Cubans are migrating to the United States in the greatest numbers in more than a decade, and for most of them the new way to get north is first to head west - to Mexico - in a convoluted route that avoids the U.S. Coast Guard. ...more

October 16, 2007

BBC World News (British Broadcasting) is a good source to find what is happening in the world and how that affects the United States. The 45 year old Cuban embargo has cost Fidel Castro 89 Billion dollars. The embargo has caused China to race to Cuba's rescue with busses for public transportation. Dictator Hugo Chaves has engaged his country to supply Cuba with petroleum to fuel Cuba's vehicles. ...more

October 6, 2007

The engine sound was especially comforting as we watched the lights of Havana, Cuba. First they appeared out of the darkness that made up sea and sky as tiny specks of light in the distance. From those flickering distant lights we were soon flying over the bright lights below of a tourist mecca belonging to Fidel Castro. The route was from Miami to Panama, to refuel, and then on to Lima, Peru. The cargo was telephone equipment. The aircraft was an old military C-46 cargo plane. The tail of that plane had patches on it covering bullet holes. The bullet holes were from that very airplane having taken part in the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. ...more

October 4, 2007

Few people are watching TV Marti and fewer people seem to care. So it's time to shut down the expensive broadcaster and find fresh ways to reach Cubans with America's message of freedom. ...more

September 11, 2007