In the 1930's when the U.S. Great Depression was at its zenith, a savior emerged, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Today, the present occupant of the White House is an incompetent who can not add 2 + 2 together.
The country is almost totally bankrupt, and several times recently it came very close to defaulting on its debts. The credit rating of the U.S. has been downgraded. The greenback is depreciating at an alarming rate. Wiemar Republic II is only a matter of time.
A gallon of milk used to cost 89 cents. Now, thanks to U.S. Capitalism, we have to pay around $3.70.
I used to pay 19 cents per gallon of gasoline when I was going to college. It has gone up to a high of close to $5.00 in some areas of the country.
Thank American Capitalism for the current state of affairs.
Here are a few details:
1) The unemployment rate has been at 9% or higher for more than three years.
2) 15 million unemployed, with another 10 million underemployed or who have given up looking for a job, because there are none to be had.
3) The National Debt is over $14 trillion dollars.
4) The housing market is in a state of depression, thanks to the schemes and scams invented and and put into practice by the two main capitalist parties.
5) Poverty keeps on growing.
6) People using food stamps to feed themselves are an all-time high.
7) The approval rating of the U.S. Congress is 12%.
8) The top 400 richest Americans only pay an effective tax rate of 18% and one know-nothing black GOP candidate for POTUS wants to lower it to 9% and impose an extremely recessive 9% National Sales Tax.
Thank American Capitalism for this state of affairs. It is time to replace this dying system with one that helps people, rather than currently having one that helps the banks, the super rich and Wall Street.
The answer my friend is laying in the wind!
SOCIALISM!
The faster we bury the stinking corpse, the faster that the stench of Capitalism will go away.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Caroline Heck-Miller
Fiscal que secuestra a René en Miami es viuda de exoficial de Inteligencia militar, que dio nombre a la operación CIA Peter Pan
JEAN-GUY ALLARD
Caroline Heck-Miller, la fiscal que niega a René González el derecho de regresar a Cuba y que rehusó perseguir a Luis Posada Carriles por terrorismo, es viuda de Gene Miller, un exoficial de Inteligencia militar en la guerra de Corea, anticomunista visceral, que el Miami Herald luego reclutó y quien le puso el nombre de Peter Pan a la operación CIA de rapto de niños cubanos.
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Impiden a estadounidenses consumir ron Havana Club
29 Septiembre 2011
Cuba denunció hoy que los norteamericanos están impedidos de consumir el ron Selección de Maestros, medalla de Platino en un certamen celebrado recientemente en Chicago, como consecuencia del bloqueo económico, financiero y comercial de EE.UU. contra la Isla.
La prohibición recrudece la agresión que desde casi cinco décadas Washington ejerce contra la nación caribeña, aseguró a la prensa Juan González Escalona, presidente de la Corporación Cuba Ron S.A.
El público de ese país no tiene la culpa de las erradas políticas de las sucesivas administraciones norteamericanas que le impiden degustar esa marca de ron cubana perteneciente a la firma Havana Club, afirmó González Escalona.
Selección de Maestros es considerado como un producto de élite dentro de la categoría Super- Premium y fue presentado el 2010 en la Feria Internacional de La Habana.
En su primer año esperan comercializar más de 30 mil cajas, al contar con una moderna planta productora en el municipio de San José de las Lajas, en la provincia de Mayabeque.
El objetivo del gobierno es evitar que Cuba tenga una presencia comercial en ese país, en el cual se consume el 17 por ciento de la producción mundial del ron tipo Premium o de alta calidad, del cual la Mayor de Las Antillas exporta lotes de primer nivel a otros mercados.
“La imposibilidad de acceder al mercado norteamericano con los rones cubanos, particularmente con la marca líder Havana Club, significa que se ha dejado de vender 2 millones 600 mil cajas de ron, que calculadas al precio promedio de facturación de Havana Club Internacional en el año 2010, representa una afectación económica del orden de 106 millones 132 mil dólares”.
Así expresa el informe que será presentado próximamente por Cuba ante la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas octubre próximo, bajo el título: “Necesidad de poner fin al bloqueo económico, comercial y financiero impuesto por los Estados Unidos de América contra Cuba”.
Actualmente las ventas de Havana Club sobrepasan los 3,8 millones de cajas de nueve litros a nivel mundial, que se distribuyen en más de 148 países.
Se trata de un renglón preferido, sobre todo, en Europa, aunque ya se incorporan consumidores de América, Asia y Oceanía.
(Con información de la AIN)
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JG: Barack Obama's HATE BRIGADES strike again!
I encourage all Cuba Journal readers to travel to the Bahamas, Dominican Republic or Canada and buy three bottles of Havana Club, drink it, and say: To your health Obama! Don't drive afterwards. Just listen to Compay Segundo's La Juma de Ayer.
Castro vows Cuba will change, but not through pressure from Obama
Friday, September 30, 2011
HAVANA – Former Cuban president Fidel Castro lashed out at US president Barack Obama yesterday for suggesting bilateral relations could improve if Cuba became more democratic, and he said the communist nation would not bow to US pressure.
He also said Mr Obama was being “stupid” over the case of five Cuban agents imprisoned for spying in the US, who Cuba believes have been treated unjustly.
In his latest opinion column published in Cuba’s state-run media, Castro said his country, which is in the midst of economic reforms, would change in the future, but not because of pressure from Mr Obama and the United States, its long-time ideological enemy.
“Many things will change in Cuba, but they will change by our own effort and in spite of the United States. Maybe before that empire falls,” he wrote.
Mr Obama said on Wednesday the United States was ready to improve relations with Cuba if the communist-led island embraced democracy and gave its people more freedom.
“If we see positive movement then we will respond in a positive way,” Mr Obama said.
“How nice! How intelligent!” Mr Castro responded. “So much kindness has not permitted him still to understand that 50 years of blockade and of crimes against our homeland have not been able to break our people.”
The Cuban government refers to the five-decade-old US trade embargo against the island as the “blockade”. Mr Castro (85) complained about the treatment of the five Cuban agents imprisoned in the United States since 1998 and in particular one, Rene Gonzalez, who is set to be released next week after serving his sentence.
