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The Same Mentality @ Nixon's & Obama's White House

Like Yogi Berra would say: "It's Deja Vu All Over Again"

If the House impeaches Obama, the Democratic controlled Senate will not kick Big Ears out of the White House.

Why? The Democratic Party is more corrupt than the Republi-Nuts!

Total gridlock will continue for the foreseeable future and the nation will continue going downhill.

What a way to govern a country!

The Execution of Luis Posada Carriles

This short story is a work of fiction.

Any resemblances to real persons or events

 is purely coincidental.

© 2013  Jorge R. González

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Chapter One

The meeting took place, late at night, in a secluded beach area of South Florida on May 19, 2013. At exactly 9:00 p.m. an unmarked brown truck approached a pastel green ranch-style house and parked in front. The driver remained in his seat after he had stopped. He pulled a filtered cigarette from the glove compartment, lit it, and inhaled the smoke into his dying lungs. He looked to the passenger on his right side and nodded his head up and down very slowly. He proceeded to take two small cut out letters from his shirt pocket and gave them to his friend, G L.

The passenger got out and headed for the entrance of the modern home. He reached into his right trousers pocket and pulled a single key. Slowly, he introduced it into the key hole and turned it, without making the slightest sound.

He turned around and gave the truck driver a V sign with his second and middle left fingers and entered the foyer. The Chairman had arrived at his destination. The mission preparations would be discussed here. Phase A was now in motion.

The chief sat down on a blue recliner in the living room, closed his eyes, and waited.

Exactly thirty minutes later a taxi cab arrived at the residence. The passenger paid the driver and slowly walked toward the house. Before doing anything, he looked around very carefully; he could not see or hear anyone. He knocked slightly on the front door; three short knocks, a pause, four more knocks.

The Chairman got up from his recliner, went to the door and, without opening it, intoned in a low voice: “your number.”

“3489” came the response from the outside.

The gray haired man-in-command pushed the button on the wall, and the front door opened very slowly. The visitor came in quickly, and the door automatically closed without making the slightest noise. It had been oiled the day before, according to the scripted plan.

This second arrival proceeded to sit himself at a large leather sofa. He picked up a notebook from the side table and read it intensely. The script looked good. It was achievable.

The plan called for the next man to arrive 45 minutes later, and he did arrive, on time, in a bicycle, as expected. The welcoming ritual was repeated at the front door and 6745 went inside the house very quickly.

A few minutes after midnight all twelve numbers were assembled in the big living room.

The Chairman stood up in the dark and said “Welcome to the meeting.” Pull your small flashlights, turn them on, and follow me to the dining room.

They entered the dining room. It was twice the size of the living room. An extremely large mahogany table was in the middle of the room; it was usually reserved and used for conferences. Five chairs were on one of the sides of the table, and opposite them were five more chairs. Two very tall chairs were at both head ends. The Chairman sat in one of them, the one on the left,  and a tan skinned number sat immediately opposite him at the other end.

“Gentlemen, said the Chairman, we will have a small toast before we begin.” Each one stood up and picked a small goblet that was filled with red wine in front of them. “To the Fatherland!” said the Chairman. “To the Fatherland!,” the other eleven numbers replied in unison.

They sat down and each number picked up a green folder that was placed in front of them with their respective four decimals. They read for approximately 30 minutes.

“Does every one understand their assigned tasks.” The Chairman looked around the table and he saw the eleven numbers move their heads up and down slowly.

“Very well, we will now retire in pairs to our six sleeping rooms. Use your flashlights. Deep brown curtains cover every window, as you have surely noticed. The walls of the residence and the glass on the windows have been sound proofed. Nothing can be heard outside. We will rest or sleep for four hours. There are snacks in the kitchen. Be sure to use your feather slippers to get there.”

“We will begin phase B around four o' clock in the morning. Good night, gentlemen.”

“And lady,” replied one of the numbers.

