Cuba
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Video: Cuba Feliz – A Trip Through Cuba
Seventy-six-year-old Cuban street musician Miguel Del Morales, known as El Gallo (The Rooster), travels around Cuba with his guitar, making music in the homes of friends, in bars, and on street corners, in courtyards and stairwells. Continue reading
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ALAN GROSS CASE SPOTLIGHTS U.S. DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS IN CUBA
The U.S. government has “between five to seven different transition plans” for Cuba, and the USAID-sponsored “Democracy” program aimed at the Castro government is “an operational activity” that demands “continuous discretion,” according to documents filed in court this week, and posted today by the National Security Archive. The records were filed by Development Alternatives Inc… Continue reading
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Cuba, Socialism and Cybernetics By Ivet González
“It is not an option for our future development, it’s an imperative of our time,” economist Ricardo Torres told IPS. “Without the mass application of the New Information and Communications Technologies (NICT), to production processes and social life, there are no contemporary possibilities of development.” Continue reading
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Mikoyan’s “Mission Impossible” in Cuba: New Soviet Evidence on the Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis continued long after the “13 days” celebrated by U.S. media, with U.S. armed forces still on DEFCON 2 and Soviet tactical nuclear weapons still in Cuba, according to new documents posted today by the National Security Archive (www.nsarchive.org) from the personal archive of the late Sergo Mikoyan. Continue reading
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Fidel Castro Denounces Media Deception, Lies
The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, said today that although many people in the world are deceived by the media which is almost completely in the hands of privileged and wealthy owners who publish garbage, generally speaking, people are less and less taken in by such lies. Continue reading
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Video: Chucho Valdes – Calle 54
Chucho Valdes, son of the great Cuban pianist, Bebo Valdes, recorded as part of the documentary film “Calle 54,” produced by Fernando Trueba. Continue reading
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The fruit which did not fall By Fidel Castro Ruiz
CUBA was forced to fight for its existence facing an expansionist power, located a few miles from its coast, and which was proclaiming the annexation of our island, which was destined to fall into its lap like a ripe fruit. We were condemned not to exist as a nation. Continue reading
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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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