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The Banana Republican Host: [L. Gonzalez] Guest: [FELIX Ismael RODRIGUEZ] A CIA undercover agent in Cuba before the Bay of Pigs debacle, Cuban-born Felix Rodriguez ran a communications network in Nicaragua, took part in the capture of Che Guevara in Bolivia, led a strike force during the Vietnam war and, more recently, served as Oliver North's liaison to the Salvadorian government. He was roughly handled by a Senate subcommittee investigating ties between the contras and drug smuggling in Central America--its chairman, Senator John Kerry, later apologized to him publicly.

Don't miss a replay of today'son Free Republic's own Luis Gonzalez interviews retired CIA operative Felix Ismael Rodriguez, author of "Shadow Warrior: The CIA Hero of a Hundred Unknown Battles." Mr. Rodriguez details his involvement with the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the capture and execution of Ernesto "Che" Guevara in the jungles of Bolivia, how the decision to sever Che's hands and keep them in formaldehyde was reached and why, the capture of Nidia Diaz, the guerilla leader responsible for the murder of American Marines in El Salvador, and his service in Vietnam. Most importantly, Mr. Rodriguez details his encounter...

There’s an eerie stillness to the night, almost an air of breathless anticipation, you can feel it everywhere you go. It’s in the way people walk through a parking lot with quick, urgent steps, in the way the woman at the cash register pushes your items across the scanner, even in the short greetings from your neighbors as they rush into the safety of their homes. Something’s brewing out in the tropics, something very familiar; it’s time to prepare for the coming storm. Huracán! I remember the first time the word. It was 1963 I was traveling in the back...

Don't mis the Banana Republican as he hosts guest interviews from CPAC! Tonight we will hear Free Republic favorite Mark Levin of The Landmark Legal Foundation, Dan Flynn, author of bestseller "Why the Left Hates America" and Peter Roff, senior columnist, writer and #1 "scooper" for UPI!

"Life was such a wheel that no man could stand upon it for long. And it always, at the end, came round to the same place again.”Stephen King—The StandLACSA flight 629 taxied in exactly on time, which was always a good omen. Pat was on time too, and that was something that happened with even less frequency than flights being on schedule. That both these things could occur in one day made for an auspicious start for the trip. It also gave us enough time to elbow up to the café window at “La Carreta”, upstairs in Miami International’s concourse,...

TONIGHT ON RADIO FR: At 6pm pacific/9pm Eastern TULL's TAWKIN: Special guest, Ralph Sarchie, an eighteen-year NYPD veteran, works out of the 46th Precinct in New York's South Bronx. But it is his other job that he calls "the Work" that I find interestering. Ralph, under the direction of the Catholic Church, investigates cases of demonic possession. Original thread is HERE and also At 7pm pacific/10pm eastern: INS WHISTLEBLOWER RICK RAMIREZ GUEST ON SPECIAL EDITION "BANANA REPUBLICAN RADIO HOUR" Original thread HERE LISTEN LIVE HERE SCHEDULE is HERE Call in at 1-866-RADIOFR RadioFR is sponsored by the FREE REPUBLIC NETWORK...

Radio Free Republic Proudly Presents..The Banana Republican Hour Luis Gonzalez speaks with José Basulto, founder of Brothers to the Rescue. Listen tonight for the broadcast of a great show on Radio FR! at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific. Live, from Casa Banana On February 24, 1996, three light aircraft left Miami on a routine flight. Their missions, to search the waters off the Florida Coast for rafters trying to reach the US shores, and bring them help by guiding the US Coast Guard to their location. That day in February, only one plane would return to its home base in...