It was the first time that café con leche had spoken. She was definitely one of the most ravishing female beauties that he had ever seen. He was happy that she was in the house.

“I stand corrected.” replied the Chairman, as he smiled at her.

Chapter Two

At ten minutes to four o' clock in the morning of the twentieth day of May, the Chairman turned off the ringing alarm clock on his bedside table. He got up and tapped the arm of his room-mate, number 8677.

“It's time,” he said. “I'm ready,” came the reply from the bed.

They both left the room, turned on their small flashlights and headed for the other five bedroom doors.

One by one the numbers were alerted that, finally, the day had arrived.

The group of eleven men and one woman gathered again in the living room around the large conference table.

They did not bother to sit down. They were all looking at the Chairman.

“Gentlemen, and lady. Today is the assigned day for the execution of Luis Posada Carriles. Let us proceeded.”

They formed a single line, and slowly and silently headed for the huge garage that was attached to the residence on the right side of it.

The large brown truck was there with its large back door already opened. One by one they climbed into the truck and took seats. The number with the dying lungs was already sitting behind the wheel.

At exactly five o' clock the driver pushed the button on the remote control and the garage door slowly and silently went up. No noises. It had been oiled too.

Unbeknown to them, the Association had, two months ago, contacted the guards of The Monster of Barbados, and had conveyed to each one of them large suitcases with three million dollars in cash inside them. They would not present a problem tonight. In the USA everyone and everything had a price attached.

The group drove slowly for thirty minutes and parked in front of the house of The Monster.

The twelve men got out from the back of the truck. They were all dressed now in grey nurses uniforms and had stethoscopes dangling from their necks. One carried an army foldable stretcher.

The Chairman, as usual, headed the macabre procession. The single line headed for the back door and one of the numbers got his key chain and opened the entrance door and stuck his head inside. Total silence.

They all entered the house. The second man carried a large tranquilizer rifle. They quickly found the door. It had a green X attached to it. It had been placed there by one of the Monster's guards.

They entered silently the alcove of the Monster. The rifleman pointed to the chest of the sleeping figure in the bed and he pulled the trigger. Startled, the Monster tried to get up, and then he fell immediately to the bed. He did not know what had hit him.

The stretcher was brought into to the room, and two numbers placed Luis Posada Carriles on it and headed to the truck with the sedated body. He was placed  inside the large vehicle without any problems. The neighborhood was very silent and a slight morning fog had developed. It helped their efforts. Every moving member of the group looked like grey shadows.

Before six a.m. they drove back to the house base; a block away they noticed that the garage door was going up slowly and noiselessly. They entered quickly. Phase B had successfully just concluded.

Chapter Three

On the last day of Luis Posada Carriles life on earth, four numbers got out of the large truck quickly. After opening the door that connected the garage and the kitchen, they headed for the dining room and moved the big and heavy conference table against one of the walls.

The remaining eight numbers entered the room. Four of them carried the stretcher with the Monster on it, still totally unconscious. They placed it on the middle of the room.

From the living room, the recliner was brought in to the dining room, together with two big cartons, which they proceeded to open. They contained a variety of ropes of different lengths and thickness.

Six of the numbers proceeded to carry the sedated prisoner to the recliner. He was tied very tightly with the various ropes. When the Monster came to, he would not be able to move at all. Duct tape was placed several times around his head. It covered his mouth totally. The parrot would not be able to speak either. But he would be able to see clearly what was going on.

They all sat in front of the unconscious man. Next to six of the chairs, on the floor, were six AK-47 rifles.

“All we have to do know is wait for him to awaken from his unconscious state” said the Chairman.

As the sun started to rise around seven in the morning, there was a slight movement of the head of the Monster. He was awakening from the effects of the tranquilizer dart.

At eight thirty a.m., the Chairman got up and stood up in front of Luis Posada Carriles and said to him:

“You have been placed on trial, in absentia, on several Caribbean countries, for the actions that you and your accomplices took against defenseless civilians who were flying on a Cubana de Aviación airliner that had left Barbados.”

