Agents target (Cuban exile militant) Posada ally

Nov. 19, 2005

Federal authorities searched the Hialeah office of Cuban exile militant Luis Posada Carriles' biggest benefactor Friday, the same day that a Cuban group ran a full-page advertisement in The New York Times denouncing Posada.

The investigation of Posada's close friend Santiago Alvarez may signal a hardening by the U.S. government in the Posada case at a time when the Bush administration is facing tough scrutiny for its treatment of suspected terrorists abroad.

But probing the background of Posada's South Florida associates may cause a political migraine for the Republican president, whose party counts anti-Castro exiles among its most loyal constituencies.

Alvarez, a developer, has been a stalwart supporter of Posada for years and helped shelter him in Miami before authorities arrested him in May. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement declined to say what they were looking for in his office.

But a federal source told The Herald that ICE agents suspect Alvarez recently received counterfeit Guatemalan passports, the basis for the search.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/13208040.htm?source=yahoodist&content=mia_news

I guess this means Jeb and George don't need the Cuban vote anymore?

these clowns. Their power would vaporize overnight.

The article indicates they're publically accusing _Bush's nasty right-wing cluster=#### of being puppet-like in the hands of Fidel Castro:

He also said that Cuban leader Fidel Castro's repeated attacks on Posada and his allies may be bearing fruit.

''The reality is that there is movement against Posada on at least two fronts on the same day,'' Coffey said. ``It may well be a coincidence, but it is certainly fascinating.''
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''This was uncalled for,'' said Ernesto Abreu, a friend of Posada and Alvarez. ``They went in, they broke the door, and they haven't found anything. And they won't find anything. There is nothing Santiago is doing that is illegal. It's a shame that these people are playing the game with Fidel Castro. When he screams, the U.S. government jumps.''
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That's how the Cuban right-wingers keep their power in South Florida over the ordinary ecomomic immigrants. They never let up.

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Torture Victim Speaks Out Against Luis Posada Carriles
by LP Wire Sunday, Jul. 17, 2005 at 8:05 PM

Caracas, July 17 (LP) A man previously tortured under the orders of Posada Carriles in Venezuela revealed a list of more than 60 people killed by groups led by the Cuban born criminal.

Angel Bastides, a former member of the Communist Youth, then arrested by a group from the Police General Division (DIGEPOL) headed by Posada Carriles, denounced that many of the killers are still free.

Bastidas ascertained Posada, already wanted by Venezuelan justice from the United States, has played a role in the repression of civil rights activists in the 1960 and 70´s.

Venezuela is currently clamoring for the extradition of the Cuban born terrorist with a Venezuelan citizenship, responsible of the blowing of the a Cuban plane in mid-air, which took the lives of 73 people.

In an article published in “Todo Adentro” weekly edition, Bastidas recalls that Posada was one of several Cubans counter-revolutionaries hired by the Venezuelan government during the term of 1965 -1970 to lead repression.

The group included among others, Orlando Bosch, Ricardo Hernandez Navarrete (El Mono) and Orlando Garcia.
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http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/07/1717266.php

It's all Castro's fault and Bush is his puppet.

the Miami-Dade vote recount by bringing in their own rent-a-riot, Vigilia Mambisa and surrounding the recount headquarters. Their Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart put out the word on a Cuban radio station in Miami to organize them and get them moving.

They proudly take credit for ruining Al Gore's election.



Have Bullhorn, Will Travel
Most anti-Castro groups shun partisan presidential politics, but not Miguel Saavedra and his merry band of protesters
By Jacob Bernstein

Published: Thursday, December 7, 2000


Steve Satterwhite


Laura Vianello and Miguel Saavedra: Vigilia Mambisa ringleaders

The call came over the airwaves as it had so many times before. On Wednesday, November 22, Radio Mambí (WAQI-AM 710) and La Poderosa (WWFE-AM 670) reverberated with the cries of political advocates, among them U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and state Sen. Mario Diaz-Balart, urging people to descend on the Stephen P. Clark Government Center in downtown Miami.
Enraged Republican operatives imported from dozens of states needed help. The Republicans, mainly congressional staffers, already had filled the county-election department reception area, banging on doors and shouting in protest of a decision to count ballots away from public view. A number of them even had accosted a local Democratic Party stalwart, chasing after him in the false belief he had stolen a ballot.

It was no secret which political party the majority of local Cuban Americans supported. Stung by Elian Gonzalez's violent removal in April, a popular slogan in Little Havana this past summer was "Mr. Clinton, we will remember in November."

But this time few heeded the call. In fact only one anti-Castro exile organization of the scores that operate in South Florida reinforced the Republicans. Vigilia Mambisa mustered about 25 people for a demonstration outside the county hall, where they gamely shouted, "We want Bush! No more Gore!" Leading them in the chants through his bullhorn was Mambisa president Miguel Saavedra. He and some of the others, encouraged by GOP officials, would continue to follow the Republicans throughout the week as the demonstrations moved from Miami-Dade to Broward and then on to Palm Beach.
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http://www.miaminewtimes.com/issues/2000-12-07/metro.html



Garcia, a member of Vigilia Mambisa, protests the Van Van concert at the Miami Arena.