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Genocidal Cynicism Part Two BY Fidel Castro
While Israel was speedily creating a nuclear arsenal, in 1981 it attacked and destroyed the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak. It did exactly the same thing to the Syrian reactor at Dayr az-Zawr in 2007, an occurrence of which world opinion was oddly not informed. Continue reading
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Genocidal Cynicism Part One BY Fidel Castro
I feel the duty to convey to those taking the trouble to read these Reflections the opinion that all of us, with no exception, are obliged to create awareness about the risks that humankind are running in an inexorable manner, towards a final and total catastrophe as the consequence of irresponsible decisions made by politicians… Continue reading
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National Security Archive Update, August 15, 2011: TOP SECRET CIA ‘OFFICIAL HISTORY’ OF THE BAY OF PIGS: REVELATIONS
This episode of ‘friendly fire’ is one of many revelations contained in the Top Secret multi-volume, internal CIA report, “The Official History of the Bay of Pigs Operation.” Other revelations include new information on the CIA’s collaboration with the Mafia to assassinate Fidel Castro as part of the invasion plan, Richard Nixon’s role in the… Continue reading
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In Cuba, the revolution continues, softly, as times change By John Pilger
‘Accelerating the hard features of Cuba,’ a US diplomat once said memorably, ‘will be the measure of our success, not theirs.’ Continue reading
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CIA FORCED TO RELEASE LONG SECRET OFFICIAL HISTORY OF BAY OF PIGS INVASION
Pursuant to a FOIA lawsuit filed by the National Security Archive on the 50th anniversary of the infamous CIA-led invasion of Cuba, the CIA has released four volumes of its Official History of the Bay of Pigs Operation. Continue reading
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Cuba Update, Friday 17 June 2011
17 June 2011 — Cuba Solidarity 50 YEARS OF SOLIDARITY CELEBRATED – REPORT AGM PLANS YEAR AHEAD AND BIDS FAREWELL TO LUIS MARRON USAID REQUESTS PROPOSAL FOR CUBA PROGRAMMES JOSE PERTIERRA TALKS TO RT ABOUT THE MIAMI 5 AND POSADA CARRILES RMT GARDEN PARTY AND OTHER FORTHCOMIng EVENTS NEAR YOU Continue reading
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Video: José Pertierra talks on film about the Miami 5 and Posada Carriles
They are known as the “Cuban 5” and are serving the life sentences in the US because they were accused of committing espionage conspiracy. According to those five though, their mission was to stop terrorism against Cuba, monitoring actions against Miami-based terrorism groups. Continue reading
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27 May 2011 Jazz on the Tube Israel…
Israel “Cachao” Lopez performs along with Jimmy Bosch, Nelson Gonzales, Andy Garcia, Orestes Vilato, and others. Continue reading
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Cuba50.org culture news & events 30 March 2011
Welcome to the Cuba50 newsletter – for Cuban cultural events in the UK. Continue reading
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Cuba50 Celebrating Cuban Culture
Welcome to the Cuba50 newsletter – for Cuban cultural events in the UK. Cuba’s National Day of Culture / Cuban TV soap opera / Dia de la Cultura Cubana / Creole Choir of Cuba / Chucho Valdes & The Afro-Cuban Messengers / The legendary ‘lost’ project that became Buena Vista Social Club Continue reading
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Cuba’s Sugarcane Ethanol Potential: Cuba, Raul Castro, and the Return of King Sugar to the Island
As the result of a precipitous contraction in the Cuban economy, Cubans have recently experienced crippling energy cutbacks and other shortfalls that are reminiscent of the devastating hardships of the “Special Period,” and industries have continued to falter due to the evaporation of credit and investment flows which largely dried up after the break-up of… Continue reading
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Cuban Fiesta: Dia de la Cultura Cubana London, 24 October 2009
Come and celebrate Cuba’s National Day of Culture with London’s Cuban community, 24 October, 2009 Continue reading
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Learn from Cuba says New Orleans mayor By Tom Mellen
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin praised Cuba’s disaster response system on Tuesday, acknowledging that the islands’s socialist authorities ‘do a much better job than we do.’ Continue reading
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Latest Chapter in the Case of the Cuban Five: U.S. Justice as a Political Weapon By Michael Collins
The decision by a Miami court on Tuesday October 13 to reduce Antonio Guererro’s life sentence to 22 years imprisonment is the latest chapter in the ongoing legal battle to free a group of men known as the Cuban Five. Largely anonymous in the United States yet celebrities in their native Cuba, their conviction symbolizes… Continue reading
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CUBA 50 event – CULTURA Y CUBANIA festival of music, dance, photography, film, discussion
Cultura y Cubania, coinciding with Black History Month, will be a week-long cultural event celebrating the richness of Cuban culture. Taking place in prestigious London venues such as, Canning House, Bolivar Hall and Conway Hall, it showcases the work of some of the best Cuban Artists living in the UK today as well as that… Continue reading
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Cuban Embargo: The President’s Words Versus His Performance: One More Prong of His Presidency Shifting Towards the Democratic Centrist Wing of the Party By Research Associate Sophia Weeks
President Obama has not taken any decisive steps to veer away from Washington’s benighted, near half-century trade embargo against Cuba. By refusing to take advantage of the opportunity to reject a longstanding and morally-bankrupt policy, which has achieved very few successes and which has been based on hypocrisy, double standards, and inconsistencies, President Obama has… Continue reading
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Healthcare Revolution That is Second to None By Netfa Freeman
The U.S. health care jungle fares badly when compared to health care systems in other wealthy, capitalist countries. However, even western Europe and Canada can learn a great deal from the examples of Cuba and Venezuela, where health care is a human and constitutional right and the wellbeing of the people is central to the… Continue reading
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