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Ignoring Cries For Freedom; Pandering To Ungrateful Haters

The United States is supposed to be the beacon of freedom for all the world to see, at least that’s how the story goes. But time and time again, when opportunities present for the United States to come to the aid of those risking their lives to cry out

Politics | Politics

Progressive House Dems made secret 'human rights' trip to Cuba amid worsening border crisis at home

Reps. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., led a secret "human rights" delegation to Cuba amid the growing crisis at the U.S. border with Mexico.

Politics | Politics

WSJ News Exclusive | Cuba to Host Secret Chinese Spy Base Focusing on U.S.

Beijing agreed to pay Havana several billion dollars for allowing it to set up an eavesdropping facility about 100 miles from Florida.

Politics | POLITICS

Coast Guard returns 143 refugees to Cuba, warns about illegal migration

The Coast Guard says anyone trying to illegally migrate by sea will be returned.

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Communist Chinese Trained Cuban Police On How to Deal with Protesters

Records show that the Cuban military, paramilitary, and police forces who have taken to beating protesters calling for an end to Communist tyranny, received “counter-terrorism” training from the Communist Chinese paramilitary. Records going back ten y

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Iran Comes to the Aid of the Communist Government in Cuba

As the people of Cuba continue their quest for freedom over the tyranny of Communism, another of the world’s despotic regimes has...

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Biden Administration Slow-Walks Internet Access for Cubans

Cubans are being beaten, kidnaped, tortured, and killed at the hand of their totalitarian Communist regime, but they cannot beam video of...

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The Podcast | Underground USA | United States

With Andy making his triumphant return (okay, he's back from a prolonged absence due to behind-the-scenes business), the continued happenings down in Cuba warrant a frank examination. Why isn't the Biden administration doing more? How can we let the Commu

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Biden Administration Issues Weak Response to Cuban Cries for Help

After over a week of contentious and oftentimes violent protests in the streets of Cuba, the Biden administration has responded to the...

Politics | Liberal Fascism

DC Mayor Scrubs Anti-Castro Slogan From Cuban Embassy Entrance

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D.) removed a pro-freedom slogan in front of the Cuban Embassy a day after it was painted on the street to protest Cuba's communist regime, sparking criticism from Cuban Americans.

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Biden Has the Ability to Connect Cuban Protesters to the Internet, But Will He?

As the brave people of Cuba continue to fight for their freedom, their Communist government is doing what any despotic regime does in an...

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Ocasio-Cortez Tries to Focus Away from the Failures of Communism in Cuba

US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), put both her propagandist tendencies and her geo-political naivete on full display last week...

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As Biden Does Nothing, Floridians Boatlift Food, Supplies to Cuba

As the Cuban people fight for freedom, the Biden administration has limited itself to providing supportive rhetoric and little else...

Politics | The "Squad"

AOC's Response to the Cuban Uprising Is So Terrible That Even Democrats Are Condemning It

She finally speaks and probably shouldn't have.

Politics | Liberal Hypocrisy

Joe Biden Finds Some Refugees He Doesn't Want: Cubans Seeking Freedom From Communism

The Biden Administration will deny dissident Cubans entry into the United States. They will be sent to a third country while economic migrants flood the border.

Politics | Politics

Homeland Security chief says U.S. will not give refuge to those fleeing Cuba and Haiti by boat

"Allow me to be clear: if you take to the sea, you will not come to the United States," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned on Tuesday.

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Cubans Take to the Street; Want an End to Communism

Freedom-seeking Cubans took to the streets across the island nation Sunday to protest against human rights abuses, a lack of freedom...

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Biden State Dept. Propagandized Cuban Protests While Twitter Ignores Them

As one of the largest anti-Communist government demonstrations erupted in Cuba, with thousands of protestors marching on Havana’s Malecon...

Politics | Leftist Lies

Sanders Champions Castro’s Literacy Program. Here’s The Brutal Reality.

