Much adieu nothing concerning the 26th of July

What is the significance of the 26th of July? We know what the media will do and certainly what the controlling apartheid regime will do and say. Now to the reality of what the 26th of July movement or date has accomplished. The answer to this question is very simple: Nothing.
The dictatorship has attempted to destroy Cuba; they have attempted to destroy the Cuban family, and attempted to destroy the will of the Cuban people. Ultimately the excuse for the revolution was simply to cover up all the atrocities and the pilfering done by the dictatorship. The movement from the very beginning was a selfish one planned all along with evil intentions by the dictatorship. The attack on the Moncada barracks was a total failure with the dictator not actually fighting and being the first one to flee, just like the revolution, a farce from the very beginning and continuing to flee from the actual truth. This date is of actual sadness and cruelty,not that of a selfish propaganda from the cruel regime, nor the love affair with the culpable media.
We do not need to hear 8 hour slurring speeches with broken promises and total failures. Enough of forcing people to accept your charades. No more of your silencing and imprisoning of those who dare to speak out. The real answer and solution for Cuba is FREEDOM. Enough of the failures of the revolution, it does not work, nor warrant any sorry excuse for existence.

An apology

I would like to express an apology for several reasons. I made a solemn promise to a special person concerning the fight for a FREE Cuba. I have had personal struggles and health problems that required a surgery and thank God everything will be fine. I want to apologize for my post not being up to par lately, and for those who struggle daily with imprisonment and torture. Nothing in my grand scheme of things can compare of what many are going through now. I apologize to my fellow bloggers for not keeping up lately and for not being up to date.
My solemn promise continues with a revived fervor and a commitment to those who have died seeking a FREE Cuba, and to my family this blog and struggle is my gift to you with all my heart!

My sincerest humble apology!

Menace to society

The dictator and mini-me plotting evil schemes to society while being flanked by a picture of the loser Leche Guevera. It is unconceivable that these evil doers get a free pass from the press and practically fawned over by the idiots in both the English and Spanish media.

Enough of these men who hate their own people and even hate their own country.


CUBA LIBRE NOW!

True colors of the dictator

The Real Cuba has this video of the dictator showing his true colors. The nerve of the reporter asking him a un-rehearsed question or something that is not controlled!

Sign of the Cross for Cuba

Heard a great sermon today at mass with a special message. The power of the sign of the Cross will bless those in Cuba and foster a special blessing for FREEDOM. Good will triumph over evil.

So my fellow freedom fighters:

In the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit for all the political prisoners, those whom have died struggling for a FREE Cuba, for the people of(inside and out) Cuba, for the freedom fighters to my right, and finally a FREE Cuba

Dictator heading for Argentina?

We are not sure if the dictator is heading for Argentina or if he is really dead? Rumor has it if he lands in Argentina he would be arrested? I don't believe this, but check this out from La Nueva Cuba.

Written in Blood

From El Confeti :

Freedom fighter Santiago Valdeolla wrote this in blood from prison.


"The country belongs to all of us"

"For Cuba it is time"

"Lets open the door"

"Long live the APPSC" (The Assembly to Promote a Civil Society in Cuba)

"Long live a free and democratic Cuba".



H/T
To all the freedom fighting bloggers to my right!

Dictator is dead part III

My freedom-loving brethren again I am going to repeat: I do not believe the dictator is dead! If he were do you think we would be informed in a timely manner?

My next rant is concerning the commie bloggers that are now starting to pop up in Cuba. Who are you fooling guys? We know you are working for the dictator and his cronies! You see the success of the bloggers to my right and you can't stand it.! Well we have one weapon that you do not: The Truth! I have one simple question to all those "bloggers" in Cuba:

"How is it that you have a blog, yet Farinas and Biscet are not allowed to have one or access the internet?" No amount of revolutionary jargon, portraying the U.S. as the bad guy, and 1 ruler for 47 years can justify and explain this!


FREEDOM for Cuba NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The saga of the dead dictator continues?

Here is my disclaimer: I do not believe the dictator is dead. All you commies did you hear that, but I have received many e-mails claiming that he is dead. I am sure that they are trying to wake up the dictator so he can recite some boring 4 hour slurring speech to prove otherwise.

So just in case I have my special cigar ready now or for later!


Any info out there?


Update 7/14/06:

From Western Hemisphere Policy Watch:


Cuba State Funeral Planning Underway?(14 Jul 06) Several sources inform WHPW Editors that amid all the speculation to the Bearded One's demise during the past week, there may be some recent activity on the island - in plain view - that is fueling speculation that the Bearded One is very ill and near death.... When the Bearded One does pass away, an elaborate statefunerall is planned, one like any other witnessed in the Western Hemisphere. "It will be a blast back to the Cold War," advises one source. "Castro cadaver will be on display and will take an 'island tour' that will either start or end in Granma or somewhere in Santiago," added the source.

Unidos en oracion con el Dr Oscar Elias Biscet

Received this e-mail from this freedom loving brethren Miguel Angel B:


Hoy comienza el 2do dia de ayuno y de oracion del Dr Oscar Elias Biscet en una celda cubana. Unete en espiritu de oracion con él rogando a Dios.

Salmo 1

Feliz el que no se guia/ por consejo de malvados,/ ni pone pie en mal camino,/ ni con burlones se sienta;/ sino en la ley del Señor se deleita,/ y de noche y de día la medita.

Es arbol a orillas de aguas corrientes,/ el cual da siempre su fruto a su tiempo,/ y su follaje jamas se marchita:/ ese hombre tendrá buen exito en todo.

No son asi los impios; no, no asi;/ son como tamo que el viento dispersa./ Por eso no venceran en el juicio,/ ni en la reunion de los justos, los malos.

Pues cuida el Señor la senda del justo,/ y la del malo conduce al abismo.

'Venid, benditos de mi Padre y tomad posesion del reino que os está destinado desde el principio del mundo: porque teniendo Yo hambre, me distes de comer; teniendo sed, me distes de beber; siendo un forastero, me recogisteis; estando desnudo, me vestisteis; estando enfermo, fuistes a visitarme; estando en la carcel, fuistes a verme' ...

En verdad, en verdad les digo: "Todo lo que hagais por el mas pequeño de los mios a mi mismo me lo habeis hecho". (Mt.25, 34b-36, 40).

Viva Cristo Rey!!

Su seguro servidor.

Dictator dead?

Rumors are swirling that the dictator is dead? As you know we have heard this many times before only to be burnt. Now it seems that the dictator in waiting brother has taken over the day to day operations and making more appearances. What does this mean? Who knows with these commies, the master manipulators!

Get those special cigars and champagne ready, just in case my freedom loving brethren!

I'm Back

My freedom loving brethren due to computer problems and personal reasons I have been away and not been able to post. I will get to your e-mails as soon as I can.

Real questions for Lucia Newman

After reading this interview with Lucia Newman, we decided to ask this "jewel of truth" journalist our own questions. Now bare in mind, no softball questions or "Tricky Ricky" Alarcon controlling the questions or format. Simply some FREEDOM fighting bloggers and concerned citizens with questions:

Why all those years in Cuba you never reported anything concerning the political prisoners?------El Cafe Cubano

You mentioned that they never censored you, yet you never asked anyone in the dictatorship: Why no elections in 47 years? Why didn't you ask about the lack of freedom of press? Did you ever question the apartheid of Cuban citizens? Did you really leave or were you forced out because you reported about Farinas? Why first Cuba and then Al Jazeera two beacons for terrorism?----El Cafe Cubano

I read an interview she gave talking about her years as CNN reporter in Havana. My question to her is this. Why would you spend so many years doing a job that requires dishonesty and collaboration with a murderous dictator and does it bother you that your work contributed to the suffering of Cubans, both on the island and in exile? ----Blog For Cuba

Preguntale pq ella nunca cubrio sobre los presos politicios cubanos,como elias biscet entre otros,porque el silencio? porque permitio trabajar censurada aunque ella no lo admita.-Annonymous

Castro's government has outlasted 10 U.S. presidents, all of whom predicted that it would fall soon. Why, you as a responsible journalist failed to report the truth? ---Alex at Ya No Mas


How was your lifestyle in Cuba? Did you suffer any inconveniences because of the embargo -- compared to your other assignments? Be honest.--- Alex at Ya No Mas

When she left her assignment in Mexico City several years ago she said she was happy to be getting out of there because the pollution was affecting her asthmatic daughter. I wonder what she feels about the pollution in Havana? ---Cuban-American Pundit

Alguna vez la Sra Newman hizo algun tipo de reportaje sobre el fusilamiento -arbitrario- de aquellos tres jovenes negros que fueron apresados cuando intentaban llevarse una embarcacion, y las declaraciones de Castro:  Esos fusilamientos se habian llevado a cabo como ESCARMIENTO para la poblacion? Yo creo que ella nunca escribió acerca de la "justicia revolucionaria". Sra Newman: Por que calló? Tenia tema aqui, si o no? --- Mike B

Interview with Maxìmo Josè Garcìa

Freedom fighter Stefania has posted a interview with Maxìmo Josè Garcìa. He is a member member of the opposition Cuban Liberal Movement. Click here for the interview:

Maxìmo Josè Garcìa is a member of the opposition Cuban Liberal Movement, which fights for peaceful regime change in Cuba. He has several times been attacked by the state security and one of these times he was even beaten up. The following interview has been translated from Spanish.

