Recent Posts Tagged With 'cuba's economy'

• The solution to Cuba’s toilet paper shortage

  Posted on Sunday August 9th, 2009 at 09:01 in fidel castro, castro, cuba's economy

  The timing could not have been any better. Just days after Cuba announced it had a toilet paper shortage, Cuba comes up with the perfect solution: Cubans accustomed to hourslong speeches, thousand-word essays and lengthy interviews can now get Fide...

• Castro Death Watch August 2009 poll

  Posted on Wednesday August 5th, 2009 at 20:42 in obama, poll, cuba's economy, cuban embargo

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• April 2009 Castro Death Watch Poll

  Posted on Friday April 3rd, 2009 at 20:13 in obama, america, fidel castro, castro, cuba, poll, cuba's economy, cuban embargo, raul castro

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• April 08 poll: what will Cubans be able to buy next?

  Posted on Saturday April 5th, 2008 at 14:58 in poll, cuba's economy, raul castro

  With Cubans now able to buy microwaves, cellphones and hotel room stays (never mind they barely make enough to buy their next meals), what will Raul Castro "let" Cubans buy next? A car manufactured in this millenium ...

• Attention, Castromart shoppers

  Posted on Wednesday April 2nd, 2008 at 22:08 in funnies, cuba's economy, raul castro

• SS Fidel Castro, a sinking ship

  Posted on Saturday January 5th, 2008 at 21:40 in funnies, cuba's economy, from other blogs

  I heard about this one on Babalu Blog. It seems a website known as “The Spoof” has published an “article” about Fidel Castro’s first-ever cruise ship. Here’s a snippet: The new ship which is the pride of the Cub...

• Massachusetts colleges?!?! What the…?

  Posted on Wednesday October 17th, 2007 at 06:38 in cuba's economy, friends of cuban freedom, anti-communism

  The last place on God’s green earth–the ABSOLUTE last place–that you’d expect to find a viewpoint on Cuba other than “Castro/Che good, U.S. bad” would be a college newspaper, especially that of a liberal Massachuse...

• Embargo costs Castro 89 billion

  Posted on Wednesday September 19th, 2007 at 05:44 in cuba's economy, cuban embargo

  Good, keep that money out of the moribund dictator Castro’s Swiss bank accounts: Washington’s 45-year-old embargo has cost Cuba more than $89 billion to date, wreaking havoc on everything from primary education to pest control and nearly...

• 11 Million Cubans still in limbo

  Posted on Thursday September 6th, 2007 at 07:20 in cuba's economy, castro is dead, raul castro

  As long as Fidel Castro remains “officially” (if not clinically) alive: Cuba watchers and some dissidents question whether Raúl Castro will be able to implement his reforms as long as his older brother is alive. Fidel Castro’s pre...

• He forgot to add, “if they follow my example”

  Posted on Tuesday September 4th, 2007 at 20:39 in cuba's economy, castro is dead

  Fidel warns of coming global recession Fidel Castro warned on Tuesday that the world could be headed for a crisis reminiscent of the Great Depression and accused the United States of exploiting natural resources and countries around the globe. ”...

• BBC reporter kicked out of Cuba speaks

  Posted on Sunday September 2nd, 2007 at 11:25 in cuba's economy, freedom of the press, anti-communism

  Stephen Gibbs of the BBC talks about his experience of getting kicked out of Cuba for reportage the Castro regime didn’t like, with a bit of a focus on the logisitics of moving from Cuba itself: Moving home, they say, is one of life’s f...