US prosecutors have insisted that he remain in the United States for three more years on probation, which Cuba considers unfair. Havana has said he faces danger from anti-Castro Cubans if he does not return to Cuba.
“Such is how the empire responds to the growing global call for the freedom of [the agents],” Mr Castro wrote.
“If it were not that way, the empire would cease to be the empire and Obama would cease being stupid.” Castro has written three columns, or “reflections” as he calls them, this week after writing only one all summer.
He said he was working on a project that had taken precedence over the columns, but his long silence prompted a spate of rumours that his health was failing.
Health problems and age forced Mr Castro to formally cede the Cuban presidency to his younger brother Raul Castro in 2008 after ruling Cuba for 49 years.
On Monday, he described Mr Obama’s recent speech to the United Nations General Assembly as “gibberish”.
(Reuters)
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JG: Barack Obama has demonstrated, over and over again, that he is not a very intelligent person. The empire does NOT rule Cuba anymore . Could someone please tell him? Wake up and smell the roses!
HAVANA – Former Cuban president Fidel Castro lashed out at US president Barack Obama yesterday for suggesting bilateral relations could improve if Cuba became more democratic, and he said the communist nation would not bow to US pressure.
He also said Mr Obama was being “stupid” over the case of five Cuban agents imprisoned for spying in the US, who Cuba believes have been treated unjustly.
In his latest opinion column published in Cuba’s state-run media, Castro said his country, which is in the midst of economic reforms, would change in the future, but not because of pressure from Mr Obama and the United States, its long-time ideological enemy.
“Many things will change in Cuba, but they will change by our own effort and in spite of the United States. Maybe before that empire falls,” he wrote.
Mr Obama said on Wednesday the United States was ready to improve relations with Cuba if the communist-led island embraced democracy and gave its people more freedom.
“If we see positive movement then we will respond in a positive way,” Mr Obama said.
“How nice! How intelligent!” Mr Castro responded. “So much kindness has not permitted him still to understand that 50 years of blockade and of crimes against our homeland have not been able to break our people.”
The Cuban government refers to the five-decade-old US trade embargo against the island as the “blockade”. Mr Castro (85) complained about the treatment of the five Cuban agents imprisoned in the United States since 1998 and in particular one, Rene Gonzalez, who is set to be released next week after serving his sentence.
US prosecutors have insisted that he remain in the United States for three more years on probation, which Cuba considers unfair. Havana has said he faces danger from anti-Castro Cubans if he does not return to Cuba.
“Such is how the empire responds to the growing global call for the freedom of [the agents],” Mr Castro wrote.
“If it were not that way, the empire would cease to be the empire and Obama would cease being stupid.” Castro has written three columns, or “reflections” as he calls them, this week after writing only one all summer.
He said he was working on a project that had taken precedence over the columns, but his long silence prompted a spate of rumours that his health was failing.
Health problems and age forced Mr Castro to formally cede the Cuban presidency to his younger brother Raul Castro in 2008 after ruling Cuba for 49 years.
On Monday, he described Mr Obama’s recent speech to the United Nations General Assembly as “gibberish”.
(Reuters)
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JG: Barack Obama has demonstrated, over and over again, that he is not a very intelligent person. The empire does NOT rule Cuba anymore . Could someone please tell him? Wake up and smell the roses!
♫ 1980's Music Veekend Begins! ~ Aughra
End, begin, all the same. Big change. Sometimes good. Sometimes bad.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Cuba's Youngest Cultural Ambassadors Make Rare U.S. Appearance
By La Colmenita
Last modified: 2011-09-29T13:10:57Z
Published: Thursday, Sep. 29, 2011 - 6:10 am
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- La Colmenita, an internationally acclaimed Cuban children's theater group and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, is bringing its high-energy mix of theatrics and song to Washington, New York and San Francisco, with a private performance at the United Nations Oct. 24
The Oct. 15-29 tour, which is sponsored by the New York-based Brownstone Foundation, will give American audiences a unique opportunity to meet some of Cuba's most talented young people, a generation that has been raised in the shadow of a decades-long U.S. embargo.
Since its formation in 1990, La Colmenita, which translates to "The Little Beehive," has charmed audiences in more than 25 countries. Fans of the group include actors Susan Sarandon, Danny Glover and Mike Farrell and singers Jackson Browne and Harry Belafonte. British actress Vanessa Redgrave called them "The Soul of Cuba."
During its two-week visit, the cast of La Colmenita looks forward to forging friendships with young Americans. Their visit comes at an important moment in U.S.-Cuba relations, with leaders in both countries acknowledging the importance of cultural diplomacy.
La Colmenita productions are often based on familiar fairy tales and music, but with a creative Cuban twist. La Cucarachita Martina tells the story of Martina, a beautiful cockroach in search of a suitor who can capture her heart with his music. Abracadabra, which was written by children, touches on the U.S.-Cuba relationship. In the play, a teacher takes her students on a journey in search of truth and justice.
This is La Colmenita's second visit to the United States. The tour begins in Washington with performances at the Kay Chapel at American University Oct. 15 and the Duke Ellington School of the Arts Oct. 19. In New York, they will perform at Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture Oct. 21 and PS 154 – The Harriet Tubman Learning Center Oct. 22. In northern California, they will be at the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts Oct. 26 and Fort Mason Center in San Francisco Oct. 28 and 29. They will also be holding private performances at several schools. Plays will be performed in Spanish with English supertitles.
For show times and ticket information visit: www.lacolmenitacuba.com.
SOURCE La Colmenita
As published by the Sacramento Bee
Last modified: 2011-09-29T13:10:57Z
Published: Thursday, Sep. 29, 2011 - 6:10 am
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- La Colmenita, an internationally acclaimed Cuban children's theater group and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, is bringing its high-energy mix of theatrics and song to Washington, New York and San Francisco, with a private performance at the United Nations Oct. 24
The Oct. 15-29 tour, which is sponsored by the New York-based Brownstone Foundation, will give American audiences a unique opportunity to meet some of Cuba's most talented young people, a generation that has been raised in the shadow of a decades-long U.S. embargo.