“You were found guilty of that crime. You have been sentenced to death by firing squad.”

Six numbers got up. In their hands were the AK-47 rifles. They stood 12 feet away from the man whose  life was about to end.

They pointed their rifles toward the chest of Luis Posada Carriles.

“Ready?” asked the Chairman.

“We are.” came the reply.

“Aim, — a long pause — fire!”

The Monster slumped on the recliner. Luis Posada Carriles had paid for his crime. Justice had been carried out.

“I call upon the visitor from the Republic of Cuba to administer the coup de grace.”

Café con leche got up and slowly approached the listless body and placed the 45 caliber pistol barrel next to the right temple of Luis Posada Carriles. She paused, and then pulled the trigger.

The last shot of the young morning had been fired.

Florida, May 20, 2013

May 17, 1913: First Flight from Key West to Havana, Cuba

Domingo Rosillo del Toro

 preparing his plane before his record setting flight from Key West to Havana. 

(Albert Pauls Rosillo, Handout)

Rosilllo flew two hours and eight minutes before landing his monoplane on a patch of grass near Havana. He was greeted by 50,000 Cubans and hailed as a hero.

Complete article at Sun Sentinel

Three Things Al Fox SHOULD NOT DO!

1) Drink and drive.

2) Associate with Tampa Democratic Party capitalist crook Vicente Amor (a.k.a. Mr. Love) of  Flor Caribe Inc.

3) Continue to support Barack Obama.

Source: Cuba policy activist Al Fox raises questions over DUI stop

Related: Do Not Patronize Dishonest Capitalist Businesses in Tampa, Florida

Instead of getting paranoid, Al Fox should use the Flip Wilson defense: "The devil made me do it."

2013 World Port Tournament: June 30 - July 7

The prestigious World Port Tournament is just around the corner. It will be played in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The Dutch ended up in fourth place at the 2013 World Baseball Classic, after eliminating Cuba, who had to console itself with fifth place.

Last year, Cuba captured the top spot at Honkbal Week. But the tulips will have a much stronger team this year, with many of the same players who were so successful at WBC III 2013.

It promises to be a very exciting tournament. Be there (at your computer) or be square!

World Port Tournament Website

Here is a snippet from the above site:

The World Port Tournament (WPT) is a highly ranked international baseball tournament, which is organised by the "Foundation Rotterdam Baseball" for over twenty years. Besides being the largest International Baseball Tournament in Europe, the WPT is one of the characterising events on the sports calendar of the City of Rotterdam.

Program

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11th U.S. Circuit Court: The State of Florida cannot stop companies with remote business ties to Cuba from bidding on state or local public contracts

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 8:19 AM PT

Courthouse News Service

Link to complete article

Cuba Readies Corruption Trials of Western Businessmen

By Marc Frank

HAVANA

Tue May 14, 2013 3:21pm EDT

(Reuters) - Canadian and British executives of three foreign businesses shut in 2011 by Cuban authorities, ostensibly for corrupt practices, have been charged after more than a year in custody and are expected to go on trial soon, sources close to the cases told Reuters.

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Barack Obama's New Tortures @ Guantánamo

Barack Hussein Obama, Torturer-in-Chief
The Buck Stops @ His Desk

A new Dachau and Auschwitz in the Caribbean Sea?

Barack Hussein Obama is very, very scared. He could end up with more than 100 deaths on his conscience, because of the activities that his military is carrying out in his Concentration Camp @ Guantánamo U.S. Naval Base, which the Yankee imperialists illegally occupy in Cuban territory.

I have no doubt in my mind, that because Barack Hussein Obama is committing so many atrocities inside and outside the United States, he could end up like JFK & his brother Bobby, assassinated. He is making more enemies than any human being can handle. He is the Devil incarnate.

