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What the main street media is not telling the American people about the May 1 march... "Some of the immigrant groups who marched on May 1 have complained about the lack of participation by Cuban-Americans. But how can they expect us to participate in marches organized by groups who support the terrorist regime in Cuba, with people wearing che Guevara t-shirts and who are interested in hurting this country that allowed us to begin a new life when our own country was taken over by a brutal dictator? One thing is to ask for fair treatments for all immigrants and...

On Dec. 4, 2002, the Associated Press (AP) reported how Fidel Castro has given up smoking his beloved cigars, despite the Caribbean Island fame and investment in that tobacco product. Now Castro is critical of rum drinking as well, in the name of advocating for the well-being and public health of his people. Speaking to a group of medical students the previous evening, the Maximum Leader, who the AP cited as the Cuban "President" Castro, rhetorically asked the question, "How much damage has rum caused any society? … How many deaths from the irresponsibility of accidents and alcoholic drinks?" The...

HAVANA, June 15 (AFP) - With a flourish and a mighty stroke of the pen, President Fidel Castro on Saturday launched his latest defensive move against capitalism, a "populist referendum" to enshrine socialism in Cuba's constitution. In a televised ceremony following an address in the town of Cacahual, outside Havana, to a crowd of 50,000 celebrating the birthday of revolutionary icon Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Castro put his name to a copy of the constitutional amendment he says was the project of mass organizations, not his government. But members of the country's illegal but tolerated dissident groups said the "referendum" --...