Since its formation in 1990, La Colmenita, which translates to "The Little Beehive," has charmed audiences in more than 25 countries. Fans of the group include actors Susan Sarandon, Danny Glover and Mike Farrell and singers Jackson Browne and Harry Belafonte. British actress Vanessa Redgrave called them "The Soul of Cuba."
During its two-week visit, the cast of La Colmenita looks forward to forging friendships with young Americans. Their visit comes at an important moment in U.S.-Cuba relations, with leaders in both countries acknowledging the importance of cultural diplomacy.
La Colmenita productions are often based on familiar fairy tales and music, but with a creative Cuban twist. La Cucarachita Martina tells the story of Martina, a beautiful cockroach in search of a suitor who can capture her heart with his music. Abracadabra, which was written by children, touches on the U.S.-Cuba relationship. In the play, a teacher takes her students on a journey in search of truth and justice.
This is La Colmenita's second visit to the United States. The tour begins in Washington with performances at the Kay Chapel at American University Oct. 15 and the Duke Ellington School of the Arts Oct. 19. In New York, they will perform at Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture Oct. 21 and PS 154 – The Harriet Tubman Learning Center Oct. 22. In northern California, they will be at the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts Oct. 26 and Fort Mason Center in San Francisco Oct. 28 and 29. They will also be holding private performances at several schools. Plays will be performed in Spanish with English supertitles.
For show times and ticket information visit: www.lacolmenitacuba.com.
SOURCE La Colmenita
As published by the Sacramento Bee
BaseballdeCuba.com: Historia de la Copa Mundial/World Cup History › I-X (1938-1948)
Jugadores del primer equipo Cuba campeón en una Serie Mundial de Béisbol Amateur. La foto corresponde a la II Serie Mundial celebrada en el Estadio La Tropical de La Habana en 1939. My congratulations to Peter C. Bjarkman and his team for a great article.
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Fidel Castro: la Verguenza Supervisada de Obama
No por brutal, torpe y esperada dejó de indignar la noticia de que una jueza yanki del Distrito Sur de la Florida, denegó a René González, héroe antiterrorista cubano, después de cumplir la sentencia injusta que le impusieron, el derecho a regresar al seno de su familia en Cuba.
Luego de 13 años de cruel e inmerecida prisión, el gobierno de Estados Unidos —que engendró monstruos como Posada Carriles y Orlando Bosch, quienes como agentes de la Central de Inteligencia yanki hicieron estallar en pleno vuelo un avión cubano repleto de pasajeros— obliga a René a permanecer en esa nación, donde quedará a merced de asesinos impunes durante tres largos años bajo un calificado régimen de "libertad" supervisada. En prisión injusta y vengativa continuarán por largos años de confinamiento otros tres héroes cubanos, y uno más condenado a prisión perpetua por dos veces. Así responde el imperio al creciente reclamo mundial por la libertad de los mismos.
Si así no fuera, el imperio dejaría de ser imperio; y Obama, dejaría de ser tonto.
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JG: Because René has been forced to stay in South Florida, he and his friends should be very alert about possible assassination attempts coming from the Miami fascists. I applaud and commend him for what he did. The empire does not like it when their favorite terrorists in Miami are being closely watched.
Barack Obama gives refuge and protection to the favorite terrorist of the empire in the Western Hemisphere. What a hypocrite is Obama when he talks about terrorism.
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Reuters: Fidel Castro lashes out at Obama, U.S. policy
Luego de 13 años de cruel e inmerecida prisión, el gobierno de Estados Unidos —que engendró monstruos como Posada Carriles y Orlando Bosch, quienes como agentes de la Central de Inteligencia yanki hicieron estallar en pleno vuelo un avión cubano repleto de pasajeros— obliga a René a permanecer en esa nación, donde quedará a merced de asesinos impunes durante tres largos años bajo un calificado régimen de "libertad" supervisada. En prisión injusta y vengativa continuarán por largos años de confinamiento otros tres héroes cubanos, y uno más condenado a prisión perpetua por dos veces. Así responde el imperio al creciente reclamo mundial por la libertad de los mismos.
Si así no fuera, el imperio dejaría de ser imperio; y Obama, dejaría de ser tonto.
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JG: Because René has been forced to stay in South Florida, he and his friends should be very alert about possible assassination attempts coming from the Miami fascists. I applaud and commend him for what he did. The empire does not like it when their favorite terrorists in Miami are being closely watched.
Barack Obama gives refuge and protection to the favorite terrorist of the empire in the Western Hemisphere. What a hypocrite is Obama when he talks about terrorism.
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Reuters: Fidel Castro lashes out at Obama, U.S. policy
Barack Obama: the One Term President
What a disaster Barack Obama has been. The American people thought that they were electing a better president. How wrong we were.
I am going to put aside the Cuba issue for a a couple of seconds. Under the leadership of the guy that promised us 'change you can believe in' things in the U.S. have deteriorated to a breaking point. After three years, the economy continues to go downhill. After three years we have an unemployment rate of 9.01%. After three years the national debt and the fiscal deficits have gone to the stratosphere. He escalated the quagmire in Afghanistan and started, with the help of his NATO thugs, a genocidal war in Libya. What an affront to his Nobel Peace Prize!
Barack Obama has a record now, and it is not petty.
On the Cuba issue, the main theme of this blog, Barack Obama has continued to pander to the Miami fascists and has strengthened the blockade/embargo, covering himself with a fig leaf of timid and weak relaxation of Cuba travel. The fact of the matter is that this paladin on “freedom and democracy” still prohibits travel to the Caribbean island for the vast majority of Americans. And his black shirts at OFAC continue to rake in millions of dollars for minuscule “violations” of the blockade/embargo that he is still promoting.
Barack Obama has a record now and it is not pretty.
He is a liar and an incompetent and does not deserve to be re-elected.
Do not despair people! Barack Obama is Kaput. Nothing can save him. In November of 2012 he will get what he richly deserves: a boot in his rear end.
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Here is the latest today from Obama, who still does not realize that Cuba no longer has to jumps through hoops when the empire pontificates.
Reuters
The United States is ready to change its stern policy toward Cuba but has not seen steps from Havana that would justify lifting its embargo, President Barack Obama said yesterday.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez called Obama’s remarks “old and repetitive” in response to questions from reporters in Brasilia yesterday.
