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HNS domestic program deals with the thousands of Hispanic professional nurses legally residing in U.S. but had not been able to attain their RN license; HNS has helped a large number who have became licensed RNs and presently are practicing their profession across U.S.
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CubaVirtual.com .

           Cuba Virtual es la plataforma que facilita la cooperación entre los cubanos y las organizaciones que los agrupan, permitiendo - a la manera de las cámaras de comercio, gremios empresariales, etc. - aunar voluntades, sumar fuerzas, encausar recursos, propiciar el debate constructivo, y ante todo: presentar un frente unido de cara a la comunidad internacional que cada vez con mas frecuencia busca y no halla un interlocutor que represente con mandato genuino a los cubanos libres.

Trabajamos de una forma dinámica, usando todos los medios disponibles, especialmente este vehículo eficientísimo que es la Internet.

 Objetivos y Vision          Mano Extendida             Sedes y Capítulos  

From Website:   Please help us free Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet unjustly sentenced to 25 years in a Cuban jail. Biscet is an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience. Dr. Biscet is the founder of the Lawton Foundation, a human rights organization made illegal by dictator Fidel Castro.The Lawton Foundation peacefully promotes the defense of all Cubans through nonviolent civil disobedience. Dr. Biscet, is a follower of the Dalai Lama, Thoreau, Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. and wants to bring democracy and justice to Cuba. Please help us tell the world about Dr. Biscet! Please click here for more info:

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From Website:  “Only the subject’s individual consciousness can testify for the unwitnessed acts, and there is no act more deprived of external testimony than the act of knowing.”   

 License to Kill           Links            Bio          Destiny of the State 

BayofPigsMuseum.Org:

Paul Crespo

FromWebsite: On April 17, 1961 nearly 1,400 brave and idealistic Cuban exiles, backed by the United States, stormed the beaches at the Bay of Pigs. Their mission: to liberate Cuba from Castro's communist dictatorship. They fought ferociously, against overwhelming odds, without their promised air support. Three days later they were all captured or killed. This is the story of Brigade 2506...

        Concept                 Vision          Overview        Affiliations   

From Website: About Us

                This site is dedicated to all the people suffering under an oppressive government on the amazing island of Cuba. It is an open environment where thoughts can be expressed freely in a forum style setting.

   CubanPolitics                      CubanItems                     CubanLife        

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                     About Us: A profound lack of understanding of the huge cost in lives of the Cuban Revolution has contributed to pervasive ignorance of the brutal nature of the Castro regime. The names and faces of many victims remain unknown, their stories untold. Telling their stories may move people and nations to demand the end of oppression. More enduringly, learning of the human cost of these tragic events can move people to forsake violence as a means to forge their history....

                     Sobre el Arcivo: Existe un profundo desconocimiento del enorme costo en vidas de la Revolución Cubana. Esto contribuye a que persevere gran ignorancia sobre la esencia violenta del régimen castrista. Conocer los nombres, rostros, e historias de sus víctimas motivaría que individuos y naciones exigieran el fin de la opresión en Cuba....

 Research      El Proyecto       Support our Work        La Investigaciónes

MovimientoDemocracia.Org:

 From Website:

                    Inspirados en la concepcion de que todo ser humano es creado igual y por ende tiene los mismos derechos y deberes que otros, el Movimiento Democracia trabaja laborisamente por contribuir a construir en Cuba una Sociedad Civil, donde el respeto a los Derechos Humanos, los Derechos Civiles, la Justicia Social, la Soberania Nacional, la Solidaridad Humana, la Proteccion al Medio Ambiente, se conviertan en propositos fundamentales en la conciencia de cada cubano. Mas que ideologias o esquemas politicos, el Movimiento Democracia aboga porque el rector que norme nuestra conducta sea nuestra propia conciencia.  A menudo buscamos la "liberacion" en factores externos, cuando la verdadera liberacion nace en el alma humana, internamente...... 

Crimenes de Castro        Noticias         BalcerosPerdido        Bibliotecas

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Aquí seguimos hablando de Cuba; la mejor, la que fue. La que debe volver a ser. 