Below you will find the translated first paragraphs of an article re-published by Cubadebate. The article comes from the digital website called Rebelión. This is a short Cuba Journal translation. Any errors are mine.

Guantánamo Prison, where death is preferable to living

May 13, 2013

By Marjorie Cohn

More than 100 of the 166 prisoners at Guantánamo are allowing themselves to die of hunger. 33 of them are being fed by using force against them.

“They tie you down with leather straps to a chair, tightly and forcefully tying the wrists, the legs, the front of your head and your waist.” Fayid Al-Kandari told his attorney, Lieutenant Colonel Barry Wingard. Al-Kandari, who was born in Kuwait has been at the Guantánamo prison for eleven years. He has not been accused of any crimes.

“The tube that they insert makes you cry abundantly and blood starts to come out of your nose. Once the tube goes through your throat, you begin to have violent movements of the stomach which induce vomiting. Afterwards, they pour into the tube a liquid that is very hot. They do that for about 45 minutes to two hours. He feels like his body is going to suffer from convulsions, and very frequently he will vomit,” added Wingard.

The Human Rights Council of the United Nations  has determined that  feeding someone by force is torture. The American Medical Association (AMA) says that force feeding violates medical ethics.

Continue reading in Spanish.

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If there ever was a time to establish an new Nuremberg-like International Tribunal to charge George W. Bush and Barack H. Obama with high crimes against humanity it is now.

I applaud the people of Guatemala for having put General Efrain Rios Mont on trial for genocide and crimes against humanity. He was convicted and sentenced to 80 years in prison. It takes courage to do that. That quality does not exist in the U.S.

The list of atrocities that have been committed by the presidents of the United States is very long:

Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos: Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon

Iraq & Afghanistan: George W. Bush, Barack H. Obama

And the atrocities by U.S drones continue throughout the world.

And the above list does not include the crimes committed against Native Americans by various U.S presidents. They are well documented.

Barbarism and Violence: Thy name is United States.

La Fórmula Ganadora del Pueblo Cubano / The Winning Formula of the Cuban People

En Español:

(Coraje + 26 + 7 + 53) * (Tenacidad + 2 + 12 + 56) = Victoria * 59

El que responda la siguiente pregunta correctamente tendrá la satisfacción de ser inteligente.

Tu mamá estará orgullosa mañana.

¿Cual es el significado de los números?

In English:

(Courage + 7 + 26 + 53) * (Tenacity + 12 + 2 + 56) = Victory * 59

He who responds the following question will have the satisfaction of being smart.

Your mom will be proud tomorrow.

What is the significance of the numbers?

Rene Gonzalez Held News Conference Today

Rene said: "I'm now simply a Cuban citizen, a Cuban patriot, which in all cases I've always been," Gonzalez, 56, said in a Havana news conference as he held up the certificate [renouncing U.S. citizenship] he received on Thursday.

"From the first day we were five, we were one. I'm not going to feel free until my four brothers return," said Gonzalez, who was accompanied by his wife, Olga Salanueva, at Havana's International Press Center.

"There are some people, some of them members of Congress, that will not rest until they create conflict between Cuba and the United States. What I would say to those people is that what they're looking for is a tragedy," he said.

"The demographics in Miami are changing," Gonzalez said. "I hope that someday the philosophy of confrontation, of provocation, of terrorism against Cuba and searching for war between Cuba and the United States will be a thing of the past."

"I don't have any regrets, I grew up in a country where bombs were exploding," he said. "What I desire most is good relations between the United States and Cuba." (Reuters)

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JG: Barack Obama, one of the two worst U.S. presidents ever, continues to receive huge amounts of money from the Miami fascists. He is a total mercenary. The only thing that he cares about is putting a lot greenbacks in his two pockets and enacting higher taxes on Americans.

The only thing that I will give him is my contempt and my repudiation for his failed policies.

Listen Miami gusanos, stop talking mierda. If you go to Cuba with a rifle in your hands, you will be slapped again on the face.