1) Hi, Maximo. First of all ,thanks for allowing me this interview.

Thank you for worrying about the situation many in this part of the world live under. Especially, the Cuban situation. Cuba's people has been suffering for the last 47 years under Castro-communism, which turned Cuba into one of the poorest countries in the world.

2) When did you join the opposition? Tell us when and why.

It was when I decided to expose the lies of the political police about the inundation of the 13th of March raft. The tragedy took place on July 13, 2004; it was an horrific crime , in which some 41 people died , among which were 10 children.
I work as ship's engineer. I had helped build the wooden raft. After the tragedy, the political police came at the place where I work and told us that the incident was caused by the way the boat was built. I did not buy this lie and I started telling the truth and denouncing the crime. Because of that, the regime has been persecuting me and I lost my job. I was beaten up and humiliated for thinking differently than them, opposing their crimes and lies and denouncing the violations of human rights in my country.

3) What is the Cuban Liberal Movement and what principles it is based on?

The Cuban Liberal Movement is a peaceful dissident movement defending human rights. It was founded in 2002. Its principles are based on the ideals promoted by John Locke and other liberal thinkers.
One of our goals is to raise awareness about the liberals' Manifesto signed in Oxford in 1997 and the liberal agenda of the past century.
Also, we denounce the persistent violation of the universal declaration of Human Rights by the Castro-communist tyranny that oppresses the Cuban people since 47 years.

4) Castro claims that health and education in Cuba are free. Is that true? What is your take on the so-called U.S. embargo?

Health and education is not free. One has to pay to buy the primary goods that are very costly. The schoolchildren are forced to work in the mountains without getting paid. The embargo is an excuse Castro uses to justify the failure of his revolution.
I am convinced that even without the embargo, the situation in Cuba would remain the same.

5) How does the Cuban people see the opposition on one side and the regime on the other?

Part of the people support the opposition movements, just because they also suffer under the current regime. Day by day, the Cuban people is realizing the lies behind the Castroite propaganda.
After the death of Castro, it will start the transition, but we'll have to help it, so to let people elect e truly-democratic president.

6) Which kind of political system do you prefer, if you do have one?

We want a gov't that respects human rights; a system that allows people to freely elect their own rulers, that allows the free flow of opinions and the existance of political parties. A system whose rulers worry for the needs of the people and adopts a policy capable to help develop the country and get it out of the current misery we're living under.

7) Are you being persecuted for your opposition activity?

Yes, I'm. Above all, we're often intercepted by the political police when we're on our way to the U.S. Interests Section in Havana. They wanna know what we see in the Internet, in order to better discredite us in front of the people.

8) Maximo, Thanks for allowing us this interview. God Bless you and all your comrades. We wish you the best in your sacred fight against tyranny.

I thank you especially for giving me the opportunity to tell the world about the reality of Cuba's daily life. God Bless you.

The Lost City

Finally got to see The Lost City directed by Andy Garcia. Words can not describe the emotions one feels while watching the movie. Where do I begin? I am going to be honest with you, I was not expecting much nor the reaction my wife and I had(tears)! I want to watch it again because I missed some scenes due to my emotions. The couple sitting next to us kept looking at us and wondering? I am not a film critic nor pretend to be one, but Andy Garcia did a wonderful job and has to be commended for all his efforts and persistence concerning the refusal of Hollywood to produce this movie.
I hope this leads to more movies concerning the "real" happenings of the Cuban situation. We need a movie concerning the heroes in the Escambray Mountains, a movie concerning all the political prisoners, a movie concerning the exile experience, and so many topics that have not been even touched!
This gives me even more admiration for my parents and family on what they went through. Cuban exiles are given a bad rap by the media.The media and critics never saw the heartache, the pain inflicted by the absurdity of communism and the obvious attack on the family by the dictator. The critics never had to endure the pain while leaving your beloved country and getting on a airplane, the commie soldier telling you not to look back at your family or you will not be allowed to leave the country after rummaging through all your things. The critics have never had to endure the pain of family members being imprisoned or tortured simply on their beliefs! The critics have never had to endure some punk commie stealing the farm or property in the name of the revolution. The critics have never had to endure the pain of someone who you love dearly, for years watching every blip of news with a glimpse of hope waiting for the downfall of the dictator. I can see it in his eyes, though never spoken, I wish I could ease his pain and yearning for a FREE Cuba. The emotions of that person telling me with pride of his hometown and the fond memories and that he might not ever go back, but that I one day will go!
How do you describe that to someone that does not comprehend the Cuban experience?

The dignity and pride shown even with all the obstacles they faced is extraordinary and admirable. The dictator tried to destroy Cuba and the Cuban family, but he did not succeed! The bonds of family and our almighty God will never be defeated!

So media and critics: The real heroes in my book are my parents and my family. The real heroes are those who have died yearning for a FREE Cuba.

Excuse me while I wipe away a tears!!!

"EL CARDENAL ORTEGA ALAMINO INJURIA A BISCET"

From Nuevo Accion:

Me imagino que muchos de mis lectores se preguntarán que quiere decir y en que idioma está escrito el título de esta “Telaraña”. Pues bien, creí que era más correcto utilizar el latín, dado el tema que voy a tratar. Esas palabras significan: “Arribó con sigilo” y “Se fue aún con más sigilo”. Quizás esta traducción no está todo lo correcta que quisiera, pero se entiende. Me refiero a la sigilosa llegada a Los Ángeles de Su Eminencia, el cardenal Jaime Lucas Ortega Alamino, Arzobispo de La Habana, y su aún más sigilosa partida, después de haber celebrado el pasado domingo la anunciada misa en la Parroquia “La Sagrada Familia”, de la vecina ciudad de Glendale, a pesar de que en esa ceremonia religiosa se anunció que el próximo domingo 25 de junio iba a encabezar una nueva misa en otra parroquia del Condado.

Hasta ahora, no se saben los verdaderos motivos de su misteriosa visita a esta ciudad y, menos aún, lo que provocó su inesperada partida sin haber celebrado la anunciada segunda misa. El que estas líneas escribe estuvo presente en la del domingo pasado, en la que –además de Su Eminencia- participaron diez sacerdotes más. Por lo tanto y sin entrar en conjeturas, voy a hacer una descripción de esa ceremonia y de lo que pasó después.

Se había anunciado que después de terminada la misa, Su Eminencia iba a responder a las preguntas que le hicieran los feligreses. La ceremonia del domingo fue una misa como las que todos conocemos, en la que el sermón estuvo a cargo del invitado. El sermón de Su Eminencia fue exclusivamente dedicado a la materia religiosa y no dejó dudas que el cardenal es un magnífico orador sagrado, y si sus palabras fueron metafóricas yo, por lo menos, no les pude encontrar relación alguna con la tragedia de nuestra patria, que era lo que todos los cubanos allí reunidos esperaban. Quiero destacar que la mayoría de los fieles que asistieron a esta ceremonia no eran cubanos, sino mayormente centroamericanos, entre los que había un buen número de guardias de seguridad vestidos de paisano que sin ningún disimulo se “colaban” cerca de los grupos de cubanos que conversaban mientras se esperaba a que abrieran las puertas del templo, para escuchar lo que hablaban.

Ya terminada la misa, uno de los sacerdotes que ayudaron en la ceremonia anunció al público que para las preguntas y respuestas tendrían que ir a un edificio aledaño, donde Su Eminencia contestaría las preguntas “siempre y cuando éstas fueran hechas de antemano y por escrito, para evitar la repetición de las preguntas”. Esto, por supuesto, “no me lo tragué” como tampoco se lo tragaron la mayoría de los cubanos asistentes. Comprendí, que el cardenal Ortega Alamino no estaba en disposición de contestar preguntas “embarazosas”, principalmente si éstas eran de raíces políticas y relativas a la situación de Cuba y de la conducta de la Iglesia Católica Cubana bajo la tiranía de Fidel Castro. Eso estaba bien claro, pues a nadie se le ocurriría hacer una pregunta que ya había sido hecha por otra persona, sin necesidad de papelitos para recordárselo. Eso fue una censura mal tramada, por lo tanto, y como era el Día de los Padres, decidí irme a compartir el resto del día con mis hijos, dado que estaba completamente seguro que las preguntas que yo hubiera escrito iban a ser desechadas por los gendarmes religiosos a cargo de la censura. Pasé unos minutos por el local, saludé a unos cuantos amigos y les dije que me iba porque ya a mi me quedaba muy poco pelo para que me lo tomaran. El Señor me iluminó, porque de quedarme me hubiera vomitado de asco públicamente.

