company in cuba that, you know, was in the sugar industry. the ironny was fidel castro coming to power was something that we didn't like, like at all. >> lily prellezo, tell us your background. >> i was born in cuba and came to the united states when i was 4 years old. my father was involved in the counterrevolution, so my older brothers and sisters had already come here, but my mother wanted me and my little sister out and put us on a plane by ourselves. i was 4 and she was 2. >> is that peter pan? >> no before that. that was 1960 but it was urgent that she had to put us on a plane, of course, it's only a 90 minute flight, but you know. when's the next time you saw your mother? >> i think a few months after that. >> she managed to get over? >> yeah, they came back and forth my father and her. >> how strong is the cuban community now in southern florida? is it still loyal to the overthrow or have enough generations succeeded that it's less? >> it's less hard line in let's go to invade them. perhaps that sentiment is that strong, but there are

i was sent to cuba as a radioin.perator to send back information.rds, in other words, intelligence to the u.s. as to what was going on before the invasion and everything that they have do promised they said was going to be done on our behalf was simply betrayed. that included the invasion and. >> now what did your family do in cuba prior to your comingto k over to the state's? companfather used to work for a company, a u.s. company in cuba, that you know was in the sugar industry. the irony was fidel castro came into power was something that we didn't like at all. >> lily prellezo tell us yourrnn telestra background.ame >> i was also born in cuba and i came to the united states when i was four years old and it is an interesting story because my father was involved in thelder counterrevolution so my brothers and sisters had already come, here but my mother wanted to ge me and my little sister sisterps out, so she actually put us on a i plane by ourselves. i was four years old and she was to. that >> is that the peter

here in cuba is free. so providing good medical staff for cubans is practically a duty. but it is also considered an honor. >> suarez: in an era when countries are struggling to do more with less with limited health care dollars cuba's successes and prevention are likely to be closely watched. >> ifill: tomorrow ray will report >> ifill: tomorrow ray and the global health unit will report on one of cuba's choice exports: doctors. >> woodruff: now, to new rules for regulating internet traffic. jeffrey brown has that story. >> brown: on the information superhighway that is the internet, what, if any, rules should there be for, say, speed limits or public access? should such decisions be left to those who build the network, the so-called gatekeepers of the web? and what's the proper role for government regulation of online traffic? today the federal communications commission took a major and controversial step toward answering some of those questions, approving its first rules for internet access, often refer

cuba's ministry of health describes the international medical aid as a natural outgrowth of cuba's educated population and revolutionary vision. >> ( translated ): our main source of wealth is human resources, everyone knows we are a poor country, but providing cuban doctors to other countries grew out of the ideas of our commander and chief fidel castro, who said, we are paying our debt of humanity to our brother countries who support our revolutionary causes. and who need our vast human resources. >> reporter: one young cuban doctor, orislariam morales, says she volunteered because she wanted to help families learn to prevent illness, something the cuban doctors are known for. she was sent to rural boliva. >> ( translated ): we transmitted our experiences, our preventive health care model; we took to places, where conditions were pretty bad. but in turn, we learned a lot from them. >> it's a wonderful way of keeping very, very good diplomatic relations with very many countries. >> reporter: katrin hansing is cuba scholar at city university of new york and is writing a book about cuba's me

i would love to get the story inside of cuba. i think it would be great. >> some are going back and forth. you can fly from miami, can't you? >> yes, you can. i don't have family there, and i would love to see the country where i was born because i don't remember anything and it's just a natural beauty, and i would love to see that, but i wouldn't feel comfortable at this time to go to cuba. >> we have been talking with lily and jose, seagull one, the mogs true story of brothers to the rescue. thank you for joining us here at the miemsz book fair -- miami book fair. >> thank you. >> we're talking with sheryl barns about her new book. can you tell us about this? >> i did this book as a result of the folks at the capitol calling me about a year before the capitol visitors center opened and said we need a children's book about the new beautiful place, and i said well, what character would you like me to do, and they said, a squirrel. i said a squirrel? anyway, i did research and came up with this cartoonish squirrel named cappy tail

what will the next cuba look like? >> ifill: and we talk to white house health reform director nancy-ann deparle and virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli on whether americans can be forced to pay for health coverage. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> this was me-- best ribs in nelson county. but i wasn't winning any ribbons managing my diabetes. it was so complicated. there was a lot of information out there, but it was frustrating trying to get the answers i needed. then my company partnered with united healthcare. they provided on-site screenings, healthy cooking tips. that's a recipe i'm keeping. >> turning complex data into easy tools. we're 78,000 people looking out for 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. united healthcare. >> opportunity can start anywhere and go everywhere. to help revitalize a neighborhood in massachusetts; restore a historic landmark in harlem; fund a local business in chicago; expand green energy initiatives in

. >> y sobre el tema de cuba como algo debe cambiar?de los castro?,algo se puede hacer? >> definitivamente,en cuba hay que hacer elecciones libres,hay que liberar a los presos polÍticos,hay que garantizar los derechos civiles en cuba, mientras no ocurra esto,no habrÁ ningÚn cambio,porque es una tiranÍa,reconocemos que es una tiranÍa que auspicia el terrorismo,creo que tenemos que lograr el cambio en cuba antes de el cambio de la polÍtica de estados unidos a cuba. >> usted ganÓ por 12.000 votos,cuÁl fue el problema?,usted,o que los votantes decidieron enviar un mensaje de castigo al presidente obama? >> yo creo que,como dije antes de la elecciÓn,que si los latinos no iban a votar,era muy difÍcil ganar el puesto otra vez,pero nosotros vimos que educamos a nuestra gente especialmente sobre la diferencia entretener un republicano aquÍ y el trabajo que yo he hecho,y vinieron a votar los latinos,y finalmente ganamos porque vinieron a votar en esta elecciÓn. >> cÓmo interpretar la elecciÓn, fue difÍcil, usted ganÓ por 10.000 votos,algunos pens

la condena en cuba un salvadoreÑo por su vinculaciÓn a varios atentados con explosivos en la isla haerÍan algunas de las consecuencias debido esta sentencia. >> la condena de francisco chÁvez a. vargas se recibiÓ en el salvador con la impresiÓn de que ser justo castigo. >> forma parte del equipo de la unidad que formÓ posadas carriles, que fue capturado justo en el momento cuando pensaba cruzar hacia panamÁ con la intenciÓn de atentar contra el presidente fidel castro. >> el tribunal popular de la habana condenÓ a chavÉs abarca a 30 aÑos de prisiÓn bajo cargos de organizar y ejecutar por orden de posadas, una serie de atentados. >> segÚn analistas locales chÁvez abarca se librÓ de una condena a muerte por la imagen que cuba quiere enviar al mundo y por una estrategia tras ir por su verdadero objetivo. >> con el testimonio de chÁvez abarca los cubanos tienen ahora la oportunidad de irse a los tribunales internacionales o de irse a la presiÓn internacional, a la polÍtica internacional para que estados unidos mande a posadas carriles a cuba, o a venezuela. >> chÁvez abarca fue detenido

sÓlo cuba y su candidato a secundarla, venezuela., apoyada en amplios consensos populares. >> el escritor de 74 aÑos criticÓ ademÁs a las naciones occidentales por no oponerse con firmeza... y dijo que darÍa el premio nobel al argentino jorge luis borges. hay que destacar que sÓlo los escritores vivos pueden recibir este premio. >> y la justicia cubana con moto en tres dÍas a pena de muerte por cargos de terrorismo contra los salvadoreÑos. ambos habÍan sido sentenciados a muerte por la acusaciÓn de la colocaciÓn de bombas. se nos informa salvador castellanos desde la capital salvadoreÑa. >> condenados a muerte en 1999 por ser los ejecutores de seis atentados terroristas en cuba, presuntamente a las Órdenes de posada carriles, los salvadoreÑos puede dejar de especular cuando serÁ su ejecuciÓn y prepararse para los 30 aÑos en prisiÓn que les impuso como castigo alternativo un tribunal de la isla. >> nos alegra, nos agrada esta decisiÓn de los tribunales cubanos. decisiÓn que respetamos en el marco de principio de no intervenciÓn en los

