the idea of taking castro back, it was noble. it was honorable, killing castro, taking back cuba. they felt they were doing it on behalf of the entire exile diaspora or in the united states. it was a holy crusade. and this is why in many ways, they, you know, were able to do what they did. and in fact, it probably would have continued. so to be specific about what was happening here. leaders of the anti-castro movement came to willie falcon and a couple of his partners when they were just 19 year old kids. but they had shown that they were dedicated to the anti-castro movement. they were showing up at rallies and taking part in public protests. and so the older members of the movement had their eyes on them, and they came to them and said, we have a plan to bring cocaine into the united states and sell it in the united states and use the proceeds from that to purchase weapons, guns and explosives, which we will then smuggle back into central america to the contras who were beginning their conflict with the sandinistas in nicaragua. so that was the origins of i would argue that tha

and then later, the anti-castro movement after they failed and many plots to assassinate castro, theyfted their focus to stopping the spread of castroism, stopping the spread of marxism in south america and central america. and the cuban exiles were front and center in this movement. it became very important, because it became a cover for groups like los muchachos. they could present themselves as if they were a part of an honorable cause that was supported by the u.s. government in the form of the cia. and this carried a tremendous amount of weight not only in south florida, but i would say the criminal world. cubans who had this reputation of being connected to the movement who were viewed by many as untouchable, that they were being protected by people in the u.s. government, particularly the cia. so this became a central aspect of why and how they were able to get away with it for so long. it was felt that they were above and beyond reproach, innocence a sense. and this is a great calling card for them in the criminal world, . host: absolutely, those passages and sections of your

julían castro: thank you, damian, for having me.welcome to the bay area as well. i know you're spending your time in various parts of the country, but welcome to the bay area. let me ask you, sir, since we have you and it's very timely, what impact will the election results have do you think, not only latino communities across california but across the country? julían: well, the election is gonna have a wide-ranging impact on the latino community. let's just start with what donald trump has made clear. he wants mass deportation. that would mean up to 11 million people, many of them latinos and latinas who would be subject to deportation. this would be terrible for the community, it would rip apart families, it would decimate the american economy, and if history is our judge based on the past and other operations like this, including operation wetback, which happened many decades ago, there are even legal residents and american citizens that could possibly get caught up in this kind of mass deportation action. on top of that, whether

castro.er members of the committee are reminded that open statements may be submitted for the record. today, we have witnesses from the state department and the usaid who cover american interests in south america for the biden administration. starting with the honorable kevin sullivan, the deputy assistant secretary for brazil, southern cone, and the ntn affairs for western hemisphere, affairs in the state department. the united states department of state, and mr. dk freud, a deputy assistant secretary for democracy and human rights, and labor at the u.s. department of state, as well. and mr. greg powell, a senior deputy assistant administrator for the bureau of latin american caribbean at the u.s. agency for international development. thank you, all, for being here. your full statements will be made part of the record and i will ask you to keep your spoken remarks to five minutes. i now recognize ambassador sullivan for his opening statement, and welcome. >> in morning. chairwoman salazar, r

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>> thank you, ranking member castro.es, there are international partners that remain actively engaged with maduro as you pointed out. it has been very difficult. maduro and is representatives have been focus much more on repression and denial since the election, and that's hard for anyone to deal with whether it's the united states or brazil. but we have remained in contact with the county committee, brazil colombia mexico qatar as well and, of course, many of our other partners around the americas and europe. there are really a number of countries prepared to be helpful. each one come from where they are with relationships that they have. i should point out the united states also remains very open to engagement to try and promote the kind of negotiated peaceful democratic transition that venezuelans clearly want. but it does take two to tango. unfortunately, i think none of our partners is perceived real openness or any flexibility so far from a maduro. but i but i would go back tr opening statement, ranking member cast

how much of a threat is castro to the economic development of latin america? well, i think i have to broaden, ken, and just you kind of just talk the economic development and economy only develops when you've got stable government. let's face it, the government creates the framework within which people operate private enterprise, free labor and so forth. and the castro influence, plus the communist and their are interrelated very intimately. fidel is more they call it fidel castro. fidel is more in latin america is very strong. it's a movement that is supported from cuba, agents are going out, saboteurs, the explosives, so that they're constantly these attacks being made. and for the governments of the caribbean area to preserve law and order alone is becoming a major problems. say nothing of the propaganda, the disruption others being caused so that it's having naturally its effect on the economic life, on investment of private capital, which is what creates the jobs. so the whole thing is subject to a very, in my opinion, very dangerous, undermining of the f

