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President Obama's move to take Cuba off the State Sponsor of Terrorism list, and "normalize" relations between the U.S. and that criminal regime has been met with bipartisan disapproval in the U.S. Congress, leaving many Americans questioning where their values as a country have gone. It goes without saying that the American-Cuban delegation in the […]

About a month or so ago, I wrote about [score]Ted Cruz[/score]'s Hispanic Problem, and it is one I continue to believe he still has. However, with the release of his new book, A Time For Truth, the junior senator from Texas and 2016 presidential hopeful seems to be attempting to solidify his hispanic credentials. During an […]

CNN is reporting the the Unites States and Cuba have reached an agreement, and will announce on Wednesday that the two countries will open embassies in each other's capitals. According to two senior administration officials: "We will formally announce tomorrow that the United States and Cuba have reached an agreement to re-establish formal diplomatic relations […]

It's official. The Unites States will have an embassy in Havana, president Obama announced earlier today. Marco Rubio has fired back at the president in a press release, and yo can be sure he'll be talking about it on the campaign trail. The release by the senate office stated: “Throughout this entire negotiation, as the […]

As the Obama administration moved full speed ahead with its plan to re-establish relations with the communist regime in Cuba, it is also looking to court Cuba's closets ally, Venezuela. In a contradictory move, Obama administration officials met with Venezuelan officials in Haiti over the weekend. Venezuela was sanctioned by Obama in march, and declared […]

Cuba doesn't  yet have an embassy in they U.S., but that hasn't stopped the Swiss government from serving as a protector of the communist country from the United States, and facilitating the groundwork for future Cuban embassy in Washington, D.C.  The Swiss embassy, which houses Cuba's Interest Section, erected a mast outside its doors in […]

As the Obama administration barrels toward its end-around on the Cuban embargo, The House of Representatives today made it much harder for the president to formally re-establish diplomatic relations with the communist dictatorship. The State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations voted today to prohibit a State Department request […]

Just days after Marco Rubio's opponent in the GOP presidential primary, Rand Paul, made a stand on the Senate floor against NSA spying, the junior senator from Florida may be planning a filibuster of his very own. Today, in a press release from Rubio's senate office in Washington DC, the senator pledged to block the […]

Just one day after Barack Obama officially removed Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list, Venezuelan's all over the world gathered to protest the repression of their rights and political imprisonments in the country that is Cuba's closest ally. Exiled Venezuelan political leaders took to a hastily made stage in from of the statue […]

President Obama had announced on December 17, 53 political prisoners from Cuba would be liberated as part of negotiations with Castro. Today, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) highlighted the administration's inability to provide clarity on the fate of the prisoners. He also continued to show his disapproval of President Obama's effort to normalize relations with […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES A North Korean ship was been caught by Panamanian authorities trying to illegally smuggle ballistic missiles and other armaments. The ships cargo originated from, wait for it...Cuba.  Panama's President, Ricardo Martinelli annonced the country has taken control of a North Korean ship that was trying to illegally sneak ballistic missiles and other […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES The drug-related crimes occurring south of the U.S. border in Mexico continue to rise, as more and more innocent civilians are being directly targeted by the murderous Mexican drug cartels.  Unfortunately, one of the latest victims is a former U.S. Marine veteran, who has disappeared in Mexico. According to his family, Armando […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES Who says Socialist do not support one another. The European Union (EU) has sent a "representative" to the Communist-controlled country of Cuba to try to bolster and improve relations with Fidel Castro's regime. You may question my assertion that European countries are socialists, but the fact of the matter is, they are. […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES The U.S. State Department reassured the world that  Cuba's repressive Castro government, is still considered to be a State Sponsor of Terrorism (SST). The State Department updated its SST list this week, prompting Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who is considered by many to be the harshest critic of the Castro regime, to release  […]

The country of Colombia, who has been fighting the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for more than 40 years, is currently engaged in negotiating a "peace" with the terror group.