U.S. trade and travel restrictions, and commuted the prison sentences of three convicted Cuban spies, including one imprisoned for plotting the murder of three Americans shot-down by Cuban MIGs […]
COVERING CUBA, PART I, THE LIBERAL MEDIA COVERAGE OF CUBA
February 3, 2016 by
The interviews for my first documentary of the series COVERING CUBA was taped in 1994. They were the testimonies of 26 well established, credible, eloquent, English-speaking Cuban Americans of varying backgrounds, age, gender and race. Among others, COVERING CUBA uncovers the false myths of Castro’s Education and Health Care and graphically shows and explains what […]
COMMUNISM, CUBA AND OBAMA
January 30, 2016 by
The Castro brothers have been engaged in subversion, espionage, military interventions, and support for terror groups throught out the world for more than 57 years. Even worse they likely participated in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It is inexplicable to this writer why the United States has tolerated communist Cubaâs long record of attacks […]
Hellfire Missile Ends in Cuba
January 13, 2016 by
How did a powerful U.S. air-to-ground Hellfire missile wound up in communist Cuba? Above, is a picture of a Hellfire missile. A powerful U.S. air-to-ground Hellfire missile, with design and electronics that are a top military secret, has ended up in the hands of the bloody Cuban regime through a series of bizarre mishaps or […]
Cuba, Russia, and East Germany Placed Nearly a Hundred Spies in the CIA
January 8, 2016 by
Bill Gertz wrote an article entitled âCIA Fooled by Massive Cold War Double-Agent Failureâ which was published in the Washington Free Beacon website on December 28, 2015. He explained how the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was fooled by almost a hundred double agents pretending to be working for the agency but secretly worked for communist […]
OBAMA’S CUBA POLICY MAKES LIFE WORSE FOR CUBANS
December 24, 2015 by
When President Obama declared 12 months ago that he intended to normalize relations with Cuba, he claimed that rapprochement with the Castro regime would uphold Americaâs âcommitment to liberty and democracy.â Liberalizing US policy, the president predicted, would succeed âin making the lives of ordinary Cubans a little bit easier, more free, more prosperous.â He […]
CASTROâS TYRANNY
December 21, 2015 by
“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may […]
Dear Obama: Do you care about human rights in Cuba?
December 13, 2015 by
A year later, and not much has changed in Cuba. We understand that change in Cuba is always very slow. At the same time, the Obama administration did not offer any pressure even “un poquito” (a little bit) to do something about human rights. Not surprisingly, RaĂșl Castro reacted to President Obama by tightening his […]
Video: Menendez Floor Speech on Trajectory of Obama’s Cuba Policy
October 8, 2015 by
Watch yesterday’s floor speech by U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) on the trajectory of Obama’s Cuba policy. It contains powerful images that add context. A transcript of the remarks can be read in the post below. Menendez on Trajectory of Cuba Engagement Policy U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) delivered the following remarks on the Senate […]
Pope Francis Visits Cuba and the United States and Speaks at the United Nations
September 28, 2015 by
During Pope Francisâ trip to Cuba and the United States, there have been constant reminders of the role of the Vatican in assisting in normalizing relations between the United States and Cuba. Both President Barack Obama and Cuban dictator RaĂșl Castro have thanked Pope Francis for his behind-the-scenes role in helping along secret negotiations that […]
WHY I WILL NOT TRAVEL TO CUBA
September 23, 2015 by
With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost. William Lloyd Garrison On the occasion of Pope Francis visit to Cuba, and the thaw of relations between our countries, the topic of traveling to Cuba […]
Pope Francis’s failure to chide Cuba makes his visit there an empty symbol
September 23, 2015 by
While Presidents Obama and Castro are treating Pope Francisâs first visit to Cuba like a diplomatic reaffirmation of US-Cuba ties, Cuban Americans see it quite differently than a chess move on the world stage. For us, itâs personal. I was born in Cuba, and left with my family in 1961. My college-age sons, who are […]
The silence of Pope Francis in the midst of violent repression in Cuba is deafening
September 22, 2015 by
HAVANAâCubaâs use of what one dissident leader calls a policy of âlow-intensityâ repression to keep a few political opponents from going to papal events Sunday threatens to overshadow a visit by Pope Francis intending to focus on reconciliation. A small number of dissidents were briefly detained over the weekend when they tried to greet the […]
Pope Francis gives a Mass in Cuba amidst a painting of Che Guevara and a statue of Jesus
September 22, 2015 by
On September 20, 2015, I was able to watch something unique (Online). Just a day after arriving in Cuba, Pope Francis gave a mass service at Revolution Square in Havana. As expected, the event made news around the world. The reason was obvious, it is rare to witness a mass delivered by the head of […]
Marco Rubio: Will Pope Francis visit inspire freedom in Cuba?
