Former U.S. ambassadors ask President-Elect Trump to stop U.S. intelligence COOPERATION with Cuban spy agencies
Just a few days before another anniversary of the coming to power of the Castro revolution on January 1st, several former American ambassadors called on President-elect Donald Trump to “withdraw, as soon as possible after being sworn in, President Barack Obama’s order to U.S. intelligence to begin cooperating with Cuban state security.”
The death of Fidel Castro brings a tide of anti-travelogues, memories of a crumbling Havana and a degraded people from holidays that realistically can’t have been that bad, otherwise any reasonable person would have cut them short.
President Obama’s historic move to normalize relations with Cuba hasn’t slowed repression by the Castro regime, and the incoming Trump administration is likely to take a tougher stand on restricting tourism, recovering stolen U.S. assets and demanding human rights reforms by Havana, analysts say.
In the wake of Fidel Castro’s death, Florida Gov. Rick Scott wrote a letter to Cuban President Raúl Castro on Dec. 20, 2016, urging him to “allow a new era of freedom and opportunity for Cuba.”
Silver Airways plans to trim its flight schedule to Cuba starting early next year, becoming the second U.S. airline to reduce the frequency of flights to the island, Travel Weekly reported.
Between January and February, the airline — which flies out of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) — plans to reduce the number of flights on six of its nine destinations to the island.
This is one of those rare cases where it's best to begin from the end. These papers are intended to swiftly outline the state of relations between the United States and Cuba since 1959, so as to analyze the new Cuba policy announced by President Barack Obama and Gen. Rauìl Castro in December 2014.
This path leads me to formulate seven warnings. They are neither recommendations nor conclusions. They are observations that emerge naturally from the history I shall relate shortly.
Hours after Fidel Castro's state funeral ended a national mourning in Cuba, a small but intent crowd gathered at the Victims of Communism Memorial in downtown Washington, D.C. Dissidents like Sirley Ávila León and advocates from Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation led mourners on a Sunday evening in remembering the Cuban dictator's actual legacy—when it seemed few others would.
One of the most brutal dictators in modern history has just died. Oddly enough, some will mourn his passing, and many an obituary will praise him. Millions of Cubans who have been waiting impatiently for this moment for more than half a century will simply ponder his crimes and recall the pain and suffering he caused.
Cuban-Americans gathered Saturday in communities throughout New Jersey to celebrate the death of Fidel Castro, saying now is the time for the world to take steps to bring freedom to their homeland.
“It’s one step for the liberation of Cuba,” said Tony Romero, a Vineland businessman who owns Budget Muffler & Car Care Center on North Eighth Street. “(Fidel’s brother) Raul likes democracy. He likes the American dollars. It’s a good step for the freedom of Cuba.”
Breakdowns and trips (official or personal) by Raúl Castro and Nicolas Maduro generate chaos at the national airline.
Cubana de Aviación has blamed its disastrous state (once again) to the US embargo. "There are no aviation supply companies in the world that dare to sell direct to Cuba," the company's director recently alleged.
