Humberto Fontova

Engagement with Castro has clearly failed—Time to try an embargo

"Gosh, maybe if we were only nice to Castro?" goes the liberal mantra on Cuba. In fact the U.S. elite’s fetish for "engagement" with Fidel Castro began before he was even in "office."

Obama to Re-Clintonize Cuba Policy

"The Obama administration is planning to expand opportunities for Americans to travel to Cuba.," reports the New York Times this week. "The (Obama) policy...is meant to loosen restrictions on academic, religious and cultural groups that were adopted under President George Bush and return to the "people to people" policies followed under President Bill Clinton....Those policies, officials said, fostered robust exchanges between the United States and Cuba, allowing groups ... to share expertise as well as life experiences."

Fidel Castro’s Birthday (August 14th)

While the MSM reports on Fidel Castro's 84th birthday, Big Journalism will report on some of the tens of thousands of his countrymen who cannot celebrate birthdays. Seems only fitting.

Castro Prepares for a U.S. Bail-Out

"The embargo against Cuba is the stupidest law ever passed in the U.S." (Jimmy Carter) Yet President Jimmy Carter imposed more economic sanctions against more nations than any American president in modern history. These sanctions were against, Rhodesia, South Africa, Uruguay Paraguay, Chile, (the Shah's) Iran and(Somoza's) Nicaragua. President Carter was extremely selective in imposing his sanctions, let's give him that. He was careful to punish only U.S. allies.

U.S. / Israel plan Nuclear war says Fidel Castro

The dictator who came the closest in history to igniting a nuclear war made several public appearances this week to predict imminent nuclear war. The cataclysm he craved in Oct. 1962 will erupt, he warned on Cuban TV this week, when the Israelis and their Yankee vassals, provoke Iran in the straits of Hormuz.

Anniversary of a Castroite Massacre

In the predawn darkness of July 13, 1994, 72 desperate Cubans - old and young, male and female - sneaked aboard a decrepit but seaworthy tugboat in Havana harbor and set off for the U.S. and the prospect of freedom.

Cuba’s Political Prisons Emptying? (So says the MSM)

Castro's regime has agreed to release 52 political prisoners in the coming months and according to the New York Times "this would reduce the number of prisoners of conscience on the island by about a third."

Cuban Connection to accused “Russian” Spies

"The 11 arrests so far are the tip of iceberg. Many more to follow, many in South Florida."

Huffington Post Writer a Cuban Agent

The Huffington Post's Cuba-based writer, Margarita Alarcon, informs us that treating Cuba "this small island" as "a threat to U.S. integrity so much that the Department of State puts it on its list of terrorist nations is considered tantamount to political dementia." In fact, Margarita Alarcon's views closely parallel those of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency's former Latin American head, Ana Belen Montes.

“Move Over Helen Thomas” (Says Fidel Castro)

"The hatred felt by the state of Israel against the Palestinians, is such that they would not hesitate to send the one and a half million men, women and children of that country to the crematoria where millions of Jews of all ages were exterminated by the Nazis," wrote Fidel Castro last week in his fiefdom's press. "It would seem that the Fuhrer's swastika is today Israel's banner."

Jesse and Ollie do Caracas and Havana

On the strength of his historic summits with such as The Junkyard Dog, Gorilla Monsoon, and Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, Jesse "The Body" Ventura recently appeared on CNN to offer in depth analysis/commentary on U.S. diplomatic and economic relations vis a vis Latin America. We can only assume that Ventura's insights into his co-professionals' deft use of the "Piledriver," "Flying Headbutt" and "Mudhole Stomp" played into CNN's decision to showcase the international diplomatic expertise of this modern-day Metternich.

Why Fidel Castro Bashes Arizona’s SB 1070

When Fidel Castro (whose regime jailed political prisoners at a higher rate than Stalin's and murdered them at a higher rate pre-war Hitler's) recently slammed Arizona's SB 1070 as "a brutal violation of human rights," few Cuba-watchers took notice. Half a century into the show, the spectacle of Cuba's Stalinist dictator and the Democratic/MSM axis crooning duets is much too routine to inspire serious commentary.

NBC Partners with Castro’s Intelligence

Three times last week CNBC aired an hour-long special titled "Escape from Havana. " "Between 1960 and 1962, more than 14,000 Cuban children were secretly flown to the United States to escape Fidel Castro, "reads the catchy CNBC teaser.

Do Breitbart Contributors and Tea Partiers Consort with Terrorists? NY Times Contributors Sure do

Imagine a Canada Free Press contributor thanking Timothy Mc Veigh in the acknowledgements to his books. Imagine a Tea Party speaker doing same. Imagine a Heritage Foundation Senior fellow proudly acknowledging how Timothy Mc Veigh "championed" his research and writings.

Che on May Day

A May Day march without Che Guevara posters and Mexican flags is like a fish with a bicycle. We observed the bemusing spectacle 2 weeks ago. Now it's time to reflect.

“Cuba Si!—Arizona No!” Says Mexican President Felipe Calderon (among many others)

Mexican President Felipe Calderon can hardly contain his revulsion and rage against Arizona's SB 1070. He's "deeply troubled" reports the Associated Press over a law he denounces as "discriminatory and racist," not to mention: "a dire threat to the whole Hispanic-American population."

Next Earth Day, Thank a Hunter

‘In 1970, a Senator from Wisconsin named Gaylord Nelson raised his voice and called on every American to take action on behalf of the environment,” reads President Obama’s Earth Day proclamation. “In the four decades since, millions of Americans have heeded that call and joined together to protect the planet we share.”

Republican Officials Attacked and Injured in New Orleans

On the night of Friday April 9th in a petite female political operative and her boyfriend were attacked and seriously injured in New Orleans by a vicious group of crazed cowards who shrieked political insults while pouncing. After the pummeling, the petite female and her boyfriend were left, collectively, with a compound leg fracture, a concussion, a broken nose and broken jaw. No robbery occurred.

The Bay of Pigs—An Anniversary of Heroism and Shame

"Freedom is our goal!" roared commander Pepe San Roman to the men assembled before him 49 years ago this week. "Cuba is our cause! God is on our side! On to victory!" Fifteen hundred men crowded before San Roman at their Central American training camps that day. The next day they'd embark for a port in Nicaragua, the following day for a landing site in Cuba named Bahia De Cochinos (Bay of Pigs). Their outfit was known as Brigada 2506, and at their commander's address the men (and boys, some as young as 16) erupted

Apple Boycotts Glenn Beck—Promotes Che Guevara!

"More than 200 companies have joined a boycott of (Glenn) Beck's program," reports the Washington Post. "A handful of advertisers, such as (IPhone owner) Apple, have abandoned Fox altogether," continues the WaPo article.