renglÓn en cuanto al tema de cuba.alud, la ciencia acaba de anotarse otro tanto en un campo poco comÚn. exÁmenes con scanner indicaron que mientras mÁs grande es la amigdala cerebral, mÁs alto es el porcentaje de socializaciÓn quienes la presentarÁn, fueron quienes mÁs se relacionaron con amigos y familiares. >> Última pausa. grupos de delincuentes desarrollar estrategias de todo tipo para tratar de burlar las persecuciones policiales. >> en china un restaurante presenta meseros con mejor >> zonas fronterizas entre mÉxico y estados unidos han visto aumentar las persecuciones policiales. autoridades y delincuentes ponen en prÁctica estrategias para lograr huir, y otros para capturarlos. algunos de las innovaciones de los delincuentes para tratar de burlar a la policÍa. >> una madre y su hija perdieron la vida en este aparatoso accidente ocurrido el 24 de marzo en la ciudad, cuando un conductor se pasÓ un semÁforo en rojo mientras uia de las autoridades. es uno de los casos lamentables provocados por persecuciones polici

. >> authorities in cuba have refused to allow a dissident to collect a human rights prize. he was awarded the prize by the european parliament and was due to collect it this week. our correspondent told me more about mr. falinia. >> a well known political activist, earlier this year he launched a prolonged hunger strike to announce the plight of criminal prisoners. he was on a drip when rau castro -- raul castro released people. he was awarded this prize by the european particle many. it is named after the late soviet dissident andre sakarov. in cuba, you need a permit to leave the country, and while he applied for one, it never arrived >> there is a last-minute plea to let him come, but that fell on deaf ears. once again there will be an empty seat at a human rights award. >> ironic that cuba appears to be doing exactly what mr. farinias is accusing them of all this time. >> yes, there is an irony of this. it is not the first time that cuba has refused to allow well known opposition figures, well known dissident voices to travel abroad to collect prices. there is quite a w

it's remarkable really to see the advances that cuba has made in this area.t's already the third largest contributor to the national bottom line just behind nickel produion and tourism. you know, necessity being the mother of invention and a lot of drugs being hard to get here in cuba because of the economic blockade by the united states, they really try to provide for themselves, try to provide the kind of drugs and treatment that it was very expensive for them to buy on the world market and impossible for them to buy from the united states. and they've already achieved hundreds of international patents. they've developed over a thousand different compounds that they've got in various stages of testing. interestingly, 45 substances have even been granted u.s. patents, but because of the lack of economic relations between the united states and cuba, those products cannot be made in the united states. can't be licensed for production in the united states. >> brown: i know you were in cuba long ago. we all have the picture of 1950s car and the isolated time cap

veremos cÓmo se podrÍa beneficiar el gobierno de la isla de cuba. isla de cuba..o de débito. en la tienda, en línea... ...o donde sea. ¿y qué pasa con esos cargos que no hice? bank of america restituye todo cargo fraudulento a mi cuenta. eso sí es protección. [ locutor ] la oportunidad de estar protegido si ocurren fraudes. con la garantía de cero responsabilidad de bank of america. >> desde la habana, nos habla de una iniciativa gubernamental con miras a posibles ofertas y demandas ante las grandes ligas. >> bailarines de rumba y mascotas marcan el inicio de la temporada de bÉisbol en cuba. después bien el partido entre el equipo local, industriales y del centro de la isla. los naranjas ganan tres a cinco. los cubanos no estÁn hablando sÓlo del partido. uno de los mejores corredores de la historia cubana dice que los jugadores deberÍan poder firmar con equipos profesionales en el extranjero, una vez que han jugado ocho aÑos en casa. el dice que hay una propuesta para pagar un porcentaje de lo ganado al gobierno cubano,1 de los inconvenientes es el embargos prove

