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flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
Sat Dec 20, 2014, 11:33 AM Dec 2014

Obama's Cuba move: Tears of joy, cries of 'traitor' - Saavedra rides again!

Last edited Sat Dec 20, 2014, 12:46 PM - Edit history (1)

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-cuba-little-miami-20141217-story.html

Our favorite Cuban American nutjob gets camera time once again in the video at the link.
UPDATE: I think they removed or edited the video, Saavedra no longer appears ):

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A tale of two restaurants unfolded in South Florida on Wednesday.

In Miami's Little Havana, Versailles Restaurant hosted hard-line Cuban exiles railing against President Obama’s decision to establish full diplomatic ties with the Cuban government. They waved placards and hurled insults bilingually, putting on the show they’ve been rehearsing and staging for half a century.

The show at Versailles involved megaphones and pickup trucks, national news outlets parked in front of a spot that serves tasty espresso, and a handful of outspoken Cuban Americans who yell loud enough to scare viewers in Nebraska. Whenever major news breaks about Cuba, the media flocks to Versailles to take the pulse of the Cuban community.



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Obama's Cuba move: Tears of joy, cries of 'traitor' - Saavedra rides again! (Original Post) flamingdem Dec 2014 OP
It'll be interesting watching Saavedra as he realizes no one wants his anti-Cuba service now. Judi Lynn Dec 2014 #1
Oh noes the terrorits! flamingdem Dec 2014 #2

Judi Lynn

(160,516 posts)
1. It'll be interesting watching Saavedra as he realizes no one wants his anti-Cuba service now.
Sat Dec 20, 2014, 07:23 PM
Dec 2014

He just may have driven his last steam roller into a public place to crush Cuba-lovers' music CD's.

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flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
2. Oh noes the terrorits!
Sat Dec 20, 2014, 07:51 PM
Dec 2014

As I probably wrote previously, I saw him at Versailles a couple of years ago literally getting strung out on massive doses of cafe Cubano and getting into loud "discussions".

He'll be a relic for the tour bus groups on Calle Ocho "remember the Cuban Embargo"? - well ten years from now anyway.

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