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Former US ambassador arrested in Florida, accused of serving as an agent of Cuba, AP source says

Dec. 03, 2023 19:44 PM EST

MIAMI (AP) — A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested in a long-running FBI counterintelligence investigation, accused of secretly serving as an agent of Cuba’s government, The Associated Press has learned. Manuel Rocha, 73, was...

Today in History: November 25, Fidel Castro dies at 90

Nov. 25, 2023 00:11 AM EST

Today in History Today is Saturday, Nov. 25, the 329th day of 2023. There are 36 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 25, 2016, Fidel Castro, who led his rebels to victorious revolution in 1959, embraced Soviet-style...

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

Nov. 06, 2023 09:51 AM EST

Decades before Edel Rodriguez made his iconic, mouth-only political illustration of Donald Trump for the cover of Time magazine, he was a boy growing up in Fidel Castro’s Cuba. In his new graphic memoir, “Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey,” Rodriguez mixes historical context and...

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

Sep. 24, 2023 08:31 AM EDT

MIAMI (AP) — When Félix Llerena arrived in Miami in 2017, he quickly got involved in the city’s politically active community of Cuban exiles. He was soon drawn to President Donald Trump for his aggressive approach toward Cuba's communist government and his stated affinity for Cuban American...

Brazilian leader Lula rekindles ties with Cuba at G77 summit in Havana

Sep. 16, 2023 18:01 PM EDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met with his Cuban counterpart Saturday in Havana, signaling a revitalization of ties between the two countries in the first trip by a Brazilian president to the Caribbean nation in nine years. Lula was in Havana...