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Cuba and US relations are reinstated after a long time. I hope this works out well for both countries and their citizens. I wonder how this affect socialism in Cuba. US travel to Cuba is going to seriously improve their GDP.

Raul Castro's speech today:
HAVANA TIMES — Cuban president Raul Castro spoke to the nation today at noon, the same time that Barack Obama was making an address from the White House. The two leaders were addressing, in their own way, a successful diplomatic effort that included the release of prisoners Alan Gross, the three remaining Cuban Five members and an unnamed US agent who was also jailed in Cuba.

The following is the text of the speech by the Cuban leader. To see President Obama’s speech click here.
Statement by the Cuban President Raul Castro

Fellow countrymen, Since my election as President of the State Council and Council of Ministers I have reiterated in many occasions our willingness to hold a respectful dialogue with the United States on the basis of sovereign equality, in order to deal reciprocally with a wide variety of topics without detriment to the national Independence and self-determination of our people.

This stance was conveyed to the US Government both publicly and privately by Comrade Fidel on several occasions during our long standing struggle, stating the willingness to discuss and solve our differences without renouncing any of our principles.

The heroic Cuban people, in the wake of serious dangers, aggressions, adversities and sacrifices has proven to be faithful and will continue to be faithful to our ideals of independence and social justice. Strongly united throughout these 56 years of Revolution, we have kept our unswerving loyalty to those who died in defense of our principles since the beginning of our independence wars in 1868.

Today, despite the difficulties, we have embarked on the task of updating our economic model in order to build a prosperous and sustainable Socialism.

As a result of a dialogue at the highest level, which included a phone conversation I had yesterday with President Obama, we have been able to make headway in the solution of some topics of mutual interest for both nations.

As Fidel promised on June 2001,when he said: “They shall return!” Gerardo, Ramon, and Antonio have arrived today to our homeland.

The enormous joy of their families and of all our people, who have relentlessly fought for this goal, is shared by hundreds of solidarity committees and groups, governments, parliaments, organizations, institutions, and personalities, who for the last sixteen years have made tireless efforts demanding their release.

We convey our deepest gratitude and commitment to all of them. President Obama’s decision deserves the respect and acknowledgement of our people. I wish to thank and acknowledge the support of the Vatican, most particularly the support of Pope Francisco in the efforts for improving relations between Cuba and the United States.

I also want to thank the Government of Canada for facilitating the high-level dialogue between the two countries. In turn, we have decided to release and send back to the United States a spy of Cuban origin who was working for that nation. On the other hand, and for humanitarian reasons, today we have also sent the American citizen Alan Gross back to his country. Unilaterally, as has always been our practice, and in strict compliance with the provisions of our legal system, the concerned prisoners have received legal benefits, including the release of those persons that the Government of the United States had conveyed their interest in.

We have also agreed to renew diplomatic relations. This in no way means that the heart of the matter has been solved. The economic, commercial, and financial blockade, which causes enormous human and economic damages to our country, must cease.

Though the blockade has been codified into law, the President of the United States has the executive authority to modify its implementation. We propose to the Government of the United States the adoption of mutual steps to improve the bilateral atmosphere and advance towards normalization of relations between our two countries, based on the principles of International Law and the United Nations Charter.

Cuba reiterates its willingness to cooperate in multilateral bodies, such as the United Nations. While acknowledging our profound differences, particularly on issues related to national sovereignty, democracy, human rights and foreign policy, I reaffirm our willingness to dialogue on all these issues. I call upon the Government of the United States to remove the obstacles hindering or restricting ties between peoples, families, and citizens of both countries, particularly restrictions on travelling, direct post services, and telecommunications.

The progress made in our exchanges proves that it is possible to find solutions to many problems. As we have reiterated, we must learn the art of coexisting with our differences in a civilized manner. We will continue talking about these important issues at a later date.

Thank you.
 
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Love the protest sign:
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Now I can't go to Cuba anymore cause it will be full of Americans. Was good while it lasted.
Apparently for now the tourism travel restrictions are still in place. A bunch of other things have changed that mostly seem to affect Cuban nationals. But if/when that travel restriction is lifted that could very well turn Cuba in to Crapola.
 
Awwww, Snobike Mike has a friend. That's so nice.

Rush Limbaugh is my friend too, so that makes two!

December 17, 2014

From Today's Rush Limbaugh Show

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: I was just asked a question, ladies and gentlemen. Does this mean that you can now go to Canada and buy a Cuban cigar and bring it back home? I don't think it means that yet. We are still here trying to figure out what happened. And, by the way, I need to remind you all of something. This is chump change compared to what's gonna happen the next two years. I have warned all of you people, I have warned you that these last two years of the Obama administration are gonna actually be what he would have done if he'd had total control and did not have to worry about the Constitution the first two years.

