Economic strife drives Latino vote Oct 26, 2008
It found that Latino voters provided no advantage to either side in Florida despite long-standing support for the Republican Party by Cuban Americans. In the Western states, the Latino vote is growing in size and as a percentage of the total, and it is favoring the Democratic Party more than in previous years. (Los Angeles Times)
Hal Kant dies at 77; lawyer represented the Grateful Dead Oct 26, 2008
With a penchant for wearing a cowboy hat and boots and smoking Cuban cigars, Kant began playing casino poker in 1984 and won the World Series of Poker pot-limit Omaha event in 1987. "One of the primary assets of poker is learning to pay attention, studying what other players are doing," Kant told the National Law Journal. (Los Angeles Times)
McCain news more negative Oct 24, 2008
The N.C. Republican Party is aiding the attack with a scurrilous mailer sent to N.C. voters headlined, Obama has close ties to domestic terrorist, with mug shots of Ayers from 1968 and a recent photo of him wearing a Cuban national baseball team jersey. This is the same ridiculously far right state GOP party that ran an attack ad during the primaries tying Obama to Rev. Jeremiah Wright, which McCain repudiated at the time. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
'Mad Men': Journey, scenery worth the ride Oct 24, 2008
As the season opened with a real event, Jackie Kennedy's tour of the White House, it ends with the Cuban missile crisis, which sets the hour's worried, mournful tone. Studious viewers will also notice a literary roundabout: The episode title, "Meditations in an Emergency," is the name of the book of Frank O'Hara poems Don read from in the first episode. (USA Today -- Life)
A-Rod's All Smiles Oct 22, 2008
According to an eyewitness, the pair was joined by party promoter Michael Capponi in a private cabana where they kicked back with Cuban cigars. "People were whispering and staring," said an onlooker. (Fox News)
Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Addis Ababa Oct 18, 2008
The site also houses a moving pictorial memorial to Cuban soldiers who died fighting alongside Ethiopian troops during the country's war against Somalia in 1977/78. 6 p.m. Watch the sun set over your Addis weekend at the fine Top View restaurant. (MSNBC -- Politics)
When rum and revolution were in the air Oct 17, 2008
n) Bosch, who ran the exiled company from Miami, bought a Douglas B-26 bomber and hatched a secret plan to bomb Cuban oil refineries as a way to destabilize the Castro government. (The plan, which appeared to have the CIA's tacit approval, was aborted only because Bosch couldn't find a willing pilot or enough bombs. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
The peacemaker Oct 15, 2008
Players included then-apartheid South Africa; the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), backed by the Soviet Union; the Cubans; Angolan groups backed by the Soviets; the CIA; the United Nations; the African nations surrounding Namibia; the Germans, who had ruled South West Africa until mid-World War I, and a host of other countries with political and commercial interests in the country. Chester A. Crocker, the choice of newly elected President Ronald Reagan to be assistant secretary... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
UC first stop for Latin GrammiesMusic icons join residents, officials for celebration Oct 13, 2008
"They keep her legacy; we keep her name up there, and that is what's great about it. She is a figure that has been known all over the world." He added that new stars are usually inducted as part of the annual Cuban Day Parade celebration, but Union City made an exception for this special event. "The reason we are doing it this year is for the Latin Grammy Street Parties," said del Valle. (West New York Reporter, NJ)
Stealing From the Rich [analysis] Oct 13, 2008
Together with their Cuban prot;g;s, they launched the largest single logistical operation in military history to support their new Afro-Marxist comrades in Ethiopia. The comrades scorched the jalle invaders. (allAfrica.com)
Anti-Obama Boomerang? Oct 13, 2008
" Is there something wrong with me? ...P.S.: Jim Lehrer ostentatiously noted that he wanted the candidates to mix it up. But every time they began mixing it up it seemed as if Lehrer interrupted them to cut the argument off. Too interesting! ...Post-spin Update: i) Does Keith Olbermann's show make it seem like their guy must have lost because their guy lost--they sound like the Politburo meeting after the Cuban Missile Crisis--or would Keith Olbermann's show make it seem like their guy must have... (Slate)
Cuba approves first therapeutic vaccine for lung cancer Oct 11, 2008
