VENCEREMOS BRIGADE CHALLENGES TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
The eighty members of the 34th Contingent of the Venceremos Brigade arrived
at Havana's Jose Marti Airport tonight on a Cubana Airlines flight from Toronto.The Brigade has never asked for, or accepted, a license for travel to Cuba.
The Brigade challenges the right of the U.S. government to restrict travel to
Cuba and calls for an end to the travel ban and to the economic blockade. At
8:30 AM on August 4th, the Brigade will return on foot across the International
Peace Bridge in from Ft. Erie, Ontario, Canada to Buffalo, New York, to
announce its return from Cuba. The Brigade will be joined by supporters on both
sides of the international border.
(Cuba News Digest)
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Saturday, July 26, 2003
Friday, July 25, 2003
GOODBYE, NOT FAREWELL
By JORGE I. DOMINGUEZ
The battle between succession and transition is the key to Cuba's politics. In late 2002, Cuba held local and national elections. Last March, the National Assembly elected the Council of State, which will serve for five years. The assembly and the council will formally choose Cuba's next president. Also in March, six prominent activists announced a hunger strike, and the opposition lobbied the European Union to reject Cuba's application for preferential trade treatment and assistance. The crackdown on the opposition followed.
(NYT Op-Ed))
By JORGE I. DOMINGUEZ
The battle between succession and transition is the key to Cuba's politics. In late 2002, Cuba held local and national elections. Last March, the National Assembly elected the Council of State, which will serve for five years. The assembly and the council will formally choose Cuba's next president. Also in March, six prominent activists announced a hunger strike, and the opposition lobbied the European Union to reject Cuba's application for preferential trade treatment and assistance. The crackdown on the opposition followed.
(NYT Op-Ed))
A PRISONER BECOMES A WARDEN
By GUSTAVO ARCOS BERGNES
After the failed July 26, 1953, attack on the Moncada barracks in Santiago de Cuba, where the troops of the dictator Fulgencio Batista were stationed, Fidel Castro and some 100 other surviving assailants (myself among them) were tried for sedition and sentenced to up to 15 years in prison. Fidel Castro's sentence was 15 years, although he was given amnesty, along with the rest of us, after 21 months. He was never again jailed. He came to power in the 1959 revolution and has since become He Who Sends Others to Jail.
(NYT Op-Ed)
By GUSTAVO ARCOS BERGNES
After the failed July 26, 1953, attack on the Moncada barracks in Santiago de Cuba, where the troops of the dictator Fulgencio Batista were stationed, Fidel Castro and some 100 other surviving assailants (myself among them) were tried for sedition and sentenced to up to 15 years in prison. Fidel Castro's sentence was 15 years, although he was given amnesty, along with the rest of us, after 21 months. He was never again jailed. He came to power in the 1959 revolution and has since become He Who Sends Others to Jail.
(NYT Op-Ed)
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
CONSERVATIVE THINK TANK WARNS AGAINST EMPIRE
You know things have gotten really weird when one of the premier conservative think tanks puts out a warning against empire. (Citing, Manifesto Warns of Dangers Associated With an Empire (Murray, Wall Street Journal, 7/15/03).
(Uncommon Thought, unearthed by Cuba News Digest)
You know things have gotten really weird when one of the premier conservative think tanks puts out a warning against empire. (Citing, Manifesto Warns of Dangers Associated With an Empire (Murray, Wall Street Journal, 7/15/03).
(Uncommon Thought, unearthed by Cuba News Digest)
CLOSEST ENCOUNTER WITH MARS
This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars, an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history. Never again in our lifetime will the Red Planet be so spectacular. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth in the last 5,000 years but it may be as long as 60,000 years. The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles and will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. At a modest 75-power magnification Mars will look as large as the full moon to he naked eye.
Mars will be easy to spot. At the beginning of August Mars will rise in the east at 10 p.m. and reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m. But by the end of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30 a.m. That's pretty convenient when it comes to seeing something that no human has seen in recorded history. So, mark your calendar at the beginning of August to see Mars grow progressively brighter and brighter throughout the month.
No one alive today will ever see this again.
(Unearthed by Connie Acevedo)
This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars, an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history. Never again in our lifetime will the Red Planet be so spectacular. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth in the last 5,000 years but it may be as long as 60,000 years. The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles and will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. At a modest 75-power magnification Mars will look as large as the full moon to he naked eye.
Mars will be easy to spot. At the beginning of August Mars will rise in the east at 10 p.m. and reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m. But by the end of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30 a.m. That's pretty convenient when it comes to seeing something that no human has seen in recorded history. So, mark your calendar at the beginning of August to see Mars grow progressively brighter and brighter throughout the month.
No one alive today will ever see this again.
(Unearthed by Connie Acevedo)
MISSISSIPPI SHIPMENT OF CATTLE HEADS TO CUBA
Nearly 140 head of cattle left the Mississippi State Port at Gulfport Tuesday in the first large cattle shipment to Cuba since the embargo began.
(Sun-Herald, unearthed by Cuba News Digest)
Nearly 140 head of cattle left the Mississippi State Port at Gulfport Tuesday in the first large cattle shipment to Cuba since the embargo began.
(Sun-Herald, unearthed by Cuba News Digest)
Monday, July 21, 2003
JUSTICE DEPT VIOLATIONS CITED
A report (click here for full report) by internal investigators at the Justice Department has identified dozens of recent cases in which department employees have been accused of serious civil rights and civil liberties violations involving enforcement of the sweeping federal antiterrorism law known as the USA Patriot Act.
(NYT)
A report (click here for full report) by internal investigators at the Justice Department has identified dozens of recent cases in which department employees have been accused of serious civil rights and civil liberties violations involving enforcement of the sweeping federal antiterrorism law known as the USA Patriot Act.
(NYT)
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