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September 22, 2008

France: Understanding the Minorities' Votes in Florida

Posted by Lova Rakotomalala · 4:06 pm · Cuba · France · Italy · U.S.A.

It seems increasingly clear that Florida once again is going to be critical factor in the elections. Both Republican nominee Senator John McCain and Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama know it. According to polls, the battle will again be very close. French blogger, Laure de Montalembert surveys the Floridian electoral landscape and tries to understand the factors that matter to Floridian voters. 1 comments · read »

Cuba

Obama Picks Biden

Aggregated from: Review of Cuban-American Blogs

It would have made no sense for Barack Obama to pick an even bigger political lightweight as his vice presidential running mate (if such a creature could be found). Joe Biden has been in the senate since Barack Obama was 11 years old. His 36 years of experience there dwarfs Obama's 3. To say that th...

September 17, 2008

Canada,
Cuba

Ayers and North Korea

Aggregated from: The Strong Conservative

More information is arising concerning William Ayers and North Vietnam, and Ayers' wife Bernadine Dohrn's contacts with Fidel Castro.The American Thinker has the story:After returning from Cuba, Dohrn and others met with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong representatives in Budapest, Hungary, to discuss...

September 8, 2008

Cuba

On the Provision of Humanitarian Aid to Cuba

Aggregated from: Review of Cuban-American Blogs

n view of the natural disasters that have lately befallen Cuba, compounded, as they are, by the regime's wilful abandonment of the island's infrastructure which has made the Cuban people infinitely more vulnerable to the effects of a Gustav or a Hannah than was ever the case before 1959, when there ...

September 5, 2008

Global: Palin Brings Down the House

Posted by Amira Al Hussaini · 2:11 am · Bangladesh · Barbados · Canada · Cuba · Egypt · Iraq · New Zealand

Love her or hate her, international bloggers say Alaska Governor Sarah Palin brought the house down when she addressed the Republican National Convention, in Saint Paul, Minneapolis. Some even see her as a president one day. Following is a mixed bag of reactions from all four corners of the globe. 13 comments · read »

September 4, 2008

Barbados,
Cuba

Cuba, Barbados, U.S.A.: Palin's Speech

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

While Cuban diaspora blogger Babalu is “still a bit in awe from Palin's speech last night”, Barbadian diaspora blogger Jdid says: “She tried to attack Obama on some trivial stuff that he's been attacked on before, she didn't break new ground and with her Tina Fey look a...

September 2, 2008

Cayman Islands,
Cuba,
Jamaica,
United Kingdom

Does the Caribbean exist?, Kanishk Tharoor

Aggregated from: open Democracy News Analysis - USA

As Jim Gabour seemed certain of all along, Hurricane Gustav spared New Orleans a return to the horrors and devastation of Katrina three years ago. Though eight people across the south of the United States died as a result of the storm's arrival, its impact has not been nearly as deadly as feare...

Caribbean: Hurricane Gustav

Posted by Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A. · 9:23 pm · Cayman Islands · Cuba · Dominican Republic · Grenada · Haiti · Jamaica

It's that time again - hurricane season - and while 2008 has produced a motley crew of storms in three short months, Gustav is the one that stands out. At least so far. Bloggers were bracing themselves for anything. 0 comments · read »

August 30, 2008

Cuba

Palin on Alaskan oil, global warming, and John McCain

Aggregated from: Babalu Blog

News Max interviewed Sarah Palin before she was pegged as a running mate by McCain. This women knows what she's doing. My favorite line from the interview: "You can be a reformer and also be a conservative." Buh bye Obama. Read it here. ...

Cuba

John McCain Makes His Veep Selection

Aggregated from: Babalu Blog

HERE SHE IS CNN and FOX are reporting that McCain has chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. She is a conservative Republican, pro-life, a free-trade capitalist, an NRA member. Oh, and she's a woman, if you missed that. This should re-define the Obama's CHANGE slogan. The...