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Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up, Indeed!

Lawrence Wilkerson

By Lawrence Wilkerson Several  nights ago (6 April), I watched “Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up” at the West End Cinema in Washington. Six months ago, Saul Landau, the filmmaker, had given me an earlier rough-cut version on DVD that I had watched, but I was not prepared for the final version with all

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The Fiftieth Anniversary Parade

The Fiftieth Anniversary Parade

Today I had the privilege of watching the impressive parade with which our people commemorated the Fiftieth Anniversary of the proclamation of the Socialist character of the Revolution and the Playa Girón Victory. I really enjoyed the detailed account of the parade as well as the music, gestures, faces, intelligence, gallantry and fighting spirit of our people. I also enjoyed seeing the happy face of Mabelita, sitting on her wheelchair, and the children and teenagers of “La Colmenita”, who have multiplied several times.

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Central Report To The 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba

Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba

Comrades all, The opening of the 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba this afternoon marks a date of extraordinary significance in our history, the 50th anniversary of the proclamation of the socialist nature of our Revolution by its Commander in Chief, Fidel Castro Ruz, on April 16, 1961, as we paid our last

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Havana: Restoration as a Social Issue

Havana city

Restoration projects in the historic district of the Cuban capital are helping to perfect an urban development project that prioritizes patrimonial and social interests. In an interview with Prensa Latina, Havana City Historian Eusebio Leal explained these projects are focused on the human aspect, not just the restoration of the city´s architecture and beauty.

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Cuba's and World's Oldest Ballplayer Celebrates 100 Years

Cuba, Pelotero veterano

do betta fish sleep p>By Peter Bjarkman April 2011 has been the most historic of months in the baseball-loving nation of Cuba. An upset-filled post-season tournament has added a final exclamation point to a thrill-packed and record-filled Golden Anniversary edition of the island’s National Series championships. But if symbolic “gold” attached to a five-decade milestone

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Cuba to Take Young Team to Pan Am Freestyle Championship

Bandera Cubana

p>Cuba will take a young team to the next 2011 Senior Pan American Championships that will take place in early March in Rionegro, Colombia. The team is led by Yuniesky Blanco (74 kg), who was unbeaten in the last International FIS Freestyle World Cup, in which also participated Eduardo Mesa (96). Other two experienced are

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El Paso Diary: The Expert’s Ignorance and the 71 Objections From the Prosecution

Luis Posada Carriles, terrorista

El Paso Diary: Day 41 of the Posada Carriles Trial By José Pertierra The attorney for one of the convicted killers of Chilean diplomat, Orlando Letelier, testified today in El Paso on behalf of Luis Posada Carriles. José Dionisio Suárez Esquivel was convicted for conspiring to murder Letelier and his assistant Ronni Karpen Moffitt in

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Cyberwar Against Cuba. Summit Kicks off Monday in Panama

Ciberguerra contra Cuba

futures trading strategies p>(The South Journal) Panama will be the venue of an event to be held April 11-15, whose objective is the setting up of an “elite international task force” to enhance the cyberwar against Cuba. The sponsors of this meeting, under the intellectualized name of “Thinking Cuba”, use military terms like “task force”,

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"Humanitarian" bombs fall on Libya

Libyan bombing

By Jorge L. Rodríguez González Protecting the civilian population is but the pretext, while NATO’s deliberate bombing campaign is aimed at paving the way for the rebels to do away with Gaddafi. The West wants the Jamahiriya. A Humanitarian War, this how the United States and its collaborators describe the ongoing imperialist crusade against Libya.

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El Paso Diary: The Witness From María Elvira, Live!

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El Paso Diary: Day 39 of the Posada Carriles Trial By José Pertierra The María Elvira, Live! show came to El Paso this week. Luis Posada Carriles’ defense attorney turned the federal trial into a television talk show. The defense called Roberto Hernández del Llano as a star witness in an attempt to impeach the previous testimony