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“Fidel Castro jailed and tortured political prisoners at a higher rate than Stalin during the Great Terror. He murdered more Cubans in his first three years in power than Hitler murdered Germans during his first six. Fidel Castro shattered — through mass-executions, mass-jailings, mass larceny and exile — virtually every family on the island of ... Read more

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It was enough of a sad and perverted joke that Cuba was allowed to have a seat on the UN Human Rights Council in the first place. Over the last six decades, the apartheid Castro regime has been a prolific and cruel violator of human rights and has committed countless crimes against humanity. But to ... Read more

This video was apparently shot during Christmas of 2011. It was a Christmas gift from currently imprisoned Cuban dissident artist Danilo “El Sexto” Maldonado for all Cubans, on the island and in the diaspora.

In a report phoned into to Babalú just moments ago, Jorge Luis Garcia Perez “Antúnez” is reporting that in anticipation of the arrival of President Jimmy Carter, the Castro regime has launched an island-wide crackdown on members of the opposition in Cuba to prevent any public demonstrations. Antúnez says that beginning yesterday, the Castro dictatorship ... Read more

The Castro dictatorship led mobs that surrounded the home of Lady in White leader Laura Pollan yesterday threatened the peaceful group with death if they dared to leave the home on the 8th anniversary of the Black Spring of 2003. The mob of thugs yelled threats to the ladies that they would be stabbed and ... Read more

This post shall stay at the top of this blog today to remind everyone of the unbridled evil that enslaves Cuba and why we must continue to fight it until the end. For newer posts, please scroll down. ___________________ While we remember our four fallen brothers today on this 15th anniversary of the Shootdown, I ... Read more

I just got off the phone with Reina Luisa Tamayo in Cuba where she has made a declaration. The full unedited audio is below. Reina Luisa Tamayo 2-23-11

Jorge Luis Garcia Perez “Antúnez” reports from Cuba that the march in commemoration of the anniversary of the death of Orlando Zapata Tamayo has been a great success. In spite of the wave of repression carried out by the Castro regime to arrest, detain, and harass members of the opposition in Cuba, they have all ... Read more

Sara Martha Fonseca states this morning that her home was attacked last night by a government led mob and pelted with rocks. According to Fonseca, an independent journalist, the mobs were organized and led by Castro government officials who have made a concerted effort to harass and intimidate her and her family. The Cuban regime ... Read more