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  1. And the Dopes Took Charge at Midnight https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2014/01/02/and-the-dopes-took-charge-at-midnight-n1770765
    At the time president Reagan was helping the Contras topple the Sandanistas, who were allied with Cuba and the Soviet Union.…
  2. You Be the Judge: When Should Government Be Allowed to Take Your Children? https://townhall.com/columnists/danieljmitchell/2013/12/31/y…should-government-be-allowed-to-take-your-children-n1770184
    We had an example of this type of quandary earlier in the year, which actually resulted in parents fleeing to Cuba.…
  3. The Castro Tyranny Turns Another Year Older https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffjacoby/2013/12/29/the-castro-tyranny-turns-another-year-older-n1769618
    rights and freedoms will be reinstituted" — and more than seven years since Raúl Castro succeeded his brother as tyrant-in-chief — Cuba … In reality his policy has amounted to little more than dialing back US restrictions on travel and business with Cuba. … For all the speculation that Raul's accession to power would finally usher Cuba into a new era of pragmatism and reform, the toll…
  4. Will We Ever Learn? A 2013 Retrospective https://townhall.com/columnists/dianawest/2013/12/28/will-we-ever-learn-a-2013-retrospective-n1769381
    There it will serve alongside other paragons of human rights including communist China, communist Cuba and thug-o-cratic Russia.…
  5. Cuba Celebrates Che’s 83rd Birthday with new Che Guevara Diaries https://townhall.com/columnists/humbertofontova/2011/06/17/c…_celebrates_che’s_83rd_birthday_with_new_che_guevara_diaries
    in 5 days of Fierce Street Fighting,” read a New York Times headline on Jan 4, 1959 about the “battle” of Santa Clara in central Cuba … publication’s title, “Diary of a Combatant,” here are some points of interest: “In all essentials Castro’s (and Che’s) battle for Cuba…
  6. State Dept. Official Hails Che Guevara as Symbol of Freedom https://townhall.com/columnists/humbertofontova/2011/06/27/state_dept_official_hails_che_guevara_as_symbol_of_freedom
    In a famous speech Che Guevara even vowed, "to make individualism disappear from Cuba! … Cuba—a nation with more phones and TVs per capita than most European countries before Che Guevara set foot on her shores– today has … Guevara's regime also shattered — through executions, jailings, mass larceny and exile — virtually every family on the island of Cuba…
  7. Entitled Americans Vs Cuban Cigar Maker https://townhall.com/columnists/douggiles/2011/06/26/entitled_americans_vs_cuban_cigar_maker
    My dream was to save enough money to open a factory to make great cigars, like the ones we used to smoke in Cuba.…
  8. After Surgery in Cuba, Hugo Chavez in Critical Condition? https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2011/06/25/after_surgery_in_cuba,_hugo_chavez_in_critical_condition
    FoxNews has the scoop: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is reportedly in critical condition after undergoing surgery in Havana, Cuba…
  9. How the Democrats Nearly Destroyed the Economy https://townhall.com/columnists/monacharen/2011/06/24/how_the_democrats_nearly_destroyed_the_economy
    had actually defected to the Soviet Union and returned to the U.S. with a Soviet wife, was an active member of the Fair Play for Cuba…
  10. A first: U.N. council endorses gay rights https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2011/06/23/a_first_un_council_endorses_gay_rights
    Among those voting for the measure were Britain, France, Poland, Spain, Ukraine, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba and Mexico.…
  11. U.S. and Pakistan: Afghan Strategies https://townhall.com/columnists/georgefriedman/2011/06/22/us_and_pakistan_afghan_strategies
    anti-Castro Cubans in the 1960s and 1970s and their beginning as CIA assets and their end as major influencers of U.S. policy toward Cuba…
  12. George McGovern Snubbed by "Old Friend" Fidel Castro https://townhall.com/columnists/humbertofontova/2011/07/07/george_mcgovern_snubbed_by_old_friend_fidel_castro
    Conversely, pre-Castro Cuba had the 13th lowest infant-mortality rate in the world. … Today all of these countries leave Communist Cuba in the dust, with much lower infant mortality rates.…