Cuba has approved what is believed to be the world's first registered lung cancer vaccine and is offering it to Cuban and foreign patients in its hospitals ... "It's possible to provide this vaccine to any patient. Because it's available in Cuba, it's approved by the Cuban drug agency, so we can receive patients from outside.". (Yahoo News -- Cuba)
President Bush Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month Oct 10, 2008
I particularly want to thank those who are working to hasten the day of freedom for the Cuban people ... Enrique puts it this way: "As a Cuban America [sic], I was born with a strong sense of patriotism, and that is why I serve." And today I'm proud to honor his service, and the service of all Hispanic Americans, who ensure that freedom is available to all. (White House News Releases)
POINT-COUNTERPOINT: Reasons to vote for Obama-Biden Oct 10, 2008
It should be interesting to see considering he refuses to have an American flag on his plane and has Che on the Cuban Flag in his Houston campaign HQ. You are calling A sitting President a Terrorist. Yet you talk about someone else making slanderous comments. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Underwood still the idol of ACC crowd Oct 10, 2008
An infectiously personable performer who, like most of her female country music peers, sings constantly at the very top end of her register and makes it look effortless, Underwood peppered her 90-minute set high points were the hits "Jesus, Take The Wheel," co-written by Cape Breton's Gordie Sampson, "I Ain't In Checotah Anymore" and "Wasted" with chatty girl talk and folksy reminiscences, and despite several complete costume changes, ranging from tight denim jeans and the ever-so... (Toronto Star)
GOP to file fundraising complaint against Obama... Oct 6, 2008
Black Liberation Theology stems directly from the doctrine of Liberation Theology which was the foundation of the Cuban political system ... " Now, I understand why you wanted to tweak it - the way you have it now, it sounde like "those" who are giving are not the same as "those" who are receiving. While I will grant you that Soviet bloc (and Chinese, Cuban, etc.) totalitarian rule was justified in the name of Marx' philosophy, in reality there has NEVER BEEN a "Communist" government in the... (The Drudge Report)
About Herald.com | Oct 6, 2008
About Us - MiamiHerald. Miami Herald About Us. (The Miami Herald)
LETTERS: NCT, Oct. 5, 2008 Oct 6, 2008
We should use John F. Kennedy's handling of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis as a model and challenge ourselves to judge how Obama and McCain would have handled that crisis ... Instead, he negotiated with Khrushchev to order Soviet ships to leave Cuban waters and remove all Soviet missiles. (North County Times)
Power, rhythm combine in Japanese drumming Oct 3, 2008
According to Rooney, American Taiko incorporates a lot of different traditions, with Cuban, Latino and jazz beats. The American groups have influenced Japanese drumming groups today, but in the past it this has not been the case. (Woburn Advocate, MA)
Top 50 spots Oct 3, 2008
Palomilla s Cuban Grill House ... When you eat here, it s not just the food which is hands down the best Cuban food in the Atlanta area that lulls you into submission ... Thick chunks of pork are marinated just enough to give flavor and juiciness, then are deep-fried and served with a Cuban mojo sauce and lime. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
VP Debate: The Biggest Shocker Oct 3, 2008
Post-spin Update: i) Does Keith Olbermann's show make it seem like their guy must have lost because their guy lost--they sound like the Politburo meeting after the Cuban Missile Crisis--or would Keith Olbermann's show make it seem like their guy must have lost even when their guy won. j) If actual undecided voters who watched the debate favored Obama, as suggests, is that because, after the events of the past week, they were just looking for Obama to pass a threshold test. (Slate)
Cult expertsquestion woman'svoodoo account Sep 25, 2008
Santeria is similar to voodoo except it's flavored with Cuban spices. "Santeria is a West African religious tradition but Christianized in Cuba so it's been given a slightly different Catholic overlay," Lucas said. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Havana, Cuba: Vedado Neighborhood Sep 24, 2008
Baro had it built for the beautiful Catalina Laza, the first Cuban woman who divorced legally in Havana (to get married to Baro. Today the mansion is run by the Cuban Ministry of Culture as a "friendship house" ... It was formerly the Cuban-Soviet friendship headquarters. (Suite101.com)
Aso's Personality An Asset In Run For Japanese PM Sep 23, 2008
