Tag: cuba
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February 19, 2008 10:13 AM EST --
As word of Fidel Castro's resignation as both president and commander in chief of Cuba was being broadcast on the news this morning I heard Bush talking about finally being able to bring peace and . . . more
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May 21, 2008 09:57 AM EDT --
Cuban state television gave prime-time play last Friday to the U.S. film Brokeback Mountain , which tells the heartbreaking story of two cowboys who hide their gay affair. It was . . . more
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November 17, 2006 01:41 PM EST --
Not many Americans realize that Thanksgiving is a fairly new holiday and it has not always been celebrated as we do today.
Until 1941, when the US Congress decreed that Thanksgiving would be officially . . . more
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February 19, 2008 05:02 AM EST --
BREAKING NEWS: Fidel Castro has just resigned as President of Cuba, positioning his brother Raul for the position. Castro said he is not seeking and will not accept a new term when parliament meets . . . more
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August 05, 2006 03:27 PM EDT --
This is the story of my little illegal immigrant....
We left Cuba on March 16, 1960. It is a day I will never forget. As much for what led up to it as for the traumatic day itself. I have been working . . . more
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August 09, 2006 06:05 PM EDT --
CONFESSIONS OF A COOKBOOK NUT
By Sonia Martinez
I have a confession to make. I am a cookbook nut. There is something about cookbooks that just call my name. It is a passion. It . . . more
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December 06, 2006 07:48 PM EST --
I have been reminiscing a lot lately about the Christmas holidays in Cuba back when I was growing up. I guess that is a sign of old age when you start thinking and remembering that far back. I'm talking . . . more
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February 19, 2008 04:39 PM EST --
Today's news with great fanfare......
Fidel officially stepped down and brother Raul is in charge.... This is nothing
really new except now it is official.... Raul has been running . . . more
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February 19, 2008 10:35 AM EST --
It has been announced that Fidel Castro is stepping down from power in Cuba and handing over power to his brother. What do you think will happen as a result? Will the US keep up its embargo? Will relations . . . more
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December 18, 2006 01:12 PM EST --
In Cuba where I was born, a day or two before King's Day, the sidewalks along the main street of our hometown were lined with vendors who would set up their temporary booths and tables and sell homemade . . . more
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February 19, 2008 05:14 AM EST --
Castro has quit!
He is no longer in power.
This is MAJOR news, and GREAT news.
The Russian puppet is gone, and the world is better off.
Castro has been a thorn in the lives of millions over . . . more
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November 18, 2006 05:08 PM EST --
In my article My First Thanksgiving I mentioned my mom making a huge version of my Cuban Grandmother's bread pudding recipe. Some of you requested the recipe, and I finally got it from . . . more
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April 22, 2006 05:56 PM EDT --
The question of what happens with Cuba after Castro relates more to the economy of Cuba than it does to the politics.
The Rand Corporation published a 150-page report that examined this question. . . . more
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August 07, 2006 01:52 PM EDT --
This from Investor's Business Daily relates another facet of the media's longterm love of Castro. I wonder if they will be sorry to see him go?
DO MEDIA ABUSE CUBAN 'SOURCES'? . . . more
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January 22, 2007 11:55 PM EST --
Recently we needed to fly to Honolulu for doctor appointments. It was just a day trip, but we wanted to cram as much as possible into our one day of "country come to town"
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February 11, 2008 07:16 AM EST --
The question of what happens with Cuba after Castro relates more to the economy of Cuba than it does to the politics.
Fidel Castro at the UN General Assembly, 1960, public . . . more
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January 10, 2008 06:35 PM EST --
On April 17th, 1961: 1,500 armed, anticommunist Cuban exiles landed at Playa Giron beach in the Bay of Pigs in Cuba, hoping to overthrow the Communist dictatorship government of Fidel Castro. . . . more
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April 01, 2007 03:05 PM EDT --
It happened so fast. First a loud alarm and a frightened female voice repeating OSCAR OSCAR OSCAR, PORT SIDE!
Our cabin was port side so we ran to the balcony to see . . . more
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February 19, 2008 07:18 PM EST --
How will our relations be with his brother, Raul Castro? DuH! That's like saying we put a wolf in the zoo, but we have a nice hungry tiger here for you. What do you think? The . . . more
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August 02, 2006 11:39 AM EDT --
I know a big part of Reid's job as Democrat Minority Leader in the Senate is "bash Bush," but this is a bit of a stretch.
"It is time for the Bush administration to offer a real plan . . . more
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