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Tag Archives: Cuba
May 17, 2013
“Satellite dishes don’t look like surf boards”
In Revisiting Operation Surf, investigative journalist Tracey Eaton converses with Robert Guerra, former director of Freedom House’s Internet Freedom Project, about the attempt to smuggle satellite dishes into Cuba by disguising them as boogie boards. Cuba’s government says that Guerra was the “handler” for the actual smuggler, Barry Fink, a… read more »
May 14, 2013
‘Yankees of Cuba’ to play games in Miami, Tampa
Jorge Ebro, Miami Herald – The idea came from a comedian, but it’s far from being a joke. Some of the best baseball players who have donned the Industriales uniform will visit Miami at the end of July to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the most loved and hated team… read more »
May 3, 2013
In Cuba: USAID Flies Into the Cuckoo’s Nest
In his aptly named Into the Cuckoo’s Nest, investigative journalist Tracey Eaton provides three great examples of how schizophrenic U.S. policy toward Cuba can be, all drawn from USAID’s program there. Typically, development programs provide access to clean water, food, shelter and medical attention—that is, they seek to alleviate poverty…. read more »
May 3, 2013
LA Times: Political calculus keeps Cuba on U.S. list of terror sponsors
Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times – Cuba’s communist leadership was quick to send condolences to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings and to reiterate to Washington that it “rejects and condemns unequivocally all acts of terrorism.” Once a key supplier of arms and training to leftist rebels in… read more »
May 3, 2013
New York Times: Amid Fealty to Socialism, a Nod to Capitalism
Victoria Burnett, New York Times - In many ways, it was a typical May Day: Hundreds of thousands of Cuban workers — doctors, sailors, dancers, bank clerks — marched Wednesday toward this city’s vast Revolution Plaza, waving flags, holding aloft banners that proclaimed fidelity to socialism and tooting plastic horns. But… read more »
May 2, 2013
TIA restores seasonal flights to Holguin, Cuba
Drew Harwell, Tampa Bay Times – Three months after the flights were suspended, Tampa International Airport announced Thursday it would host new seasonal flights to Holguin, Cuba. Starting next month, ABC Charters will fly once a week to the east Cuban beach town, about 500 miles from Havana, airport officials… read more »
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