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Every day for the past three months, government-programmed blackouts have meant the lights flicker and go dark in a city that once bustled with commerce. And Fifth Street, with its auto parts stores and car repair shops, has ground to a halt. “We just stop,” said Jesus Yanis, who paints cars. “We don’t work.” Neither does the [...] With apparently nothing better to do, President Obama is headed off to Denmark for a few hours to hustle for the Chicago 2016 Olympics bid. Didn’t Elvis used to do that for pizza or those special peanut butter sandwiches? At least Elvis did it on his own dime. We taxpayers are footing the bill for the [...] President Hugo Chávez says some golf courses could be better used for the poor. After a brief tirade against the sport by the president on national television last month, pro-Chávez officials have moved in recent weeks to shut down two of the country’s best-known golf courses, in Maracay, a city of military garrisons near here, and [...] Socialism has come to Chavezland, and with it the inevitable result: food shortages. Of course, evil speculators are to blame, along with capitalist wasters, gangsters and plutocrats. Caracas, July 22 – Venezuela, a traditional coffee exporter that boasts one of the best cups of java in South America, may have to import coffee for the first [...] Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was ousted in a military coup on Sunday, shortly before staging a referendum vote that would have allowed him to re-write the country’s constitution and stay in office after the end of his one-time 4 year Presidential term of office. President Obama called the coup a “terrible precedent” and “illegal”. The Honduran [...] … y Domingo, y Lunes, y Martes… Venezuelan President for Life Hugo Chavez is planning a 4-day long version of his personal television show, Alo Presidente. As such it dwarfs other marathon Hispanic language programs (including the above mentioned Sábado Gigante – “Giant Saturday” — a weekly variety show a mere 5 hours long). Fidel Castro was [...] President Obama met and shook hands with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the OAS Summit yesterday. Chavez has declared that “there is more democracy in Cuba than in the United States” and has vowed to veto any resolution coming out of the meeting because Cuba has been banned from the organization. He has lots of oil.
Today is May 1st, “May Day”, the traditional day of celebration for Communists the world over. And, yes, there still are some left on The Left, undeterred by almost a century of war, genocide, famine, gulags, economic catastrophes and bad business suits. So, the folks in Cuba were expecting to see their “Maximum Leader”, Fidel Castro [...] |
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