Cuando nace un año nuevo, resurgen para muchos compatriotas esperanzas de libertad. Ojalá llegara aunque la situación cubana es turbia y compleja. No nos engañemos, la complicidad con el tirano, en ambas orillas, es inconcebible. Abominable. 

Mientras el cubano de la isla no reconozca y enfrente la monstruosidad fidelista y el cubano del exilio no deje de culpar el pasado isleño como único responsable de la actual tragedia nacional, no habrá redención..........Continue

   La Isla Que Fue            Cuba y su Exilio Hoy      Opiniones 

                                    From Website::      VISION
                To unite the Cuban community in exile and within the Island across generational, ideological and economic divides, in the pursuit of a pluralistic and democratic Cuban society.

                            From Website:      MISSION

                 To establish a plan of action for the youth's role in a pluralistic and democratic transition in Cuba.

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  Central & South America      North America Spanish    Hispanic PR Wire

      From Website:                 Vida de José Martí
                                  José Martí nació en Cuba en 1853.
                                 Era entre otras cosas, patriota y poeta.
                      Se dedicó su vida a luchar para la libertad de Cuba.
                            Y al fin, se murió en su lucha para Cuba.
                           Martí empezó a escribir cuando era joven.....

 Once Upon a Time...        Poema al Balsero Cubano             Historia de Cuba

  Cuba's Children                 Latest News               Racism in Cuba

From Website:

                  "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."
 - Article 19, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

                  HAVANA, Feb. 28, 2005 (Lux Info Press/www.cubanet.org) - Two officials of the Department of State Security appeared at the home of María Elena Mir, where the Helen Martinez Library is located; they seized several boxes of books, copies of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and 25 portable radios. Afterwards, they went to the home of Reinaldo Cosano Alén, where the Benjamin Franklin Library is located, and they confiscated books and a photocopier....

  Spanish Version      Taking Books to Cuba    Addresses For Libraries     Documents on Cuba

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Nuestro surrealismo cubano.
Por César L. Alarcón.

Han pasado cuarenta y seis dolorosos años desde que se instauró en nuestra patria una de las más crueles dictaduras conocidas por el hombre.

Nuestra dictadura fue preconcebida con el modelo comunista como guía y a sabiendas de las garantías ilimitadas de poder que dan esos sistemas. De manera sutil se inició ganando día a día más espacios entre los incautos. Como toda dictadura promocionó las campañas de descrédito de sus opositores políticos, inventando a su vez el necesario “Enemigo Común.” Tergiversó los valores sociales y anuló los legales, usando de forma repetida la mágica frase: “En Nombre y para el Bienestar del Pueblo.”..........

   Quienes Somos     Objectivos       Cuba en fotos       Archivos         Documentos 

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Terrorismo Castrista
Por Raúl Fernández

                 No es necesario recurrir a muchos años atrás, para conocer de la vocación terrorista cubana y su traducción práctica. En los años de las dictaduras Militares del Cono Sur, Castro entrenó a Tupamaros, Miristas, y algunos peronistas radicales en procedimientos de manejo, preparación y operación en tiempo o a distancia de artefactos explosivos. Pero hasta eso es viejo. Hace muy poco elementos de las FARC y el ELN colombiano, o de las guerrillas centro americanas se entrenaban en Cuba. Ahora Castro dice que nunca los entrenó en terrorismo sino para enfrentar a los esbirros policiales y militares que mataban al pueblo. Pero existen numerosas declaraciones, todas fácilmente buscables, de antiguos miembros de éstas organizaciones que revelan las condiciones y hasta los lugares específicos donde fueron entrenados. Declaraciones de los líderes......

