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October 7, 2017 By Fausta

Dr Darsi Ferrer R.I.P.

Dr. Darsi Ferrer has been found dead in West Palm Beach, cause unknown.

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Filed Under: Communism, Cuba Tagged With: Darsi Ferrer, Dr. Darsi Ferrer

January 27, 2014 By Fausta

CELAC: Maduro & Cristina want Puerto Rico’s independence


Sayonara, suckers.

Puerto Ricans’ opinions don’t matter to the tinpot Venezuelan dictator or to the Evita-wannabe, because they need a distraction from driving their own countries to ruin:
Crises Squeeze Two Latin Leaders
The leaders of Argentina and Venezuela were set to attend a conference in Cuba to debate Puerto Rican independence on Tuesday, as their countries faced their most acute economic crises in a decade.

On the streets of Argentina and Venezuela, many asked what their leaders were doing in Cuba when they were struggling with Latin America’s highest rates of inflation and the palpable fear that things could worsen when private investment is veering toward a recovering American economy.

The fact is,

independence for Puerto Rico, which was handed over by Spain after the Spanish-American war, has never gotten much traction. In a 2012 referendum, 61% voted for statehood and only 5% for independence.

Puerto Rico’s independence party has such low turnout that they needed to re-register after general elections.

Not that democracy matters to anyone at the upcoming CELAC

Apparently, the first objective of that organization, as declared, is: “To reaffirm that the preservation of democracy and democratic values, the validity of the institutions and the Rule of Law, a commitment to the respect for, and the validity of, all human rights for all, are the essential objectives of our countries.”

What do these people understand democracy to be? Cuba, like the other countries hatched by the now-extinct Soviet Union, is a one-party dictatorship older than half a century where no individual freedoms exist and no human rights are respected. While the CELAC is being held, the political police harasses and bashes the Ladies in White and the opposition democrats who dare to protest. Is anyone unaware of this?

Cuban dissidents are holding their own forum:

Cuban dissidents and activists plan to hold a forum on democracy in Havana on Jan. 28, parallel to the Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, or CELAC, opposition sources told Efe on Saturday.

Organized by the Center for the Opening and Development of Latin America, or CADAL, and the dissident group Arco Progresista, the forum hopes to bring together members of the opposition like Guillermo Fariñas and Jose Daniel Ferrer, Ladies in White leader Berta Soler, blogger Yoani Sanchez and activist Antonio Rodiles, among other representatives of civil society on the island.

Cuban police will block the opposition’s meeting.

OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza is attending CELAC, but refused to meet with any dissidents, thereby offering further evidence of the OAS’s irrelevance.

Elsa Morejón, whose husband Dr. José Daniel Ferrer, leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU) was arrested after meeting with the ambassadors of Spain and the Netherlands this week and transported away from Havana for the duration of the summit, tweeted,

The only country in the Americas without free elections or multi-party [system] in 56 years, will host the #CELACSummit. Unbelievable.

#Cuba El unico pais de America que no tiene elecciones libres ni multipartidismo en 56 annos, sera anfitriona de #CumbreCELAC. Insolito.

— Elsa Morejon (@ElsaMorejon) January 20, 2014

But look at the bright side: The more Maduro, Cristina, and their ilk cackle about Puerto Rico, the fewer the Puerto Ricans who’ll side with them.

Post re-edited to add links.

UPDATE:
My tweet,
#CELACSummit As if there isn’t enough poop in #PuertoRico, @NicolasMaduro & @CFKArgentina want to bring theirs.

#CumbreCELAC Como si en #PuertoRico no hay suficiente caca, @NicolasMaduro y @CFKArgentina quieren llevar la d ellos http://t.co/jGfsr4QL6Y

— Fausta (@Fausta) January 27, 2014

RELATED:
Puerto Rico: La crisis final del “ELA”

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Filed Under: Argentina, Caribbean, Communism, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Venezuela Tagged With: CELAC, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Darsi Ferrer, Elsa Morejón, Fausta's blog, Nicolas Maduro, OAS

December 12, 2011 By Fausta

The Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

LatinAmerARGENTINA
Argentina launches naval campaign to isolate Falkland Islands
Argentina has launched a naval campaign to isolate the Falkland Islands that has seen it detain Spanish fishing vessels on suspicion of breaking the country’s “blockade” of the seas around the British territories.

