The indictment of Raúl Castro is an abominable act of hypocrisy and imperialist propaganda to justify military aggression against an impoverished nation of less than 10 million people.
My parents are both Cuban. And with all the news on the island they are hopeful something good’s gonna happen so much that they want to move back and they are urging me to get a Cuban passport because I’m currently 17 and they say it would be harder when I turn 18
So I’m wondering, what do you guys think? Always assumed the Cuban passport just comes with more restrictions than benefits
Can a foreign person join the Cuban military after moving to Cuba?? (Official joining)
For many Cuban-Americans, winning a case in court is not the point. The point is that Cuban leadership, most importantly Raúl Castro, feel pressured to step down after the indictment has been made public.
My family and friends in Havana are nervous. I cannot deny that I’m excited and trying not to get too hopeful. It’s always hope that kills you.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio marked Cuban Independence Day on Wednesday with a Spanish-language video message to the people of the island that blamed their "unimaginable hardships" on their communist leadership.
Why it matters: This is the first time Rubio has addressed the Cuban population directly as secretary of state. It's part of the Trump administration's multi-layered pressure campaign targeting Havana.
"The real reason you don't have electricity, fuel, or food is because those who control your country have plundered billions of dollars, but nothing has been used to help the people," Rubio says in the speech.
Later Wednesday, the Justice Department will unveil the indictment of Cuba's de facto leader, Raúl Castro, for allegedly ordering the shootdown of two Miami-based rescue planes in 1996.
El gobierno de Estados Unidos ha presentado cargos penales contra el expresidente cubano raul castro de 94 años, esta acusado de asesinato, un evento específico del 24 de febrero de 1996, cuando cazas militares cubanos derribaron dos avionetas desarmadas de una organización civil de exiliados cubanos
Y todavía hay gente que sigue ciega y engañada por la dictadura. El gobierno convocó a una nueva marcha, pero el mundo tiene que saber que a las marchas las masas van manipuladas, muchas personas van solo por obligación o por cumplimiento, por el mismo miedo de decir que no van. No es por ningún patriotismo, no es con emoción. En la última marcha daba pena como las personas se escondían detrás de los carteles para no salir en las cámaras. Eso solo evidencia más la dictadura. En Cuba SÍ hay dictadura. Me da una pena inmensa con toda la gente cegada, y que tienen confundida con todas estas ideas fallidas. Luego del discurso de Rubio nada más los cubanos sabemos el alivio que ha sentido más de medio país.
Díganme qué piensan.
Going to be blunt. None of the people who use this shared account to post on Reddit about Cuban topics who are in Cuba have I heard from in at least 3 days. It might just be that the power and internet situation is especially bad now, maybe they are just pulling back from putting themselves at risk by posting from Cuba or maybe it’s something else that I rather not think about.
I have seen how every time anyone of them would post about Cuba they would get attacked for their views about their country from people who had no actual connection to Cuba. I, the person who is posting this specific post and not one of the people who usually uses this account to post here, am not Cuban so I will not be engaging with none of the comments. I have posted this video because I know it’s the type of thing they would want to post and because I am hoping that they will be able to see it.
Just a personal message from me, just because you may disagree with a person doesn’t mean you should assume they are your enemy.
This is a photo of my relative with Castro, I’m trying to identify the mystery man with a large mustache.
Taken by Lester Cole in a photo shoot at the Havana Hilton on Jan. 10, 1959 -
I posted a cropped version of this photo before and was told to post the full photograph to help.
I consider you all somewhat of my extended family. This goes for any time I hear a Cuban accent in public.
This question is for leftist or left-leaning Cubans and is not in any way a challenge or criticism. Please, let's be civil and loving.
I feel that many of us, especially in the US, have to live between two worlds: knowing que hijo de puta fue Fidel, but also, maybe not agreeing 100% with the Republican Party, which seems to be the political group which has most supported us.
I believe in, for example, banning factory farms, having more environmental regulations, and better social programs, but every time I go to a community where these things are preached, I am apprehensive of meeting some pro-Fidel or pro-Chavez/Maduro person.
EDIT: This post is aimed at Cubans or people with at least one Cuban parent who also considers themselves left-leaning (while, hopefully, not supporting the Cuban regime.)
I’ve been trying to listen to more Cuban musicians. I know the popular ones like Orishas, Celia Cruz, Cimafunk, Los Aldeanos, El Funky, and Buena Vista Social Club. What should I check out next?
Interesante que hayan escogido precisamente el Día de la Independencia cubana para hacerlo.
¿Qué creen que sea?
My mom was telling me recently how she visited Cuba in 1999, and she told me how on a tour of Gran Caverna de Santo Tomás, her tour guide showed her a tree called "the hypocrisy tree". I don't know why, but I found this super interesting, so I've been trying to find out more about it, but so far the only source I've found is a stock photo taken in Cuba of a tree called that. She thinks that it probably has a different name in Spanish, and that this was just a weird translation on the tour guide's part (looking up "El árbol de la hipocresía" also hasn't gotten me anything), or maybe just a niche nickname unique to the area that isn't really used on the internet. As a last ditch attempt, I wanted to ask if any of you had heard of it, or have an idea what tree it might be referring to. Thanks!
CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Havana on Thursday and met with Raúl Castro’s grandson, Raúl Guillermo Rodriguez Castro, Interior Minister Lazaro Alvarez Casas and the head of Cuba’s intelligence services, according to statements made by a CIA official to The Miami Herald.z
The purpose of the trip, he said, was “to personally deliver President Trump’s message that the United States is prepared to seriously engage on economic and security issues, but only if Cuba makes fundamental changes.”
The political significance of welcoming the CIA director to Havana cannot be overstated. The agency owes much of its nickname—Murder Inc.—to its record of organizing relentless terrorist attacks on Cuba.
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