Me contaron que Su Eminencia habló y habló sin parar y sin mencionar las preguntas. Que si en La Habana estaban enseñando el Catecismo a unos 50 niños; que si la Capilla de tal lado estaba en construcción, que si esto, que si lo otro. Por último, y a instancias del público, reveló que el recientemente fallecido, Su Santidad Juan Pablo II, durante su viaje a La Habana había solicitado de Fidel Castro su influencia para que el gobierno de Vietnam aceptara el nombramiento de cuatro cardenales en su territorio. ¡Vergonzoso! Después, no sé como, se puso a hablar del prisionero político Oscar Elías Biscet, al que calificó de “agresivo” y “violento”, y terminó diciendo: “Ya está en la cárcel”, como señalando que ese era el lugar donde le correspondía estar. El doctor Biscet, un médico mulato que es un disidente pacífico, y al que nunca le han encontrado un arma, ni un explosivo ni nada que lo califique de “agresivo” y “violento”, está cumpliendo 25 años de cárcel por el solo “delito” de pedir elecciones libres, justicia y libertad para todos. Si le hubieran encontrado un fósforo apagado, hace rato que lo hubieran fusilado. Y todo esto lo decía con su eterna y agradable sonrisa, parecida a la que muestra el ya fallecido escritor inglés Oscar Wilde en la foto de la cubierta de su libro “The importance of being earnest” (La importancia de ser sincero). ¡Qué lastima que Su Eminencia, Jaime Lucas Ortega
Alamino, no lo sea!

Antonio J. Fernández

Robinson sentenced to 12 years

One of the very few blacks in the dictatorship was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

You've got to love this quote:

the party leadership indicated that Robinson's fate should be an example, saying "in our country, no-one despite their responsibilities and merits can violate the law. He who does so will inexorably receive the weight of revolutionary justice."

Do you think the dictator is above revolutionary justice? Who decides the verdict and the sentence, doesn't matter the proof!

47 years of the same B.S. and the world still does not want to know the truth. Enough already!!!!!

You won't believe this!

Felix Wilson, Cuban Ambassador in the Bahamas, has an article in the Nassau Guardian. Now before we get into this, sit down before you hurt yourself!

Here we go check out this quote:

"Journalism should be about the truth, honesty, objectiveness, and non partisanship! Otherwise, some may think they are journalists. But they are not. And people who are not illiterate at the end of the road will make their own judgements. Nobody can believe that everything coming from a country, in this case Cuba, is bad as certain media in The Bahamas wants to make it. "

Mr. Wilson do journalist have freedom in Cuba? What about Farinas? What about free access to the internet?


and this quote:

"My country is not perfect and in fact, no country is, simply because all of them are run by human beings. There is only one country in the whole world whose government deems appropriate to criticise and impose on others their will, claiming to have the best society and to be an example to be followed by the rest of the world. That is the US Government - the one whose President was elected in 2000 after fraud and manipulations of the elections by a small number of members of the Cuban Miami Mafia, who rigged the electoral results and to whom President Bush owes many favours."

Mr. Wilson was the dictator ever elected? Mafia? You commies have been in power for 47 years and virtually control everything in Cuba!

Youse guys will love this!

Yo Tony, I love youse in the Sopranos, but according to this article you have nothing on the dictator. Any type of dissent you are either whacked or put in prison and the don dictator controls every aspect of apartheid Cuba.
What about those who are sleeping with the fishes trying to escape the island prison of Cuba?
Yes, this sounds more like a classic mafia tale, so watch out Soprano's!

How to help nominate Dr. Biscet for the Princes of Asturias Award for Concord.

From the Medicina Cubana Blog:

The Prince of Asturias Foundation was founded in the city of Oviedo on 24th September 1980 at a formal ceremony presided over by His Royal Highness the Prince of Asturias, Heir to the throne of Spain, who was accompanied by his parents, Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain.

The essential aims of the Foundation are to consolidate links between the Principality and the Prince of Asturias, and to contribute to encouraging and promoting scientific, cultural and humanistic values that form part of mankind's universal heritage.

The Prince of Asturias Awards were instigated to symbolize the nature and aims of the Foundation. They take their name from the title passed down through history to the Heir to the Spanish Throne, and are intended to acknowledge scientific, cultural and social work carried out at an international level, particularly within the Latin American community of nations, by individuals, work groups or institutions whose achievements are exemplary for Mankind.

The Prince of Asturias Foundation has organized the Prince of Asturias Awards since 1981. They are presented every year at a grand ceremony held in Oviedo, the capital of the Principality of Asturias, by His Royal Highness the Prince of Asturias, who is the Honorary President of the Foundation.

The Foundation is celebrating the XXV anniversary of the Prince of Asturias Awards this year with a busy schedule of activities involving figures and organizations that have at some time won an Award in one of its categories.

Prince of Asturias Award for Concord.

The award will be bestowed upon the person, persons or institution whose work has made an exemplary and outstanding contribution to mutual understanding and peaceful coexistence amongst men, to the struggle against injustice, poverty, disease or ignorance, to the defense of freedom, or whose work has widened the horizons of knowledge or has been outstanding in protecting and preserving mankind's heritage.

Candidature of Dr Oscar Elias Biscet Gonzalez:

Dr. Oscar Elías Biscet González was born of humble origin in Havana, Cuba on July 20, 1961. Dr. Biscet is the founder and president of the Lawton Foundation, an organization considered illegal by the Cuban government. The Lawton Foundation peacefully promotes the defense of all human rights through nonviolent civil disobedience. Dr. Biscet, is a follower of the Dalai Lama, Thoreau, Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. and wants to bring democracy and justice to Cuba.

Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, is a 39 year-old Afro-Cuban physician, a spiritual man and a follower of the philosophies of Thoreau, Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr. This human rights activist was unjustly sentenced to three years in prison on February 26 of this year for the crime of flying the Cuban flag upside down (an internationally recognized symbol of distress) as a way of protesting the human rights abuses in Cuba.

As head of the Lawton Foundation, a human rights group considered an illegal organization in Cuba, he was charged with "insulting symbols of the fatherland", "public disorder" and "instigation to commit crime". He is currently serving his sentence at the notorious "Cuba Si'' prison in Cuba’s Holguin province, on the eastern side of island, making it extremely difficult for his family to visit him from Havana. Dr. Biscet has been beaten, repeatedly threatened, and humiliated, blackmailed, subjected to brutal interrogations and thrown into cells with insane convicts and common criminals.

As a non-violent activist struggling to bring about democracy, justice and freedom to Cuba, Dr. Biscet embodies all the dreams, hopes and frustrations of 11 million Cubans in the island. As its victim, he represents everything that is horribly wrong with the 41 year old tyrannical regime of the dictator Fidel Castro.

By using non-violent means to expose the crimes of the government of Cuba, and by being a young, charismatic black man he threatens to demystify all the lies of the revolution of 1959. For this he has been singled out; and when dictator Fidel Castro personally condemned Biscet as a counter-revolutionary "ringleader'' before his trial, his fate was sealed.

Why is Castro threatened by Dr. Biscet? Because Castro's revolution was supposed to make a "New Man". It was supposed to free the blacks of Cuba from discrimination and oppression. It was supposed to create a new generation of Cubans who would espouse the communistic ideals for a better world. Afro-Cubans are supposed to be grateful to the "man" for bringing about equality. Dr. Biscet proves that the revolution failed. The revolution has created a generation of disaffected young people who are clamoring for freedom and the right to choose their destinies. It has created a generation who is willing to risk their lives by fleeing the oppressive state of Cuba in makeshift rafts. And it has created a generation of men and women who are willing to risk going to jail in their efforts to bring about changes in Cuba.

Before his sentence Dr. Biscet had been arbitrarily detained 26 times in 18 months. On February 1998 he was expelled from the Cuban National Health System and he and his family were evicted from his home. On several occasions, Cuba's State Security tried to subject Dr. Biscet to psychiatric examinations and pressured him to leave Cuba, to which he has reiterated that he will never abandon his country. He knows that the struggle is in Cuba and that in order to bring about change, one has to stay and fight from the inside.

Dr. Biscet has continued his fight for justice from prison. He has staged protests against Cuba’s violation of human rights at the prison with acts of civil disobedience, such as fasting and holding prayer services. Consequently, he was punished by being locked up in solitary confinement for 42 days in an unlit cell. He has lost 20 pounds and suffered from a serious gum infection that went untreated and caused three of his molars to fall out.