Rodriguez said Cuba maintains its commitment to normalize relations with the United States, but Washington has not responded to Cuban offers of cooperation in fighting drug trafficking, terrorism and natural disasters.
“There is always an abyss between statements from President Obama and reality,” Rodriguez said.
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro accused Obama on Monday of talking “gibberish” in his recent speech to the United Nations and said NATO’s actions in Libya were a “monstrous crime.”
He sounds like a parrot repeating worn out talking points. He will never learn! He does not know what reality means if it was staring him on his face.
I am going to put aside the Cuba issue for a a couple of seconds. Under the leadership of the guy that promised us 'change you can believe in' things in the U.S. have deteriorated to a breaking point. After three years, the economy continues to go downhill. After three years we have an unemployment rate of 9.01%. After three years the national debt and the fiscal deficits have gone to the stratosphere. He escalated the quagmire in Afghanistan and started, with the help of his NATO thugs, a genocidal war in Libya. What an affront to his Nobel Peace Prize!
Barack Obama has a record now, and it is not petty.
On the Cuba issue, the main theme of this blog, Barack Obama has continued to pander to the Miami fascists and has strengthened the blockade/embargo, covering himself with a fig leaf of timid and weak relaxation of Cuba travel. The fact of the matter is that this paladin on “freedom and democracy” still prohibits travel to the Caribbean island for the vast majority of Americans. And his black shirts at OFAC continue to rake in millions of dollars for minuscule “violations” of the blockade/embargo that he is still promoting.
Barack Obama has a record now and it is not pretty.
He is a liar and an incompetent and does not deserve to be re-elected.
Do not despair people! Barack Obama is Kaput. Nothing can save him. In November of 2012 he will get what he richly deserves: a boot in his rear end.
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Here is the latest today from Obama, who still does not realize that Cuba no longer has to jumps through hoops when the empire pontificates.
Reuters
The United States is ready to change its stern policy toward Cuba but has not seen steps from Havana that would justify lifting its embargo, President Barack Obama said yesterday.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez called Obama’s remarks “old and repetitive” in response to questions from reporters in Brasilia yesterday.
Rodriguez said Cuba maintains its commitment to normalize relations with the United States, but Washington has not responded to Cuban offers of cooperation in fighting drug trafficking, terrorism and natural disasters.
“There is always an abyss between statements from President Obama and reality,” Rodriguez said.
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro accused Obama on Monday of talking “gibberish” in his recent speech to the United Nations and said NATO’s actions in Libya were a “monstrous crime.”
He sounds like a parrot repeating worn out talking points. He will never learn! He does not know what reality means if it was staring him on his face.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
What an idiot!
Bachmann warns 'Hezbollah plans Cuba Missiles'
The less intelligent of all GOP POTUS candidates, Michelle Bachmann, is squawking again:
“And the question was asked, should we normalize trading with Cuba? Why would you normalize trading with a country that sponsors terror?” Cuba — there’s reports that have come out that Cuba has been working with another terrorist organization called Hezbollah. And Hezbollah is potentially looking at wanting to be part of missile sites in Iran."
At least, she is brunette, so I can not call her a dumb blond.
Source: America Blog
The less intelligent of all GOP POTUS candidates, Michelle Bachmann, is squawking again:
“And the question was asked, should we normalize trading with Cuba? Why would you normalize trading with a country that sponsors terror?” Cuba — there’s reports that have come out that Cuba has been working with another terrorist organization called Hezbollah. And Hezbollah is potentially looking at wanting to be part of missile sites in Iran."
At least, she is brunette, so I can not call her a dumb blond.
Source: America Blog
Up Goes the Curtain! ¡Se Alza el Telón!
Act 1
It is the year of our Lord, 2159, and the great-great-great grandson of Barack H. Obama is addressing the members of the “Down with Castro Society” at the Versailles Restaurant in Calle Ocho, Miami, Florida.
“My fellow members: this is the year when we will harvest the fruits of our crop. I can assure you that we are going to witness a new dawn in Cuba next month. The Castro dictatorship is coming to a close. Count on it! This is the moment that we have been waiting for! YES WE CAN! Freedom and democracy is coming for the long suffering masses in the island of our great-great-great grandparents.”
Down Goes the Curtain! ¡Se Baja el Telón!
Act 2
Up Goes the Curtain! ¡Se Alza el telón!
Year 2160: the meeting of the “Down with Castro Society” has been moved to the new and improved “Big Five Club.” Valet Parking: $23,350.99, includes a car-wash by the Medellín and Tijuana Cartels.
Key Note Speaker: Blah! Blah! Blah! Blah!Blah! Blah! Blah! Blah! Yada! Yada! Yada! Yada! Yada! This is the 'change you can believe in' we promised you in 2008!
Down Goes the Curtain! ¡Se Baja el Telón!
What is the name of this play?
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! in two acts.
It is the year of our Lord, 2159, and the great-great-great grandson of Barack H. Obama is addressing the members of the “Down with Castro Society” at the Versailles Restaurant in Calle Ocho, Miami, Florida.
“My fellow members: this is the year when we will harvest the fruits of our crop. I can assure you that we are going to witness a new dawn in Cuba next month. The Castro dictatorship is coming to a close. Count on it! This is the moment that we have been waiting for! YES WE CAN! Freedom and democracy is coming for the long suffering masses in the island of our great-great-great grandparents.”
Down Goes the Curtain! ¡Se Baja el Telón!
Act 2
Up Goes the Curtain! ¡Se Alza el telón!
Year 2160: the meeting of the “Down with Castro Society” has been moved to the new and improved “Big Five Club.” Valet Parking: $23,350.99, includes a car-wash by the Medellín and Tijuana Cartels.
Key Note Speaker: Blah! Blah! Blah! Blah!Blah! Blah! Blah! Blah! Yada! Yada! Yada! Yada! Yada! This is the 'change you can believe in' we promised you in 2008!
Down Goes the Curtain! ¡Se Baja el Telón!
What is the name of this play?
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! in two acts.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Speech (in Spanish) of Cuba's Foreign Minister before the 66th U.N. General Assembly
Foto: Asamblea de ONU.
