Tag Archives: Havana

Terror Sweep, Trouble With Women

Saturday, March 26, 2016

State of Siege: Police in the Schaerbeek neighborhood of Brussels yesterday shot and detained a man linked to a failed terrorist plot in France as the international investigation is building evidence of connections between the Brussels suicide bombers and the …

Obama in Mojitoland, Getting Them Out

Monday, March 21, 2016

Cubama: President Obama was greeted in old Havana yesterday with chants of “USA ! USA!” The president was not met at José Martí airport by Cuban president Raul Castro, a demonstration of deliberately restrained enthusiasm. Obama is scheduled to meet …

Santeria, Ralph Lauren and Fruit of the Loom

Saturday, March 12, 2016

The Americans Are Coming: One night at an outdoor restaurant a waiter opened a new bottle of rum and immediately spilled a splash of it to the sidewalk. It was an offering to the Gods of Santeria, the religion African …

Bernie Stuns Hillary, Crumbling Splendor

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Politics: Bernie Sanders upset Hillary Clinton, winning the Michigan primary and extending Clinton’s quest to win the Democratic presidential nomination. Sanders said, “The political revolution that we’re talking about is strong in every part of the country.” Donald Trump won …

OJ’s Knife Or Not, The Cuba Diaries

Saturday, March 5, 2016

The News: The Rooney Report departed for Cuba on the news that many years ago a knife was found on the property when OJ Simpson’s old house was torn down, breathing new life into the never-ending saga of OJ and …