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04Nov/17

Latest JFK files include secret documents on Martin Luther King

November 4, 2017PoliticsActivism, Activists, American culture, Assassination of John F. Kennedy, Central Intelligence Agency, Civil rights movement, Counterculture of the 1960s, Cuba, Donald Trump, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Joan Baez, John F. Kennedy, Kennedy family, Law/Crime, Liberalism in the United States, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., Musicians, Politics, president, President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act, Selma, United States, United States intelligence agenciessmbale

SELMA, ALABAMA, UNITED STATES (NBC) – The latest trove of formerly classified documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy included about a dozen secret documents on slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, including an FBI dossier that alleged King may have fathered an illegitimate child and had an affair with folk singer Joan Baez. Continue reading →

10Sep/17

The calm before the storm in Miami

September 10, 2017DisasterAtlantic hurricane season, Atlantic hurricanes, City: Miami, Country: Cuba, Cuba, Disaster/Accident, Florida Keys, Florida peninsula, Hurricane Irma, Irma, Miami, Province/State: Florida, Tropical cyclones, United States, Weathersmbale

MIAMI, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 09, 2017) (REUTERS) – Hurricane Irma turned its fury toward the Florida Keys on Saturday (September 9)as it completed a destructive march along Cuba’s northern coast and set off an 11th hour scramble for safety by Americans who may have ignored earlier warnings to evacuate. Continue reading →

09Sep/17

Flying into the eye of Hurricane Irma with U.S. ‘Hurricane Hunters’

September 9, 2017Disaster53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Atlantic hurricane season, BILOXI, Biloxi Mississippi, Cuba, Delta Airlines, Disaster/Accident, Dropsonde, Fluid dynamics, Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area, Hurricane hunters, Hurricane Irma, Irma, Jeff Masters, Jim Hitterman, Karen Moore, Lockheed WC-130, Meteorology, Mississippi, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Nicole Mitchell, Physical geography, Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Jim Hitterman, Tropical cyclone, Tropical cyclones, United States, Weather, Weather reconnaissancesmbale

BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 8, 2017) (REUTERS) – The sky darkened, lightening flashed and a jolt of turbulence shook the cabin of the hulking Air Force turbo-prop aircraft as it plied its way toward the eye of Hurricane Irma, one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded. Continue reading →

07May/17

Cuba holds first transgender Mass

May 7, 2017Human InterestAlexander, Alexya Salvador, Allyson Robinson, Americas, Brazil, Canada, Countries, Country: Cuba, Cuba, Eastern Bloc, Elaine Saralegui, Forms of government, Geography of Cuba, Malu Duardo, Matanzas, Religion/Belief, Spanish Caribbean, Transgender, Transsexual, United States, Washingtonsmbale

MATANZAS, CUBA (MAY 5, 2016) (REUTERS) – For decades belonging to a religion and being anything but heterosexual was stigmatized in Communist-ruled, macho Cuba, making the Mass held by three transgender pastors in the western Cuban city of Matanzas all the more groundbreaking.
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12Dec/16

Google signs internet deal with Cuba’s telecommunications monopoly

December 12, 2016InternetAlphabet Inc., Barack Obama, Company: Google, Countries, Cuba, Cuba–United States relations, Digital media, Donald Trump, Economy, Eric Schmidt, ETECSA, Forms of government, Google, Havana, Internet, Internet in Cuba, Jordan Casas, Mayra Arevich Marin, Online advertising, president, Tania Velazquez, Technology, Technology/Internet, United States, Washington, Wendy Ana Rodriguez, World Wide Websmbale

Google signed an agreement with the Cuban government on Monday granting internet users in the country quicker access to its branded content.
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27Nov/16

Angolans remember ‘son of Africa’ Fidel Castro

November 27, 2016PoliticsAngola, Angola–Cuba relations, Anti-imperialism, Castro, Chivalry, Continent: Africa, Countries, Country: Angola, Crusade to Free Cuba Committee, Cuba, Cuba–United States relations, Cuban Revolution, Death and state funeral of Fidel Castro, Eusebio Peñalver Mazorra, Fidel, Fidel Castro, Juliao Mateus Paulo, LUANDA, Moscow, Namibia, Nelson Mandela, Opposition to Fidel Castro, Order of the Quetzal, Orders of chivalry, Orders, decorations, and medals, Pedro Nulasco, Politics, Raul, South Africa, United States, War/Conflictsmbale

Angola remembers Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary who died on Friday aged 90.