DISCURSO DEL MINISTRO DE RELACIONES EXTERIORES BRUNO RODRÍGUEZ, EN EL DEBATE GENERAL DEL 66 PERÍODO DE SESIONES DE LA ASAMBLEA GENERAL DE LA ONU. NUEVA YORK, 26 DE SEPTIEMBRE DEL 2011
Señora Presidenta:
Me complace dar la bienvenida al Gobierno de Sudán del Sur como Estado miembro de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas.
Me sumo al llamado de los líderes africanos a dar una respuesta internacional urgente y efectiva a la hambruna en el Cuerno de África.
Señora Presidenta:
Mientras aquí deliberamos, transcurre en Libia otra "guerra preventiva", con el pretexto de "la protección de civiles". Los Estados Unidos y la OTAN, supuestamente para evitar una masacre, atacaron militarmente a un Estado soberano, sin que mediara amenaza alguna a la paz y la seguridad internacionales y desataron una operación de "cambio de régimen".
La OTAN impuso al Consejo de Seguridad una cuestionable resolución que autorizó "a los Estados Miembros …a que, actuando a título nacional o por conducto de organizaciones o acuerdos regionales.., adopten todas las medidas necesarias, para proteger a los civiles y a las zonas pobladas por civiles que estén bajo amenaza de ataque".
Después, se produjo la violación de esta misma resolución, por parte de la OTAN, para suministrar armamento, financiar a una parte y desplegar personal operativo y diplomático en el terreno.
Ahora todos comprenden mejor qué es y para qué puede usarse la "responsabilidad de proteger".
En esta guerra, además del empleo de las tecnologías militares más avanzadas y letales, los medios de comunicación han sido utilizados como armas en combate por los emporios financiero-mediáticos que lucran con la guerra y la reconstrucción como instrumentos anti-crisis.
Tan temprano como el 21 de febrero, el Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz, había advertido que la OTAN preparaba, de manera inevitable, una guerra contra Libia. Desde entonces, fue infatigable la defensa por Cuba, no de un gobierno, sino de un principio: es inaceptable el asesinato de miles de personas inocentes con el dudoso objetivo de proteger a otros civiles. La historia demuestra también con elocuencia que la paz no puede imponerse ni por la guerra ni por la fuerza.
Sólo corresponde al pueblo libio determinar sus destinos, sin intervención extranjera, en ejercicio del derecho a la autodeterminación, a la independencia, a la soberanía sobre sus recursos naturales y a la integridad de su territorio.
La intervención militar en Libia y la creciente amenaza a Siria han sido las respuestas oportunistas y defensivas de Estados Unidos y de Europa al colapso de su sistema de dominación y saqueo en África Norte y Medio Oriente, al surgimiento de movimientos genuinamente populares en Túnez, Egipto y otros países; para asegurarse grandes reservas de petróleo, agua y confiscar activos financieros en tiempos de crisis económica y social global.
Corresponde a esta Asamblea General ejercer todas sus facultades para impedir que se desate una agresión militar contra Siria. La opinión pública debe recibir información objetiva y expresarse contra la guerra.
Señora Presidenta:
El presidente Barack Obama, en sus amenazadores, engañosos y retóricos discursos del 20 y 21 de septiembre pasados, proclamó lo ocurrido en Libia como un nuevo modelo. Dijo que, y cito, "esta es la manera en que la comunidad internacional debe trabajar en el siglo XXI –más naciones están asumiendo la responsabilidad y los costos del enfrentamiento a los desafíos globales. De hecho, este es el verdadero propósito de las Naciones Unidas. Por tanto, cada una de las naciones representadas aquí hoy puede sentirse orgullosa de las vidas inocentes que nosotros salvamos y de haber ayudado a los libios a recuperar su país. Lo que se hizo, fue lo correcto".
Por su parte, un alto funcionario de la Casa Blanca, escribe en la revista Foreign Affairs, que "la nueva estrategia de Estados Unidos es más eficaz y menos costosa.., la del gobierno de Bush considera la ocupación.., la de Obama es una liberación nacional… La estrategia de la intervención militar en Libia podría aplicarse también en otros casos".
Con todo cinismo, se alude a una agresión militar sin bajas, ni tropas terrestres, cuyos costos recaen fundamentalmente en Europa. A la desestabilización de un país mediante la subversión, las operaciones encubiertas y las sanciones económicas se le llama, en esta doctrina, "desarrollo de un movimiento nacional".
Este nuevo modelo de operaciones de "cambio de régimen" demuestra que las actuales doctrinas militares de los Estados Unidos y de la OTAN son aun más agresivas que las precedentes y que la llamada "periferia euroatlántica" abarca al resto del planeta.
Nadie podría tener dudas de que América Latina y el Caribe están incluidos en esta concepción. El redespliegue de la IV Flota, el desarrollo de bases, fuerzas y medios militares para intervenir en cualquier punto de la región; el golpe de estado contra Venezuela del 2002 y luego el golpe petrolero; la sedición en Santa Cruz en Bolivia, el golpe militar en Honduras y el intento de golpe en Ecuador encajan perfectamente en la "nueva estrategia".
¿Pueden hoy dar garantías Estados Unidos y la OTAN de que el uso de la fuerza y este concepto de "cambio de régimen", no es aplicable en el caso de los países de la América Latina y el Caribe que no se sometan a sus intereses? ¿Puede decir algo al respecto la Unión Europea? ¿Qué harían las Naciones Unidas en esa eventual situación?
Señora Presidenta:
La debilidad de la economía global, en particular la de Estados Unidos y Europa, sigue mostrando que la crisis económica iniciada en el año 2008 no ha sido superada.
En los países desarrollados, el peso terrible de sus consecuencias se descarga sobre los trabajadores, los desempleados, los inmigrantes y los pobres, a quienes se reprime brutalmente cuando defienden pacíficamente sus derechos.
Los países del Sur, siempre expoliados, padecemos las distorsiones de un orden económico mundial que excluye nuestros intereses legítimos. Sufrimos el impacto terrible del proteccionismo y del sostenido incremento de los precios de los alimentos y los hidrocarburos. Las poblaciones de muchos países en desarrollo son víctimas del agotamiento del modelo económico neoliberal y de sus secuelas de saqueo y exclusión. Las consecuencias sociales y políticas se sienten en todos los continentes.