ariel was a political prisoner in cuba for seven years. he has recently been released and he was in miami receiving medical care. ariel is a man who was a professional boxer a large strapping man but he didn't just fight with his hands. he also raised his voice for freedom in his native cuba. and when he did so, he was thrown in jail, and now he is a man who is about 100 pounds less in weight, whose once towering frame is regulated to a wheelchair. because for seven years, he was in prison just for want to go criticize his government. he was put in a small cell with several other prisoners. he was fed maggot-infested food, and he had to wash in a pipe and drink from a pipe, sitting outside his cell, as did all the other prisoners and it made him sick desperately sick. and this happens just 90 miles from the shore of this country. it is intolerable, but i know of this and my heart bleeds for the cuban people because of the great work of congressman lincoln diaz-balart. so we will miss him. his voice has fought for freedom in this body in th

. -- it would bolster his cost for the release of political prisoners in cuba. >> we will look at how obesity >> obesity is becoming a growing problem around the world. a recent report by the organization for economic cooperation and develop -- development revealed some disturbing figures. after a survey of 33 best allies country, on average one in two people is overweight and 50% are obese. -- after a survey of the 33 industrialized countries. this takes into account weight and height. some feel that this method is too limited. however, the statistics are a cause for concern. >> too much fatty food, too much sugar. around the world, people are piling on the pounds. the consequences weigh heavily. in the united states, 68% of people are overweight. onen three is clsed as morbidly obese. in europe, britain is the fattest nations. they're, 61% of people are overweight and one in four is obese. germany is roughly on a par with the oecd average. the japanese, widely perceived as being among the more slender people, are also getting fatter. obesity is not just a problem for those affected,

. >> china, cuba, iran, all countries in which riders face persecution -- writers face persecution. their only weapon is the written word. >> the word is the most powerful weapon against a dictator. the word is what convinces people living inside the dictatorship that this is no life. >> 50 years ago, they founded the writers in prison committee to raise awareness of persecuted authors all over the world. in berlin, actors staged readings for renters forced into exile under hitler and stalin. some writers persecuted by the nazis. >> she is a survivor of the gulag. [speaking foreign language] >> where they burn bugs, there will end up burning human beings, he wrote prophetically almost two hundred years ago. the nazi book burning was perhaps the most manifest look at dictatorship turn to oppress the written word. some of germany's best authors fled into exile. >> it is astonishing how people in such situations have the power to turn to words, reminding us automatically of situations we have seen today. >> every six months, the document are around 1000 cases of literary persecution. o

>>>rogelio: estamos a cuba porque el cardenal jaime ortega hizo una misa en la prisión de la habana,está detenidos el lla grupo de los 75, que se niegan de ser enviados a españa. más adelante aquí en el "noticiero telemundo." en méxico, producen ahora marihuana de mayor calidad le va a sorprenden dónde aprendieron esas nuevas técnicas. y esta que vemos aquí no es una ciudad normal como todas, le decimos r qué?. >>> hola mi nombre es sargento martínez y estoy estacionada en hawai le quisiera mandar un saludo especial a mi familia en puertoico, a maría ve lazvelásq,

productos pillsbury nunca fue tan fácil hornear en casa. >> en la florida un pasajero con destino a cubahallÁrsele una pistola en el equipaje. juan manuel baldoquÍn se le acusÓ de llevar un arma de fuego oculta y de robo de armas. los daÑos ocasionados por el mal tiempo en el sur de california podrÍan superar los $ 60 millones. se declarÓ estado de emergencia en por lo menos ocho de los condados mÁs afectados por severas inundaciones y deslaves. una de -de las zonas mÁs castigadas es ... ahora vamos a colombia donde un nuevo alud matÓ a mÁs de una docena de personas y lesionÓ a 30. las piedras y que el lodo sepultaron viviendas en un poblado, nos informa juan pablo aguilar, ahora comienza la dura tarea de buscar a los desaparecidos. >> el nuevo derrumbe se registrÓ cuando caÍa la noche y los habitantes de este humilde poblado en el sur del paÍs se preparaban para una noche mÁs. miles de toneladas esdras y barro cayeron sobre por lo menos ocho viviendas y una taberna. al -13 personas murieron y varias mÁs se encuentran desaparecidas. >< la impotencia de no poder sacar a la gente que se es