Aso, who favors Cuban cigars and gold necklaces, has a reputation as a fighter who often gets in trouble for his off-the-cuff remarks. He smiles easily and always looks on the verge of issuing a wisecrack from the side of his mouth. (CBS News -- World)
Obama Invokes Rush Limbaugh in New Spanish-Language Ad... Sep 18, 2008
Cuban Anon, so why did McCain start this bullcrap last Friday ... I am "Hispanic" - Cuban Born and American Raised. (The Drudge Report)
WASH POST: Drudge-ology 101... Sep 18, 2008
The Cuba embargo in January 2004, Obama said it was time "to end the embargo with Cuba" because it had "utterly failed in the effort to overthrow Castro." speaking to a Cuban American audience in Miami in august 2007, he said he would not "take off the embargo" as president because it is "an important inducement for change." 37. Obama stated "I believe in free trade" and then later said well, I don't think NAFTA has been good for America - and I never have. (The Drudge Report)
HISTORY EN ESPANOL(TM) Premieres Acclaimed Documentary 'Los Zafiros/The Sapphires' During Hispanic Heritage Month Sep 18, 2008
Playing a brilliant mix of American inspired Doo Wop, Afro-Cuban and traditional Latin forms, Los Zafiros became a sensation in Cuba and beyond before dissolving in the mid 1970s from the effects of the fast life, infighting and changing political and musical tastes ... Throughout the month, HISTORY EN ESPANOL will feature special programs including the documentaries "The Sugar Curtain," an intimate portrait of the Cuban regime at its economic peak as seen through the eyes the mid-1970s... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Politics Blog: Fiorina says Palin couldn't run HP Sep 17, 2008
"She's not qualified to run a Dairy Queen" s//Mark Cuban. Posted By: FrankCostanza | September 16 2008 at 10:54 AM. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Gracias a la vida Sep 16, 2008
His jazz-infused shows allow Gonzalez to combine his own poetry with myths and Puerto Rican and Cuban culture. But helping kids has always been his first love, he said. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Raul Castro raises state pension Sep 13, 2008
Cuban president Raul Castro has said he will raise state pensions by up to 20% and increase wages for court employees ... They include an easing of restrictions on the ownership of mobile phones, lifting a ban on Cubans staying at major hotels, and allowing private farmers more involvement in how they use their land ... The Cuban leader also announced salary increases for more than 9,000 court workers and judges. (Yahoo News -- Cuba)
Cuba to commute death sentences Sep 13, 2008
There are no official figures, but the Cuban Human Rights Commission estimates that between 40 and 50 inmates could be affected. The only exceptions to the death penalty changes are two Central Americans charged with a hotel bombing that killed an Italian tourist, and a Cuban American charged with murder during an attempt at armed infiltration of the island ... They are designed to make life easier and less restrictive for ordinary Cubans. (Yahoo News -- Cuba)
Playing an icon Sep 12, 2008
The two-part, 262-minute Spanish-language biography covering the Cuban revolution and Guevara's fatal mission to Bolivia was unveiled to the public at the Toronto International Film Festival this week and will be released commercially this winter ... Del Toro, who produced the film alongside Laura Bickford, had read Guevara's writing and listened to his speeches, but the key was interviewing his widow, family members and three of the Cuban comrades who accompanied him to Bolivia, where he would... (Globe and Mail)
Viva Che! Soderbergh signs a deal Sep 12, 2008
Steven Soderbergh's mood has brightened considerably following news yesterday he's reached a distribution deal for Che, his controversial epic about Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara ... He'd like to have a limited run of the full four-hour-plus film, followed immediately by separate runs of Che Part 1, which deals with the Cuban Revolution, and Che Part 2, which follows Guevara's excursion to Bolivia, which led to his death. (Toronto Star)
Alexei Ratmansky, Ingrid Betancourt, Jean Sarkozy Sep 11, 2008
IFC Films announced this week in Toronto that it acquired domestic rights to the two-part, 4 -hour saga, which stars Benicio Del Toro as the Argentine doctor who became one of the heroes of Fidel Castro's Cuban revolution. The film will play a one-week qualifying run in Los Angeles and New York for Oscar consideration, then reopen in theaters in January. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Hurricane Ike pounds Caribbean, worries US Sep 8, 2008