san francisco's castro, hoping for a boost from old saint nick.ar, the district's merchants association put on the neighborhood's annual tree lighting. they also encourage those coming out to shop local. ktvu zac sos reports. three. two one. [applause] >> decked in rainbow but missing a bow. this tree. once again bringing joy to the castro. [music] santa arriving with cops in tow. to set it aglow. >> happy holidays. [applause] ho ho ho! >> okay, okay. no more rhymes, i promise. so. [music] the annual event bringing out city leaders and the community. young and old. >> sam's been a good boy. >> he should get to with black friday in the books. santa ever closer to wrapping up his christmas list. >> i got the missus helping me. we have an excel sheet. she's great at that. >> along castro street, the hope old saint nick will fill out the rest of it with a few gifts from shops like these at welcome castro by san francisco mercantile. so far, so good. >> we just started picking up actually, so we had our biggest weekend for the holiday season. >> the st

so for now, we are live in castro valley.in time for the holidays. striking hyatt hotel workers in san francisco have now unanimously approved an agreement with the hotel chain. and that ends the strike for 1000 workers at the grand hyatt. the hyatt tells us the agreement includes competitive wages and comprehensive health coverage. and it comes just days after marriott workers reached an agreement with their employer. however, 650 workers are still on the picket lines at the city's largest hotel in the hilton san francisco union square, and workers at hilton park, 55, have already authorized a strike. thousands of amazon delivery drivers across the country remain on strike this morning, just three days before christmas. this labor dispute is affecting amazon delivery hubs in more than a dozen major cities, including san francisco. the workers on the picket lines are demanding better pay and benefits. however, amazon contends the striking workers are contractors, not employees, and the company says it sees no reason to meet w

there will be a free shuttle even from golden gate park to the castro.e forecast before we go. lots of events to bring people together. we have the watch watch the niners game there in the city. looks like a gorgeous day. of course, just bring one more layer there as we are looking at temperatures cooling down later tonight and as mentioned, we will be hosting football night in america. so n. 5 or 6 p.m. news tonight. it's football night in america right here on nbc bay area.falo bills hosting the san francisco 49ers. we have a watch party at chase center starting at 5:00. just rsvp online. it's free to attend. we just need to know how many people to expect. kickoff is at 520, and you can watch it right here on nbc bay area. we hope you have a great first week of december. sunny and warm one. we hope ♪♪ ♪ >>> this sunday, fbi job. president-elect donald trump says he plans to replace fbi director christopher wray with kash patel, a

his main motivation was to get rid of castro. of cubans who woke up in the morning dreaming of a dead fidel castro. in fact, they woke up in the morning, dreaming of strangling fidel castro to death with their own hands. >> michael: but in a way, doesn't that romanticize this a little bit? it's easy for willy falcon to say, it is okay i am doing all this because it has a good, i have the ability because i'm overthrowing the regime? but it grew bigger than that for him. >> yeah, i think we refer to that as a false value system. >> michael: [laughs] >> he believed in it, he believed in the cause and he was willing to do anything for the cause. so when they asked him to do this, he was all for it. you got to remember, in the late '70s when this started, cocaine was only used by the very rich. in hollywood, rock stars, some professional athletes. nobody else could afford it. so the first thing they did was they made it affordable. they brought in so much quantity that they could lower the price and they started to sell that and it wa

you can see 5.80, castro valley to oakland. 42 minutes. they're dealing with some residual delays as well. there was a accident earlier this morning and then we've got 101, sunnyvale to san mateo. 23 minutes 17 santa cruz to los gatos. 23 minutes as well. and lastly, san jose to milpitas 8.80, southbound. it is excuse me northbound. it is 10 minutes. we'll send it back to 2. all right, michael, thank you for that update. >> well, happening today, the alum rock school district in san jose will make their final decision about whether to close 7 the closures sparked criticism from parents as a district now faces a 20 million dollar budget shortfall. perez will tran is a% live in san jose with the latest. will. >> this is one of the schools say it to be close starting next year. a lot of people showing up thi morning and i got to tell you, just looking at the staff long faces as they walk behind me, they realize today's the day the suggestions were made in mid-november. but today the school district will make the decision on which schools to b