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26Nov/16

Fidel Castro, lion of the 20th century, dead at 90

November 26, 2016PoliticsAftermath of the Cuban Revolution, Anti-imperialism, Anti-Revisionists, Che Guevara, Chivalry, City: Havana, Country: Cuba, Country: United States, Cuba, Cuba–United States relations, Cuban Revolution, Ernest Hemingway, Ernesto, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Fidel Castro, Flugencio Batista, Government, Guevara, Havana, India, John F. Kennedy, Miami, Moscow, Narendra Modi, Nicolas Maduro, Nikita Khrushchev, Politics, Proxy wars, Raúl Castro, Sierra Maestra, Soviet Union, u.s. central, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, United States, Venezuela, Washingtonsmbale

Fidel Castro, the son of a wealthy landowner, turned his back on a life of privilege to lead the Cuban revolution and earn a place in history that was glorious to some, notorious to others, but finally the product of prodigious talents and boundless ego.

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03Nov/16

A timeline of President Barack Obama’s presidency

November 3, 2016US ElectionsAl-Qaeda, American people of German descent, Barack Obama, Bin Laden, Chicago, Cuba, Economic policy of the Barack Obama administration, first black president, George W. Bush, healthcare law, Iran, John McCain, Liberalism in the United States, Michelle Obama, Mitt Romney, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Politics, Politics by country, Politics of the United States, Presidency of Barack Obama, Progressivism in the United States, Republican Party, Social Issues, Tea Party movement, U.S. POOL, United States, Washingtonsmbale

Barack Obama rose from humble roots to become America’s first black president, championing a new healthcare law and forging diplomatic breakthroughs with Iran and Cuba amid staunch Republican opposition.

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17Sep/16

Millennials lead private media opening in Cuba

September 17, 2016MediaAirlines - NEC, Alejandro Larrinaga, Bahamas, City: Havana, Company: Facebook, Company: Granma, Company: Silver Airways, Company: VISTAR MANAGEMENT, Countries, Country: Cuba, Cuba, Cuba–United States relations, Fidel Castro, Forms of government, Gaming, Granma, Granmas, Havana, Hugo Cancio, Independent digital media in Cuba, Karina Marron, Mass media in Cuba, Mexico, Miami, Monopoly, Opposition to Fidel Castro, Orders, decorations, and medals, Philologists, Political philosophy, Politics, Raúl Castro, Raul Castro's government, Robin Pedraja, Silver Airways, State media, United States, VISTAR, Yoani Sánchezsmbale

Cuba’s state media monopoly is under assault as web-based news outlets challenge official news on the island nation.

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06Sep/16

Cuba government filtering mobile text messages, dissidents say

September 6, 2016SecurityChina, City: Havana, Company: 14YMedio.com, Company: CubaCell, Company: El Nuevo Herald, Company: El Pais, Company: Somos Mas, Countries, Country: Cuba, Cuba, El Nuevo Herald, El País, Eliecer Avila, ETECSA, Forms of government, Havana, Internet censorship in Cuba, Jose Daniel Ferrer, Jose Manuel Ferrer Fernandez, Opposition to Fidel Castro, Philologists, Reinaldo Escobar, Russia, Sofia Ferrero, Technology/Internet, United States, Washington, Yoani Sánchezsmbale

Cuban government is filtering text messages for key words such as democracy and human rights and then blocking them, renowned Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez charged at the weekend, an accusation confirmed by Reuters on Monday.

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