Dr. Biscet has told his family he fears for his life and highly distrusts the medical personnel at the prison facility. In addition, all his mail sent from prison has been intercepted and his Bible has been confiscated.

So who is Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet? He is a man declared prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. He is Castro's worst nightmare. He is a man wrongly imprisoned for believing in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Dr. Biscet is Cuba's New Man. He is Cuba's hope for the future.

Presentation of candidatures :: Prince of Asturias Awards

Information about Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet
A.-Name: Dr. Oscar Elías Biscet
B.- Address: Prison Combinado del Este
C.- City: Havana
D.- Country: Cuba
E.- Phone : +537991774
F.- E-mail: lawtonfoundation@lawtonfoundation.com
G.- Curriculum Vitae: Information above.

Pastors for the dictator

Here we go again with this commie group who use the front "humanitarian aid" to help the dictatorship of apartheid Cuba. I guess the commies have seen the success and the explosion of ant-dictator blogs, they have now started their very own caravan blog. Get me a barf bag!

This group is very humanitarian so much so, that if you show up to the events holding a sign or you simply refute them, they will send two thugs with sticks after you!

"Develada estatua del Padre Varela en los jardínes de Pinar Rio"

Click here for the article from Cuba Catolica.

“Los muertos de Castro”

Martha Colmenares blog has this video concerning the atrocities of the dictator and her commentary.

Another must see video courtesy of Ya No Mas!

Cuba will remain communist

The dictator's brother stated that the" Communist Party will remain in control of Cuba if there is a leadership change."
The dictator must have one foot in the grave due to Raul's sudden speeches and hollywood appearances. Communism will probably remain, but one thing for sure will change: the interior decoration, the floral arrangements, and the color schemes!

Abajo Fidel Documentary




DOWN WITH CASTRO/CHAVEZ/ EVO....ABAJO FIDEL blog has this historical documentary. Click here for the video premiere.

The nerve of "Tricky Ricky"

Tricky Ricky not even challenged at the Hispanic media convention. When asked about the imprisoned journalists, the commie dictator suck up responded:

"Those reports are fairly exaggerated," said Speaker Ricardo Alarcon, saying those who were imprisoned were agents of the United States.

and get this BS:

He also blamed the U.S. embargo for the lack of Internet access in his communist country and denied reports that President
Fidel Castro' 80, suffered from a disease such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's.

Commies never really want to be challenged or really debated because they will be defeated every time. They always silence the opposition by force and intimidation. To bad they won't let the FREEDOM Fighters to my right ask "Tricky Ricky" real questions!!!

Clap off/ Clap on


The continuing saga of who cut the electricity? Funny thing though, we all know who restored the electricity down in Cuber. Do we need to get Inspector Clouseau involved?

Lights out

Here is something out of the WTF department: Cuba cut the electricity to the U.S.diplomatic mission in Cuba on June 5th. In the mean time apartheid Cuba declared that the blackouts have now come to an end. I am sure that the people of Cuba really believe this? Now they need to work on that Freedom thing and the political prisoners thingy!

MSM where are you?

Watch out Florida

To my family and friends in Florida: take cover! Let's pray that this storm will not do much damage!

Fasting chain in Cuba and in the U.S.




Currently there is a fasting chain in Cuba to show support for Guillermo Fariñas Hernández. El Cafe Cubano and Blog for Cuba started a fasting chain here in the U.S. in support of this brave FREEDOM fighter. My freedom loving brethren please show solidarity and do something!!!

MSM where are you?


From La Asamblea para Promover la Sociedad Civil :

Comunicado No.62/06

La Asamblea para Promover la Sociedad Civil quiere dar continuidad a su comunicado No.61/06, donde se daba a conocer la realización de una cadena de ayuno en todo el país; por tiempo indefinido, que tiene como objetivo la solidaridad con Guillermo Fariñas Hernández, por su vida; y porque el gobierno le dé una respuesta y le instale Internet. Esta información fue recibida de Idania Yánez Contreras, en la provincia de Villa Clara, quien se encuentra coordinando la actividad a nivel nacional:

Se incorporan al ayuno: Roberto A. López, Pedro Luís Velásquez Machado, Pablo Miguel Vázquez Vigoa, Lázaro de Armas Urra y Luís Chávez Posada, desde la Finca Prendes, Camino Guerrero, los Arabos, Matanzas. (5)

Jesús Cartaza González y Armando Romero en Calle B No.17 entre N y Despoblado, Céspedes, Camagüey. (2)

Marielys Castro Fernández Rubio, en Carlos Manuel de Céspedes No 803 entre Aguilera y Prado, Guantánamo. (1)

Manuel Herrera García en la calle H. Hernández No.21 entre Martí y Maceo, Aguada de Pasajeros, Cienfuegos. (1)

Hasta el momento suman 47 los ayunantes permanentes.

En un ayuno de 12 horas, en Santa Clara, Villa Clara, están: Roberto Carlos Pérez García y Niurvis Díaz Ramón, en calle G No.18 entre Fábrica de Pienso e ICP, Reparto Sub Planta; Bernardo Luís Azcanio, Léster Fernández Zamora, Frank López Rey en General Marino 331 A entre Campos y Circunvalación, Reparto Virginia.

En Caibarién, Villa Clara, ayunan por 24 horas: Rolando Pastor Cabello Garman, Avenida 5 entre 10 y 11, Marlene Broche Espinosa, calle 22 No.3104 entre 31 y 33; Javier Delgado Torna, en Ave, 41 entre 14 y 16 Bloque 2 apto, C-6; Felicia Espinosa Rodríguez de 74 años, en Ave. 39 No. 1603 entre 16 y 18; Raúl Pérez Gavilán Ave. 31 No.10 interior entre 12 y 14; Ramón Norberto Martínez Ruiz, Ave. 15 No.1417 entre 14 y 16; Carlos Michael Martí Ruiz Calle 18 No.2502 entrc25 y 27.

Amado Ruiz Moreno en calle 5ta. del oeste No.58 entre 3ra. y 4ta. del Sur, Placetas, Villa Clara, ayuna por 24 horas,

Arniel Morrabales Torres, Juan Alberto de la Nuez Ramírez, por espacio de 10 horas; así como Gerardo Rogelio Arévalo Padrón y Pablo Maciel Calvo Rodríguez, por 24 horas; todos en la calle H Hernández No.21 entre Martí y Maceo, Aguada de Pasajeros, Cienfuegos.

Se encuentran en ayuno de 24 horas en Santi Spiritus José Rivero Monteagudo , Julio A. Bemal Díaz, la calle 10 No.18 en la CPA., Ángel Montero, Camino de las Cañas y Bárbara Alfonso Serguera, Tomás García García, Yohandri Valdez García, Calle Anglona No. 18, en el Reparto Escribano,

Ayunando por 24 horas están: Idael Pérez Díaz, Santa González, Luis Esteban Espinosa, Tania Maceda Guerra, en Honorato del Castillo No. 154 entre República y Cuba, en Ciego de Ávila.

La señora Virgen Sánchez Acosta de 70 años, Orlando Ferreira Salas de 68 años, Antonio Ferreira Salas de 74 años, Bárbaro Pérez Urgüey, Emilia Fundicheli Sánchez Consuelo Araís Hernández Sánchez, realizando un ayuno de 12 horas en Luis Palomares No.19 entre Gómez y Ebra, en Antillas, Holguín.

Haciendo ayuno por una jornada de 24 horas: Ada Iris Abascal Valbuena, Amado Acosta López, Ramiro Carbonell Burgel, Yasnai Velásquez Abascal, Yordis García Fomiel, Yanet Mosqueda Callou, Leonel Padilla Navarro, Germán Osorio Jiménez, Herminia Ramírez Jiménez e Isabel Corcoba Osorio, en Céspedes No.803 entre Aguilera y Prado, Guantánamo

Alberto Martínez Fernández, preso político, efectuando un ayuno de 24 horas, en la prisión de Combinado de Guantánamo. Por 72 horas, lo hacen los también presos políticos: Virgilio Mantilla Arango y Conrado Galindo Fariól, en la prisión de Kilo 8 en Camagüey.

La Asamblea para Promover la Sociedad Civil quiere explicar que el día 7 de junio, no se pudo informar de esta cadena de ayuno, ya que la casa de su coordinadora Idania Yanez Contreras, estuvo sitiada –por espacio de 8 horas- por las Brigadas de Respuesta Rápida, y le fue interrumpido el teléfono.


Asamblea para Promover la Sociedad Civil
Ciudad de La Habana, 8 de junio de 2006

Heavy rain in Cuba





The first tropical depression of the season dropped heavy rain in Cuba. I guess the dictator could not move or will the depression away this time.

Nazi salute by the dictator




Here we have the dictator of Apartheid Cuba paying homage to his master.





