Humberto Fontova

Tune in, Turn on—Get Shot

“Del Toro was fascinated with Che Guevara from the first time he heard his name mentioned in the Rolling Stones song Indian Girl,” reads the introduction to an interview with Benicio del Toro last month in Britain's The Guardian. “Of course he found himself fascinated by Ernesto Che Guevara - he loved the Stones, and Emotional Rescue was the first album he'd bought. "I hear of this guy and he's got a cool name. Che Guevara!" Del Toro as good as swoons when he says it. “Groovy name, groovy man, groovy politics!”

A Bailout for Castro Too?

The U.S. taxpayer remains among the few in the industrialized world not screwed and tattooed by Fidel Castro. But fear not! Most "analysts" see Obama moving quickly to rectify this shameful state of affairs, by scrapping his country's obnoxious (to liberals and foreigners) penchant for "unilateralism" in foreign policy.

Dictators’ to the Right of me, ‘Presidents’ to the Left

From the AP to Reuters and from the New York Times to the Washington Post the MSM stories on the Cuban Revolution” 50th anniversary all mention a “dictator”-- but his name is Batista. The Castro brothers invariably appear as “Presidents.” Fidel Castro has ruled (unelected) longer than Hitler and Stalin combined and mandates what his subjects, read, say, earn, eat (both substance and amount), where they live, travel or work. No matter. He's a “president”

Cuba’s Stalinist Nomenklatura Celebrates 50 years of High-Living and Repression

"Cuban mothers let me assure you that I will solve all Cuba's problems without spilling a drop of blood." Upon entering Havana on January 7, 1959, Cuba's new leader Fidel Castro broadcast that promise into a phalanx of microphones. As the jubilant crowd erupted with joy, Castro continued. “Cuban mothers let me assure you that because of me you will never have to cry."

Che Guevara; a Study in Stupidity, Sadism and Failure

The Cuban freedom-fighters who faced Che at the Bay of Pigs and later in the Congo still laugh. The Bay of Pigs invasion plan included a ruse where a little boat packing a huge fireworks show and tape recording of battle sounds landed in extreme western Cuba as a diversion.

Ted Turner’s Lies About Cuba

Last week during a FoxNews interview with Bill O'Reilly, Ted Turner, who founded what has become (in their own words) “the world's largest cable news network ”claimed that Fidel Castro's Stalinist regime has never killed anyone.

Ted Turner’s lies about Cuba

Last week during a FoxNews interview with Bill O'Reilly, Ted Turner, who founded what has become (in their own words) "the world's largest cable news network "claimed that Fidel Castro's Stalinist regime has never killed anyone.

What Soderbergh’s Che Movie Left Out

"Don't Shoot! I'm Che! I'm worth to you more alive than dead!" This sniveling shout was heard by the two Bolivian soldiers when they confronted Che and his guerrilla charge Willi. Che immediately dropped his fully loaded weapons and started his whimpering. (That's two Bolivian soldiers against two armed guerrillas, by the way.)

Che Guevara on the Silver Screen

"SENTENCE first – VERDICT afterwards," said the Queen. "Nonsense!" said Alice loudly. "Off with her head!" the Queen shouted at the top of her voice. – Alice In Wonderland

Give Thanks that Che Guevara is Dead

"We will bring the war to the imperialist enemies' very home," raved Che Guevara in his "Message to the Tri-Continental Conference" published in Havana in April 1967, "to his places of work and recreation. We must never give him a minute of peace or tranquility. We'll attack him wherever we find him.