Humberto Fontova holds an M.A. in Latin American Studies from Tulane University and is the author of four books including Fidel: Hollywood's Favorite Tyrant and Exposing the Real Che Guevara and the Useful Idiots Who Idolize Him. For more information and for video clips of his Television and college speaking appearances please visit www.hfontova.com. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2012 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Sun, 13 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Sun, 13 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ A painting of Che Guevara subtitled "Revolucion!" by a Mexican-American artist was on display for over three months at the International Airport in Reno, Nevada, USA. On May http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2012/05/13/che_guevara_adorned_renotahoe_airport 3b93b02a-25cf-47fc-9601-dcb21cf984fc Sun, 13 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT "In 1970, a Senator from Wisconsin named Gaylord Nelson raised his voice and called on every American to take action on behalf of the environment," read President Obama's Earth Day proclamation two years ago. "In the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2012/04/22/earth_daybrought_to_you_by_hunters_and_fisherman eb4dde2e-3888-4a80-9ec3-5deb3b3a720a Sun, 22 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT As his audience clapped and squealed like seals last week a smirking Bill Maher gushed that: "Castro is a Bad*ss because we (the U.S.) have been trying to kill him for 60 years!" His trained seals how http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2012/04/17/fidel_castro_is_macho_squeals_a_smitten_bill_maher 19abc6f8-0956-4eeb-a6ab-804b7f4f0a2b Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT Last week Miami Marlin's manager Ozzie Guillen told Time magazine that he "loves and respects" Fidel Castro. This week, reacting to outrage by Americans of Cuban heritage (i.e. a huge chunk of Marlin ticket-buyers,) the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2012/04/11/strike_two_for_marlin_manager_ozzie_guillen f10b6925-c432-4bd2-aa94-ab256c388198 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:22:00 GMT For historical truths you'll never get from the New York Times, NPR, The History Channel, CNN NBC much less your history professor click on Dancing With The Stars nowadays. I'm serious, here, at http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2012/04/08/dancing_with_the_stars_is_hoton_historical_truth 91b9d76e-c0df-4ba7-8cfa-5199bec44bd4 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT A few items to keep in mind regarding the MSM version of the Pope's visit to Cuba this week: "Viva Christ the King! -Down with Communism!" the defiant yells "made the walls of La Cabana prison tremble," wrote... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2012/03/30/pope_blesses_castroism d103d190-c9d0-4bd3-b8a5-e09d326d91c9 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:45:00 GMT "I love Cuba!" bellowed comedian Jim Belushi last week from a Havana stage. The comedian who cashed-in on his comedian brother's name was giving a stand-up routine as guest of honor of a regime whose "constitution"... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2012/03/13/jim_belushi_rushes_from_obama_fundraiser_to_fidel_castro_fundraiser baad3110-a92f-4457-a4f2-9136d1ff773c Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:35:00 GMT "I have been affiliated with the Cuba Council of Churches since the 1980s," boasted Rev. Jeremiah Wright in a sermon on July 16th 2006. "I have several close Cuban friends (italics added) who work with the Cuba Council... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2012/03/09/vetting_obamas_pastor fc1aa7eb-ecb1-4a23-93a1-6f7c2fe01095 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:01:00 GMT "In all essentials, Castro's battle for Cuba was a media public relations campaign, fought in New York and Washington." (Paul Johnson, Modern Times) "Foreign reporters, preferably American, were much more valuable to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2012/03/06/could_breitbart_limbaugh_and_the_new_media_have_saved_cuba_by_vetting_fidel_castro_and_his_msm_champions 577bfc09-11f4-4331-a956-d8b57e146c27 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:37:00 GMT The city of Galway in Ireland is building a monument to Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna y Lynch. That last word in his full nomenclature accounts for the honor. Che's maternal grandmother, Ana Isabel http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2012/03/04/son_of_ireland_che_guevara_to_get_a_monument_in_galway 4770b780-0385-43d8-ab92-1f4574f9c030 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 05:01:00 GMT Presidential mistress (while a teenager) Mimi Alford claims the President who remains the most popular in modern U.S. offered her amyl nitrate poppers during a nude swimming party at the Palm Springs estate of Bing... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2012/02/29/nero_fiddled_kennedy_partied a0144d81-1aaa-424c-80e1-30f0f1412559 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:49:00 GMT Sean Penn was Hugo Chavez' guest of honor (again) last week, serving as keynote speaker at graduation ceremonies for Venezuela's Salvador Allende Medical School. "Allow me to impart a little anecdote," beamed the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2012/02/24/mammas_please_let_your_babies_grow_up_to_be_commies_sings_sean_penn 4c7491b3-c7df-40b0-9571-b16795fc52df Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:22:00 GMT Mimi Alford certainly has cause to regret her handling by President Kennedy. But while fornicating with the U.S. President in the White House and while publicly fellating the U.S. President's friends in the White House... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2012/02/17/mimi_alford_you_poor_thing bd54b42a-a2fc-4c63-843e-e0b8e55b2416 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:19:00 GMT This week the media was flush with stories on the 50th Anniversary of the U.S. "embargo" of Cuba. From the New York Times to USA Today, most are running AP and Reuters stories (from Havana) which begin and end with... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2012/02/10/more_media_shilling_for_castro 8899f7e2-6825-40c9-8149-916c6b501ffd Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:59:00 GMT Pope Benedict XVI will visit Cuba in March. Two of Italy's top newspapers are reporting that Fidel Castro will avail himself of the visit to confess his sins and be accepted back into The Catholi http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2012/02/07/will_the_pope_absolve_fidel_castro 6c252e26-c6e3-4b3a-8ce8-987ebeb3cd7b Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:54:00 GMT At the São Paulo fashion show on July 15, 2002 supermodel Gisele Bundchen catwalked wearing a glamorous bikini consisting entirely of faces of Che Guevara, who rarely bathed and constantly http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2012/02/02/mrs_tom_brady_models_massmurderer f30cb060-a263-41b5-bfbd-010fa4174d9c Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:45:00 GMT Last week the regime co-founded by Che Guevara (worldwide icon of youthful rebellion) murdered a young defenseless political prisoner named Wilman Villar for the crime of "disrespect to authorities." http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2012/01/31/che_guevaras_regime_still_murdering_the_young_and_the_defenseless 50885b58-d729-4aee-b68e-76eea5435c63 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:41:00 GMT How easily Romney or Santorum could have enjoyed their "Gingrich in South Carolina Moment!" How easily Gingrich could have basked in another! The Media lobbed it over home plate and not even Gingrich bothered to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2012/01/25/republican_debaters_miss_the_boat_in_tampa 5a686677-0e74-444c-80e5-f329e7e26aeb Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:23:00 GMT Why did only Americans of Cuban heritage get miffed at Mercedes Benz for their Che Guevara promotional flap? From USA Today to Forbes and from the Miami Herald to The Blaze, it was the same story "Cuban-Americans... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2012/01/16/should_mercedes_benz_apologize_for_the_che_guevara_ad 7d0782c5-343d-47f5-afc1-e649750ae759 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:07:00 GMT The top act at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week featured Mercedes Benz' Chairman Dieter Zetsche peddling his company's new gadgetry under a huge picture of Che Guevara, who sported the Mercedes http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2012/01/12/che_guevara_now_selling_mercedesbenz 3348d9e1-fce6-404c-a789-c064c6a7daaf Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:17:00 GMT January 7, 1959, marks a milestone in U.S. diplomatic history. Never before had the State Department extended diplomatic recognition to a Latin American government as QUICKLY as they bestowed this benediction on Fidel... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2012/01/09/how_the_us_bullied_poor_little_castro da86eea5-cb4a-4ad4-a94f-9059b53feb3d Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:56:00 GMT Last week's 60 Minutes featured another in its long line of joint CBS-Castro productions. This time Anderson Cooper and his production crew partnered with the Stalinist regime's Centro de Investigaciones Marinas for a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/12/22/cbs_still_shilling_for_castro 2cabe19a-5b21-4cc1-b2c0-4f74a56f4b5d Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:59:00 GMT I’d just hung the deer by its neck on the swingset for skinning and butchering when..... "Oh Hum-BERTO! Puh-LEAZE!” I looked over and it was our new neighbor Freddie, wailing from his patio door,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/12/05/dinner_with_an_antihunter 43b535ce-9ec0-4581-a309-2514391baed8 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:01:00 GMT Intrepid terrorists could get maximum bang for their buck on "Black Friday." A few well-placed bombs and the carnage would easily shame 9/11's. Macy's, for instance, serves tens of thousands of shoppers that one... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/11/28/black_friday_greetings_from_fidel_and_che 126b1f08-e6a0-4a10-a4c8-3fbceb750d45 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:35:00 GMT "Of all the people I interviewed in New Orleans regarding the Kennedy assassination, Carlos Bringuier was the one I trusted most. I could see in his eyes he was always telling me the complete truth." (Oriana Fallaci,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/11/23/did_castro_get_kennedy 8f4c026c-38f8-44a7-bd94-21e921d14cf8 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:36:00 GMT "You (Sarah Palin) enjoy killing animals. What you did is heart-stoppingly disgusting. If I were picked to be the one to kill an animal in some kind of Lottery-from-Hell, I wouldn't do a little dance of joy while I... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/11/18/no_caribou_this_year,_sarah_palin 2a105b22-9c35-4617-be87-d042793e0f95 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:04:00 GMT When Japan's ferocious General Tomoyuki Yamashita ("The Tiger of Malaya") finally emerged from his headquarters on Luzon to surrender on September 2nd 1945 he handed his pistol, samurai sword and battle flag to the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/11/11/michael_moore_salutes_our_hispanic_veterans c2108f40-05fe-4f40-b236-e0b16bca6882 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:01:00 GMT The Washington Post's vendetta against Cuban-American Marco Rubio continues with another hit-piece last week and with MSM soulmates CNN and The Los Angeles Times chiming in. But the WaPo's rancor against the most... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/11/01/bigotry_and_hate-speech_at_the_washington_post 9762e4c9-3647-46d6-9c5c-a7336416cb44 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:36:00 GMT Forty nine years ago on Oct. 28th JFK "solved" the Cuban Missile Crisis. Given the influence of Camelot's court scribes and their cronies in the MSM, perhaps a refresher on conservative reaction to this "solution" is in... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/10/28/the_cuban_missile_crisis_-_solved_this_week_49_years_ago b015ba1f-a673-48b1-a013-47e6d4702f6d Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:25:00 GMT Last July one of America's biggest TV networks craved to interview Senator Marco Rubio. Univision is the biggest Spanish-language network in the U.S., reaching thirteen and a half million households, (95 percent of the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/10/26/target_marco_rubio 3d99152f-c4d4-41b9-b314-e8cc00a9963f Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:01:00 GMT @font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face { font-family: "Courier New"; }@font-face { font-family: "Calibri"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 115%;... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/10/15/harry_belafonte_insults_herman_cain-but_hails_fidel_castro 342297c1-4204-4f58-9089-8a18742b1b3b Sat, 15 Oct 2011 04:01:00 GMT Guevara would clear the occupation of Wall Street in a New York nano-second. His colleagues of the time recall Che cheering the Soviet tanks slaughtering Hungarian freedom-fighters on the streets of Budapest. The youths... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/10/09/a_glorious_anniversary-che_guevara's_death 38e3cd00-e2c5-461c-81c7-332854feb751 Sun, 09 Oct 2011 04:01:00 GMT In half a heartbeat the Obama team could put the kibosh to the most dangerous offshore oil drilling ever proposed near U.S. shores, scheduled to begin in December by a Spanish/Cuban corporation. By fighting this... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/10/04/drill,_castro,_drill!_says_obama_and_the_environmental_defense_fund c4eab2a7-bdd4-421c-85b2-14879d0c317b Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:01:00 GMT As he attempted to address them this week, one third of the UN General Assembly walked out on Iranian “President” Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Then, he was pointedly snubbed by all U.S. political figures... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/09/24/ahmadinejad_humiliated_in_new_york b4a889b1-395d-4fdb-be5d-5a756f2dab1d Sat, 24 Sep 2011 04:01:00 GMT "I am leaving Cuba most disappointed and perplexed," said former New Mexico Governor and recent Democratic diplomatic troubleshooter Bill Richardson from Havana's Hotel Nacional last week. "After one week (in Cuba) I... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/09/21/obamas_special_envoy_snubbed,_insulted,_humiliated d7b5c5d8-786f-40c5-83ac-06ce0a1633a2 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 04:01:00 GMT On the Friday after Thanksgiving 1962, Cuban agents planned to detonate 500 kilos of TNT inside Macy's, Gimbel's, Bloomingdale's and Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal. Che Guevara was the head... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/09/13/che_guevaras_bungled_9-11 cfdb32ac-d763-4bde-a0ea-2a087af65e04 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:35:00 GMT "I still have my Che Guevara poster. Che Guevara was a freedom fighter." (Bob Beckel on FoxNews' "The Five" Sept. 5th) If Bob Beckel's "freedom-fighter" had been allowed his fondest bit of "freedom-fighting" Bob... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/09/09/a_history_lesson_for_the_racist_bob_beckel 31dc3e4f-cc5a-4f3a-9835-0ce175ec4ab8 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:25:00 GMT A new biography of Jane Fonda by Patricia Bosworth reveals a lifelong lament by the famous actress: "My biggest regret" Fonda is quoted during a "feminist consciousness-raising session," according to the book's account,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/09/07/jane_fondas_crush_on_che_guevara 2277466f-718a-4f31-9ca9-508ec85dbc17 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:29:00 GMT A year ago many prominent Israelis seemed smitten with Fidel Castro. "I thank you from the bottom of my heart," wrote Israeli President Shimon Peres to Fidel Castro on Sept. 24, 2010. "I must confess that your remarks... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/09/02/hezbollah_in_cuba_for_attacks_on_israeli_targets_in_the_americas 7a2e9483-1940-477c-95bc-67b3f76e96fe Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:38:00 GMT "Florida elects Presidents," said Michele Bachman yesterday in-well-- Florida, which holds 27 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. "Marco Rubio has the hallmarks of, I think, everything that a person... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/08/30/michele_bachmann_rocks_florida 02f787ba-365d-4a11-9725-86520076f35f Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:59:00 GMT According to Maxine Waters the Tea party "can go straight to hell". But "VIVA FIDEL!" she chanted during the rapturous reception that greeted the Stalinist dictator's visit to Harlem's Riverside Church on Sept. 9, 2000.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/08/26/maxine_waters_apologizes-to_fidel_castro 871ec74f-4b52-4b1f-ac72-8090ec0d9e85 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:29:00 GMT Castro's embassy (euphemized as "Interest Section") in Washington D.C. will soon open an in-house "invitation-only" nightclub named "Hemingway's Bar." The news comes courtesy of The Atlantic Magazine-the same Atlantic... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/08/22/castro_regime_opens_nightclub_in_washington_dc e540573a-d62c-4328-b46d-b7000f72acbd Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:12:00 GMT "Let's overlook President Obama's failures during his first term," advised Raul Castro's daughter Mariela to Congresspersons Barbara Lee, Lynn Woolsey and Sam Farr recently in Havana. "We must support him for a second... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/08/18/obama_endorsed_for_second_term-by_raul_castro's_daughter 24be05f5-5a79-4790-beec-b56f45f2f72a Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:01:00 GMT Ron Paul in an exasperated tone during the Iowa debates: "All these trade sanctions!.this is why we still don't have a trade relationship with Cuba." Ground Control to Candidate Paul: according to figures from the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/08/13/history_lesson_for_candidate_ron_paul 13c731d7-f9e3-49a4-8024-dd77ed832f4a Sat, 13 Aug 2011 04:01:00 GMT Here's Rupert Wyatt, director of the blockbuster movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes in a recent interview: "(the script) had become very different and much more exciting to me. It became less a story of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/08/11/rise_of_the_planet_of_apes_hero_inspired_by_che_guevara c4082ae9-0b0c-4003-97d5-4bfb01c00b9b Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:51:00 GMT From the U.S. Dept. of justice: "The purpose of Foreign Agents Registration Act is to insure that the U.S. Government and the people of the United States are informed of the source of information and the identity of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/08/05/arianna_huffington_should_register_as_a_foreign_agent 2e971eb3-833d-4b80-899f-8ae51124cdce Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:52:00 GMT "The terms scoundrel and traitor should precede every mention of Humberto Fontova!" raves the Castro regime's captive (literally!) press. "Fontova's books and columns are nothing but scandalous libels against our... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/07/29/castro_regime_furious_with_townhall a48703cf-0379-4a3f-92a2-1a34f3d36e10 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:39:00 GMT At last count 32 year-old Anders Breivik is accused of 76 murders-to which he both confesses and boasts. According to the Black Book of Communism, the Castroite firing squads founded and lovingly mentored by Che... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/07/26/anders_breivik_t-shirts,_anyone 02981e40-d6f1-4eaa-8f94-ce0ad61e83af Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:00:00 GMT Say The New York Post (owned by Rupert Murdoch) hired Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's daughter to denounce several U.S. legislators and a former U.S. President as "insane"---but described this apparatchik for a terror-sponsor... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/07/22/full_disclosure,_please,_cbs_and_huffpo ba1e1b70-34af-4cd2-9147-756ac68ce038 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:08:00 GMT This week an Iberia Airliner left Havana, landed in Madrid and found an obviously desperate Cuban stowaway. The 23 year old Cuban man named Adonis G.B. was curled in the landing gear, crushed to death. He joins an... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/07/18/desperately_fleeing_free_healthcare f5bacdac-dc97-4d4c-bc42-935791598967 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:31:00 GMT