. >> as ktvu betty yu reports, the shop became a fixture of the castro valley community. >> thank youthe line began forming at 4 a.m. sunday, and all day generations of customers stopped by rudy's donut house to say goodbye and thank its owners, who are retiring. >> there's a lot of love. everything is made from scratch. all our frostings are made from scratch. you know, a lot of other icings and everything is made from scratch. >> and we use premium, our premium mixes with a little bit of my dad's secret recipes in there too. >> sisters angela ducado and gina alfaro began working for their father, rudy, when they were in their teens. >> well, i just got emotional. she told me not to cry. >> it just. it's bittersweet. of course, we've been around for so long, and we're going to miss not the work, definitely the community and all our friends and the people that have supported us all through these years. >> rudy says, operated at this location on castro valley boulevard for decades. carl satariano bought one of his first donuts from rudy when he was just a kid. >> after wiping all the t

the castro. but the castro has a lot of kids. the castro has a lot of old people.the castro residents in the castro want aqs space to get together where they can be healthy, where they can exercise and that's something that a slow 19th street can give. it's also an opportunity to harness the energy excuse me, and the enthusiasm of dolores park and sort of carry that enthusiasm across the castro into lower eureka valley. so thanks for your time. i really appreciate it. and that's it. thanks. thank you so much for your comment. next speaker, please. hello. my name is sasha ortega, and i want to thank you for approving our slow streets and our closed streets in hayes valley that i spoke on earlier, but i'm also here to speak about biking. i have been biking in san francisco for over 25 years now. when i first started, i would have never tried to bike from here to the beach. in fact, the first time i did, i think it took me 2 or 3 hours. now i can get there in half an hour. i bike everywhere because of the infrastructure and this plan is great, but it's not robust enou

as ktvu betty yu reports, the shop became a fixture in the community of the castro valley. >> thank youline began forming at 4 a.m. sunday, and all day generations of customers stopped by rudy's donut house to say goodbye and thank its owners, who are retiring. >> there's a lot of love. everything is made from scratch. all our frostings are made from scratch. you know, a lot of other icings and everything is made from scratch. >> and we use premium, our premium mixes with a little bit of my dad's secret recipes in there too. >> sisters angela ducado and gina alfaro began working for their father, rudy, when they were in their teens. >> well, i just got emotional. she told me not to cry. it's just bittersweet. >> of course, we've been around for so long and we're going to miss not the work, definitely the community and all our friends and the people that have supported us all through these years. >> rudy says operated at this location on castro valley boulevard for decades. karl satariano bought one of his first donuts from rudy when he was just a kid. >> after wiping all the tears out o

castro valley to the maze. it's a 13 minute commute.tly, we're taking a look at westbound 80 crockett to the maze. it's a 60 minute commute there. james, we'll send it over to you. >> all right. 5.30, is the time. thank you. michel will happening today. the alum rock school district in san jose is gonna make their final decision on whether to close 7 schools. that closure has sparked criticism from parents as the district now faces a 20 million dollar budget deficit. they have to fix kron four's will tran live for us in san jose with this difficult decision will. >> james says school districts get the recommendations mid-november. and today is the day that they will make the final cut. and as you mentioned, a lot of parents and students and teachers, they don't like this because jobs are on the line as well. the school district, as you mentioned, facing a 20 million dollar budget deficit. a couple of reasons behind that include declining enrollment and the covid time funding that they enjoyed during that period. well, that dried up and

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i use the analogy of fidel castro, new year's eve, 19591960, as you know, castro. and in fact, giovanni has a physical resemblance to castro with the beard ousted president, the taste of tube, and everybody thought or a this is going to work. so in this particular case, i still use the word gilani named jewel on it because it's on certain it's in his best interest, i think, to be more monitored simply because it being more radical simply is going to be against him. but it's a situation where virtually everything has got to go right. and if one thing goes wrong, it could facilitate a series of crises. so to say that this is delicate and volatile, is huge. bunch of statement. we don't know how he is going to act. but my son says it's in his best interest to be more moderate in his views and his approaches. and i hope that he'll be able to do that. but at this stage, we simply can't tell. well, catawba, when we have these references to how they, how they need to be more moderate. your hair in uh, media reports um, from politicians in america, in the un, your describin

i'm not suggesting that i will. mohammed gilani is a castro. but what i'm saying is that the outcome that we'll see what's going to evolve in damascus is very much in question. one hopes that it leads to a more democratic and more civilized rule. but at this stage, all that remains to be seen, and frankly, israel's bombing, if it persist for an extended time, will not be helpful for that outcome. and holland, in this moment, as you say, as, as the situation remains rather uncertain how smooth can we expect that this process of political transition may be, oh, that's a great question. so far, nice state so far it's going very, very, very well. the prime minister has stayed in the office. there is no evidence of looting or any kind of chaos as there was in the rock after the invasion. and when the insurgency broke out, or in afghanistan, they up to the americans left very, very rapidly. but so far so good. this is rather like somebody who jumped off the empire state building in new york city, passing through for 75 saying so far so good. whether