Señora Presidenta:
En las circunstancias de una crisis económica global y del agotamiento de los recursos naturales del planeta, ¿cuál será la respuesta de las fuerzas extremistas de derecha que están o lleguen al poder como resultado del castigo y la desesperanza de los electores?
Frente al creciente y universal peligro de la guerra, de un nuevo reparto del mundo y del cambio climático, ¿podremos actuar unidos los países del Sur como condición indispensable para salvarnos?
Ante tantos y serios peligros, América Latina y el Caribe, la de Bolívar y Martí, se integra, resuelta a hacer lo que ellos dejaron sin terminar. No se podrá dividirnos ni enfrentarnos. El ALBA es un pequeño pero moralmente poderoso haz de pueblos y la nueva Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños es un hecho. Toda la fuerza de los Andes se expresará pronto en una Cumbre que será un parto histórico en Caracas, el epicentro de la independencia americana, donde un pueblo bolivariano ha conquistado el poder y un líder continental, el Presidente Hugo Chávez Frías, se agiganta.
Más que nunca, hay que defender a las Naciones Unidas, pero el mayor desafío es convertirlas en una organización que sirva a los intereses legítimos de todos los Estados, en vez de a las arbitrariedades y abusos de unos pocos países ricos y poderosos. Hay que hacer prevalecer el Derecho Internacional y los Propósitos y Principios de la Carta ante la fuerza bruta que intenta barrerlos.
Es necesario restablecer el papel rector de esta Asamblea y refundar el Consejo de Seguridad.
Señora Presidenta:
La Asamblea General tiene la ineludible obligación moral, política y jurídica de garantizar el reconocimiento de un Estado palestino independiente, en las fronteras anteriores a 1967 y con capital en Jerusalén Oriental, como Miembro pleno de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas.
Debe hacerlo con o sin el Consejo de Seguridad, con veto norteamericano o sin él, con o sin nuevas negociaciones de paz.
Si se reconoce el derecho inalienable del pueblo palestino a la independencia, la soberanía y la autodeterminación; si se reconoce que hay que restablecer el ejercicio de los derechos humanos de los palestinos; si se acepta que el bloqueo a Gaza, la coerción económica, y la segregación que simboliza el infame muro, son crímenes; si el sometimiento de una nación a condiciones que amenazan su existencia tipifica como genocidio, si es que los Estados Miembros deben adoptar todas las medidas lícitas a su alcance para garantizar la protección de los civiles palestinos, la Asamblea General debe actuar ahora.
Cuba, de la que es parte una pequeña comunidad hebrea, condena asimismo la injusticia histórica del antisemitismo, el crimen contra la Humanidad que fue el Holocausto y reconoce también el derecho del Estado de Israel a su existencia. Nuestro pueblo sólo alberga sentimientos de fraternidad hacia el pueblo israelita también víctima de este conflicto.
Igual proclama que Estados Unidos tiene la obligación moral, política y jurídica de cesar el veto continuo a las resoluciones del Consejo de Seguridad destinadas a proteger a los civiles palestinos.
La Unión Europea debiera oponerse a ese veto y abstenerse de apoyar al imperio en la presión brutal que ejerce sobre los Miembros de esta Asamblea y del propio Consejo. Debiera Europa denunciar también, porque es cierto y justo, que esos crímenes no estarían ocurriendo sin el suministro militar, el sostén financiero y la impunidad que Estados Unidos garantiza al gobierno de Israel.
Señora Presidenta:
El 11 de septiembre del 2001, los cubanos compartimos el dolor del pueblo norteamericano ante aquellos atroces actos terroristas y le ofrecimos solidaridad, aliento y cooperación desinteresada. Como siempre, Cuba se expresó entonces, con meridiana claridad, contra el terrorismo y contra la guerra.
Diez años después, el mundo es aun más inseguro porque, en vez de convertir el consenso mundial contra el terrorismo en un sistema de cooperación internacional para hacerle frente, los Estados Unidos han invadido y ocupado a Iraq y Afganistán, provocado la muerte de cientos de miles de personas y el sufrimiento de decenas de millones.
No pudo ocultarse el uso del engaño, la tortura, los asesinatos o ejecuciones extrajudiciales, la desaparición de personas, las detenciones arbitrarias, los vuelos y las cárceles secretas de la CIA en Europa y otras regiones.
El gobierno de Estados Unidos ofende la memoria de las víctimas del 11 de septiembre, cuando mantiene en prolongado e inhumano encarcelamiento a los cinco luchadores antiterroristas cubanos, condenados injustamente a penas de máxima severidad, en procesos judiciales espurios, por buscar información sobre la actividad terrorista de grupos que han operado con absoluta impunidad, desde territorio norteamericano, contra Cuba y provocado la muerte o discapacidad de 5577 de nuestros ciudadanos.
Insto respetuosamente, una vez más, al Presidente Obama a que use sus facultades para ponerlos en libertad como acto de justicia o gesto humanitario que sería apreciado profundamente por sus hijos, esposas, madres, padres y por todo nuestro pueblo.
Señora Presidenta:
El gobierno cubano reitera su disposición e interés en avanzar hacia la normalización de relaciones con los Estados Unidos. Reitero hoy la propuesta de iniciar un diálogo dirigido a la solución de los problemas bilaterales, incluidos los asuntos humanitarios, igual que la oferta de negociar acuerdos de cooperación contra el narcotráfico, el terrorismo, el tráfico de personas, los desastres naturales y la protección del medio ambiente, incluso frente a derrames de petróleo como el ocurrido en la plataforma de la British Petroleum, en el Golfo de México.
Sabemos, sin embargo, que la carrera electoral ya ha comenzado en este país, mientras la economía se agrava.
El bloqueo económico, comercial y financiero contra Cuba se intensifica y alcanza ya daños acumulados por 975 miles de millones de dólares, al valor actual del oro. El intento de subvertir el orden constitucional elegido libremente por los cubanos se acentúa.
