Debate over US sanctions on Castro regime. Manolo De Los Santos and Stephen Wilkinson, defenders of the Castro dictatorship, and Julio M. Shiling, an anti-Castro activist, battle in a heated debate moderated by journalist and host Andrea Sanke on the television program "Newsmakers" of TRT World (Turkish Public Television). Program aired on October 12, 2022.

Meet the participants and don't miss this intense debate!

Manolo De Los Santos, Co-Executive Director of peoplesforum.org, and a great admirer of the Castros, Che Guevara and Díaz-Canel, Chávez, Maduro, and other Dictators. Get to know him on Twitter @manolo_realengo

Dr. Stephen Wilkinson, President of the International Institute for the Study of Cuba at the British University of Buckingham, and editor of the International Journal of Cuban Studies opposes the US embargo/sanctions based on false health political narratives such as "free" education, and healthcare in Cuba without pointing out the deplorable state of hospitals and medical services to the population in contrast to those received by the leaders of Castroism and foreigners, blaming the US embargo for all the deficiencies of the socialist system and favoring a rapprochement with the Cuban dictatorship without taking into account the dictatorship's lack of freedom and the human rights violations.

Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, the Father of the Homeland, typifies that lineage of men who gave everything and more for Cuba and is emblematic of the liberating body that emerged in the 10-Year War and has been present in all our liberation wars, those of yesterday and those of today. Patria de Martí and The CubanAmerican Voice honor and remember them on the 154th anniversary of the Grito de Yara.

On October 10, 1868, at the La Demajagua sugar mill, the 10-Year War or War of Independence began when Carlos Manuel de Céspedes proclaimed the manifesto of the revolutionary junta of the island of Cuba, this cry of independence had supported very enrichingly moral that was the Constituent Assembly of Guáimaro that proclaimed freedom and independence.

It is sad and unfortunate in current Cuban history how the Father of the Homeland Carlos Manuel de Céspedes has been relegated to oblivion because he founded the entire process of independence, he was the initiator of the freedom and the Constitution of Guáimaro.

The Spanish authorities wanted to exchange his son Oscar's life for Céspedes resignation as President of the Republic of Cuba at Arms. He famously answered that Oscar was not his only son, because every Cuban who had died for the revolution he started, was also his son. His child Oscar was executed by a Spanish firing squad on June 3, 1870.

The U.S. Continues to Fail Cuba.

That there is a brutal dictatorship still in power in communist Cuba, is an irrefutable fact. Popular expressions of discontent are a daily occurrence on the island. This is a sure sign that the totalitarian regime is in a state of decomposition. Despite the horrific crackdowns and onerous prison sentences, Cubans continue publicly to exhibit the will to be free. The U.S., an international force with a historical record of supporting liberty around the globe, is failing Cuba, yet again.

The 11^th of July Cuban Insurrection (11J), that epic event where hundreds of thousands of Cubans in over 72 localities took to the streets to demand their natural rights and an end to communist tyranny, presented the current American president with an unprecedented opportunity to facilitate regime change. Unfortunately, instead of acting decisively and in moral coherence with other foreign policy initiatives, such as the support for Ukraine (which is the right thing to do), the U.S. has done absolutely nothing to support the Cuban people. It’s response to the ensuing savage exercise of state terrorism carried out by the Castro-Communist kleptocracy, only produced symbolic verbal critiques and a lot of void drama by the American diplomatic corps. 

A tireless fighter for the freedom of Cuba and the world has passed away: Jorge Rodríguez. Patria de Martí and The CubanAmerican Voice mourn the departure of Jorge Rodríguez, owner of the radio stations La Poderosa and Cadena Azul, philanthropist and tireless fighter for the freedom of Cuba and the world. Our condolences to his wife, family, friends and employees of La Poderosa and Cadena Azul.

Below we reproduce the article published by Radio y Televisión Martí which highlights part of Jorge Rodríguez's story and comments from his colleagues and other personalities of the Cuban exile community:

Jorge Rodríguez, founder of La Poderosa 670 AM and pioneer of Cuban radio in exile, passes away in Miami.
Jorge Rodríguez, president of Radio La Poderosa and Cadena Azul stations and one of the pioneers of Cuban radio in exile, passed away on Tuesday in Miami after a prolonged illness.