Senator Bernie Sanders has been relentless in promoting his rose-colored glasses vision of Cuba by extolling the literacy program implemented by Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. But despite Sanders blowing smoke, the reality of what Castro forced Cubans to en

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

A Cuban vaccine might some day turn lung cancer into a chronic disease

In a landmark clinical trial, a lung cancer vaccine developed by Cuba’s Center for Molecular Immunology is being tested on patients at Buffalo’s Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

Music | Music

New Rolling Stones Doc Captures Band's Historic Havana Show

'The Rolling Stones: Olé Olé Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America' premieres at Toronto Film Festival and shows lead-up to Stones' first-ever Cuba gig.

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How to Go to Cuba Now

Now that JetBlue has started commercial service to the island, it’s even easier to get there. Here is what you need to know.

Travel | Travel

U.S. Airlines to Start Scheduled Flights to Cuba

Six airlines won permission Friday to resume scheduled commercial air service from the U.S. to Cuba for the first time in more than five decades.

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Obama’s Ideological Holiday in Havana

The split-screen told the story: on one side, the images of the terror bombing in Brussels; on the other, the Obama fantasy world in which romancing Cuba -- without an ounce of democracy or human rights yielded in return -- is considered a seminal achieve

Politics | Other Politics

Trump says special access to US for Cuban immigrants is wrong

In delegate-rich Florida, there has long been one

Politics | The American Experiment

Obama removes Cuba from terror sponsor list, Cuban supported terror group kills 10 | Power Line

On Tuesday, President Obama announced that the U.S. is removing Cuba from its state sponsors of terror list. Hours later, FARC, a terrorist group long supported by Cuba, murdered 10 Colombian soldi...

Travel | Travel

Americans Can Go to Cuba -- Just Don't Lay on the Beach! | Medea Benjamin

On a recent CODEPINK trip to Cuba with a 150-person delegation, we found the island crawling with Americans taking advantage of the relaxation of U.S. travel restrictions and the historic thawing of U.S.-Cuban relations....

Politics | The American Experiment

Cuban Democracy Advocate Viciously Beaten By Castro’s Thugs | Power Line

Many people are happy that the Obama administration is trying to normalize relations with Cuba's Communist dictatorship. They are the same people, or descendants of the same people, who idolized "U...

Politics | Op-Ed

Nylons for nothing in Cuba - The Washington Post

Obama walks away empty-handed in a one-way deal with Cuba. There’s an old Cold War joke — pre-pantyhose — that to defeat communism we should empty our B-52 bombers of nuclear weapons and instead drop nylons over the Soviet Union. Flood the Russians with the soft consumer culture of capitalism, seduce them with Western contact and commerce, love-bomb them into freedom.

Politics | The American Experiment

Cuban dissidents arrested before free-speech demonstration in Havana

Antonio Rodiles, Eliezer Avila and Reinaldo Escobar reportedly detained and government action will be test of newly restored diplomatic relations with US

Cars & Motorcycles | Cars

How long can Cuba's beautiful classic cars last? - CNN.com

With U.S. President Barack Obama announcing a historic overhaul in relations between the United States and Cuba, the largest island in the Caribbean stands on the precipice of dramatic change.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

Will normalized relations between Cuba and US mean new parts for old classic cars in Cuba? | Fox News

Dairo Tio cruises the streets of Havana in a gleaming black 1954 Buick with polished chrome highlights and the diesel motor from an electric plant bolted beneath the hood.

Miscellaneous | Other Stuff

Are Cuban Cigars Legal Now?

This week, President Obama announced plans to "normalize relations between" the United States and Cuba. This marked the most significant progress between the two countries since 1961, when the U.S. began what would become a unilateral embargo against Cuba. Pending approval, this post-Cold War "normalization" will mean a lot of things. These are all big steps, of course, but what about cigars?

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Alan Gross hails Jewish efforts toward release from Cuba - Diaspora - Jerusalem Post

Freed Jewish American prisoner in Cuba addresses media hours after return to United States.

News | The News

FBI: Cuban Intelligence Aggressively Recruiting Leftist American Academics as Spies, Influence Agents | Washington Free

Sexual entrapment a common tactic