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Today in History: February 16, Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba

Feb. 16, 2024 00:14 AM EST

Today in History Today is Friday, Feb. 16, the 47th day of 2024. There are 319 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 16, 1959, Fidel Castro became premier of Cuba a month and a-half after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista. ...

Red flags, missed clues: How accused US diplomat-turned-Cuban spy avoided scrutiny for decades

Feb. 15, 2024 15:47 PM EST

MIAMI (AP) — Manuel Rocha was well known in Miami’s elite circles for an aristocratic, almost regal, bearing that seemed fitting for an Ivy League-educated career U.S. diplomat who held top posts in Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba and the White House. “Ambassador Rocha,” as he preferred to be...

Key points of AP report into missed red flags surrounding accused US diplomat-turned-Cuban spy

Feb. 15, 2024 11:20 AM EST

MIAMI (AP) — Friends and colleagues of Manuel Rocha knew him for an aristocratic, almost regal, bearing that was fitting for an Ivy League-educated career U.S. diplomat who held top posts across Latin America. So former CIA operative Félix Rodríguez was dubious in 2006 when a...

Ex-Green Beret stands with Venezuelan coup plotter ahead of U.S. sentencing on terror charges

Jan. 09, 2024 14:56 PM EST

MIAMI (AP) — A U.S. veteran who plotted to overthrow Venezuela’s president is proudly standing with a former Venezuelan army general who pleaded guilty in New York on terrorism charges, describing his would-be comrade-in-arms as a patriot and dedicated family man worthy of a reduced prison...

Today in History: January 7, Truman reveals US has developed Hydrogen bomb

Jan. 07, 2024 00:07 AM EST

Today in History Today is Sunday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2024. There are 359 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 7, 1953, President Harry S. Truman announced in his State of the Union message to Congress that the United...

Today in History: Jan. 1, Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation

Jan. 01, 2024 00:03 AM EST

Today in History Today is Monday, Jan. 1, the first day of 2024. There are 365 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel...