At least 18 opponents of the Cuban government were detained in connection with four small protests on or near Havana’s waterfront on July 13. Several hundred government supporters, including construction workers on a job at the nearby Hermanos Ameijeiras hospital,… Read moreCuba: dissident protests attacked
The interim Haitian government released right-wing paramilitary leader Louis Jodel Chamblain from jail on Aug. 11. Chamblain, a leader in an armed rebellion that ended when President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted in February 2004, had been imprisoned since April 2004… Read moreHaiti: paramilitary leader released
This report from the July 31 Weekly News Update on the Americas on changes in top State Department positions on Latin America indicates that the White House is preparing to escalate its regime change offensive against Cuba: U.S.: NORIEGA OUT,… Read moreState Department launches Cuba regime change initiative
Luis Posada Carriles couldn’t have been too happy to see his face on the front page of the New York Times yesterday (“Case of Cuban Exile Could Test the U.S. Definition of Terrorist,” May 9). The anti-Castro extremist, who is… Read moreCuban terrorist seeks refuge in U.S.
Did anyone catch this one? What a shame the EU wimped out… On April 21 the United Nations Commission on Human Rights voted 22-8 with 23 abstentions against a resolution proposed by Cuba for the organization to investigate charges of… Read moreUN rejects Cuban call for Gitmo probe
