Machetera on a Roll: Yoani Sanchez – The Annoying, but Well-Paid Cuban Blogger

Below are links to two excellent posts by Machetera about Yoani Sanchez.  The first post will give you a feel for who she is, what she does and the role she plays as the Cuban blogger who knocks Cuba.  The second article is about Yoani and her nefarious supporters, the master manipulators of all these [...]

Comandante of the Cuban Revolution, Juan Almeida Bosque, dies

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Revolution Commander Juan Almeida Bosque Passes Away on Friday

HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 12 (acn) With profound mourning, the leadership of
the Cuban Government and Communist Party informed the Cuban people that
Commander of the Revolution and Vice President of the Council of State
Juan Almeida Bosque passed away at age 82 in Havana at 11:30pm on
September 11, [...]

MACHETERA: “A State Department at the Service of Petty Interests: The Ongoing Torture of Adriana Perez and her Husband, Gerardo Hernandez”

This is truly an amazing article about two amazing people enduring years of US injustice and cruelty.
A State Department at the Service of Petty Interests: The Ongoing Torture of Adriana Pérez and her Husband, Gerardo Hernández
August 20, 2009 ·
A State Department at the Service of Petty Interests:
Visa Denial as a Form of Torture
By Machetera
When the [...]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, COMANDANTE FIDEL!

FIDEL CASTRO WILL TURN 83 YEARS OLD ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 13

CUBA: The Revolutionary as Economic Manager, Review of Helen Yaffe’s New Book: “Che Guevara: The Economics of Revolution”

The revolutionary as economic manager
Che Guevara: The Economics of Revolution
By Helen Yaffe
Palgrave Macmillan, 354 pp. $59.95
Reviewed by Allen Myers
Every socialist revolution to date has occurred in a country whose economy stood at a level of development well below that of the most developed capitalist nations. New revolutionary governments have therefore confronted from the start a [...]

Nicaragua/Honduras: Fidel Castro on “The 30th Sandinista Anniversary and the San Jose Proposal”

Reflections by Comrade Fidel
The coup d’état in Honduras, promoted by the far right-wing of the United States –which in Central America was maintaining the structure set up by Bush – and backed by the Department of State, was evolving poorly on account of the energetic resistance by the people. (Cuban News Agency)

“The 30th Sandinista Anniversary [...]

HONDURAS: FIDEL CASTRO, “What Should Be Demanded From the US”

What Should Be Demanded From The United States
Reflections by Comrade Fidel Castro
The meeting in Costa Rica didn’t, nor could it, lead to peace. The people of Honduras are not at war, it’s just the perpetrators of the coup who are using weapons against the people. One should demand that they cease their war against the [...]

HONDURAS: “The Country of Nada” – To Understand the Coup, Go Back to the 1980’s

In an attempt to get background on the Honduras coup which took place on June 28, especially about the days when John Negroponte served as the US’ ambassador in Tegucigalpa, I stumbled upon the following article entitled, “The Country of Nada.” This article was written in 1986 and covers a wide range of issues: Honduran [...]

HONDURAS: Raul Castro Speech to the Rio Group, June 29, 2009

GRANMA
June 29, 2009
The fascist coup d’état against President Zelaya
is an insult to all the peoples
Speech by President Raúl Castro Ruz
in the extraordinary session of the
Rio Group Summit, Managua, June 29, 2009.
Distinguished presidents and ministers:
I shall be brief; there are many heads of state and high-ranking representatives of our governments here who also wish to speak.
A [...]

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. [...]