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20 Last-Minute Decisions That Changed The Course Of History

Sometimes a decision made in the blink of an eye can even change the course of history.

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“Fidel Castro hadn’t decided if it was going to work for him or not”: the time Audioslave made a historic visit to Cuba and got the green light from Castro himself

The rock supergroup became the first US band to play an open-air concert in the country in 2005, wowing Havana with the most epic show of their career

Louder

'La Bolita,' Cuban Lottery Offering Hope In Tough Times

Every day, as he has done for 20 years, Carlos makes the rounds collecting bets in central Havana for "la bolita" -- a clandestine national lottery that provides a sliver of hope for Cubans struggling to make ends meet.

International Business Times

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Rubio pushes Trump's theocratic purge

In a new war on federal workers, State Department employees are told to snitch on people with Pride flags

Salon

Mario Vargas Llosa obituary

Peruvian novelist, essayist and aspiring politician who was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 2010

The Guardian - UK

Cuba Resurrects Dollar-only Stores, A Symbol Of Inequality

In communist Cuba, some customers are more equal than others, as a 40-year-old math teacher who was out shopping recently in Havana with his son discovered.

International Business Times

Putin wants US ‘recognition’ of Russian gains in Ukraine: Historian

Russian-British historian Sergey Radchenko talks to Al Jazeera about Moscow’s desire for status on the world stage.

Al Jazeera

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The release of a 1961 plan to break up the CIA revives an old conspiracy theory about who killed JFK

Newly released material from documents associated with President John F. Kennedy's assassination show that a key adviser wanted to break up the CIA after the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961

The Independent UK

New JFK assassination files: What was revealed about Oswald and CIA plots?

New files released on Tuesday don’t shed new light on Kennedy’s assassination. But they reveal details about CIA plots.

Al Jazeera

Trump releases thousands of pages on John F Kennedy assassination

Experts doubt new trove of information will change underlying facts in case of 35th president’s death

The Guardian - US

Rafael Cruz, father of Ted Cruz, wants Texas to require school lessons about “evil” of communism

The prominent right-wing pastor told state lawmakers that an anti-communist curriculum is crucial to reaffirming that America is a “Christian country.”

The Texas Tribune

JFK, RFK and MLK: The conspiracies behind each assassination that continue to enthrall amateur sleuths

As the deadline for the release of the files looms, Rhian Lubin revisits some of the outlandish and more compelling theories out there about the killings of JFK, RFK and MLK

The Independent UK

Former Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart dead at 70 - Roll Call

Former Florida congressman and brother to Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart is dead at 70. The Republican opposed Fidel Castro's regime.

Roll Call

Cuba frees man who participated in 1997 attacks on hotels in Havana, orchestrated by Cuban exiles

A government-run news agency in Cuba says authorities have released a Salvadoran man who was convicted of participating in a string of hotel bombings on the island in 1997

The Independent UK

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International Business Times

'Democracy And Freedom': Jimmy Carter's Human Rights Efforts In Latin America

With a focus on human rights, US policy toward Latin America under Jimmy Carter briefly tempered a long tradition of interventionism in a key sphere of American influence, analysts say.

International Business Times

Cuba's 'Invisible' Tragedy: US-bound Migrants Who Disappear In The Caribbean

In the early hours of January 3, 2023, 32 people climbed onto a makeshift raft off southern Cuba and set out across the Caribbean for Florida, 170 kilometers (100 miles) away.

The Conversation

Marco Rubio is no friend of Havana − but does Trump’s pick for secretary of state mean Cuba policy is set?

The U.S. looks set to have its first-ever Cuban American secretary of state in 2025, after President-elect Donald Trump nominated U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida for the role. But don’t expect that to mean cozier relations between Havana and Washington.

The Conversation

Will the lights go out on Cuba’s communist leaders? With fewer options to prop up economy, their future looks dimmer

Cuba’s communist leaders are in the midst of crisis – and not for the first time.

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The Independent UK

Falling off the map: how Cuba has vanished from travellers’ itineraries

The Man Who Pays His Way: Savour Havana. Go to the beach. Meet the Cuban people.

WhatToWatch

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story episode 3 recap — prison life

In Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story episode 3, the brothers are forced to deal with prison life in different ways.

WhatToWatch

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story episode 2 recap — retail therapy

In Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story episode 2, the brothers attract unwanted attention by coping in a unique way.

Latin Times

Controversial message praising Cuba's Fidel and Raul Castro pops up in Miami bus

A MetroLink bus in Miami displayed an LED sign reading "Long Live Fidel and Raul"

International Business Times

On Cuban Streets, Mid-century Icons Face Challenge From New Rides

Brand new Mercedes, state-of-the-art 4x4s, even Teslas: high-end, modern cars have started appearing in Havana, a city whose image is intricately linked to the classic American sedans and Soviet-era Ladas that cruise its streets.

The Independent UK

Trump’s ‘lazy’ $99 coffee table book includes 10 pages of him with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un

One critic described Trump’s photos captions as akin to a ‘fascist Emily Dickinson’

Latin Times

Florida Republicans pen scathing letter to Mayorkas, Blinken over alleged Cuban Communist official living in U.S. 'Profound disgust'

The person in question in Manuel Menendez Castellanos, who entered the country through Miami International Airport

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