Cuba is currently the president of the Non-Aligned Movement which is holding a ministerial meeting in Havana this week in preparation for a heads of state NAM meeting in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt, July 11-16, 2009. Raul Castro gave an excellent speech at the ministerial meeting. Since not everyone may be familiar with the NAM [...]
Entries from April 2009
April 29, 2009
CUBA (video): To Understand Cuba, Watch “Fidel: The Untold Story”
Estela Bravo’s tremendous documentary, “Fidel: The Untold Story,” is the perfect instrument for understanding why Cuba and Fidel Castro are loved and admired throughout the world. As John Maxwell, columnist for the Jamaica Observer, said recently in a column, Fidel kept all of the promises he made to the people.
You can view the film on [...]
April 27, 2009
CUBA: Half a Century of (US) Lies by John Maxwell, Jamaica Observer
John Maxwell, columnist for the Jamaica Observer, has a way of informing you by “lightening bolt.” First, he smacks you with a force akin to a ton of bricks and then he pores the truth directly into your mind. Whether the topic is Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica, or imperialism, Maxwell NEVER fails to hit the point [...]
April 22, 2009
CUBA (video): Interviews with Two Foot Soldiers in the Cuban Revolution
Over the last few years, Fidel has issued numerous “reflections” about a variety of social, political, and economic issues and, of course, baseball. Having been on the world stage for fifty years and fighting the blockade from hell, Fidel’s experiences offer precious historical context that no one else can provide. In addition, his comprehensive analysis [...]
April 22, 2009
HAITI: Lavalas Flexes Its Muscles by Kevin Pina
Lavalas flexes its muscles in Haiti
by Kevin Pina
President of Haiti Rene Preval appears visibly worried as his security detachment far out numbers voters at the polling station where he cast his ballot.
A nearly empty ballot box sits at a polling station in Port-au-Prince on April 19, 2009. Voters overwhelmingly stayed away from the polls after [...]
April 20, 2009
FIDEL Castro on the Secret Summit of the Americas
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“The Secret Summit
Reflections by comrade Fidel
Neither represented nor excommunicated, only today could I learn what was discussed at the Summit of Port of Spain. They led us all to entertain hopes that the meeting would not be secret, but those running the show deprived us of such an interesting intellectual exercise. We shall [...]
April 19, 2009
CUBA Remembers Bay of Pigs Invasion (Video) – April 17, 1961
Forty-eight years ago this past April 17, the US lodged an attack on Cuba using Cuban mercenaries. The attack was designed to “wipe out” a budding socialist revolution. It was a miserable failure and the defeat gave the US its first indication that Cuba would never yield its sovereignty. For the next forty years, though, [...]
April 19, 2009
HILLARY IN HAITI-Video: Delivering Pep Talk to Sweatshop Workers
As the video shows, during Hillary Clinton’s recent visit to Haiti, she gave a pep talk to sweatshop workers (in the Dominican Republic, she did a town hall meeting – that must have taken forever with translation and all). By the look on the faces of the workers, Hillary’s announcement of even more $5 a [...]
April 18, 2009
Raul’s Formal Presentation at ALBA Meeting
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GRANMA INTERNATIONAL
Havana. April 16, 2009
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2009/april/vier17/Speech-Raul-Castro.html
Cuba reaffirms vocation of solidarity with the people of the Americas
• Speech by President Raúl Castro Ruz, in the public segment of the 5th
Extraordinary ALBA Summit, Cumaná, Venezuela, April 16, 2009
Compañero Chávez;
Dear Presidents and heads of delegations from sister ALBA nations;
Distinguished guests
Speech by President Raúl Castro Ruz, in [...]
