Bobby Rush’s “Rest of the Story”
Rep. Bobby Rush, Congressional Black Caucus member who was part of the Clueless Seven that visited Cuba recently for a friendly chat with the castros, feels the need to tell us the rest of the story...
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Nostalgia
I had the pleasure of spend some time at the Babalu booth over at Cuba Nostalgia last night. As usual, it was great to catch up with all of our favorite Babalu contributors, founding editors and...
View ArticleOperation Pedro Pan – Herald Looks Back
The Miami Herald has special coverage of Operation Pedro Pan in today's online and print versions. Check it out here. The articles and columns are good from what I could peruse. I'm perfectly aware of...
View ArticleA Letter to fidel
A letter to the Miami Herald written by Andy Gomez of the Institute of Cuba and Cuban-American Studies at the University of Miami and published in today's Herald: After reading Fidel Castro's last...
View ArticleNo Uprising Expected in Cuba
So says Jaime Suchlicki of the Institute of Cuban and Cuban American Studies at the University of Miami in an article published in the Latin American Herald Tribune. Cubans are too “intimidated” by the...
View ArticleAmnesty International: America Makes Cuba Sick
Amnesty International released a report earlier this week indicating that the U.S. and its embargo is responsible for the deterioration of health in Cuba. I was going to post some personal thoughts on...
View ArticleLet’s Talk. Well…Maybe Not
If there's anything that's been positive about all the pro-dialogue and openness attitude toward Cuba in the era of Obama, it's that more and more people are beginning to realize what we crazy exiles...
View ArticleCuban-American Veterans (Revised)
(This is the latest revision of a Veteran's Day piece I posted back in 2005 and 2007) Veteran's Day has always held a special place in my heart. I'm far from being alone in feeling this way, but please...
View ArticleIt’s Not Just the Air That’s Chilly in Cuba These Days
Cuba hasn't escaped the chilly temperatures which have invaded Florida the past several days. But that's not all that's cold in Havana. Remember the promise of better U.S. - Cuba relations in the age...
View ArticleObama’s Arrogant State of the Union Speech
(Cross-posted from Searching for Signs) The difference between confidence and arrogance, to me, can be summed up rather simply. Confidence is walking the walk; not only trusting your beliefs but acting...
View ArticleProvocations and Cultural Exchange
Piggy-backing a little off Val's post below, I'd like to highlight a couple of telling quotes from the Herald article Val references (BTW, the Herald piece is about as balanced as we can hope for from...
View ArticleNo Business with Evil
A nice column by Myriam Marquez of the Miami Herald (yes, THAT Herald) published last Sunday reminding us that evil can't be negotiated with: Two wise men who stood up to evil brought their seedlings...
View ArticleGoing Round and Round
OK, folks. Brace yourselves. In an interesting and winding op-ed piece in the Miami Herald, Marifeli Perez-Stable tries to make her point on why the European Union's "Common Position" (CP) on Cuba...
View ArticleThis is Your House
Kathleen Hughes' Wall Street Journal article on her Cuban-American husband Daniel Bethencourt's return to his childhood home in Havana during a recent family trip to Cuba is a familiar one to many...
View ArticleSouth Florida Print Media Editorials on Zapata
Although, as Val posted yesterday, the South Florida media has been largely silent on the death of Orlando Zapata Tamayo, its two big daily newspapers have not. Here's the Miami Herald's editorial from...
View ArticleRubio versus Cuban-Americans? (UPDATED)
As Marco Rubio continues to face heavy scrutiny over everything from his record on taxes and illegal immigration, to his use of a GOP credit card in which all charged personal expenses were paid back...
View ArticleBlack Spring Anniversary
In thinking of today's anniversary of the Cuban Black Spring crackdown, I arrive at a very non-political concept: the concept of human suffering. Christians believe that suffering is an essential part...
View ArticleGloria Estefan Marching for the Ladies in White
We've certainly had our differences with the Estefans over certain issues and events, but on this day, Gloria Estefan deserves our praise for taking a firm and public stand for human rights in Cuba. Go...
View ArticleSomething Stinks in the FL-25 Republican Race
Those of you who live in South Florida have probably heard about the controversy surrounding last week's meeting of the Miami GOP Executive Committee in which District 25 Republican candidate Paul...
View ArticleSalida Definitiva
The Miami Herald's Fabiola Santiago has a good story on the expatriation to Spain of the Cuban dissident prisoners. It's worth a read, particularly for those who think that the prisoners had a real...
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On the Rights of Public Unions
Hello, readers! It's been a while since I've posted at Babalú Blog, and it's good to be back here posting. I hope to pop my head in here on a more regular basis. The following is an amalgamation of...
View ArticleBattle for Baby Joseph’s Fate
Most of you have probably heard the story from Canada of 13-month-old Joseph Maraachli (Baby Joseph) who suffers from a severe neurological disorder with virtually no chance of long-term survival. A...
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The Glory of Being Free
Miami Herald File: Albert Coya The story of Carmen Santana's life in exile mirrors that of so many others who left their lives behind in Cuba to seek freedom. The fact that Ms. Santana's story isn't...
View ArticleWise Words from a Wise (and Brave) Man
From an article in Baltimore's The Catholic Review Online covering the teleconference earlier this week with Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet and organized by our own Alberto De La Cruz: (Dr. Biscet) called on...
View ArticleLadies in White Given Award by U.S. Government
As reported by EFE via Fox Latino: Washington – Julia Nuñez, wife of former Cuban political prisoner Adolfo Fernandez Sainz, was here Thursday to receive a U.S. State Department Human Rights Award on...
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