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Masons gain tenuous foothold in Cuba
Chicago Tribune via Boston Globe ^ | April 24, 2005 | Gary Marx

Posted on 05/15/2007 5:45:25 PM PDT by uglybiker

HAVANA -- In a nation dominated for generations by President Fidel Castro and the Communist Party, one group is emerging as a refuge for those chafing under the constraints of daily life on this Caribbean island.

Widely popular before the 1959 revolution, Cuba's Masons suffered a precipitous decline in ensuing decades, but the group has since recovered its appeal, as some Cubans look for an alternative to the uniformity inherent in the nation's one-party system.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: cuba; freemason; masonic; masons

1 posted on 05/15/2007 5:45:28 PM PDT by uglybiker
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To: Chode; TheLion; AxelPaulsenJr; jimt; Eric in the Ozarks; oldtimer; pt17; MeanWestTexan; hershey; ...

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A bit dated, I know. But I just came across it this morning.

2 posted on 05/15/2007 5:46:35 PM PDT by uglybiker (relaxing in a cloud of quality, aromatic, pre-owned tobacco essence)
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To: uglybiker
Hmmm. Wonder if they Cubans can pass themselves off as angry Mohawks?

:>

3 posted on 05/15/2007 6:39:39 PM PDT by Eastbound
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To: uglybiker
From the frying pan into the fire.

;^)

4 posted on 05/15/2007 7:40:04 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: uglybiker

(grin!)

I thought Castro was part of our International de-stabilization conspiracy! You know — the one where we get to take ovah da woild...


5 posted on 05/16/2007 1:48:45 AM PDT by DieHard the Hunter
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To: uglybiker
I love that one, and especially the Charlie Brown side bar.

Reading this article I was struck with the thought that it just gives liberals one more thing to hate about the Craft.

6 posted on 05/16/2007 4:58:34 AM PDT by Redleg Duke ("Wave Britainnia...Britannia waives the rules!")
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To: uglybiker

Very interesting.


7 posted on 05/16/2007 9:12:36 AM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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