October 1983: Quite a month for President Reagan
We remember President Ronald Reagan as a rather consequential president. Let's remember the events of this week in 1983.
Category Archives: Fidel Castro
Plots, schemes and strippers: Digging into the JFK files
President Donald Trump ordered the release of more than 2,800 records related to the John F. Kennedy assassination on Thursday, but bowed to pressure from the CIA, FBI and other agencies to delay disclosing some of the most sensitive documents for another six months. Even so, the thousands of pages that were published online by the National Archives Thursday evening describe decades of spies and surveillance, informants and assassination plots.
JFK Files: Thousands released but Trump holds back others
697, President John F. Kennedy at the extreme right on rear seat of his limousine during Dallas, motorcade on Nov. 22, 1963. His wife, Jacquel... .
JFK Files: Thousand released but Trump holds back others
697, President John F. Kennedy at the extreme right on rear seat of his limousine during Dallas, motorcade on Nov. 22, 1963. His wife, Jacquel... .
JFK file release: Mob hits on Castro, a threat on Oswald
The CIA mulled mafia hits on Cuban President Fidel Castro. Someone called the FBI threatening to kill Lee Harvey Oswald a day before Oswald's murder.
Sugar Barons Amass $8 Billion Fortune by Mastering U.S. Politics
As Cuban refugees, the Fanjuls have a familiar story to tell. They fled the revolution.
Amnesty International takes up case of Leyva family hunger strikers
Three siblings sentenced to one-year of prison for allegedly leaving their house during the state morning following Fidel Castro s death, are on hunger strike after being harassed and intimidated in Cuba since their conditional release in April. Their sentences should be quashed and their release made unconditional.
Credulous Oliver Stone on Thug Putin: Why Would ‘Statesman’ Lie to Me?
It seems that, finally, liberal journalists are challenging the credulous, dictator-coddling filmmaking of lefty Oliver Stone. But maybe that's because the communist-friendly director avoided tough questions when talking to Vladimir Putin about the 2016 presidential election.
Trump to reveal new Cuba policy in speech
President Donald Trump is expected to reveal his administration's new policy toward Cuba in a speech in Miami next Friday, according to two US officials. Trump is due to roll back portions of the Obama-era policies softening relations with Cuba, CNN reported in May. Officials previously said that Trump will likely announce the United States will no longer make unilateral concessions to Cuba, which is what critics accused the Obama administration of doing.
Trump to reveal new Cuba policy in speech next Friday
President Donald Trump is expected to reveal his administration's new policy toward Cuba in a speech in Miami next Friday, according to two US officials. Trump is due to roll back portions of the Obama-era policies softening relations with Cuba, CNN reported in May. Officials previously said that Trump will likely announce the United States will no longer make unilateral concessions to Cuba, which is what critics accused the Obama administration of doing.
Cuban dissident to receive West New York ‘key to town’
WEST NEW YORK -- A well-known Cuban dissident will be in West New York on Friday to speak out against continued human rights abuses on the island despite the recent thaw in U.S. relations, and to be honored by one of the town's own outspoken critics of the island's authoritarian regime. The dissident, Marta Beatriz Roque Cabello , is a 72-year-old economist and longtime critic of Fidel Castro and his brother Raul.
Putin slams Hillary Clinton for comparing him to Hitler
Russian leader Vladimir Putin spoke in a series of interviews with the famed director before the election last year for an upcoming Showtime documentary The Russian leader revealed that he has taken tips from Fidel Castro in the past on how to avoid being assassinated Putin describes former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, who was granted asylum by Russia after fleeing the US, as a 'courageous man, more probably, even foolhardy' Speaking last year before the election, Putin said that the American people were going to elect 'the one who deserves it'. Vladimir Putin criticized Hillary Clinton for making 'extreme statements' against Russia during the election.
The Varela Project 15 years later: A look back at a nonviolent opposition campaign in Cuba
The nonviolent campaign that shook up the dictatorship in Cuba, changed the Cuban Communist Constitution and continues to haunt the Castro regime. 15 years ago today, carrying 11,020 signed petitions in support of the Varela Project, Oswaldo Paya Sardinas, Antonio Diaz Sanchez, and Regis Iglesias Ramirez walked with the bulky card board boxes labeled Project Varela turning them into the Cuban National Assembly.
Reports from Cuba: If Venezuela goes to hell, will things look bad for Cuba?
Soot covers the unpainted facades of buildings on Tenth of October Boulevard. Old American cars from the 1950s, rebuilt with modern diesel engines and now privately operated as taxis, transit across asphalt, leaving behind a trail of black smoke and the unpleasant odor of gasoline.
Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, 1st Cuban-American in Congress, to retire
U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, the first Cuban-American elected to Congress, is retiring at the end of her term next year, saying it's time to move on after 38 years in office. The 64-year-old Republican was elected last November to Florida's redrawn 27th district, a stretch of southeast Miami-Dade County that is heavily Democratic.
Reports from Cuba: The alliance between Spanish colonialism and the Castroist leadership
An article appearing in the Spanish newspaper El PaA s , entitled "EspaA a no puede perder Cuba dos veces" , analyzes the machinations of the latest Spanish Governments' policies towards Cuba, and observes that "Rajoy's government seems determined to make up for lost time with Havana."
Cuba: Close, But Definitely No Cigar
Despite a loosening to the decades-long embargo under Obama, the political climate in Cuba remains unchanged while sentiment in the US seems to be shifting backwards. CUBA, or the Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, tries almost comically to track the country through companies that do business with the nation.
Ap Fact Check: Trump forgets tense time in Us-Russia history
In a news conference and a pair of interviews, President Donald Trump gave skewed accounts of U.S. relations over time with Russia, auto jobs and health care under his watch. TRUMP: "We may be at an all-time low in terms of relationship with Russia."
Where’s Russia’s Collusion with Trump? Here’s Cuba’s Collusion with Clinton
Think Trump would boast about Russia's Bolshoi Ballet performing at one of his "get out the vote" campaign rallies? Think the mainstream media might trumpet such an event as the Holy Grail, Golden Fleece and Smoking Gun of that ever-elusive "Russian collusion" with his campaign? "The Federal Election Campaign Act prohibits any foreign national from contributing, donating or spending funds in connection with any federal, state, or local election in the United States, either directly or indirectly. It is also unlawful to help foreign nationals violate that ban or to solicit, receive or accept contributions or donations from them.
Cuba a year from getting new, non-Castro president
If all goes as expected, in exactly one year President Raul Castro will hand responsibility for Cuba's faltering economy and aging, disaffected population to a little-known, 57-year-old Communist Party official. It will be the first time since its founding in 1959 that the Cuban state has not been led by a member of the Castro family.