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Cuba starts freeing prisoners a day after the US said it would lift terror designation

Jan. 15, 2025 21:28 PM EST

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba started releasing some prisoners Wednesday as part of talks with the Vatican, a day after President Joe Biden's administration announced his intent to lift the U.S. designation of the island nation as a state sponsor of terrorism. More than a dozen people who...

Biden moves to lift state sponsor of terrorism designation for Cuba, part of deal to free prisoners

Jan. 14, 2025 20:29 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden notified Congress of his intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House announced, as part of a deal facilitated by the Catholic Church to free political prisoners on the island. Senior U.S....

Today In History, January 1: Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation

Jan. 01, 2025 00:12 AM EST

Today is Wednesday, Jan. 1, the first day of 2025. There are 364 days left in the year. This is New Year’s Day. Today in history: On Jan. 1, 1863, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War, declaring that all enslaved...

Cuba frees man who participated in 1997 attacks on hotels in Havana, orchestrated by Cuban exiles

Dec. 31, 2024 15:22 PM EST

HAVANA (AP) — Cuban authorities released a Salvadoran man who was convicted of participating in a string of hotel bombings on the island in 1997, a government-run news site said. The Cubadebate website reported Monday in a lengthy editorial that Raul Ernesto Cruz Leon was freed...

Significant milestones in life and career of Jimmy Carter

Dec. 29, 2024 18:47 PM EST

— Oct. 1, 1924: James Earl Carter Jr. is born in Plains, Georgia, son of James Sr. and Lillian Gordy Carter. — June 1946: Carter graduates from the U.S. Naval Academy. — July 1946: Carter marries Rosalynn Smith, in Plains. They have four children, John William...

Bolivia's former leader Evo Morales seeks a political comeback from his stronghold in the tropics

Dec. 29, 2024 01:06 AM EST

LAUCA Ñ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia's former leader Evo Morales has a campaign pitch for 2025 that has worked elsewhere: Other politicians of recent years have brought you nothing but misery. It's time for a return to the past. His supporters are looking to Morales for a rescue from...

Today in History: November 25, John F. Kennedy laid to rest at Arlington

Nov. 25, 2024 00:10 AM EST

Today is Monday, Nov. 25, the 330th day of 2024. There are 36 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 25, 1963, the body of President John F. Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery after a funeral procession through Washington; an estimated...

Trump's pick of Rubio as America's top diplomat could reshape US policy in Latin America

Nov. 15, 2024 11:17 AM EST

MIAMI (AP) — Growing up in Miami among Cuban exiles who fled Fidel Castro's revolution, Sen. Marco Rubio developed a deep hatred of communism. Now as President-elect Donald Trump's choice for America's top diplomat, he's set to bring that same ideological ammunition to reshaping U.S. policy in...