Adalberto Roque / AFP/Getty Images Cuban fishermen secure a boat before the arrival of Ike ... Adalberto Roque / AFP/Getty Images Cuban fishermen secure a boat before the arrival of Ike ... Ike's eye hit the northern coast of Cuba in Camaguey province Sunday night, dumping as much as a foot of rain on the rural region and prompting the U.S. National Weather Service -- which collaborates with Cuban colleagues in one of the few U.S.-Cuba contacts -- to warn of flash floods and severe hazards. (Los Angeles Times)
Burn after reading Sep 6, 2008
Thompson On Hollywood - Blog on Variety. Choose the one that's best for you. (Variety)
US Olympic approach is to win as a team Sep 3, 2008
Popov also is among the newest athlete members of the IOC, joining German fencer Claudia Bokel, Cuban volleyball player Yumilka Ruiz Luaces, and Korean taekwondo fighter Moon Dae Sung. They'll serve eight-year terms. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
ELECTION 2008: McCain: Rebel with a cause chases the presidency Aug 31, 2008
He d been poised to fly into combat from the deck of the USS Enterprise during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He d knocked down power lines flying too low over southern Spain. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
For those too young to remember the Cold War... Aug 29, 2008
After the world reached the brink of war during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, there was another wave of Cold War-inspired fiction, with Stanley Kubrick's Dr Strangelove perhaps the most notable example. With the detente of the 1970s the Cold War thread became less noticeable, but with worsening relations in the early 1980s, both sides of the Atlantic were suddenly replete with fictional Cold War dystopian scenarios. (BBC News -- UK)
POP CULTURE HOT LIST: Athletes, celebs making headlines Aug 27, 2008
Angel Matos The Cuban taekwando athlete and his coach may be suspended from the Olympics for life after Matos kicked a referee in the face in Beijing last week, but there's always room for two in the WWE, where you can actually make a living. 9. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
LETTERS: NCT, Aug, 22, 2008 Aug 23, 2008
HotJobs Local Search. Can you smell that smell. (North County Times)
One-man melting pot makes up the one-man team for Mexico Aug 21, 2008
At Mexican restaurants back home, waitresses ask if he is Cuban after he orders in Spanish. Today in Sports. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Jenkins' 3-Dot Lounge Aug 16, 2008
For pure athleticism, though, they can't touch the women in volleyball (check out the Cuban team), gymnastics or track. If every great female athlete were forced to play basketball, that game would be played way above the rim. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
LETTERS: NCT, August 14, 2008 Aug 15, 2008
" Huh? This from the one person who, more than any other, twists ancient history such as Vietnam, the Cuban Missile Crisis and errors from Truman or FDR to hold against current Democratic candidates? Oh boy! Just imagine if the shoe were on the other foot, no one would be howling more loudly that hatchet-man "sdraoul. "Peace (and sunshine) to all, DD Wiz The Californian wrote on Aug 14, 2008 9:30 AM:Which argument are you referring to? Chuck wrote on Aug 14, 2008 9:33 AM:>>>Going to read-up more... (North County Times)
Up close with Penelope Cruz: Actress poised for breakout with two new films Aug 14, 2008
The film opens Friday and goes up against Cruz's other project, "Elegy," an intimate adaptation of Philip Roth's novella "The Dying Animal." Cruz is Consuela, a Cuban student who falls in love with her much older and very conflicted professor (Ben Kingsley). Cruz has been doing publicity nonstop for both movies on both coasts. (Carroll County Times, MD)
Penelope Cruz is poised for breakout Aug 12, 2008
Cruz is Consuela, a Cuban student who falls in love with her much older and very conflicted professor (Ben Kingsley). Cruz has been doing publicity non-stop for both movies on both coasts. (USA Today)
The arts belong in foreign policy Aug 11, 2008
It is legitimate to ask why $3,000 was spent in 2006-07 on sending Michel Bastarache, then a Supreme Court judge, to tell Cuban law professors about Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It may well have been a constructive use of his time and the $3,000, but it fit awkwardly inside an arts program. (Globe and Mail -- National)
• Santeria priest won't let religious freedom be sacrificed Aug 11, 2008
But before he could finish the ritual sacrifice, Coral Gables police swarmed the house where he and some 20 other followers of the Afro-Cuban religion had gathered to worship ... He is a proud member of the Cuban American bourgeoisie and a Republican ... He added: "This is how I see it, man. This is a white little Cuban guy talking, OK?". (Q13.com, WA)
Shall we dance?HRPAC presents Tango on the Hudson Aug 10, 2008
"Some of the musicians and dancers are from Argentina and most of us are from Latin America. My partner is from Brazil and another one of the dancers is from Colombia and his partner is Cuban.". In the family. (West New York Reporter, NJ)
Cruz gets art-history naked and Kingsley is brilliant in "Elegy" Aug 9, 2008
She's a Cuban immigrant from a conservative background who looks and dresses like a high-end legal secretary, which is what she was before deciding to pursue an academic career. Whether or not it's because the director is a Spanish woman, this is Cruz's breakthrough English-language performance. (Salon)
TALE OF THE TAPE: Pairing up Michael Phelps vs. Aquaman Aug 8, 2008
Mark Cuban vs. John Travolta. Bruce Springstein vs. George Steinbrenner. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Letters to the Editor Aug 7, 2008
Cuban youth movements stay politically active ... Cuban youth want both economic and political liberty, not just iPods. (Christian Science Monitor)
Hispanic residents find area 'bueno' Aug 7, 2008
A Cuban immigrant who has been in the country for 14 years, she said felt the sting - whether real or perceived - of discrimination. "Sometimes I'm afraid to be in my house, you know?" she said. (Florida Times-Union)
Tough, sullen stretch for Braves Aug 6, 2008
The Cuban Missile Crisis didn t get this kind of attention. By JEB. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Motos new cell chief: tech guy with engineering view Aug 5, 2008
Motorola names a new head for its struggling cell phone business, Mark Cuban wins backing for Cubs bid from an unlikely source, United calls a truce with its pilots. Advertising. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Rapid growth for Spanish-speaking news Aug 5, 2008
The old Cuban neighborhoods of Union City, N.J., now have Mexicans and other Central Americans. Most of the population growth has come in suburbs like Westchester County and Long Island. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Festival celebrates Hispanic heritage Aug 3, 2008
The opening reception for "ArtistaCUBA," an exhibition of Cuban art, will be held that night at Gallery 125 on South Warren Street ... The musicians Machuko's Trabuco will play Afro-Cuban music. (NJ.com -- Times)
Otto Fuerbringer, 97; led Time during a 'newsy decade' Aug 2, 2008
The Cuban missile crisis, the Vietnam War, political assassinations, mass protests, and a roiling youth culture were the stuff of headlines and Time magazine cover stories during Mr. Fuerbringer's eight years as managing editor. His tenure marked a shifting, if not quite a liberalizing, of Time's political positions. (Boston Globe)
Best bets for the week Aug 1, 2008
The show is at 7:30 p.m. today and features Jessica Pounds, Patrick Bass, Matthew "Cuban" Hernandez and Peter Dearing. Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., $13. (Florida Times-Union)
Hard times at Turner Field Jul 31, 2008
I devoured many a Cuban sandwich down there when I was at GT. ... Best Cuban in the city. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Cuba approves first therapeutic vaccine for lung cancer Jul 30, 2008
Cuba has approved what is believed to be the world's first registered lung cancer vaccine and is offering it to Cuban and foreign patients in its hospitals ... "It's possible to provide this vaccine to any patient. Because it's available in Cuba, it's approved by the Cuban drug agency, so we can receive patients from outside.". (Yahoo News -- Cancer)
Art: Watch the children, that subversive is back Jul 29, 2008
But then, few children's book authors in those wary cold war years made a habit of playing poker with the Cuban envoy to the United Nations, as Ungerer did, or applied for a visa to visit China. Or had a side career publishing books of often disturbing erotica. (International Herald Tribune)
Cameroonian ballet meets Argentine tango Jul 29, 2008
Last but not least, Cuban music has its principal roots in Spain and West Africa, but over time has absorbed musical influences from many different countries. Cuban music has likewise been immensely influential in other countries, contributing not only to the development of jazz and salsa, but also to Argentina tango, Ghanaian high-life, West African Afrobeat, and Spanish Nuevo flamenco. (Xinhuanet, China)
POLITICS HITS THE WALL... Jul 25, 2008
Power, pop, and probings from ABC News Senior National Correspondent Jake Tapper. is ABC News' Senior National Correspondent based in the network's Washington bureau. (The Drudge Report)
Ask the pilot Jul 25, 2008
Plus: Will U.S. airlines hit Cuban tarmac thanks to Obama ... Plus: Will U.S. airlines hit Cuban tarmac thanks to Obama. (Salon)