Cuba is an honorable country

This is an honorable country

Nuria Barbosa León

CHALLENGING U.S. government restrictions, San Diego resident Jurg Hinderling, recently visited Cuba as part of the 21st Ernesto Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade, comprising friends of Cuba from Canada and the United States.

Talking to Granma International, he stated that in his first visit he wanted to find out more about the history and achievements of Cuban society, but that his main objective is to understand and convey his experiences to other people around the world.

Married to a Bolivian, Hinderling speaks Spanish. He studied electrical engineering, and worked for more than 30 years in Qualcomm, a producer of integrated circuits, before retiring.

Why did you want to be in Cuba for May Day?

I’m interested in experiencing this day together with the Cuban people. I was born in Switzerland and I have taken part in May Day events in Europe. There, it is a day of solidarity among workers. In Switzerland it was declared a national holiday and people march in the streets. In the United States the labor unions organize activities like political events and talks, but the press doesn’t take a lot of notice. In Cuba it is an event of magnitude, because millions of people march in support for the Revolution.

How would you describe the current situation in the United States?

Difficult. President Barack Obama is into his second term in office. We are still awaiting unfulfilled promises. We want a just policy implemented, in which wealth is distributed to the benefit of the majority and not just to enrich the oligarchy.

We have been in crisis for five years and this has caused many problems. Unemployment is growing and we are far from being a balanced society. We have seen in the press that acts of violence with firearms are occurring in schools. These attacks, the Boston bombs, I don’t think they are connected to terrorist organizations, but that they reflect a break down in society.

Are you aware of the U.S. government’s inhumane blockade policy toward Cuba?

I wasn’t really aware of the magnitude of this injustice until a year ago. This type of policy makes it difficult for a country to manage its economy. The blockade makes financial operations via international banks difficult, but it also delays imports to Cuba and, as a result, supplies in its markets. My government prohibits normal trade with Cuba, steals its brands and patents, and punishes other governments which defy these impositions.

Is the blockade issue known about in the United States?

Older people remember that U.S. President John F. Kennedy publicly announced this outrage in 1962, but most people probably don’t know about it, because the corporate media doesn’t talk about the issue. In fact, there are doubts about the administration’s travel ban, people don’t know the specifics of this law. Nor the anti-Cuban legislation promoted by Senator Robert Torricelli, or those sponsored by his colleague Jesse Helms and Congressman Dan Burton after the collapse of socialism in Eastern Europe. I’m an optimist. I think that the next generations can change this situation. The United States is a neighbor which must learn how to coexist with and offer other countries equal conditions and have respect for the way of life of others. Ironically, the bitterest opponents of Cuba in my country are people of Cuban origin disaffected with the Revolution, who do not want a return to normality in bilateral relations.

Are you familiar with the situation of the five Cuban anti-terrorists unjustly imprisoned in the U.S. for fighting terrorism?

I found out about it two years ago through personal interest. I read a lot about the proceedings. I have seen that celebrities like actor Danny Glover, filmmaker Saul Landau and various Nobel Prize winners support the cause of freedom for the Five. This issue does not appear in the U.S. press because of its potential impact on public opinion. I am aware that these five Cubans acted to prevent acts of terrorism in their country and in the United States itself. It is very hard knowing that Gerardo Hernández is serving two life sentences plus 15 years for averting the death of many people. The same is happening with his compañeros, Fernando, Ramón, Antonio and René. I know the address of the prison where Gerardo is being held and I am going to apply for a visit to him, and I will also be sending letters to communicate with him. I will fight for them to have another trial outside of Florida because that’s where the seed of hatred of Cuba has been sown.

A message for the Cuban people?

You must not lose hope, the world will change and justice must prevail. I am here today as a guest to learn, understand, and my future task is to disseminate the reality that Cubans live with dignity, work hard and are very nice people. This is an honorable country. (Granma International)

First nonstop Cuba-Brazil flight to take off in June

Cubana de Aviación will offer the first direct flight between Cuba and Brazil on June 10.