Quienes Somos       La Verdadera Historria de la Revolucion Cubana      Documentos

Article from website: 

La prisión fecunda

Miguel A. García Puñales
Columnista

Parafraseo el título del bodrio homónimo de Mario Mencía pues considero que viene muy bien al caso. En la obra de referencia el alabardero del régimen de La Habana manipula los datos, el hecho histórico y la interpretación de los acontecimientos, para mostrarnos a un Fidel Castro capaz de “diseñar” los destinos de la Nación cubana desde “la oscuridad de su celda”, que dicho sea de paso no era oscura y que en comparación a cualquiera de las más de 200 cárceles existentes actualmente en Cuba es mejor habitáculo, incluso que muchas cuarterías de las que proliferan por La Habana. Me cuesta trabajo escribir estas líneas, ya sabe el amigo lector que no soy muy dado a polemizar públicamente con los opositores al régimen cubano, dado que esas polémicas nos han hecho mucho daño y dan armas a nuestros verdugos. Sin embargo, hay actitudes que ni por una buena causa –y la nuestra es la mejor- se pueden dejar pasar por alto, después lo lamentaríamos.............

                Articulos                          Culturales                     Salud al Dia

CubaNostalgia.Org: This Cuban-American website provides the public with exhibits on all types of Cuba-related nostalgia and information. This website is also bilingual (English and Spanish). 

From Website (English): "CubaNostalgia, in its 7th year, the premier Cuban event outside of Cuba, is a journey back in time for those who remember the island’s glamorous times – and for those who never experienced them. There will be live Cuban exhibits, artists and vendors, traditional Cuban foods, and of course music."

From Website (Spanish): "CubaNostalgia, en su séptimo año, es el principal evento fuera de Cuba y se trata de un viaje al pasado para aquellos que recuerdan los glamorosos tiempos de la Isla y para aquellos que nunca tuvieron esa experiencia. Habrá música, exhibiciones, artistas y vendedores y la tradicional comida Cubana.

Location: Fair-Expo Center (Home of the Youth Fair)
Coral Way (S.W. 24th St.)& 112th Avenue at Tamiami Park next to FIU,in Miami, Florida  

Phone # (CubaNostalgia Inc.):(305) 856-7595 

                                                 

         Books            Cuban Art           Cuban Memorabilia            Cuban Music

Camagueyanos.Com This website is proudly dedicated to the province of Camaquey, Cuba and to "Freedom" in Cuba. I'll let the website speak for itself.

From Website:                    Nuestra Declaración de Principios

Nos organizamos aquí por un profundo amor a Cuba, a nuestro Camagüey legendario.Emanamos de una misma cultura; estamos orgullosos de nuestro origen y sabemos que vale la pena intentar este esfuerzo por conocernos mejor.Sufrimos con la división de la familia cubana, la separación involuntaria y larga de muchos de nosotros de la Patria querida.¡Seamos libres!Este sitio es un comienzo, que nos invita a discutir respetuosamente, a debatir sobre todo y enfrentarlo todo, libres del control riguroso al que viven sometidos nuestros hermanos allá en Cuba, en Camagüey, del que añoramos sus calles coloniales; sus parques, testigos de nuestra infancia, sus casas llenas de amigos inolvidables, sus grandes llanuras y sus verdes cañaverales. Pero hemos decidido pagar el precio del desarraigo y de la distancia porque queremos ser libres.¡Seamos libres, más libres cada día!Camagüeyanos, cubanos, amigos de todas partes, es hora de hablar de nuestras alegrías y anhelos, de nuestros sueños y de nuestros temores: este es el espacio que proponemos para hacerlo. Únete a nosotros y participa, seas camagüeyano o no; seas de donde seas.Camagüeyanos por el Mundo te ofrece una palestra y a cambio te pide amistad y cariño a nuestra patria, respeto a nuestras tradiciones y formas de pensar, tolerancia y comprensión. Sólo eso: buena voluntad.Camagüeyanos por el Mundo: un espacio de libertad y respeto.

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WingsofValor.Org: This organization is located in Miami, Florida.

From Website: Wings of Valor, Inc. is a Florida 501(c)(3), Not-for-Profit Corporation whose mission is to be a voice for the impoverished and make a difference in their lives through relief assistance, education, health, and developmental projects.

