CUBA: Raul Castro’s Speech at July 26th Celebration in Holguin

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Havana.  July 28, 2009
The modest results reaffirm our optimism and confidence that yes, we can do it!
• Speech by General of the Army Raúl Castro Ruz, president of the Councils of State and Ministers, at the central rally commemorating the 56th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Garrisons, [...]

Che Guevara(videos): His Legacy on the 81st Anniversary of His Birth

This coming Sunday, June 14, is  the 81st anniversary of Che Guevara’s birth and it is a good occasion to review various parts of his life and missions.

In late 1964, after making a speech before the UN General Assembly, Che Guevara embarked on a lengthy tour of Africa that began and ended in Algeria. [...]

FIDEL CASTRO – May Day is for the “Poor of the World”

Reflections by Comrade Fidel
THE DAY FOR THE POOR OF THE WORLD
http://www.cuba.cu/gobierno/reflexiones/2009/ing/f30040…
Tomorrow is International Workers’ Day.
Karl Marx called to unity: “Workers of the world unite”, although many of the poor were not workers. Lenin, who was even more far-reaching, made a call to the peasants and the colonized peoples for them to struggle together under the [...]

CUBA (video): Raul Castro Speech to the Non-Aligned Movement

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 [...]

CUBA: Washington Post Gets “F” in Cuban History

In your “Coddling Cuba” editorial of April 9, you managed to resurrect several themes under which the US messed with Cuba over the last fifty years. In fact some of these themes even the Cuban American National Foundation have either rejected or is dubious about their usefulness. Please see CANF’s White Paper on US-Cuba relations [...]

CHE GUEVARA: Latin America-Africa

October 9 marks the 41st anniversary of the assassination of Che Guevara.
Che was killed in the highlands of Bolivia in a CIA operation headed up by a man by the name of Felix Rodriguez. Che was in Bolivia trying to breathe life back into a struggling guerilla movement to return the country and its [...]

CUBA: Raul Speaks on 55th Anniversary of the Attack on the Moncada

Speech by Cuban President Raul Castro on July 26, 2008
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba, July 26 (acn) The Cuban New Agency brings you the
full text of the speech given by Cuban President Raul Castro Ruz at the
central rally marking National Rebelliousness Day in Cuba, held in the
eastern province of Santiago de Cuba today.
http://www.walterlippmann.com/rc-07-26-2008.html
SPEECH ON THE 55TH [...]

Colombia,Uribe,Hostages,FARC,Rescue Videos: Help, We Need A Music Break

After a solid week of scrutinizing Colombian hostage rescue videos trying to figure out why Ingrid looks so good after 6 years in the jungle, why the FARC soldier, “Cesar,” shown on the rescue video is about a foot taller and fairer skinned than another guy also called “Cesar” that the Colombian military had doing [...]

CUBA: Che Guevara’s Legacy Upon the Occasion of His 80th Birthday

This June 14 is the 80th anniversary of Che Guevara’s birth and it is a good occasion to review various parts of his life.
In late 1964, after making a speech before the UN General Assembly, Che Guevara embarked on a lengthy tour of Africa that began and ended in Algeria. He visited Mali, Congo [...]

HAITI: “Brazilian Military’s Experience Comes Full Circle in Haiti”

By Kevin Pina

“Institutional memory is a collective of facts, concepts, experiences and know-how held by a group of people. As it transcends the individual, it requires the ongoing transmission of these memories between members of this group.”

- Wikipedia.com

US Marines, Canadian Special Forces and troops of the French Foreign Legion were authorized by the UN [...]