H/T to Stefania at Free Thoughts

"Peligro de muerte y secuelas por atención médica deficiente"





Por Dr. Darsi Ferrer Ramírez, director del Centro de Salud y Derechos Humanos
¨Juan Bruno Zayas¨.


La joven de 27 años, Yordanka Abat Paz, perdió su embarazo deseado, estuvo en peligro de muerte y presenta daños permanentes en su organismo, como resultado del proceder inadecuado e irresponsable que sufrió en el hospital, de manos de los médicos que la asistieron al buscar ayuda profesional por presentar un cuadro de hiperemesis gravídica.

En el año 2004, la Sra. Abat fue ingresada en el Hospital Materno ¨Hijas de Galicia¨, en la ciudad de la Habana, con diagnóstico de Hiperemesis Gravídica (vómitos provocados por el embarazo) y gestación de nueve semanas.

Le indicaron el tratamiento usual: hidratación por venoclisis y medicamentos parenterales (vía sanguínea) que atenúan los efectos de las hormonas causales de los vómitos.

Pasada una semana, al no evidenciarse ninguna mejoría en su estado de salud, con intolerancia gástrica hasta para la asimilación por vía oral de las soluciones líquidas, los ginecólogos decidieron interrumpir la gestación mediante legrado uterino.

A pesar del legrado los síntomas persistieron, lo que determinó la realización de un análisis sanguíneo de gonadotropina coriónica, cuya cifra indicó una concentración propia de embarazo. Para corroborar el resultado le hicieron un ultrasonido transvaginal donde no se visualizó la referida gestación.

Los especialistas concluyeron en su valoración médica que la paciente presentaba un embarazo extrauterino y, por tanto, la sometieron a una intervención quirúrgica de urgencia.

Días después de la cirugía Abat Paz fue dada de alta hospitalaria por la favorable evolución que tuvo, pero antes los doctores le explicaron que la sometieron a operación sin necesidad, pues se confirmó en el salón que no tenía ningún embarazo fuera del útero.

La Sra. Paz fue ingresada nuevamente en ¨Hijas de Galicia¨ a los tres días de estar en su casa, aquejada de malestar general, fiebre de 39 – 40 grados celsius, dolor bajo vientre, taquicardia y secreción vaginal.

Luego de una semana de tratamiento con antibióticos de amplio espectro, por medio del examen vaginal los médicos determinaron que mantenía en la cavidad uterina restos del legrado que le habían practicado anteriormente y, por ello, ordenaron llevarla otra vez al salón para volverla a legrar.

Cuando Yordanka se recuperó de la anestesia fue informada que a consecuencia de la septicemia (infección generalizada) encontraron un marcado deterioro en los órganos de su aparato ginecológico, lo que los obligó a extirparle el útero, las trompas y los ovarios, como medida extrema para evitar peores complicaciones.

La paciente fue trasladada para la sala de cuidados intensivos del Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico ¨Díez de Octubre¨ reportada de muy grave, donde cuatro días más tarde le diagnosticaron una oclusión intestinal y, acto seguido, la sometieron a otra intervención quirúrgica de urgencia.

Cuando por fortuna, al cabo de dos meses, logró salir con vida y abandonar el hospital la remitieron para la consulta de patología de cuello del Materno ¨Hijas de Galicía¨, allí el doctor que la examinó le aseguró que no era necesario mantener un seguimiento, que podía vivir una vida plena con la única limitante de que no podría tener más hijos.

En la actualidad, debido a la menopausia post-quirúrgica Yordanka padece de frecuentes crisis de artrosis por la falta de calcio en su organismo, además, presenta dispareunia (dolor al tener relaciones sexuales), infección vaginal a repetición, oleadas de calor e irritación nerviosa, con la agravante de no contar con atención médica adecuada.

El Dr. Jacinto, jefe del programa materno-infantil del mencionado Materno, fue el encargado de darle respuesta a la queja emitida por Yordanka Abat ante las autoridades de salud.

El galeno reconoció que hubo errores de parte de los médicos que la atendieron, pero le pidió que valorara que, como otros seres humanos, esos profesionales están a expensas de equivocarse y, además, le hizo énfasis en que tomara en cuenta que debía agradecer todos los servicios que la revolución había puesto de modo gratuito en función de restablecerle la salud, según sus palabras, "generosidad del estado que no la tendría en ningún otro país".

La legislación jurídica vigente en Cuba no contempla la indemnización por el estado de los daños producidos a pacientes en los casos de negligencias médicas. Las personas que resultan víctimas de ese tipo de situaciones, como en el caso descrito, solo tienen por opción resignarse ante lo sucedido.

Terrorist Gone...

The terrorist responsible for beheadings and suicide bombings is gone courtesy of 500 pound bombs. For more pictures click here and here.

Prayer Vigil for Farinas

A prayer vigil is being held in Cuba for the life of Guillermo Farinas. Still the world is silent for Farinas, and for those who stand up against the dictator. Please pray for Mr. Farinas and please join the fasting chain!

"If God wants me to die, I will die. I will be a Martyr for the Free information in the World"- Guillermo Fariñas Hernández


Thanks Alex for the tip!!!

I'm so mad.............

The current issue of Hamas Weekly has a cartoon of a palestinian kid urinating on our beloved Lady Liberty. Can't make fun of them, but they sure can do whatever they want!

Just despicable!!!!!!

Mini-me adding troops to the Colombian border

All we hear about in the media is how Mini-me is preparing for the U.S. invasion, but look here it seems that the oil pimp has his eye on invading Colombia?

Guillermo Fariñas Hernández on hunger strike since January 31st


"If God wants me to die, I will die. I will be a Martyr for the Free information in the World"- Guillermo Fariñas Hernández



News out of Cuba is that Mr. Hernandez could die at any moment . Support this FREEDOM fighter. The media is basically ignoring his struggle and his quest for Free access to the internet. Sadly, most journalist are not aware of this or they are ignoring him on purpose. Now is no time for apathy, join me my FREEDOM loving brethren to spread the word and blitz the media about his condition and his cause! I am also calling again for a FAST, but with a twist this time. It's up to you and God what you want to do and level you want to take it. I propose we set up a FASTING chain and spread the news to the media. The chain would be clear and simple, just leave your name and city or state(and comments if you like) in the comments section in support of Mr. Farinas. Believe me he knew last time we were fasting and in Cuba they set up their own fast to show support.

C’mon my brethren stand up, do something and let’s help our brother in need!


**Update:

Ziva at Blog for Cuba also has a post concerning Farinas. Please join us in support of Guillermo Fariñas Hernández before it's to late.

Armando Betancourt arrested

From the Committee to Protect Journalists :

New York, May 30, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the detention of independent Cuban journalist Armando Betancourt who was arrested a week ago while covering the evictions of dozens of families from their homes in the central city of Camagüey, sources told CPJ.

On May 23, authorities forcefully evicted families allegedly occupying homes illegally, according to local sources. Betancourt, a reporter for the news agency Nueva Prensa Cubana in Camagüey, was arrested along with several people who were protesting the evictions, a relative told CPJ. The journalist did not participate in the protests, according to several sources.

At the time of the arrest, Betancourt identified himself as a journalist, sources told CPJ. The journalist handed over his notes before he was pushed into a truck and taken into custody, they said

The journalist is being held at a local police station on the outskirts of Camagüey, CPJ sources said. Authorities confirmed the detention to a family member on May 24, but relatives have not been allowed to visit him, a relative said. Police told Betancourt’s family that the journalist would be charged with aggravated public disturbance and could be sentenced to prison.

“We are outraged by the arrest of our colleague who was arbitrarily detained solely for doing his job,” CPJ Executive Director Ann Cooper said. “We call on Cuban authorities to immediately release Betancourt and the other 24 journalists who are currently imprisoned.”

More information on Cuba’s imprisoned journalists.

Dictator video

Enrique at Down with Castro/Abajo fidel has a video of the dictator on the Ed Sullivan show. Notice the dictator's response to Mr. Sullivan: "Very easy, not permitting any dictatorship to rule our country"

Excuse me I just choked on my morning cup of Cafe Cubano, how tragic everything said in the video has come to pass. Mr. Sullivan this really big shew has been going on for 47 years!!!!!!!!!

“Amenaza de desalojo contra una joven madre y sus niños”

Por Dr. Darsi Ferrer Ramírez.


Acompañada de oficiales de la policía, una funcionaria de la entidad de vivienda municipal se presentó en el domicilio que desde hace más de 10 días ocupa ilegalmente la Sra. Iris Cabrera Llaguna, para advertirle que sería desalojada a la fuerza, junto a sus dos pequeños niños, de no salir del inmueble hoy, martes 30 de mayo, antes de las tres de la tarde.

