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Immigration Police Spread Dragnets Across USA

I was in the Seattle immigration court accompanying a young mother from a South American country applying for asylum to a routine hearing.

He’s had the audacity to go out and walk the streets of Cuba to get a sense of how people feel about the harsh reality they are living.

The phrases “We shall overcome,” “Building socialism,” “Yes we can,” have become mantras in official discourse…

These days, among the people you pass on the street, it’s inevitable to make some reference to the intensity of the temperatures.

Jose Marti is someone whom most people born in Cuba feel respect for. He died under fire from Spanish colonial troops on May 19, 1895.

“Pepe” Mujica was waiting for us in the neglected garden of his chacra [farm] on the outskirts of Montevideo.

In a country burdened by deep wounds, exercising forgiveness openly and strategically could represent a minimal act of wisdom and humanity.

The political prisoner asked the Cuban gov. to grant him leave to visit his terminally ill mother & say goodbye. There was no way, & she died

If a population feels oppressed and yearns for freedom, the worst thing it can do is publicly pay homage to its leaders for the world to see.

Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo know their behavior is pathetic. Their actions have validated like no one else the challenge of that April.