Brazilian Tourism Minister Gastão Vieira made the announcement during the international tourism fair (FITCuba 2013) in Varadero.

The once-a-week flights will connect Havana and São Paulo.

Demand for travel between the countries is expected to rise, with the 2014 soccer World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games coming up in the South American country. Also, Brazil is in negotiations to contract thousands of Cuban doctors, Brazilian business travel to Cuba is rising, and Cuba is trying to lure more Brazilian tourists.

Up to now, passengers flying between the two countries had to connect in Panama City or Bogotá. (Cuba Standard)

¿Que Soy?

Atrocities

What happened to Germany and Japan in the 1930-1940's will happen to the US. It will be punished for all the atrocities that it is committing throughout the world.

The Victory Flag Was Red

On April 30, 1945, at exactly 2:25 in the afternoon, Soviet Army Sargents Mijaíl Yegórov and Melitón Kantaria, who were being protected by fire from their squad, were finally able to reach the roof of the German Reichstag,and placed there the Red Flag of Victory.

Hitler had been defeated by the Red Army of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

Continue reading in Spanish at Granma

Why I Left CPUSA

CPUSA Logo

Hey, Miami gusanos, you are right, I am a communist.

I should probably correct that. What I meant to say is, I was, rather than I am. Right now I am not a card carrying member of CPUSA, which is an acronym that stands for Communist Party USA.

But I still believe in the ideas of Karl Marx. The guy was a genius, specially when he said that “Religion is the opium of the masses.” And that comes from a guy that spent eleven consecutive years at Colegio De La Salle, in the Vedado district of Havana. I have to thank my deceased father for that. He made many sacrifices so I could go to a good school. If I had been sent to a Batista school, I would be totally ignorant today. The politicians in Cuba, before 1959, stole all the money that should have gone to the schools for the education of Cuban children. That has changed drastically today; Cuba now has good schools. The education money is not stolen by crooked US-supported native politicians.

In the 1990's I was living in Puddle Town, which is the nickname for Portland, Oregon. Great city to live in. It is located in an extremely beautiful state. It rains a lot, but that is why the state and the city are so beautiful.

I have always spent a great deal of time in libraries, since I am a mouse that reads a lot of books. Multnomah county has the best library system west of the Mississippi river. They are open seven days a week, and when I was there, we the voters of the county, voted in favor of a $25 million dollars tax levy to renovate the Central Library in downtown Portland, and also the branches. Central Library is gorgeous.

Portland is a very political town. All kinds of good people, and also the weirdos, come to the library to distribute their pamphlets.

CPUSA, back then had an excellent working-class newspaper. It was called the “People's Weekly World.” Like many other minor newspapers, you could always get a free copy every Monday at the library.

I liked what I read in the paper, and one thing led to another, and I joined CPUSA.

I did it because they defended Cuba, and after having lived for some time in west Dade county, Florida, in the seventies, I was thoroughly disgusted and repelled by the right-wing people that dominated the Cuban community. They reminded me of the Nazis. They were full of hate against just about everybody. Their anger stems from being booted out of Cuba on January 1, 1959, accompanying bad nigger Batista in his exit from the Caribbean.

The communists did not accomplish much in Portland back then. There were about 12 of us in the city. But they were good people. I got close to Hank Curl and we would go together to the docks to distribute to the working class the copies of the party newspaper.

There was one thing I had not expected. Just about every week I would receive mail from party headquarters in New York asking for “donations.” That got to be a pain in the ass. I never saw an audit in the party newspaper showing me where the money went.

There was another thing that bothered me a lot. In Portland, they had, at that time, a Saturday Market under the Burnside Bridge. Any non-profit could get a free table there on the weekend. I had founded the OCFA, which stood for the Oregon-Cuba Friendship Association. I did that on my own. The party did not ask me to do it. I paid for the state registration fees and for the newsletters that I wrote for the association. That was a “donation” that I am proud of.

