Cuba's Hidden Heroes

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spectator.org - 12/31/2008

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"If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." -- Frederick Douglass December marks the 60 th anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Crafted in the aftermath of World War II, ...

usatoday.com - 1/6/2009

Moore calls truce with CNN over 'Sicko'

— usatoday.com — Moore had promised the network over the weekend that "I'm about to become your worst nightmare," leading... CNN to post on its website a remarkably lengthy response to his accusations. He noted in an interview Monday that CNN had admitted to two mistakes ... (more) Moore calls truce with CNN over 'Sicko'

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reuters.com - 12/28/2008

Raul Castro calls for harder work, fewer handouts | U.S.

— reuters.com — HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Raul Castro called on Saturday for austerity measures including fewer subsidies for... workers and stricter management to pull the country out of an economic morass aggravated this year by three hurricanes and the ... (more) Raul Castro calls for harder work, fewer ...

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Raúl Castro

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nytimes.com - 12/31/2008

Judge Agrees With Bush in Ruling on 2 Detainees

— nytimes.com — A judge ruled that the government was properly holding two Guantánamo detainees as enemy combatants. >... (more) Judge Agrees With Bush in Ruling on 2 Detainees

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NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias: AFP Says Cubans Fleeing Island for US, Merely 'Depart' Not Defect

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Babalú Blog: an island on the net without a bearded dictator — Your must reads for today Jordan and Daniel Allot in The American Spectator : When discussing the island nation located just 90 miles from America's border, the Western news media almost invariably focus on the 200 to 300 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. Often overlooked, however, are the 200 to 300 Cuban prisoners scattered across the island, imprisoned not as terrorist suspects but as nonviolent political prisoners whose only "crime" is that of promoting human rights in a nation in which two generations have grown up without them. Arrested and given lengthy, often ...

AFP Says Cubans Fleeing Island for US, Merely 'Depart' Not Defect
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... It wasn’t merely a poorly-chosen headline stating, “Two top players depart Cuba in a bid to play in US." The whitewash was mirrored in the December 29 article, and the bias wasn’t confined to careful language manipulation. AFP also minimized the escape by framing it as a simple desire to get rich quick in America with a fat Major League Baseball contract. There was no mention of the harsh realities of Cuban life or the possibility that maybe they also wanted more than ...

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The American Spectator — ... So who better to preside over America's first nuclear attack? Ms. Napolitano will dither and ditz, make wonderfully resonant speeches and disassemble all the protections Homeland Security now provides. I'm guessing that by this time next year we all ought to be searching the skies for a mushroom cloud. -- Jay Molyneaux North Carolina CUBAN COUNTERPOINT Re: Jordan Allott & Daniel Allott's Cuba's Hidden Heroes: I applaud Jordan and Daniel Allott for their article on ...

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The American Spectator — ... So who better to preside over America's first nuclear attack? Ms. Napolitano will dither and ditz, make wonderfully resonant speeches and disassemble all the protections Homeland Security now provides. I'm guessing that by this time next year we all ought to be searching the skies for a mushroom cloud. -- Jay Molyneaux North Carolina CUBAN COUNTERPOINT Re: Jordan Allott & Daniel Allott's Cuba's Hidden Heroes: I applaud Jordan and Daniel Allott for their article on ...