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Who is Manuel Rocha, the US diplomat who accepted he spied for Cuba?

Rocha admitted to a four-decade betrayal of the US foreign service as a Cuban mole.

Al Jazeera

Two Cuban documentaries show effects of US sanctions on island nation

Liz Oliva Fernández says the sanctions, imposed 60 years ago and upheld through Biden, has led to a ‘desperate situation’

The Guardian - US

A US ambassador working for Cuba? Charges against former diplomat Victor Manuel Rocha spotlight Havana's importance in the world of spying

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Dec. 4, 2023, that Victor Manuel Rocha, a former U.S. government employee, had been arrested and faced federal charges for secretly acting for decades as an agent of the Cuban government. Rocha joined the State Department in 1981 and served for over 20…

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‘He was mocking his captors’: a poet’s confession and the Cuban revolution

A new documentary charts the fall from grace of Heberto Padilla, a disillusioned former supporter of Castro, who was forced to make a public ‘self-criticism’

The Guardian - US

Rep. Maria Salazar discusses Cuba spy, creeping Marxism, and immigration

“The Kool-Aid is acid at the end,” says the Florida Republican, who has denounced the rise of democratic socialism in America.

Roll Call

From Yasser Arafat to Madonna: how the Palestinian keffiyeh became a global symbol

The scarf has gone from a mark of solidarity to a hipster fashion piece – and back again

The Guardian - US

Juanita Castro, anti-communist sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul, dies at 90

Juanita Castro has died in Miami at age 90. Florida had been her home since shortly after fleeing the island nearly 60 years ago.

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Juanita Castro obituary

Sister of Fidel and Raúl Castro who turned against her brothers and their regime, became a CIA informer and sought exile in the US

The Guardian - UK

Fidel Castro's Sister Who Worked For The CIA Dies At 90

Juanita Castro lived in exile in Miami for decades after a family row in the 1960s.

International Business Times UK

Juanita Castro, anti-communist sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul, dies in Miami at 90

The anti-communist sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul Castro has died in Miami at age 90

The Independent UK

Unpack the past: Mandela, the keffiyeh and South Africa’s Palestine embrace

Ten years after Mandela passed away, his keffiyeh moment remains a symbol of South African warmth for Palestine.

Al Jazeera

Former US diplomat charged with spying for Cuba over 40 years

Attorney general alleges ‘one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations’ of US government by foreign agent

The Guardian - US

‘I don’t think most Americans realize what a coup is’: Edel Rodriguez takes on Trump

The cartoonist’s memoir, Worm, considers his life in Cuba, how he came to the US and the dangers of political extremes

The Guardian - US

Book Review: Edel Rodriguez shows Cuban history as a warning for the US in new graphic memoir 'Worm'

In his new graphic memoir, “Worm,” Edel Rodriguez mixes historical context and personal stories to recount his harrowing journey growing up under — then escaping — Communism and authoritarianism in Cuba, as well as the warning signs he sees in America decades later

The Independent UK

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Far-Left Support for Hamas is not an Aberration

It's rooted in a long history of defending horrific mass murder and other atrocities.

The Guardian - US

The US invaded the island of Grenada 40 years ago. The legacy of revolution lives on

Why we must remember Maurice Bishop and the Grenadian revolution

The Conversation

The splendid life of Jimmy Carter – 5 essential reads

In Mark 8:34-38 a question is asked: “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”

The Independent UK

Both parties want to win South Florida. Here's one Cuban activist's view of the political fight

Soon after Felix Llerena arrived in Miami in 2017, the Cuban activist was drawn to then-President Donald Trump by the Republican's aggressive approach toward Cuba’s communist government

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Al Jazeera

Six unforgettable UN General Assembly moments

Al Jazeera looks back at key UN General Assembly speeches as world leaders and top diplomats gather for 78th session.

The Conversation

Seven things to read and watch on the 70th anniversary of the movement that sparked the Cuban revolution

It’s been 70 years since the moment that sparked the Cuban revolution. On July 26 1953, an attack on army barracks in eastern Cuba heralded the consolidation of a Cuban national resistance movement against the dictatorship of General Batista. A group of 111 young rebels attacked the army barracks, the…

Tribune News Service

Ted Cruz has a message for the Cuban government and he wants to send it by street sign

WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is pushing to rename the street in front of the Cuban embassy for Oswaldo Payá, a political activist who fought against one-party communist rule of the island nation.

The Independent UK

Elián González two decades on: From focus of international tug-of-war to member of Cuba’s congress

Elián González has the same big, expressive eyes he did 23 years ago when an international custody battle transformed him into the face of the long-strained relations between Cuba and the United States

The Independent UK

Trump, other Republicans conjure a familiar enemy in attacking Democrats as 'Marxists,' 'communists'

Former President Donald Trump's arraignment in federal court has highlighted a popular strategy among Republicans: likening their opponents to “Marxists” and “communists.”

Miami Herald

Fabiola Santiago: Always the con man, Trump didn’t pay for anyone’s meal at Versailles like he promised

Cuban Americans who don’t support disgraced ex-president Donald Trump — and there are many of us — are disgusted and furious with his post-arraignment host, the landmark restaurant-bakery Versailles.

Miami Herald

In unprecedented move, Cuba will let Russians lease land as the two countries get closer

In a clear signal of their strengthened alliance, Cuba will grant preferential treatment to investors from Russia, allowing them to lease land for 30 years, an unprecedented step in the history of the island’s communist government, a Russian official told Russian business representatives in Havana.

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