So, one weekend, I had this petition that I had written up demanding that the Cuba blockade/embargo be lifted immediately. The results were beyond belief. I collected page after page of signatures, even from Canadians visiting Portland. They were given to a U.S. congressman from California, Esteban Torres, who was a friend of Cuba.

What I did not expect was that, other than Hank Curl, CPUSA did not do anything to help the petition drive. They sat on their asses. Hank Curl was the only one to show up and he helped with the gathering of the signatures. Him and I only. I was not a happy camper about CPUSA after that.

But the letters asking for “donations” kept on coming every week. I said to myself, to hell with CPUSA, and that is where the membership story ends.

Hank Curl I will never forget. He was a very good communist and he knew a lot about Marxist theory and practice. He must be deceased by now.

Nowadays, when I get letters from non-profits in my mail box, I always ask myself: “Where does the money goes?” Maybe to a few guys at the top? I don't know.

CPUSA today does not amount to a hill of beans. Right now all they do is constantly kiss the ass of Barack Obama, specially during last year on election day in November. Could Big Ears be a crypt o-member? Did CPUSA get “donations” from the Democratic Party?

By the way, there are great similarities between the Catholic Church and the Communist Party. They both have sacred dogmas. If you criticize any of their dogmas, you know what you can expect? Harassment, excommunication or expulsion!

So, now I am my own boss. I do not belong to the corrupt Democrats or Republicans. Officially, I am an NPA, No Political Affiliation.

But I will continue @ Cuba Journal battling the genocidal Yankee imperialist blockade/embargo against my native Cuba. I guess that you could say that I am a guerrilla behind enemy lines.

Last but not least, keep Allan Gross in a Cuban jail until the Cuban 5 are released or exchanged.

Related Article:
Where to Begin? The Communist Party USA and the Present Crisis

Viswanathan Anand vs Magnus Carlsen for the World Chess Championship

It promises to be the Chess Match of the Century.
The chess title of Best in the World will be in play.

Viswanathan Anand

Magnus Carlsen

World Chess Championship 2013

A Very Happy Rene Gonzalez with his Wife Olga Salanueva

RENÉ JUNTO A SU ESPOSA, OLGA SALANUEVA
Granma: René González, un patriota cubano
English version

Cuban Antiterrorist, Ramon Labañino, Welcomes Rene Gonzalez Presence in Homeland

Washington, May 7 (Prensa Latina) Ramon Labañino, one of the Cuban antiterrorist fighters unjustly held in the United States, said that the presence of Rene Gonzalez, one of his companions, in his homeland is like "if a part of us was already home".

After learning the news that Judge Joan Lenard accepted on May 3 to modify the terms of Gonzalez' supervised release and allowed he can remain in Cuba in exchange for his renunciation of U.S. citizenship, Labañino sent a message from the Ashland Federal Prison, in Kentucky state.

"It was about time after much delay and injustice!" the antiterrorist fighter said.

Labañino, sentenced in 2001 to life term plus 18 years and resentenced in 2009 to 30 years in prison, stated that he and Gerardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero and Fernando Gonzalez, are more relieved to know that the life of his companion does not continue in danger in a scene "surrounded by the threats we know." 

Rene Gonzalez was released from the Marianna prison in Florida, in October 2011, after serving his sentence and had to stay in U.S. territory since then, to comply with three years more under supervised release.

Labañino expressed optimism that sooner or later the rest of the group will return to their homeland. "Rene is free. He carries with him the embrace and affection of the Five to all of you." 

The Five were detained early September 12, 1998 during an FBI operation conducted in the city of Miami, while monitoring criminal plans by Cuban origin organizations and violent individuals based there, which, with impunity, have executed terrorist actions against the Caribbean island as those that have killed more than 3,400 people in more than 50 years.