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July 30, 2008

Obama's mentor

Aggregated from: Babalu

Frank Marshall Davis, Obama's putative mentor in Hawaii, was a real flesh and blood communist. No way around it, libs: he really was a commie. There's a great piece today from Accuracy in Media detailing the whole thing. A snip: The story of Frank Marshall Davis, Obama’s Marxist mentor, is comp...

Russia: Exaggerated Rumours of a New Cuban Crisis

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

FP Passport - Russia follows up on the commotion and official denials following rumours of Russian plans to station strategic bombers to Cuba. ...

July 25, 2008

Barbados, Cuba, U.S.A.: The Times Rejects Mc Cain

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

Caribbean blogs are irate over The New York Times‘ rejection of John Mc Cain's rebuttal to Barack Obama's recent editorial on Iraq: Babalu Blog: “Who the hell gave them the power to think they speak on behalf of my best interests?” Barbados Free Press: “As much as we ...

Cuba, U.S.A.: Sharpton Calls for Prisoners' Release

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

“When it comes to Cuban political prisoners, any publicity is good publicity”: Uncommon Sense and Balablu Blog draw attention to Reverend Al Sharpton's “call for the release of Cuba's prisoners of conscience.” ...

July 22, 2008

Did New Yorker Obama cartoon cross the line?

A cartoon on the cover of the U.S.-based publication the New Yorker stirred passions throughout the blogosphere. The cartoon, displayed on the front of the July 21, 2008 edition of the weekly news and culture magazine, depicted Obama in traditional African muslim dress and head wrap giving a "knuckle ...

July 17, 2008

Cuba: Exploring Oil

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

The Cuban Triangle is puzzled by a Florida Congressional delegation's idea that Cuba should be blocked from drilling for oil in its own Gulf waters. He says comments by Senator Mel Martinez, reported in El Nuevo Herald, must sound to Cuban readers, “as if he thinks he is in charge of their...

Cuba: Family Travel to Cuba

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

The US Congress has approved a 2009 fiscal spending bill containing a controversial provision that lifts family travel restrictions to Cuba. Uncommon Sense believes this would “restore some humanitarian sanity by helping break the barriers between Cubans who have been able to leave the country...

July 3, 2008

EU to Open Up Dialogue with Cuba

Aggregated from: VivirLatino

Big diplomacy news out of Brussels, which will hopefully resonate in the U.S.'s diplomatic relations (or lack thereof) with Cuba. The European Union has decided to officially lift any sanctions against the island nation and resume regular diplomatic activities, which deteriorated in 2003 after the "...

Cuba: Election Summer

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

Circles Robinson Online on Cubans' interest in November's US presidential election, and what the possible election of Barack Obama may mean for relations between the two countries. ...

June 17, 2008

Barbados, Bahamas, Cuba, U.S.A.: R.I.P. Russert

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

Cuban blogger Ninety miles away…in another country, Adrian Gibson at Weblog Bahamas and Living in Barbados acknowledge the passing of American journalist Tim Russert. ...