Falklands warning
The Government would be well advised to pay heed to the distant sound of sabre-rattling in the South Atlantic.

Argentina flirts with Iran as West watches nervously

The Year in Argentine Beef – 2011

Cristina “8 y ½”, in Spanish.

BRAZIL
The Anointed
Can a former political radical lead Brazil through its economic boom?

BEING THERE: SÃO PAULO

COLOMBIA
Today’s Video: Rolling for Peace

CUBA
The Tehran, Havana, Caracas axis in Latin America

Darsi Ferrer is a Cuban human rights hero

Fireworks off the coast of Cuba

GUATEMALA
Police Bust Guatemala-Jordan Sex Trafficking Ring
Guatemala has announced the dismantling of an international human trafficking ring that lured young Guatemalan women to Jordan, where they were forced to work in prostitution.

HONDURAS
City building
Hong Kong in Honduras
An ambitious development project aims to pull a Central American country out of its economic misery. Can it work?

LATIN AMERICA
Iran Tries to Gain Sway in Latin America
Tehran Fosters Economic, Military Ties In Region, Raising U.S. Terror Concern

Morning Bell: Iran Conducting Anti-U.S. Operations in Latin America

MEXICO
Mexico – Rising Natural Gas Superstate?

Threat to Elections?

ATF Emails: Hey, Let’s Use These Long-Gun Sales We’ve Demanded Gun Shop Owners Sell To Cartels To Justify Cracking Down on Long-Gun Sales

A FAST & FURIOUS STATE OF MIND

Gunwalker goes “legal” … again

Mexico, a Country in Crisis, Needs a Fix the Size of the Marshall Plan
When a member of the Qaddafi family wants to make your country his new home, you know things are rotten. But Mexicans knew that already. They also know that the corruption, murder, and economic failure they live with won’t be cured by government posturing and a useless ‘war on drugs.’

Iran in Mexico and the Caribbean: Building a Strategic Trampoline towards the US

PANAMA
Panama’s jailed ex-ruler Noriega ‘to return Sunday’
Panama’s jailed former ruler Manuel Noriega will be extradited from France to his homeland on Sunday, Foreign Minister Roberto Henriquez says.

PERU
Peru’s Top Indigenous Leader Says Industry, Traffickers Behind Shaman Slayings

PUERTO RICO
1 of Puerto Rico’s most-wanted fugitives arrested in Dominican Republic

Christian Nieves playing cuatro,

VENEZUELA
A preview of October 7, 2012 (or how fascism does not lose elections)

Barbarians at the Gate: Chavista Hordes Set Fire to UCV’s Aula Magna Over Election Loss

The week’s posts,
Heritage on The Iranian Threat
CITGO’s Santa’s coming to New Jersey!
La amenaza Iraní
Moneywalker, too?
Israel Accuses Iran of Introducing Terrorism in Latin America With Chávez’s Support UPDATED on 12-9-11
Fortuño for VP, and the Constitutional question
Fast and Furious documents dumped last Friday afternoon UPDATED

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Filed Under: Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Carnival of Latin America, Colombia, Communism, Cuba, Daniel Ortega, drugs, Guatemala, Honduras, Iran, Latin America, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela Tagged With: ATF, Christian Nieves, Darsi Ferrer, Dr. Darsi Ferrer, Falkland Islands, Falklands Islands, Fast and Furious, Fausta's blog

December 10, 2009 By Fausta

Blogburst/blogacción: Free Darsi Ferrer NOW!

#DarsiFerrer blogburst today, Human Rights Day.

Marc Masferrer has the story:
Blogburst/blogacción, 12/10/09 | Free Darsi Ferrer NOW!

Dr. Ferrer is a leader. Dr. Ferrer is a patriot. Dr. Ferrer is a hero.

But this year, Dr. Ferrer needs our help. We must pick up his banner and demand human rights for Cuba.

NOW!

We must demand the end of tyranny.

NOW!

And we must demand the release from prison of Dr. Darsi Ferrer.

NOW!

Go to the above link and read the rest.

Dr Darsi Ferrer’s wife was arrested. More at The Real Cuba and Misceláneas de Cuba.

UPDATE
Snapped Shot is posting on how the AP captions don’t match the story: Caption Does Not Compute

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