Posted on 07/26/2005 3:01:26 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember
For the first time in 46 years there was not going to be an outside mass rally to celebrate the 26 of July, the date in 1953 when Castro and a group of his followers attacked the Moncada barracks in Santiago de Cuba. And now the rumors have been officially confirmed. It seems that Castro is afraid to hold a mass rally under the present conditions in the island, where there have been many protests taking place during the last few days. He feels more secure inside a theatre, where no one can get in without an official invitation.
Record heat and power cuts of 12 hours or more a day led to scattered protests, vandalism and rare anti-Castro graffiti this summer, veteran human rights activist Elizardo Sanchez said. Authorities have responded by mobilising rapid deployment brigades of militant supporters to disperse pockets of protest with batons, he and other dissidents said. "I have not seen such widespread discontent in four decades," said Mr Sanchez, head of the Cuban Commission for Human Rights.
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"Why?Fox = CNN lite". So true, they keep hiring CNN staff reporting gets worse everyday. Only news I get is off web, and FR or conservative talk radio
HUGE! Socialist SUCCESS STORY!!! Down there. Ask any LIB!!!!
Dan Rather intones into the camera, "we do not know -- I REPEAT -- we do NOT KNOW who's responsible for this."
Isn't Castro's brother next in line should he take room temperature ?
"I wish him a long, lingering, painful death". NO NO NO , he's find some American lawyer to defend him against crimes when his people rebel. Letthe people hang in in the streets like mussolini
I sorrow for these pitiful Cuban people - who for so long have suffered under the tyrant.
I am reminded of Eastern Europeans who for years believed that the US (the West) would invade and liberate them. Little did they know that politics got in the way of that and it would take Reagan and heroic people in the nations of Eastern Europe to bring the end to the Communist hell.
Amazing pics. You'd think a so-called REAL journalist would be able to sneak some video out of their revered worker's paradise. Outstanding work. You're a better reporter than the paid aristocracy. One would think the MSM would admire the unpaid collective work of those who gather the hard news for FreeRepublic as much as they love their hero Fidel.
Why should they? They have reporters in Aruba!
Here's a story from 6 hours ago. (Barf Alert)
Castro marks revolution anniversary amid crises
So is the Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board and travel editor.
How Castro has managed to stay alive all these years is mind boggling to me...
I don't think Fidel's brother is going to come to power. Discontentment around the Castros is too high. Cuba is on it's last leg, its national debt is too high, its country has the worst human rights violations next to some of the African countries, its Fidel's last stand. He knows his time is coming, and America does too. The Right of America will make its stand, and as long as the Free Republic is here we can spread this around.
CNN Wouldn't report it, it might cost them access.
Who cares? Valerie Plame's cover was blown!
Alec Baldwin is running out of places to go.
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