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Been to Cuba Lately?

Mike Farrel integrates Actors and United Artists for Freedom of the cuban Five and has been one of the signatories of the letter of thanks to Jimmy Carter.

By: Mike Farrell, Huffington Post Hey, how you doing? What’s new? Been to Cuba lately? Oh, that’s right, you’re only a U.S. citizen; you can’t. You can’t. How stupid is that? I guess they worry you’ll catch communism or something. But you know what? Canadians and Europeans go there all the time without catching …

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Cuba Denies Responsibility for U.S. Barge Losses

Tugboat Muheet

Cuba on Thursday categorically refuted statements by the U.S. company Harbor Homes LLC blaming Cuban authorities for losses from the tugboat Muheet. A statement from the Transport Ministry described as false the complaints regarding the losses of humanitarian aid on two barges that were being towed to Haiti by the tugboat. On Nov. 30, the Muheet ran out of fuel off the coast of Baracoa, Cuba, and was stranded as it awaited another tugboat for assistance promised by shipowner Caribbean Investor LLC.

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Chinese President Sends Message to Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro & Hu Jintao

Chinese President Hu Jintao expressed his most sincere respect and cordial greetings to the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro. The 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, held on the 50th anniversary of the proclamation of the socialist character of the Cuban Revolution, has been a Congress that inherits the past and

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Closing Remarks by Raul Castro Ruz, at the 6th Party Congress

Raul Castro Ruz

best canned dog food p>Dear Fidel, Comrades, We have come to the end of this Congress after intensive working sessions where the Cuban communists have discussed and adopted the Guidelines of the Economic and Social Policy of the Party and the Revolution, the Central Report and various resolutions on the main issues examined. I think

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Playa Giron remembered

Cuba's leader Fidel Castro jumps from a tank as he arrives at Giron, Cuba, near the Bay Of Pigs.

Commander Victor Dreke Cruz “ is one of the pillars on which I relied “ wrote Ernesto Che Guervara after a mission to Africa in the mid 60s. An incredibly humble but passionate man, this outstanding veteran of the Cuban revolution shared his experience and thoughts in a rapturously received speech at the National Union of Teachers headquarters in London on Tuesday night. To a packed hall Dreke spoke about his personal experiences as a 22 year old in the battle of Playa Giron(Bay of Pigs) in 1961.

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Raul Castro Closed the Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba

Raul Castro Closed the Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba

wainwright dog food p> The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba Raul Castro, staid the main task now is to fulfill the agreements of the congress under the common denominator of order, discipline and exigencies. Raul Castro defined as the most important commitment to achieve is to update Cuban

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Raúl Castro Elected Communist Party First Secretary

Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba

Raul Castro was elected first secretary of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) by its new Central Committee, presented Tuesday during the closing session of the party´s 6th Congress. The post of second secretary went to Jose Machado Ventura, who will also head the Central Committee Secretariat, comprised of seven members.

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Fidel Castro Attends Closing of Cuban Communist Congress (+ Photos & Video)

Fidel Castro Attends Closing of Cuban Communist Congress

p> The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, attended the closing on Tuesday of the 6th Party Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba. During the congress, which began on Saturday at Havana’s International Conference Center, delegates discussed and approved the Central Report presented by Raúl Castro at the opening session. In five commissions

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My Absence from the Central Committee

My Absence from the Central Committee

breeding betta fish p>I had previously read the main report by Comrade Raúl to the Sixth Congress of the Party. He shared it with me several days before, on his own initiative, as he has done with many other issues without my asking him to do so because, as I have explained, I relinquished all

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The Congress Debates

The Congress Debates

Today, Sunday, at 10:00 a.m., I listened to the debates of the delegates to the Sixth Congress of the Party. There were so many Commissions that, obviously, I could not listened to all those who spoke. Delegates had gathered into five Commissions to discuss a number of issues. And, of course, I also took advantage