Click the image to open in full size.

You'd better look out because today is just a smidgen example. All these memos, executive orders, rewriting, overwriting, ignoring the US Constitution. Wait 'til we sell Iran the nuclear bomb. Wait 'til something like that happens. You haven't seen anything yet. This Cuban thing, this is chump change. Yes, yes, yes, I'm joking, but I'm trying to illustrate a point by using excessive exaggeration. You haven't seen anything yet. This is just the beginning. This is just a teaser, appetizer, for what is on tap the next two years. Everything Obama thinks this country's guilty of and needs to apologize for, he's gonna take care of. Cuban embargo, our fault, shouldn't have happened, We've devastated the Cuban people, it never made any sense, it's a relic, and it comes from a part of the American past which is not honorable, all that kind of stuff.

Get this. You may not know this yet. The Regime has made an official move. Are you ready for this? The Obama admin, the DOJ is actually beginning the process of eliminating police officer shootings from grand jury proceedings. In other words, police officers will no longer benefit from the equality clauses in the US Constitution. In other words, if there is another police shooting, the local prosecutors will not be able to slough it off to a grand jury. Grand juries will not be permitted to handle those. They'll be held directly by the DA or the state attorney or whoever else. That's a denial of equal access laws and the Regime is just gonna do it, gonna probably announce it with a memo. And nobody's making any move to stop Obama on this.

BREAK TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: So I checked the e-mail during the break, as I always do. "Rush, where'd you see that story on Obama and the grand juries and the cops?" It's at TheHill.com. Here's the headline: "White House Task Force to Review Grand Jury's Handling of Police Killings -- A White House panel is examining whether grand juries are the best way to review the use of deadly force by law enforcement in the aftermath of controversial decisions not to indict police officers who killed unarmed black men.

"'One of the things that we will be looking at as a task force is independent review of these kinds of cases and how should that take place,' Philadelphia police chief Charles Ramsey, who is co-chairing the panel, told NPR's Morning Edition on Tuesday. ... 'Is a grand jury, for an example, the proper way of doing it, with the district attorney's involvement and that so forth?' he asked."

So this White House panel, handpicked by Obama, wants to take away police shooting cases from grand juries. So what happens to equal protection under the law? Aren't cops American citizens? Aren't they almost on the same level as illegal aliens? So why deny them equal protection under the law by denying them the ability for their cases to be heard by a grand jury? But that's not all.

The White House panel also wants to force local cops to undergo training. This same White House panel that wants to take away police shooting cases from grand juries is demanding that local cops undergo training. The task force admits that they can't tell cops, police departments, what to do. But they in effect say that they can threaten to withhold federal money from police departments to make the states and counties do their guy bidding.

Which is exactly what the federal government's done to get control of education, if you must know. The way the Feds control curricula is to deny federal funds for things like the school lunch program, or to threaten to. Therefore they get their fingers in the curriculum and education, which is a state and local province. So I'm telling you, folks: These next two years, you're gonna see things like this pop up all over the place, and it's gonna be machine gun-type cadence: Rat-tat-tat.

They're gonna be one after another, and every social injustice that Obama and the left think is occurring in this country, they are going to address it and fix it with the implementation of Alinsky-type leftist liberalism with the stroke of a pen. It's all gonna happen, predicated on the notion that the US and the way it was founded was unjust and immoral, unfair, unequal.

And finally -- after 200-some-odd years, finally -- somebody is gonna come along and get it right. It's gonna be frequent, and you're gonna feel overwhelmed, and you're gonna be looking to the Republicans in Washington to stop it, and they're not gonna have the slightest idea themselves what's happening. You're gonna look in vain at our nation's capital hoping somebody there would stand up to stop this.

Those who do, such as the Ted Cruzes and the Rand Pauls and the Mike Lees -- those who do stand up and try to stop whatever happens -- are going to be come under assault and attacked as kooks and freaks and maniacs and uncooperative and all the other insults. That's the way the game is now being played.

END TRANSCRIPT



http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/20...en_nothing_yet
 
"America isn't so bad, they even named a street after me in Sanf Francisco"

"It's full of WHAT!!??"






 
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Are you thinking they would be welcome?

canadian myth that Americans are liked less than us...travel the world and they love Americans everywhere. They are considered the most generous and kind. Canadians not so much.
 
canadian myth that Americans are liked less than us...travel the world and they love Americans everywhere. They are considered the most generous and kind. Canadians not so much.

They dont don't speak very well of them in El Salvador or Honduras. Never been but I'm also guessing Somalia doesn't send out many Xmas cards to the US either and when I was in France they were tolerated until they started asking for cheeseburgers in loud voices.
 
I guess North Korea is the only place left to go if you want to get away from annoying american tourist.
 

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