So dedicated were they to their “war” against America and to creating a Cuba-like Communist Puerto Rico that none accepted the clemency … The Left’s hero, Lopez, has gone on the guest speaker circuit from Cuba and Venezuela to American Universities, such as Metropolitan…
The tactics that are being used are the same ones he saw in Communist Cuba when he was 11-years-old. … It's the same tactics he saw in Cuba. … He used to tell us how lucky he was because he was able to come from Spain to Cuba.…
should some media smartaleck bring up the subject again, here, gentlemen, is how you bash it out of the park:
“What embargo of Cuba … While a proud Soviet satrapy Cuba received $3-5 billion annually from the Soviets. You call that an embargo, Brian? … Department of Commerce, Brian, the U.S. has transacted almost $4 BILLION in trade with Cuba over the past decade.…
Other question highlights included one about Cuba using the “3AM phone call” phrasing, an English-as-the-official-language moment, … On a question surrounding Cuba, he was the only candidate to note the threat of terrorists coming through there. … – but he must have raised a number of eyebrows when he claimed to be “anti-isolationism” in an answer on Cuba.…
Pope Benedict XVI will visit Cuba in March. … Catholic youth groups were among the first to mount resistance to Castro and Che Guevara’s Stalinization of Cuba. … —“Viva Cuba Libre!”)…
Espin in 2006 the Washington Post gushed that: “she was a champion of women’s rights and greatly improved the status of women in Cuba … Actually, in 1958 Cuba had more female college graduates as a percentage of population than the U.S.…
Santiago de Cuba.” … And I repeat: Cuba bristles with MSM press bureaus that report every bruise or hangnail among the prisoners in Guantanamo. … “They would leave him naked and handcuffed,” reports Wilman Villar’s widow in a recent samizdat from Cuba. “They beat him.…
Mere months earlier dozens of Cuban exiles (many of them college kids about Mimi Alford’s age) were infiltrating Cuba and bringing … “There’s no likelihood that the Soviets or Cubans would try and install an offensive capability in Cuba,” he scoffed. … The stadium erupted: “CUBA LIBRE!” yelled the delirious crowd while hugging and cheering and sobbing. “CUBA-LIBRE!”…
“I have been affiliated with the Cuba Council of Churches since the 1980s,” boasted Rev. … “I have several close Cuban friends (italics added) who work with the Cuba Council of Churches and you have heard me preach about our … affiliation and the Black Theology Project’s trips to Cuba.…
"In all essentials, Castro's battle for Cuba was a media public relations campaign, fought in New York and Washington." … “Castro is honest, and an honest government is something unique in Cuba. Castro is not himself even remotely a Communist.” … Now he's the U.S. official overseeing our Cuba policy!"
"That's exactly right, Sean. Crazy as it sounds.…
Here's a report from the International Labor Organization on Cuba circa 1957: "One feature of the Cuban social structure is a large … The average wage for an 8-hour day in Cuba in 1957 is higher than for workers in Belgium, Denmark, France and Germany. … In 1958, Cuba had a higher per capita income than Spain, Austria or Japan.…