. >> the holiday season officially kicked off in the castro on monday night. there are dozens gathered to watch the lighting of the san francisco neighborhood's iconic christmas tree. >> i loved it, it's always so fun to come. >> one of those in attendance was iris teru. teru says she, her husband, and their child come out every year to the tree, lighting a special way. she tells me to help them build bonds with their community. >> i do feel like the castro is unique in that it just has a very strong connection between people, but fostering that sense of community was only one message monday's event was meant to send. >> leaders here say they also want to encourage people to shop locally for holiday gifts this season. >> i think we really haven't. we still haven't completely recovered from covid. i think all of our neighborhoods are feeling, you know, the sort of the loss of tourism dollars a lot of folks are spending more time outside the city with thanksgiving falling later than normal this year, holiday shoppers have less time to get in their purchases ahea

how does your castro has to store the tour vans are worn? the faces are tired. after nearly 2 years on the road, but these dancers, with the grand key ballet, are still committed to winning american hearts and minds through ukrainian ballet every day you have a different the rides to see a to another city, another state. and it's difficult. 20 year old nicholas co, most international dance career began. just as russia invaded his family urged him to stay abroad. his brothers joined the military. i pray for them because it's so important. then they are, for me, their heroes, nicole dom laura, also age 20 cents money home to ukraine. i have a position to help a crane to help my families, all of my family, st. and the brain in here find my pfizer as new as her father takes to the battlefield. the mora prepares to take the stage. she writes to him daily, he can only respond once a week. we have 3 daughter, so i think he wanted to protect us. perfect, our family protects all secret and children the dancers are rehearsing. now for tonight's performance to nutcracker,

how we can neutralize castro and keep him from saying anything about panama. if he says something favorable about the panama canal treaty, it might lose us some votes in the senate if he was critical of it. he would. it would lose his votes with the communist party. and, uh, in panama. and so i met with, uh, a number of people, michael manley in jamaica. uh, lopez portillo in mexico, uh ortmayer. and costa rica, there were about 5 or 6 carlos andres parish, uh, and uh, they all had personal relationships with castro over long periods of time. and, and they were willing to talk to him. and i think one of the reasons the panama canal passed treaty passed so easily was we have never, ever heard a word about from castro, about panama. >> yeah, i think that was an important point. >> quieted down. >> and your point about carter's religious faith inspiring him and moving him on so many issues? certainly important. i observed that over the years, many times when he was involved in very sensitive issues like the middle east, for example, bringing together anwar sadat

bastante criticado y sobre todo por la forma en que negociÓ este escenario con el dictador fidel castroabajÓ con Él en su campaÑa. >> era una persona muy humilde, siendo presidente puedo decir que no era presumido en ninguna forma, una persona muy gentil. aparte del 7 de enero se le va a rendir homenaje del cuervo presente en la rotonda del capitolio hasta el 9 de enero y ayer los polÍticos mandatarios y el pÚblico se podrÁn despedir del expresidente, regresÓ contigo. para hablar del legado del expresidente nos acompaÑa el diplomÁtico, es ex embajador de los estados unidos en panamÁ. la verdadera influencia de un hombre monetario frente a dictaduras a las que Él se enfrentÓ en amÉrica latina y sobre todo las dictaduras de argentina y de chile. >> no es exageraciÓn decir que la presidencia y sobre todo en amÉrica latina los tratados carter fueron y representaron un parte de agua y la asimetrÍa de poder entre estados unidos y panamÁ fue cuestionable, una cosa que nadie dude y el poderÍo, el momento de descolonizaciÓn de amÉrica latina y literalmente no era buen negocio mantener control so

la cumbre por el 20 aniversario del bloque polÍtico fundado por hugo chÁvez y fidel castro tuvo lugarillermo: la cumbre se celebra en caracas, reÚne a los presidentes de venezuela, nicaragua y bolivia y los primeros ministros de algunos paÍses. atacaron a israel y las naciones unidas. >> cada bomba que mata un palestino, a una niÑa, a un niÑo cae sobre naciones unidas. cae sobre el teatro absurdo y criminal de la diplomacia que maneja los organismos principales de naciones unidas. >> culparon a estados unidos de un acoso diario contra el paÍs. >> las conspiraciones son de todos los dÍas, los intentos de agresiÓn son de todos los dÍas. guillermo: miguel dÍaz canel seÑalÓ a estados unidos de la situaciÓn que vive en la isla con la falta de suministros. el rÉgimen de la habana considera que el sufrimiento de los cubanos es responsabilidad del embargo comercial. >> desde 2019 el bloqueo contra cuba ha escalado, es mÁs cruel e inhumana. no sÓlo se expresa en elevados costos de recursos materiales y financieros, sino que agobia la cotidianidad de la naciÓn. >> los presidentes y primeros min

