cuba
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About that Trip to Cuba … Trump Delivers Another Blow to Obama Policy, Announces Limits on Travel to the Island
In what can only be considered a continuous effort by the Donald Trump administration to undo former president (and best president to ever do it) Barack Obama’s legacy, National Security Adviser John Bolton has declared that Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua are the three wheels on the tricycle of socialism while announcing new sanctions against the…
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Trump Administration Kills Major League Baseball’s Deal With Cuba Because It Hates Obama and Brown People
In a move that can only be described as Trump on his Trump-shit again, President Trump, or “Great Leader” as he’s called in his white nationalist meetings at Mar-a-Lago, has overturned an Obama administration decision to allow Cuban players to join Major League Baseball teams without defecting. Mostly because the president of the United States…
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A 1st Peek at Donald Glover and Rihanna's Film Is Here (Squint or You Might Miss It)
Big things often come from small beginnings or so we’ve been told. So we were happy to pull out our magnifying glasses to check out the much-discussed trailer for Guava Island, which co-stars Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino), and Rihanna. Glover premiered the approximately two-minute trailer at his Pharos festival in New Zealand on Saturday.…
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Save Sundress Season! Rihanna Just Reminded Us of the Summer We're Not Having
If you’ve yet to hear the rumors, Rihanna and Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) are currently filming together in Cuba, as both are reportedly cast members of the upcoming Guava Island, directed by Atlanta and “This Is America” video director Hiro Murai. While we’ve yet to hear any details about a plot or release date,…
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Fidel Ángel Castro Díaz-Balart, Fidel Castro’s Eldest Son, Commits Suicide
Fidel Ángel “Fidelito” Castro Díaz-Balart, 68, the eldest son of Cuban revolutionary and former President Fidel Castro, committed suicide Thursday, Cuba’s state media reported. He was found Thursday morning in Havana and is said to have suffered from depression. Díaz-Balart was a nuclear physicist who served as a scientific adviser to the Council of State…
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Miami Herald Backs Trump on Cuba
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Cuba Calls Out Donald Trump, US: Don’t Get Hincty With Us, Racist Hypocrites
In response to President Donald Trump’s announcement Friday that he is reversing the Obama administration’s lifted restrictions with Cuba, the Castro government released a lengthy statement saying that the U.S. is in “no condition” to lecture them, especially given the sorry state of race relations in the U.S. “We have deep concerns by the respect…
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Trump Talks Cuba, but All I Heard Was ‘Assata Shakur’ and All I Saw Was a ‘Blacks for Trump’ Sign
President Donald Trump is continuing on his “I’m going to do the opposite of whatever Obama did” presidency tour, announcing Friday that he’s going to get tough on Cuba, including a demand that the communist country return American fugitives and name-checking Assata Shakur, née Joanne Chesimard. “Return the fugitives from American justice, including the return…