  13. GOP Leaders Blast Obama for Bringing Somali Terrorist to Civilian Court https://townhall.com/columnists/townhallcomstaff/2011/07/07…_blast_obama_for_bringing_somali_terrorist_to_civilian_court
    Congress has blocked administration efforts to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and many believe military interrogation…
  14. GOP Leaders Blast Obama for Bringing Somali Terrorist to Civilian Court https://townhall.com/columnists/townhallcomstaff/2011/07/07…_blast_obama_for_bringing_somali_terrorist_to_civilian_court
    Congress has blocked administration efforts to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and many believe military interrogation…
  15. Mexican Military Planting Drugs on Americans? The Case of Shohn Huckabee https://townhall.com/columnists/townhallcomstaff/2011/07/06…itary_planting_drugs_on_americans_the_case_of_shohn_huckabee
    A little better than Haiti, but worse than Cuba.…
  16. I Love a Parade https://townhall.com/columnists/jackiegingrichcushman/2011/06/30/i_love_a_parade
    A good friend, Luis Haza, was born in Cuba and lived under its totalitarian regime.…
  17. Time to Say Goodbye to the WTO https://townhall.com/columnists/phyllisschlafly/2011/07/19/time_to_say_goodbye_to_the_wto
    That means the United States has no veto and only one vote out of 153 nations, the same vote as Cuba or Grenada or Rwanda.…
  18. Desperately Fleeing Free Healthcare https://townhall.com/columnists/humbertofontova/2011/07/18/desperately_fleeing_free_healthcare
    Pre-Castro Cuba took in more immigrants per-capita (primarily from Europe) than the U.S., including the Ellis Island years. … So what's the alternative if you can't flee Cuba? … Cuba has very high literacy, and Castro has brought great health care to his country."…
  19. 4 steps proposed to fight relig. persecution https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2011/07/15/4_steps_proposed_to_fight_relig_persecution
    . -- Promote the spread of Internet firewall-breaching technology to enable people in such countries as China, Cuba, Iran, Syria and…
  20. Castro's Tugboat Massacre https://townhall.com/columnists/humbertofontova/2011/07/13/castros_tugboat_massacre
    (In fact pre-Castro Cuba enjoyed lower infant-mortality rates and higher per-capita income than half of Europe.) … But a few later escaped Cuba on rafts and reached Miami. … Nothing is random in Stalinist Cuba. One of the gallant water-cannon gunners was even decorated (personally) by Castro.…
  21. Anthony Bourdain Partners with Fidel Castro’s Secret Police https://townhall.com/columnists/humbertofontova/2011/07/12/anthony_bourdain_partners_with_fidel_castro’s_secret_police
    On the July 12th episode of his No Reservations , they ran a show where Bourdain traveled to Cuba highlighting the food, people, sights … and Military sector owns 80 per cent of the Tourist Industry, as documented to Congress by retired Defense Intelligence Agency Cuba … "Yes, Go to Cuba!" gushed Bourdain at the end of the show.…
  22. Let convicts choose: Prison or the lash? https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffjacoby/2011/07/11/let_convicts_choose_prison_or_the_lash
    In Cuba, it's 530. In Iran, it's 220. Are Americans safer because so many of their fellow citizens are behind bars?…
  23. Castro Regime Furious with Townhall https://townhall.com/columnists/humbertofontova/2011/07/29/castro_regime_furious_with_townhall
    Cuba has very high literacy, and Castro has brought great health care to his country." … Chamber of Commerce, in 1958 U.S. investments in Cuba accounted for only 13 per cent of Cuba’s GNP. … And in 1950 more Cubans vacationed in the U.S. than Americans in Cuba.…
  24. The "Gay History Law" Elevates the Irrelevant https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelmedved/2011/07/27/the_gay_history_law_elevates_the_irrelevant
    King the unusual privilege of a swearing-in on foreign soil, so he got up from his sickbed long enough to raise his right hand in Cuba…
  25. What We Don't Know about History Can Hurt Us https://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2011/07/27/what_we_dont_know_about_history_can_hurt_us
    It's no coincidence that the countries with the least economic freedom, according to the Heritage Foundation -- Cuba, Zimbabwe, North…