September 20, 2015 by
As Pope Francis visits the United States for the very first time, it is our privilege as Catholics and Americans to welcome His Holiness to our country. Here, he will find people who are uniquely free. We Americans are free to give our opinions and make our voices heard. We work in a free enterprise […]
Obamaâs âupdatedâ Cuba regulations: The ongoing pursuit of a failed policy of surrender to the apartheid Castro regime
September 19, 2015 by
Via Capitol Hill Cubans: On Obamaâs âUpdatedâ Cuba Regulations This morning, the Obama Administration announced âupdatesâ to its January 2015 Treasury and Commerce regulations easing sanctions towards the Cuban dictatorship. These âupdatesâ reflect the Obama Administrationâs frustration at the strong, bipartisan opposition it has faced in Congress to any lifting of sanctions towards Cuba, which […]
OBAMA DIPLOMACY SUCCESS STORY: CUBA WONâT MOVE âONE MILLIMETERâ ON HUMAN RIGHTS
August 18, 2015 by
The head of Cubaâs delegation to negotiate ânormalizationâ with the United States has vowed that Cuba will not âmove one millimeterâ on issues such as its rampant human rights violations in talks with American officials. This follows Secretary of State John Kerryâs visit to the island for the opening of the American embassy in Havana. […]
Hope and Change in Obamaâs Cuba: 2 days after U.S. opens embassy, over 200 dissidents violently arrested
August 17, 2015 by
Less than 48 hours after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shunned Cuban dissidents from the U.S. Embassy in Havana, over 200 dissidents have been arrested. In Havana, 60 members of The Ladies in White, the renowned pro-democracy group composed of the wives, mothers and daughters of Cuban political prisoners, were arrested — along with […]
Cuba says won’t move ‘one millimeter’ to placate enemies in U.S.
August 15, 2015 by
Reuters/Reuters – U.S. Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Josefina Vidal speaks at a news conference in Washington, after the fourth round of U.S.-Cuba talks to re-establish diplomatic HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s lead negotiator in talks with Washington told Reuters on Friday that the island’s internal affairs would never be on the […]
5 THINGS AMERICA HAS LOST IN CUBA
August 14, 2015 by
Today the Obama administration raised the American flag above the U.S. embassy in Cuba. It is unclear what, if anything, the U.S. has won in exchange for normalizing relations with the Castro regimeâone of the worldâs most oppressive tyrannies. It is clearer what we have lost. 1. We lost the struggle with Castro. The U.S. […]
The Questions John Kerry Should Demand Cuba Answer
August 13, 2015 by
There is a strong likelihood that when Secretary John Kerry raises the American flag in Havana this Friday, he will meet with General Raul Castro or other Cuban government officials who continue to support the FARC, a Colombian terrorist group. Neither Kerry nor President Obama want to ask embarrassing questions. The Washington Post recently called […]
State Dept. encourages travel to Cuba hours after latest crackdown
August 10, 2015 by
State Dept. encourages travel to Cuba hours after latest crackdown The State Department on Monday was encouraging people to learn more about how they can travel to Cuba under the Obama administration’s relaxed travel rules, less than a day after the Cuban government arrested about 90 political activists. Despite the latest crackdown in Cuba, the […]
Infamy: The Reopening of Embassies in Cuba and the United States
July 21, 2015 by
Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a news conference with Cubaâs Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 20, 2015. On July 20, 2015, in another day of infamy, the embassies of Cuba and the United States were opened in both countries. After the Cuban flag was […]
COMMUNIST CUBA FLAG RAISED AT EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON
July 20, 2015 by
The terms and conditions for today’s opening of U.S. and Cuban Embassies, in Havana and Washington, D.C., represent a tragic failure by the Obama Administration in diplomacy, the rule of law, democratic solidarity and U.S. regional interests. Failure in diplomacy. The July 1st agreement between the Obama Administration and the Castro dictatorship for the opening […]
Cuba, the hemisphereâs only apartheid and unelected government rewarded with an embassy by Obama
July 1, 2015 by
Cuba’s apartheid dictatorship continues to celebrate Christmas courtesy of President Obama. After more than six months of gifts to the Castro regime with absolutely nothing in return, Obama has once again ignored the law and surrendered yet another unilateral concession to Cuba’s viciously repressive criminal government. Via Capitol Hill Cubans: Statement on Establishing Diplomatic Relations […]
Iowa farmers itching to give away their produce for free to the Castro regime
June 17, 2015 by
Yeah. Here we go again… An Iowa newspaper reports that Iowa farmers are super-excited about being able to sell more of their foodstuffs to the Castro regime. As always, the article says nothing about the fact that Iowa farmers have long been selling stuff to the Castro trade monopoly. The plain truth is very simple: […]
Pope Francis, Barack Obama, RaĂșl Castro, and the Liberation Theology
June 14, 2015 by
Priest Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann was minister of Foreign Relations in the communist Sandinista regime of Nicaragua and also president of the General Assembly of the United Nations. His Holiness Pope Francis ended the punishment of this communist priest, which had been imposed by his Holiness Pope John Paul II for refusing to abandon communist politics. […]
âWhy did Elianâs mother leave Cuba? She was living the good life.â asks ABCâs Jim Avila
May 23, 2015 by
“Why did Elianâs mother leave Cuba?â the furrow-browed Jim Avila asked the (then) NBC cameras in April 2000. âWhat was she escaping? By all accounts this young woman was living the good life.â “Would it occur to a presumably educated reporter to ask why someone tried escaping East Germany? Of course not. Theyâd be laughed […]