Iris Cabrera es una joven que padece de trastornos psiquiátricos y de epilepsia, y sus niños de asma bronquial severa y desnutrición. Desde el año 1999 esta familia vivía hacinada en un pequeño cuarto junto a otras nueve personas en un albergue de tránsito, con todas las incomodidades propias del reducido espacio. Incluso dormían en el suelo.

El apartamento invadido por la joven y sus niños está inhabitado hace más de cuatro años. Se ubica en la calle San Bernardino # 265, entre Serrano y Durege, en el barrio Santo Suárez. La misma zona que días atrás fue severamente afectada por la inundación y en ningún momento aparecieron los funcionarios del estado ni los miembros de otras organizaciones del estado para asistir a los damnificados por la contingencia, esos mismos personeros que a las tres pm patearán a los niños y su mamá echándolos a la calle.

La ayuda ofrecida por el gobierno a los vecinos afectados del lugar consiste en: la venta de raciones de comidas a seis pesos cada una, mal elaborada y con poca cantidad por dos días; la venta de dos libras de arroz, una de azúcar blanca y una de azúcar prieta en la bodega; la venta de colchones personales de poliespuma a doscientos treinta y tres pesos cada uno.

Dada la situación descrita, se teme por la integridad física de la joven enferma Iris Cabrera y de sus desvalidos niños de cinco y siete años respectivamente. Esos infelices solo reclaman el derecho a vivir con un mínimo de decoro, tal y como tiene derecho cualquier persona.

North Korea's concentration camps

The MSM is all over this right? Do bloggers and media not in the so-called MSM have to do all the "real" reporting. You have to check this out, and of course this is happening in a commie country:

From WorldNetDaily:

They call it "the Killing Compound" – the area of Camp 22 in North Korea's largest concentration camp.

Hidden away in the mountains in a remote northeastern corner of North Korea, close to its borders with Russia and China, Camp 22 has been purpose-built for the regime's scientists to have an unlimited number of prisoners on which to experiment

Thousands of men, women and children are trucked to the nearby town of Haengyong. There they wait and, just as Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele did at Auschwitz, the North Korean physicians single out those who will die in gas chambers, or in biological tests, or face death in the human dissection rooms.

Those not selected to go to the Killing Compound at once will be kept in other compounds, surviving on minimum rations, to replace those who have died from inhuman experiments.

They are all branded as enemies of the state, "political victims" who have dared to speak out against President Kim Jong Il, the "Dear Leader" of North Korea.

Their "offenses" may have been to allow a portrait of Kim to get dusty – every home must display one. Or not having given the mandatory bow when passing his thousands of posters that line every street.

Now, as the trial of Saddam Hussein draws to its inevitable close in Baghdad, Western intelligence services are building up their files that will enable Kim and senior members of his regime to be indicted for war crimes.

Just as Saddam cannot escape his role in the war crimes of his regime, so Kim will also face justice.

North Korea is a real terror state and its leader has to face the international criminal court," said Dr Norbert Vollersten, a German doctor who treated victims in North Korea and is now a campaigner for regime change in Pyongyang.

"As a German born after the war, I know too well the guilt of my grandparents' generation for remaining silent," he says. "We must do everything possible to end Kim's regime of terror."

Chilling testimony from those he has helped to escape from North Korea has emerged as a key element in preparing future indictments against Kim and his regime

The most shocking evidence centers on Camp 22. An MI6 file describes it as "larger than Auschwitz or Dachau."

"Hundreds of prisoners die there each week, the victims of biological or chemical experiments to test out [chemical and biological] weapons for North Korea's CBW arsenal," claims an MI6 report.
In one intelligence file is the allegation that newborn babies are taken from their mothers and injected with biological agents or given injections of chemicals that blister the skin, leaving huge keloids, the sores seen on the bodies of Hiroshima victims.

One woman, Lee Sun-Ko, who escaped from North Korea earlier this year, eventually ended up in America. She told her CIA debriefing officer that Camp 22's experimental laboratories are buried underground to avoid aerial reconnaissance and bombing.

Lee Sun-Ko's affidavit includes: "I watched guards select 150 prisoners, mostly women. Some had just given birth. Their babies were ripped from them. Some of the babies were laid face down on the ground and a guard injected them at the top of the spine. Other guards carried the babies away. When the mothers screamed and protested, they were severely beaten."

David Hawk, a former United Nations official who was involved in monitoring Camp 22, said that while reports of baby-killing are often hard to prove, in the cases he has investigated the evidence is plausible.

"I spoke to eight refugees who had first-hand evidence. Their stories tallied," said Hawk.

Memorial Day





A special Thank You to all those who have served our great country!Please fly the flag today in remembrance of those who have sacrificed so much!

God Bless America!!!!!

Guillermo Fariñas Hernández health deteriorates

This freedom fighter has been on a hunger strike since January 31st. His simple plea: freedom to access the internet.

"Poppycock"

British lawmaker George Galloway is in Cuber and appeared on the state controlled media praising the dictator. Get a load of these stomach turning quotes:

"lion"

"No responsible person in the world believes that Fidel Castro has a personal fortune of $900 million,"


"The Cubans are the only people in the entire world who have a leader who can say that he doesn't possess one dollar to his name,"


El Cafe Cubano's response to George Galloway:

"POPPYCOCK"

"RUBBISH"

Floods in Cuba

Terror y desamparo por inundación torrencial".

Por Dr. Darsi Ferrer Ramírez

Las torrenciales lluvias que azotaron la Ciudad de la Habana en la tarde de ayer afectaron a cientos de familias, dejando entre la población un lastre de pérdidas de vidas humanas y afectaciones totales o parciales de propiedades y recursos.

En algunos lugares las inundaciones alcanzaron más de dos metros de profundidad, como fue el caso de varias manzanas de la calle Durege, en el municipio Santos Suárez. Varias casas quedaron completamente inundadas, el agua derribó paredes, muros, entre otras afectaciones.

Los vecinos de ese barrio estuvieron llamando a las entidades del gobierno en busca de socorro durante todo el tiempo que duró la contingencia, aproximadamente cuatro horas, y, según varios testimonios, en ningún momento se les auxilió.

Entre los propios vecinos tuvieron que socorrer a decenas de niños, mujeres y ancianos atrapados dentro de sus viviendas y en grave peligro. El nivel del agua tapó relojes y cables eléctricos y, ni siquiera, los funcionarios del gobierno mandaron a retirar el fluido eléctrico en la zona, lo que pudo ser causa de pérdidas de vidas humanas. Tampoco los miembros de la defensa civil ni de otras organizaciones del estado se personaron a socorrer los damnificados.

Horas después de la contingencia llegaron dos carros de bomberos al lugar y una masa de cerca de 100 personas indignadas trataron de agredirlos y les gritaron enardecidos: "abajo Fidel", "abajo el comunismo", "a Pakistán enviaron ayuda inmediata y a nosotros nos dejan a nuestra propia suerte", etc.

Hasta el momento, se rumora entre la población que como consecuencia del fenómeno climatológico hubo tres fallecidos en el reparto Zamora, en Marianao, dos niños y un anciano en la Lisa, un anciano en Centro Habana, un electrocutado en el barrio conocido como "Cuatro Caminos" y un fallecido por un accidente en la calle Ayestarán.

Un artículo aparecido en el día de hoy en el periódico "Granma" (órgano oficial del partido comunista) menciona que hubo inundaciones pero no ofrece otros detalles.

Cuba and Venezuela fund Coca leaves

Really? I would of never guessed it, what a shock, alert the MSM, wait a minute they still working on the expose of the dictator's $900 million and his bank accounts?

MSM currently working on these topics after 47 years:

*The dictator is really a communist(They still need several years on this)

*Cuba is a Apartheid country(Still investigating even though the hotel they stayed in Cuba would not allow Cubans)

*Eusebio Penalver the longest- serving black political prisoner and a true hero( MSM will not do because the lack of reggae songs in honor of him and because he was anti-communist)

*Executions actually happened and there are actual political prisoners(MSM spokesperson mentioned that there is not enough evidence even though thousands have been documented, books have been written, survivors have lived to tell, but more evidence is needed!)

*** More topics to come, but it will take another 47 years to investigate!

Urgent Message

Thanks to Stefania at Free Thoughts:

En el lugar y la hora equivocada.