. >> the holiday season officially kicked off in the castro on monday night.re are dozens gathered to watch the lighting of the san francisco neighborhood's iconic christmas tree. >> i loved it, it's always so fun to come. >> one of those in attendance was iris teru. teru says she, her husband, and their child come out every year to the tree, lighting a special way. she tells me to help them build bonds with their community. >> i do feel like the castro is unique in that it just has a very strong connection between people, but fostering that sense of community was only one message monday's event was meant to send. >> leaders here say they also want to encourage people to shop locally for holiday gifts this season. >> i think we really haven't. we still haven't completely recovered from covid. i think all of our neighborhoods are feeling, you know, the sort of the loss of tourism dollars a lot of folks are spending more time outside the city with thanksgiving falling later than normal this year, holiday shoppers have less time to get in their purchases ahead of

dozens of people were in the castro district last night for its annual christmas tree lighting.sociation staged this event. the tree lighting ceremony also attracted more foot traffic for businesses in that area. >> hotel workers are continuing to picket outside hotels in san francisco. ten weeks into their strike over. workers at six hilton hyatt and marriott hotels in the city are on strike. they're asking for affordable health care, pay increases and the reversal of covid era cuts. they accused the hotel operators of not negotiating in good fait. >> we've had our hours cut. we've had our our shifts cut. we've had we've had positions that mysteriously disappeared and never came back, even though they really should have come back. and you know, we're tired of that. and we have to we have to let people know about that. >> the hotel council, which is not involved in the negotiations, says it hopes all sides can meet halfway to help boost the struggling hospitality industry during these difficult times. >> we need to come together and figure out an approach that works for all side

julian castro, let's just go over this list of promises just one more time.the war of, quote, russian aggression against ukraine, promising to cut funding to schools that teach crt, cutting funding to schools that have vaccine mandates, increasing drilling and fracking. how many of those things do you actually try to do through executive action just to sort of say like we are out here, we are doing something, and how quickly does he realize that, you know, he's going to need to go through congress to get most things done? >> well, you know, they probably realize -- as susan was referencing in tom holman's interview with "the washington post", they probably recognize, at least the legitimately competent ones, that they can't get this done without congressional approval. on some of that they may get congressional approval, because they have numbers right there, at least in the senate. but i think that what they're going to do they're going to huff and puff. he's going to huff and puff on all of these issues. the cabinet secretaries, once they get in place, will

plus out in the castro district. going to have their annual tree lighting ceremony tonight, too. this is video from last year. the lighting ceremony is led by business owners from the district last year. we also saw mayor london breed out there along with state senator scott wiener and the san francisco men's chorus. the tree lighting ceremony is set to take place tonight at 6 o'clock. it'll be the bank of america plaza on castro street. still ahead, the ground or morning news cameras as well honors world aids day by remembering those lost their lives to the lost their lives to the illness will be right back. (♪♪) make the most of your season during the kia season of new traditions sales event. gift yourself some savings and visit your local kia dealer today. look out for these stickers to find great deals on vehicles backed by a 10-year, 100,000-mile limited powertrain warranty so you can start new traditions for years to come. get 1.9% apr for up to 60 months, plus $1,000 retail bonus cash on specially tagged 2025

the castro valley location is set to open by early next year with the same menu. >> i'm wishing oakland city in the whole united states. >> ortiz says he is not leaving oakland empty handed. an up and coming filipino chef will take over the location at the diamond district. crystal bailey ktvu fox two news. >> on a basketball now, the warriors will try to snap their four game losing skid when they face the nuggets in denver on tuesday night. last night, the dubs lost to a former warrior. kevin durant is phoenix suns 113 to 105. steph curry scoring 23 in the loss after missing wednesday's game due to a knee injury. the dubs started the season as one of the hottest teams in pro basketball. but golden state they now slipped to fourth in the nba's western conference with a record of 12 and seven. how about some hockey san jose sharks celebrating back to back winners against seattle's kraken last night? sharks held off a late rally to beat seattle 4 to 2. the sharks will smith scored for the third straight game. san jose's win on the road was following their 8 to 5 victory at home on friday