More from Website: Janet Ray Weininger, President and Founder

When Janet Ray Weininger was six-years-old, she lost her father, Thomas "Pete" Ray. Ray, an American pilot for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), had given his life in an attempt to liberate Cuban during the 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion. Her love of her father, patriotism, and deep code of loyalty led her on an eighteen-year search to find him when the United States Government chose to disavow him. In 1979, she was able to recover his remains from a Havana morgue where he had been kept on exhibition. Her search for the truth led the CIA to publicly acknowledge Thomas "Pete" Ray for his "selfless devotion to duty and dedication to the national interests of the United States. he was awarded the Distinguished Intelligence Cross and The Exceptional Service Medallion.

Missions            Congressional Record      History of Wings of Valor

CubaDemocraciayVida.Org: "La voz en Suecia de los Cubanos cívicos de intramuros y del exílio" This Anti-Castro Website is Bilingual (Spanish and Swedish) and has many interesting "News Links" and articles from Cubans around the world who are fighting against Castro's Regime's evil tyrannical system. This website along with many mentioned on this link are working together to conquer Castro's unjust rule of Cuba, but most importantly our main goal is to free the people "in" Cuba so they can enjoy life in a respectful and humane manner. "Castro must go!"

Enlaces(Links):  CubaDemocraciayYa!       CubaCid       SociedadCivildeCuba

InsideCostaRica.com This Website comes directly from Costa Rica and is in English. It deals with large variety of news throughout the world but most importantly it covers the daily events in the Central American countries. There is plenty of news concerning the United States and South America also. This website also promotes Costa Rica with tourism, business, editorials and opinions.

ConstitutionCenter.Com: The National Constitution Center is located in Philadelphia and is open everyday of the year, except on Thanksgiving and Christmas. The website is a great substitute for those in America and around the world who are unable to visit the historical center. All you wanted to know about the Constitution of the United States. The Spanish translation is great for those who have migrated to America and have trouble reading English and interested in Freedom.

The Preamble: "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." 

The Constitution in Spanish The Constitution in English  Constitutional Timeline

OrishaProdutions.Com: Orisha Productions is dedicated to the preservation of Cuban music, most importantly the African rhythm and dance which put Cuba on the map, the "Rumba". This Bilingual website educates the reader with the origins of the Rumba and provides the reader with videos of bands that are keeping it alive in Cuba now. This website is very educational to music lovers, take a good look at the website and the links associated with it. 

From Website:"Enter now the AfroCuban Rumba, a sound unique to Cuba. There have always been Cubans whom migrated to the United States that kept Rumba tradition alive. But for the most part the majority has lived in New York, Miami San Francisco and other larger cities leaving a huge unfulfilled yearning. That is the original reason for my visiting Cuba, to hear for myself if it really existed. It does. And beyond what I expected. The music of the Santeria religion was as close as we could get. The music associated with the religion, ideally played on bata' is played as well on a chair for a drum, a tea kettle for a cowbell, or spoons for clave, a lead singer and coro and the soul. Rogelio Marti (deceased)in the United States and Francisco Aguabella in the west coast and a few other non-Cubans have carried the torch so to speak for many years, but now the Cuban Rumba is alive and well for anyone anywhere to view to their hearts content. Whether for studying or pleasure or both, the choice is now yours."   

Hispanic Reading Room: This website belongs to The Library of Congress of America (WWW.LOC.GOV). An incredible website, a complete digital library for the public and especially for those who are serious researchers. This website can be viewed and read in English, Spanish and in some cases in Portuguese. Handbook of Latin American Studies

From Website: "The reading room, named after the Hispanic Society in New York, was dedicated in 1939 to serve as a focal point to orient and assist researchers who seek to avail themselves of the immense opportunities afforded by Luso-Hispanic materials throughout the Library of Congress. The Hispanic Reading Room, as it is usually called, serves as the primary access point for research relating to those parts of the world encompassing the geographical areas of the Caribbean, Latin America, and Iberia; the indigenous cultures of those areas; and peoples throughout the world historically influenced by Luso-Hispanic heritage, including Latinos in the U.S., and peoples of Portuguese or Spanish heritage in Africa, Asia, and Oceania."