Agentes del sevicio de guarda frontera de Cuba y de la PNR(policia nacional revolucionaria) del municipio Habanero,de Habana del este detienen arbitrariamente al DrElcire Guillot,junto a otros tres amigos mientra disfrutaban de un fin de semana en la plya,bajo los cargo de supuesta salida ilegal del Pais.
El pasado 7 de mayo,el Dr Guillot,miembro del centro de salud y derechos humanos Juan Bruno Sayas,decide junto a unos amigos ir a la playa aliviar el sofoconte calor tipico de estos meses.estuvieron desde las 10am,hasta las 4pmaproximadamente en la playa de Guanabo,de regreso a casa en el omnibus que lo coducia a casa conocen a 5 mujeres que lo invitan aseguir de fiesta y ellas por vivir en la zonas lo cual las hacen ser conocedora,los invitan ir para la playita de Ser y Mar,cerca de un antigua campismo que lleva el mismo nombre.
decidimos ir hata el lugar mientra estas ivan hasta su casa,paso el tiempo y las muchachas no aparecen,la duda se aduena de nosotros y al ver que no vienen decidimos banarnos para luego irnos,en eso vienen dos reclutas uniformados nos piden el carnet de identidad,nos los desvuelven,se marchan y en breve instante,se presentan ellos juntos a varios reclutas,oficiales y una patrulla de la PNR,nos vuelven apedir el carnet de identidad y sin mas nos conducen hasta un puesto froterizo.
Estando en el puesto.(boca del lobo)
Una vez aqui,un oficial de ellos,nos manda asentar en un muro,cerca de donde habian varias,lanchas cojida en intento de salir del pais y nos dicen saben porque estan aqui,saben que estan en la boca del lobo,que esto es zona restrigida(sin un a senal que lo diga por ningun lado),que muy cerca hay un pozo de petroleo y uds pueden ser posibles terroristas,que debimos haber ido con antelacion y pedir permiso para banarnos ahi.Buenos nopasaron 30 minutos y nos dijeron que nos trasladarian hasta nuestros hogares ya que no representamos peligro,asi las cosas,vino una patrullaNo1077 y nos condujo hasta la unidad central del servicio fronterizo
Estando en la unidad.
Desde que llegamos un hombre bastante joven,se presento ante nosotros,vestido de civil y nos dijo ser un teniente de la CIM(contrainteligencia militar)nos interrogo uno por uno y cerca de las 2 de las madrugada despues de prostestar que si somos sospechosos,por que nos castigan teniendonos en el sereno y practicamente incomunicado.parece que el oficial entendio y nos puso en un lugar bajo techo en el piso y nos dijo que ivamos aser enviados a la PRN ya que no representabamos cosa para ellos,siendo las 2 30AM,vino la patrulla No1710, nos esposaron y nos condujeron ala unidad 15.3 de Guanabo.
En la unidad 15.3
Al llegar a esta unidad,esposados sin derecho anada fuimos metidos es la celda de clasificacion,junto a un grupo de persanas uqe se fajaron en la playa e incluso mandaron a un policia a terapia,por esta causa,sobre las 6am ,cuando supieron que tenian aun medico y un maestro preso nos sacaron ,se disculparon por habernos encerrado ahi,pero nos sentaron fuera.ahi estuvimos hasta las 7pm de ese dia en que decidieron llevarnos a prision,pero una vez tras las rejas,paradojicamente sobre las 11pm nos dieron la libertad,pero dejaron a uno de los nuestro preso por indocumentado(POR VIVIR EN LA HABANA Y TENER DIRECCION DE ORIENTE).nos diero la libertad,sin ningun papel que diga que estuvimos preso,sin causa,sin multa,sin disculpa,por su mal trabajo.
Como es posible que personas que planeen emigrar lo hagan en short,camiseta,sin alimentos y apenas se escondan.
Como es posible que sin explicacion alguna,sean detenidos,durante 38 horas,sin causa alguna,sin derecho a un abogado y sin ni siquiera su familia saberlo.
Como es posible que en tu Pais este ilegal,por el solohecho de vivir donde tu carnet de identidad diga que debes estar.
ELCIRE GUILLOT.CENTRO DE SALUD Y DECHOS HUMANOS.JUAN BRUNO

The dictator's bank

The Real Cuba has information and location of the dictator's bank in England. It seems that defector Manuel de Beunza, who handled finances for the Ministry of Interior, has spilled the beans!

Why is the MSM not all over this? Hey most of the leg work has been done, so stop defending the dictator and forget your obvious bias and spite for Cuban exiles, the point is the dictator has bilked billions from Apartheid Cuba. So much for the 700 pesos a month!

A challenge to the media, who will step up first?

Fox
CNN
Univison
Dateline
Katie Couric
CBS
NBC
ET
etc......

Independent Journalist denounces reprisals against his family

From La Nueva Cuba:


Carlos Serpa Maceira, independent journalist with the Agency LUX-INFO-PRESS and Bureau Chief of the Cuba Miami News Bridge denounced in Havana that the government is taking reprisals against his family because of his work as an alternative journalist.

"Last May 11th, I received a telephone from call from my wife Marielena Arredondo, where she told me that electricity services in our home were cut off 15 days ago and have not been reinstated to date, but the other 80 homes around ours have no such problems", stated Serpa.

The Cuba Miami News Bridge Bureau was able to confirm that this is not the first time his family is victim of reprisals by the goverment, that every time Mrs. Arredondo Rivero goes to the offices of the Popular Power to complain they tell her they cannot help her due to her husband's counter evolutionary activities.

"With these actions the government has not taken into consideration that my wife has problems with her eye sight and that my 13 year old daughter Daylin has a frail health. I will continue accusing the Goverment until they can prove otherwise".

The home of journalist's Carlos Serpa Maceira is located in the rural community "Escuela de Cabo", Demajagua Town, 23 km from Nueva Gerona, Capital of Pinar del Rio, his home is headquarters the Cuba Miami News Bridge Bureau, the "Julio Tang Texier" cultural Civic Project and the "Ernest Heminway" Independent Library.

Reporting from Havana Mario Hechavarria Driggs,journalist with The Cuba Miami News Bridge Bureau. Given on the 19thday of May of 2006.

Latest message from Martha Beatrize Roque



Ya No Mas has the latest message from Martha Beatriz Roque.

"Hands-off Cuba, Hands-off Venezuela" rally

You have to watch this video concerning this rally. Age of Hooper has the video and comments concerning the rally. I am sorry, but I fell off my chair laughing hearing some of the speakers and I nearly lost it when the so called "professor" went on a tirade about the birds. How about the lady who could not even pronounce mini-me's last name? Aren't you glad that they are on team "Dictator?"

The attack on FREEDOM fighters

Fellow FREEDOM fighter Jose, at Cubanology, has written an article that describes the tactics that the dictator is using and how they are unleashing contaminated e-mails against FREEDOM fighting websites.

Jose says it best here:

"This is Castro's worse nightmare, the "Unity" among Cubans, we are aware of these hackers but we are not going to retaliate, we don't need to. We have the upper hand because we are 100% righteous, we are not preaching any fake ideals to the world like Castro does, we are communicating the "Truth" about the "True Situation" in Cuba, now and for the last 47 years. We are strong supporters of human rights, freedom and justice for all, that's the only way to live a normal life. These are the necessary fundamentals of life that we are given when we are born, so when they are taken away from us, then we are being manipulated and this is how the communist system works."

A call for resignation!

You have to watch this video that was posted at Enrique's Blog: Abajo Fidel/Down with Castro. What better for apartheid Cuba than for the dictator to resign on Cuba's Independence day. The evidence is clear and overwhelming, so a resignation is in place!

Everyone a call for resignation! MSM are you going to catch the wave or stay with the crap about 140 years old?

Resignation!
Resignation!
Resignation!

The lies continue and the MSM eats it up

Straight off the press folks, Doctor Eugenio Selman-Housein says the dictator will live to 140 years old! To top it off the so called doctor denies that he has Parkinson's disease!

"Otro Socorro"

Received an e-mail from Darsi Ferrer which contained an article from independent journalist Jaime Leygonier. I will post ASAP when I can get a translation and figure out how to post the original letter.

Update**

Special thanks to CB!!! The above letter was sent by Darsi Ferrer and written by Jaime Leygonier.

Latest on MARTHA BEATRIZ ROQUE

Enrique at Abajo Fidel/Down with Castro has the latest on this brave FREEDOM fighter.

The real scoop about the revolution

The excellent website The Real Cuba has the scoop concerning who really was behind the revolution. Beware all of you romantic commies, this is the real scoop, not the romantic crap about this being the poor against the the rich. You see the dictator stole from everyone including the rich who financed his revolution.

A promise is a promise!

Here at El Cafe Cubano frustration was at a high level this week! The viscious attacks continue in e-mail form and I am wondering "Is it worth it?" A resounding "Yes" because I made a special promise or vow if you will in honor of someone special to me.
I want to thank those who continually support me and continue the fight! A FREEDOM fighter died last week and he spent almost 30 years in prison standing up to the dictator. We need to stand up for these true heroes and spread the truth and to bring FREEDOM to apartheid Cuba.


Bring the azucar, El Cafe Cubano is back!

Back from technical difficulties

Back again after several days of technical difficulties. Some problems with 15,000 repeated e-mails!