Aumenta la presión de la ultraderecha y de la mafia de origen cubano para revertir las mínimas acciones adoptadas por el gobierno norteamericano que favorecen, en alguna medida, los vínculos de la emigración cubana con su Nación y los intercambios entre ambos pueblos.
En Cuba, el presidente Raúl Castro Ruz ha reiterado que continuaremos cambiando, de manera soberana, todo lo que deba ser cambiado, para hacer más eficiente nuestra economía y mejor nuestro socialismo. Para "conquistar toda la justicia" y preservar plena toda nuestra independencia.
Como quería Martí, "antes que cejar en el empeño de hacer libre y próspera a la Patria, se unirá el mar del Sur al mar del Norte y nacerá una serpiente de un huevo de águila".
Muchas gracias.
Monday, September 26, 2011
The U.S. received more repudiation today on its genocidal Cuba blockade/embargo
Pretty soon the United States, and its President, Barack H. Obama will be all alone. Total isolation by the world community of nations. That is what the world gave to Germany's Third Reich in the 1930-40's and that is what the U.S. is receiving today, not only on the Cuba issue, but also on the request by the Palestinian Authority to be admitted as a new U.N. member state.
That is very sad, because the American people are good people. But they are governed by two alternating capitalist parties that are thoroughly corrupt and dishonest.
Today, at the United Nations General Assembly, the member states heard the speeches of dignitaries of two sovereign countries, Uruguay and Lesotho.
Danilo Astory, vice-president of Uruguay, said that the U.S. embargo against Cuba goes against the Charter of the United Nations.
Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho, pronounced himself in favor of the elimination of the genocidal blockade of the U.S. against Cuba.
The new Emperor of the U.S. has been shown to have no clothes! Naked before the world!
The American people have to be patient. Obama's approval rating is an at all-time low and I am confident that his term will end on January 20, 2013.
That is very sad, because the American people are good people. But they are governed by two alternating capitalist parties that are thoroughly corrupt and dishonest.
Today, at the United Nations General Assembly, the member states heard the speeches of dignitaries of two sovereign countries, Uruguay and Lesotho.
Danilo Astory, vice-president of Uruguay, said that the U.S. embargo against Cuba goes against the Charter of the United Nations.
Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho, pronounced himself in favor of the elimination of the genocidal blockade of the U.S. against Cuba.
The new Emperor of the U.S. has been shown to have no clothes! Naked before the world!
The American people have to be patient. Obama's approval rating is an at all-time low and I am confident that his term will end on January 20, 2013.
www.cubasi.cu will transmit today "LIVE' the speech of Cuba's Foreign Minister at the United Nations
The speech will be transmitted between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Cubavisión, Cubavisión Internacional, Radio Rebelde and Radio Habana Cuba will also carry the transmission LIVE.
Cuba Journal has a link to Cubavisión Internacional on the right column of our blog.
This promises to be a very important speech for Bruno Rodriguez. Yankee imperialism is trying to stop the admission of Palestine to the United Nations.
Lets meet here at the appointed time.
LONG LIVE PALESTINE! STOP GENOCIDAL ZIONISM!
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4:28 p.m. Bruno Rodriguez speech before the U.N. General Assembly has started.
Right now he is condemning the war that American imperialism and its NATO thugs have imposed on Libya.
He is now condemning the actions of Barack Obama.
4:36 p.m. He is now talking about the economic crisis in Europe and the United States.
4:37 p.m. This is a consequence of neo-liberal policies that do not work.
4:38 p.m. The countries of the South have to unite against these war-mongering policies of the U.S. and NATO.
4:30 p.m. He is now asking for the recognition of a new Palestinian nation.
4:42 p.m. He is now condemning the never ending vetoes of the U.S. at the U.N. Security Council.
4:43 p.m. Ten years after 9/11 the U.S has invaded and occupied Iraq and Afghanistan. Tortures, disappearances and secret prison are the norm now and are used constantly by the imperialist powers.
4:46 p.m. Obama has increased the blockade/embargo of Cuba.
4:47 p.m. Cuba will continue improving its system.
4:48 p.m. The speech ends.
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It was short, sweet, and to the point. Obama is no different than Bush. He will get his due on November 2012.
As a Cuban-American, I condemn Barack Obama's thuggish policies. Not only is he incompetent, he is a consummate liar. On his watch the U.S, has continued to go downhill. The U.S. has few friends other that the criminal Zionists in Israel and the criminal drug cartels which practically control and run Colombia and Mexico.
Cubavisión, Cubavisión Internacional, Radio Rebelde and Radio Habana Cuba will also carry the transmission LIVE.
Cuba Journal has a link to Cubavisión Internacional on the right column of our blog.
This promises to be a very important speech for Bruno Rodriguez. Yankee imperialism is trying to stop the admission of Palestine to the United Nations.
Lets meet here at the appointed time.
LONG LIVE PALESTINE! STOP GENOCIDAL ZIONISM!
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4:28 p.m. Bruno Rodriguez speech before the U.N. General Assembly has started.
Right now he is condemning the war that American imperialism and its NATO thugs have imposed on Libya.
He is now condemning the actions of Barack Obama.
4:36 p.m. He is now talking about the economic crisis in Europe and the United States.
4:37 p.m. This is a consequence of neo-liberal policies that do not work.
4:38 p.m. The countries of the South have to unite against these war-mongering policies of the U.S. and NATO.
4:30 p.m. He is now asking for the recognition of a new Palestinian nation.
4:42 p.m. He is now condemning the never ending vetoes of the U.S. at the U.N. Security Council.
4:43 p.m. Ten years after 9/11 the U.S has invaded and occupied Iraq and Afghanistan. Tortures, disappearances and secret prison are the norm now and are used constantly by the imperialist powers.
4:46 p.m. Obama has increased the blockade/embargo of Cuba.
4:47 p.m. Cuba will continue improving its system.
4:48 p.m. The speech ends.
------
It was short, sweet, and to the point. Obama is no different than Bush. He will get his due on November 2012.
As a Cuban-American, I condemn Barack Obama's thuggish policies. Not only is he incompetent, he is a consummate liar. On his watch the U.S, has continued to go downhill. The U.S. has few friends other that the criminal Zionists in Israel and the criminal drug cartels which practically control and run Colombia and Mexico.