Sala Hispanica de Lectura Hispanic Division Collections Guides-Reference Aids

 FEMA stands for 'Federal Emergency Management Agency". This United States Governmental agency is the very first responder to any type of disaster or catastrophe, weather at home or abroad. FEMA coordinates and organizes all the major emergency agencies so they can work together and in a swift manner. 

From FEMA Website:            " Who We Are" 

           "FEMA is part of the Department of Homeland Security's Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate. FEMA has more than 2,600 full time employees. They work at FEMA headquarters in Washington D.C., at regional and area offices across the country, the Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center, and the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland. FEMA also has nearly 4,000 standby disaster assistance employees who are available for deployment after disasters. Often FEMA works in partnership with other organizations that are part of the nation's emergency management system. These partners include state and local emergency management agencies, 27 federal agencies and American Red Cross".

  Fema in Spanish                   FEMA History        Disasters&Emergencies

JulieStav.Com: Julie Stav, a well educated Cuban-American Woman, is a financial expert, who has devoted her life to educating everybody, investor or non-investor, with smart and logical techniques. Julie is a registered, licensed stockbroker and is the founder-owner of Retirement Benefit Systems, a financial planning firm located in California. Since 1979, Julie has been educating and empowering thousands of people – in English and Spanish – by way of hundreds of financial planning seminars. Julie is a very busy woman, she has written several best-sellers in English and in Spanish, is the host of a daily National radio show in Spanish and also produces daily, Julie’s “Money” vignettes, heard coast to coast. This Website is totally Bilingual !!! SPANISH VERSION              

      Julie Stav's Bio  "Sal De Deudas"  "Fund Your Future"   "Get Your Share"

MayraL.Dole.Com:  Mayra L. Dole's is a Children Book's author who has written Two highly successful Latino Picture books and is in the process of publishing another one.  This talented Cuban-American  woman has worked very hard to reach this point, most importantly, never forgetting her Cuban heritage and the Spanish language. That is the reason why her books are totally Bilingual!!  A tremendous learning tool for kids who have recently entered the United States from a Latin-American country or for children who were born in America and whose parents would provide so they could start learning Spanish at a very young age. Mayra has also written very interesting articles in a variety of magazines and has written many articles online, for a variety of websites also. This website is Totally Bilingual.

           Reviews of Books                  Interviews                   Cuban Stories

Spanix.Com: This Latin Film Network is an information center dedicated to helping and alerting the Latin community with opportunistic news on upcoming film projects and events.  All the information you need to gather, concerning the Latin Film industry is located here. Casting Calls, Film Schools, Job Board, Film Festivals are just a few of many features found here on this multimedia  platform. Read the interesting articles and reports written by Spanix.Com's knowledgeable writers. Great website and very organized!

Puerto Rico's 65TH Infantry Regiment (US Army):

This website is dedicated to the "Forgotten" Puerto Rican Heroes who fought for the United States of America in the "Forgotten War", the Korean War. Out of the 148,000 Hispanic-Americans who fought for America in the Korean War, 60,000 were Puerto Ricans and most of them fought for the 65TH Infantry Regiment. They went by the nickname "The Borinqueneers".

 From Website: "The 65th Infantry Regiment, comprised primarily of Puerto Ricans, began as a volunteer regiment in 1899 and participated in WWI and WWII.  It was during the Korean War, that they made their mark and saw extensive combat. In this website dedicated to their accomplishments, you will find their history, photographs, newspaper articles, listings of their many award recipients, and sadly, a listing of those who sacrificed their lives defending American ideals. As we celebrate over a century of service to the nation and commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Korean War, we invite you to pay tribute to those Puerto Ricans and fellow Americans who served proudly. Visit these pages and remember and honor them."

  Killed in Action 1950 to 1953        POW'S              News from Korean War 

                                                    Wounded in Action

CartaDeCuba.Org: This website gives the reader the perspective of actually being in Cuba at the present time with all the first-hand information entering the website daily. The Spanish Language dominates the website but there is an English Section also: CartaDeCuba in English  "Carta de Cuba, la escritura de la Libertad"