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Associated Press
A man wanted since 1968 in the hijacking of Pan American Flight 281 to Cuba has been apprehended.
Federal authorities took longtime fugitive Luis Pena Soltren, who had been living in Cuba, into custody on Sunday for his role in the Nov. 24, 1968, hijacking. The flight had originated in New York and was headed to San Juan, Puerto Rico, when it was diverted.
Soltren was apprehended at John F. Kennedy International Airport, the same airport where authorities say he and accomplices boarded a Pan American flight and hijacked it armed with guns and knives.
Federal prosecutors say…
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(original title of article: CIA files show agency trusted Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles)
Associated Press
Recently released CIA files from the mid-1960s show Cuban exile and suspected terrorist Luis Posada Carriles informed on violent Miami-based efforts to attack Fidel Castro’s fledgling Cuban government even as he was deeply involved in helping them.
In the files, the CIA also appeared confident that Posada was a moderate who would not embarrass the agency or the United States.
“A15 is not a typical kind of ‘boom and bang’ individual. He is acutely aware of the international implications of ill-planned or overly enthusiastic…
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AP
The granddaughter of Cuban revolutionary leader Ernesto “Che” Guevara is at the forefront of another revolution — for vegetarianism.
Lydia Guevara poses semi-nude in a PETA campaign that tells viewers to “join the vegetarian revolution,” said PETA spokesman Michael McGraw.
This undated photo provided by PETA shows Lydia Guevara posing on the set of her PETA photo shoot.
(AP Photo/PETA)
The print campaign is expected to debut in October in magazines and posters, McGraw said. It will be launched first in Argentina, where Che Guevara was born, and then internationally. PETA approached the 24-year-old in…
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By Bill Faries and Matthew Walter | Bloomberg
The Organization of American States scrapped a 1962 resolution that suspended Cuba from the group as the U.S. fell short in an effort to require Raul Castro’s government to meet democratic standards before being invited back.
Representatives of the OAS’s 34 member countries reached the agreement by acclamation during a plenary session of the group’s general assembly in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Delegates applauded and gave a standing ovation after the decision.
“This is an important message to the entire world,” Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said. “We’re entering a new era of…
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By MARY ANASTASIA O’GRADY | Wall Street Journal
The Organization of American States claims to be “the region’s principal multilateral forum for strengthening democracy, promoting human rights, and confronting shared problems such as poverty, terrorism, illegal drugs and corruption.”
Now OAS Secretary-General José Miguel Insulza wants the group to be able to add a new goal to the list: legitimizing the Cuban military dictatorship by making it a member.
How he intends to do it and why I’ll get to in a moment. But first let’s review how Cuba got the OAS boot in the first place. Contrary to Mr.…
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Are Cuba’s Communist leaders eager to see the U.S. embargo end (as Marc Thiessen suggests) or terrified at the prospect (because it would unleash forces they can’t control)? In 2003, Ann Louise Bardach noted that every time relations with Cuba seemed to be easing, Fidel Castro did something calculated to ratchet the tension back up:
Consider what happened in 1996, after the Clinton administration and Cuba had settled on migration and drug…
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Available in books stores and online this month!
After 12 years, the NEW BOOK is at the publisher – it’s called Betrayal: Clinton, Castro & The Cuban Five. (Non-fiction; political murder and international intrigue; ISBN to be registered)
Betrayal was co-authored with three time Pentagon and former White House appointee, Thomas Van Hare. Thomas is also the former Director of Operations with Brothers to the Rescue and Chairman of Freedom Flight International, the same group for which I served as Director of Special Projects for during the early 1990’s when we flew rescue missions…
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Rich Haney | CeliaSanchez.org
I believe the greatest untold story concerning the historic Cuban Revolution is the major role played by Cuban women in both the Revolutionary War that ousted the Batista dictatorship and, since 1959, in Revolutionary Cuba.
Celia Sanchez was not only the most out-raged anti-Batista Cuban but she emerged as the “most important” rebel leader and the “greatest” guerrilla fighter, to quote a man who would know—Fidel Castro.
Another man who would know is Roberto Salas, the famed photographer/journalist who was/is an intimate of both Celia Sanchez and Fidel Castro. Salas, in his…
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Discoveries Lecture: The Cuban Revolution at 50
When: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 7 p.m
Where: Metcalf Trustee Center Ballroom, West Entrance, Ninth Floor595 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
Cost: $15 per person
Ninety miles from the United States, Cuba has at times preoccupied every American president since Eisenhower. Join Boston University alumni for Assistant Dean of Students Daryl DeLuca’s presentation of his striking photographs from his many trips to Cuba.
Then, hear Susan Eckstein, professor of sociology and international relations, discuss the Cuban revolution and where the tempestuous U.S.-Cuban relationship might be headed in the Obama administration.
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By Frances Robles | Miami Herald
Fifty years ago, an attorney turned bearded guerrilla marched triumphantly into Havana and declared victory over a departing dictator. Then he became a despot himself.
Fidel Castro forever changed the landscape of both Cuba and Miami. He jailed or executed his enemies, seized private property, divided families, and drove nearly two million Cubans into exile. His nation became a Cold War pawn.
At the same time, Castro launched a massive literacy campaign. The island churned out armies of new doctors. Cuba became an international player, inspiring guerrilla movements and supplying soldiers for ’‘anti-imperialist’‘ wars…
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