Now my simple message to the perpetrator:

Viva Cuba libre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A true hero dies

Who was the longest- serving black political prisoner? No, it's not Nelson Mandela, it was Eusebio Penalver! This true hero died today. Most people have no clue on his bravery and his heroics:


From La Nueva Cuba:

Eusebio Penalver is the stuff of which movie heroes are made. Eusebio was the world’s longest-serving black political prisoner of the last century, and in the history of the world. He is a black Cuban, holed up and tortured in Castro's jails longer than Nelson Mandela languished in South Africa's. He was bloodied in his fight with Castro-style Communism but unbowed after 30 years in its dungeons. He scorned any "re-education" by his jailers. He knew it was his jailers who needed the education. He refused to wear the uniform of a common criminal. He knew who should wear this too. He stood defiant through almost 30 years of hell in Castro's prisons.

Pope meets with Mini-me


The Pope gave Mini-me his concerns about the situation in Venezuela and the situation with the Catholic Church in Venezuela.

Now hold on to your chairs my freedom loving brethren for these humdingers from Mini-me:

"Our Bolivarian revolution is very Christian, and I have a friend who isn't Christian but lately has said he is a Christian in the social aspect: His name is Fidel Castro," Chavez said Wednesday evening after arriving in Italy.


Chavez often says Christ was a socialist and a revolutionary. He also regularly quotes from the Bible, particularly the passage that says it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven.

Mini-me to visit the Pope






I can hear the crickets in the background, I can hear a pin drop with all the news beforehand about Mini-me visiting the Pope today! You sneaky commies, could it be that you did not want the opposition to have time to say their side of the story? Hey, how did these guys in Italy know beforehand and have posters of you, but not the Pope?

Comedy relief directly from apartheid Cuba

Coming to a improv near you soon! Wait a minute hold the cell phone, sorry can't hold the cell phone, Cubans can not have cell phones only tourist. Sorry, this comedian can not perform at a improv near you, Cubans are not allowed to travel freely!

So without further adieu:

A comedian who can not travel freely

A comedian who can not use the internet freely

A comedian who can not own a cell phone

A comedian not allowed in hotels(Only tourist)


So please agents from David Letterman, The Improv, Univision, Oprah, Dateline, Nightline, CNN, and the comedy store do not call him while he is doing his apartheid tour!

Useless Nothing

Now we have Cuber and China on the U.(Useless) N.(Nothing) Human Rights Council. The "New Man" is probably estatic over this election, and also estatic about the opportunity to continue to spread evil through out the world.

First of all a question to all those who turn a blind eye to all the atrocities:

Why do you turn away at all the atrocities committed in Cuba?

Is it your hatred of the United States is so hardening that you stay silent in order not to give the U.S. any credence?

The " New Man" is seeking domination of the world and imposing the belief in "Man." God is the almighty and it is written that Good will triumph over evil. My plea to all those countries, journalist, and people who turn a blind eye to the atrocities in Cuba: Stop being a Pontius Pilate and washing your hands of the situation. Cuba will rise again from the dead and be a prosperous and a fruitful nation.

I implore our Blessed Virgin Mary that Cuba and the United States come into your arms and recite the

MEMORARE

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly to you, O virgin of virgins, my mother. To you I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O mother of the Word Incarnate! Despise not my petitions, but in your mercy hear and answer them. AMEN.



Update:

Here we have an interesting article on what the author states ,where the U.N. gets it's model or inspiration.

Health of dissident worsens

From Religion en Revolucion:


By Stefan J. Bos


The health of a leading Christian Cuban prisoner of conscience has "significantly worsened," amid abuse inside the detention facility where at least one person was killed in recent days, his wife said Monday, April 24.

Rebeca Rodriguez Sauto said that during last week's visit to, Kilo 7 Prison in the province of Camaguey she found that health condition of her husband, Dr. Alfredo Pulido Lopez, seriously deteriorated. She said he is now at least "20 pounds under what he weighed when he was incarcerated in 2003" and stressed she "had never seen" her husband "so depressed and psychologically distraught."

She quoted him as saying that his condition was "related to...a lot of aggression among the prisoners. A few days before [the visit] one prisoner had killed another," and there are fears of similar attacks against dissidents in the prison.

"We are constantly under inspection. They call those of us that are political prisoners "counter-revolutionaries" and threaten us like common criminals," Dr. Pulido reportedly told his wife.

CHRISTIANS DETAINED.

Dr. Pulido was one of 75 prisoners, including Christians, detained in a massive government crackdown in March 2003 on dissidents demanding more religious and political freedom. He was tried summarily on April 2003, and sentenced to 14 years in prison for "acts against the independence and the territorial integrity of the Cuban State".

There have been also reported attacks against evangelical Christians in recent months, including Reverend Carlos Lamelas, an evangelical pastor who has been jailed since February 20 for allegedly aiding refugees seeking to emigrate illegally from the Communist island.

Church observers say Lamelas was targeted for harassment because he challenged the government on religious rights issues while serving as national president of his church.

He reportedly told his wife, Uramis, last month at the Villa Marista Detention Center in Havana, that he was “pretty discouraged” because the legal case is not moving forward.

INDEPENDENT CHURCHES

Human rights activists have expressed concern that Fidel Castro is cracking down on growing independent churches and organizations deemed dangerous for the survival of his Communist government. This also impacts living conditions of prisoners of conscience suggested Rebeca Rodriguez Sauto, with her husband as an example

"Chronic bronchitis and a lack of air also affect Dr. Pulido's health, and recently, dark bruises of an unknown origin have appeared on his skin..."

He reportedly told his wife that because of "the serious illnesses" from which he suffers, authorities should have granted him a medical parole some time ago." However, Dr. Pulido said they refuse to release him as his "convictions are firm, and I make them quite clear."

He reportedly told his wife that because of "the serious illnesses" from which he suffers, authorities should have granted him a medical parole some time ago." However, Dr. Pulido said they refuse to release him as his "convictions are firm, and I make them quite clear."

He does not want to ask for a medical parole "since he is innocent" adding, "All the Cuban authorities really have to give is freedom," his wife quoted him as saying.

DENTIST EXPELLED

Dr. Pulido, 46, practiced dentistry for 22 years until 1998 when he was expelled from his clinic for linking himself to the dissident movement through the Christian Liberation Movement, dissidents said.

In 2001, he began to work as an independent journalist in Camagüey and was eventually detained on March 18, 2003, and sentenced in what critics described as "a summary trial" to 14 years in prison.

Investigators say he is confined to a barrack with 100 common prisoners, many of whom are condemned for murder, in Kilo 7 Prison in Camagüey. Human rights groups have urged the international community to pressure Cuban government to free Dr. Alfredo Pulido Lopez who they say is imprisoned for exercising fundamental freedoms.

Cuban leader Castro has strongly denied human rights abuses and says there are no "dissidents" on his island. He has said the imprisoned activists are "mercenaries of the United States" seeking to overthrow his government.

What?

China and Cuba elected to new UN Human Rights Council? What a joke, the biggest offenders of human rights and here they are members! This proves that the U.N. is a useless organization!

Another FREEDOM Fighter to the list!

Another blog dedicated to the FREEDOM of Cuba! Please give your support to Enrique and his blog, appropiately titled: Abajo Fidel/Down with Castro.

"Change"

From Cubanet:


FROM CUBA
May 8, 2006

Posters urging CHANGE appear in southern town

MATANZAS, Cuba, May 5 (Hugo Araña / www.cubanet.org) - Posters with the word CHANGE in Spanish appeared May 1 in the southern town of Caracusey.

The posters, which measured 40 by 40 inches, were placed on a hillside leading into the town.

As soon as authorities became away of the posters, they were removed, but not before those who passed by saw them.The word CAMBIO is often used in Cuba by those wishing a regime change.

" La Primera Pionera Disidente"

You have to check out this video from this dissident! Thanks again Enrique for the tip! This video comes to you courtesy of the website : El Veraz

Interview with Marta Beatriz Roque


(Photo from Asamblea para Promover la Sociedad)


Many of the freedom loving sites have posted this interview. If you have not listened to this interview, please do! This brave freedom fighter needs our prayers and our support!

Everybody sing along...


Here is a reggaeton song that has a clear and concise message! So my freedom loving brethren lets sing along....

Enrique thanks for the e-mail!

Dictator worth $900 Million

The dictator of apartheid Cuba is worth $900 million, while the people of Cuba for over 47 years have had to stand in line for food and face imprisonment for simply speaking out.

Commie Day





Now that commie day is winding down let's not forget all the atrocities that have been committed in the name of communism. Via Val at Babalu, he has a link to a site that list the atrocities of communism.

The great Cuban writer, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, said it best: "The price of socialism is slavery, brutality, and death-all in the name of man."