Cuarto bate cubano augura triunfo en Mundial de béisbol
Lunes, 26 de Septiembre de 2011 00:29
www.cubasi.cu
El cuarto bate del equipo Cuba de béisbol, Alfredo Despaigne, declaró hoy en exclusiva con Prensa Latina que es un honor ocupar ese turno en la alineación ofensiva y garantizó la conquista del título en la Copa Mundial Panamá-2011.
«Para todo pelotero es muy significativo estar aquí representando a Cuba, imagínate ser el cuarto bate, es algo único, una gran responsabilidad», exaltó el jardinero izquierdo, recordista absoluto de cuadrangulares en copas del orbe, con 11.
El equipo cubano debutará el próximo 2 de octubre ante Australia en la XXXIX Copa Mundial de béisbol, dispuesta a realizarse en varias ciudades panameñas.
Para Alfredo Despaigne «el objetivo principal es alcanzar el primer lugar, aquí no vinimos ni por el segundo ni por el tercero, estamos en Panamá bien enfocados para llevarnos el título y dedicárselo al pueblo cubano que tanto se lo merece».
«Tenemos la autoestima muy alta y la disposición para hacer grandes cosas», destacó el internacional cubano al término del entrenamiento, en el que los jugadores antillanos realizaron trabajo con pesas en la mañana y cumplieron con una exhaustiva preparación de bateo y fildeo en la tarde.
Despaigne dijo además que cada oportunidad ofensiva de este campeonato la afrontará con mayor madurez, aunque tendrá que mejorar su concentración en el plato y «sacar paciencia de donde no la haya».
«Estoy interiorizando el estudio de los lanzadores contrarios desde el primer pitcheo del partido, eso me ayudará en la lectura del juego, aunque la verdad soy muy agresivo en el home, hasta un poco desesperado», anunció el toletero antillano, integrante del equipo nacional al II Clásico Mundial.
Cuba comenzará mañana ante Panamá una serie de tres partidos de práctica de cara al inminente torneo. Un día después chocará frente a Venezuela y el miércoles enfrentará por segunda ocasión al conjunto canalero.
Fidel Castro criticizes Obama U.N. speech
Ex-Cuban leader Fidel Castro, seen here on April 19, 2011, has been largely silent in the last few months.From: CNN
From: Granma (En Español)
English Translation
By Shasta Darlington, CNN
updated 10:29 AM EST, Mon September 26, 2011
Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro ended a long writing hiatus Monday, penning a three-page essay printed in state media slamming U.S. President Barack Obama's speech to the United Nations last week.
"Who understands the gibberish of the President of the United States speaking before the United Nations?" Castro wrote in his so-called "Reflection."
He also accused NATO of "monstrous crimes" in Libya and wrote that in Syria, "Yankee aggression could lead to an even more terrifying massacre than in Libya."
It was Castro's first Reflection in almost three months. The 85-year-old former leader has been largely out of view and silent for the last couple of months.
Fidel Castro gave an interview to an anchor from Venezuelan state TV earlier this month, but only the audio was broadcast.
He said in the essay his writing would be continued tomorrow.
Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales in Havana
JG: Hillary and Obama probably are running to the drugstore to buy Maalox.
The Cuban People Reject the Provocations of a Group that Is Financed by the U.S.
BBC
24 September 2011 Last updated at 21:04 ET
Government supporters in Cuba have prevented the "Ladies in White" dissident group from holding a protest march in the capital, Havana.
Shouting insults and slogans, a crowd of hundreds massed outside the home of the group's leader, Laura Pollan.
JG: We all know who gives employ and juicy checks to these non-ladies.
Dissidents, my foot. They are mercenaries!
24 September 2011 Last updated at 21:04 ET
Government supporters in Cuba have prevented the "Ladies in White" dissident group from holding a protest march in the capital, Havana.
Shouting insults and slogans, a crowd of hundreds massed outside the home of the group's leader, Laura Pollan.
JG: We all know who gives employ and juicy checks to these non-ladies.
Dissidents, my foot. They are mercenaries!
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Adele Laurie Blue Adkins is a British singer-songwriter.adele Laurieborn 5 May 1988), known professionally as Adele, She was the first recipient of the Brit Awards Critics' Choice and was named the number-1 predicted breakthrough act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2008. Since her debut album 19, Adele has received much recognition both commercially and critically. The album debuted at number 1, and has been certified 4x platinum in the UK. Her career in the US was boosted by a viewer record breaking Saturday Night Live episode in late 2008. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, Adele won the awards for New best Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Adele Laurie released her 2nd album 21 on 24 January 2011 in the UK, and 22 February in the US. The album was well received critically and catapulted Adele to record breaking success, selling 208,000 copies in its first week in the UK and debuting at number one on the UK Albums Chart, a position it managed to hold for sixteen weeks. In the United Kingdom, 21 has been certified ten times platinum for shipment of 3.0 million units. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in the US, selling 352,000 copies in its first week. The album has charted at number one in 17 countries, including several charts across Europe, Australia and the United States.
After being performed at the 2011 BRIT Awards, the album track "Someone Like You" reached number one in the United Kingdom, while the album also remained at number 1. "Someone Like You" held the number one position for four consecutive weeks. The song has also spent 2 weeks at number one in New Zealand 5 weeks at number one in Australia and following her performance at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards it became Adele's second number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.
The Official Charts Company announced that Adele is the first living artist to achieve the feat of two top five hits in both the UK Official Singles Chart and the Official Albums Chart simultaneously since The Beatles in 1964. 21 has spent eleven consecutive weeks at number one in the UK, the longest ever by a female solo artist on the UK Albums Chart, surpassing Madonna's nine weeks at number one in 1990 with her greatest hits compilation The Immaculate Collection. Those records adding the one of "first album in U.K. chart history to sell 3 million copies in one calendar year", permitted her to appear in the 2012 Guinness Book Of World Records.
In the US the album has spent a total of twelve weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 to date, the most weeks at number one since 2000. The album has also broken the record for the most UK digital downloads. As of May 2011 the singer was worth £6 million, tying her with Lily Allen and Duffy for 9th place on the list of the richest British and Irish music stars under age 30.
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