en cuba, el gobernante dijo que el plan de ajuste marca el inicio del camino de la rectificaciÓn y laejar que sÓlo crezcan un poco las iniciativas y tenerlas bajo control. >> la reforma incluye una mayor apertura al capital extranjero, el recorte de los empleos estatales, la eliminaciÓn de subsidios y la autonomÍa de la gestiÓn empresarial. imÁgenes de un vehÍculo que saliÓ incendiado tras atropellar a niÑos en taiwÁn. tambiÉn, un aviÓn con un motor peligrosamente averiado. quÉ les espera ahora a miles de estudiantes indocumentados tras >> se vivieron dramÁticos momentos en taiwÁn cuando un grupo de niÑos salÍa de una escuela y el conductor de un vehÍculo atropellÓ a dos menores sin darse cuenta aparentemente. el vehÍculo estallÓ en llamas. cuatro niÑos y el chofer sufrieron quemaduras leves. >> acordÓ pagarle al gobierno federal mÁs de $ 32 millones por una investigaciÓn sobre dos de sus vehÍculos. >> mÁs de 50 pasajeros y tripulantes de un aviÓn del delta pasaron un gran susto cuando el piloto se vio obligado a aterrizar de emergencia. reportÓ a la torre de control que la nave tenÍa

cuba said he was fine.satellite equipment and there's a bit of both. it's not authorized, it's illegal. on top of that. it has as a stated goal, regime change. that's also illegal in cuba. what we're fining, alan gross got caught between these war in governments. may not be aware of risks he's taking but at this point he's turned into a stumbling block between relations between u.s. and cuba, on the other hand, washington said you can't take it forward until alan gross is released. on the other hand, his wife saying he's been in jail for the year, lost 90 pounds. his daughter is suffering from breast cancer, can't see her. he's been allowed to visit him. at this point, cuban officials are saying there's still not a trial date, tony. >> charge them. first. >> okay, chas that. this place is one piece obviously of u.s. cuban relationship. more generally speaking, where do things stand now? >> if you think back almost two years ago. looks like things are on the mend. one of the first things barack obama did, wa

. >> cuba se convierte en el escenario del terror.es invadida por zombies. >> hola, por acompaÑarnos. mÁs de 25 fallecidos, 13 menores de edad es el resultado de un incendio. delincuentes intentaban robar combustible de una lÍnea de abastecimiento. el presidente calderÓn visitó la zona y asegurÓ que habrÁ ayuda para los damnificados y castigo para los culpables. >> una explosiÓn sacudió a puebla. una enorme nube de no humo se apoderÓ del cielo. >> la gente saliÓ en ropa interior sin zapatos, corrÍan, esto era una locura. >> aÚn no se sabe el número de vÍctimas fatales pero varios cuerpos calcinados han sido encontrados. las autoridades dan fe de las personas que perdieron la vida aquÍ. para mÉdicos de la cruz roja atienden a los heridos. >> segÚn protecciÓn civil, la explosiÓn fue causada por un robo de cÓmo se ven uno de los ductos que estallÓ en las instalaciones de la petrolera. asÍ lo informaron en un comunicado conjunto de prensa. la acumulaciÓn del combustible revienta a la estaciÓn de bombeos. elementos del ejÉrcito resguardan

mientras tanto la familia busca repatriar el cuerpo a cuba.e seguridad. james acumulÓ 38 puntos, lo que puso a ganar a miami por 118 a 90. >al volver tony no sustrae todos los detalles de la gala nos va a caer en el momento menos pensado. ¿la tia contingencia? ¿y con quién vendrá está vez, eh? terremoto o ve tú a saber... esta vez me va a escuchar y nos va a decir exactamente cuándo llega. ay juan, lo mismo dijiste la otra vez y nada más acuérdate.... locutor: las emergencias nunca avisan. mejor estar listos: prepara un plan. ♪no es bastante lo que cumió♪ ♪donde sea que va, por cualquier lugar♪ si solo la oportunidad alguien pudiera dar ♪al adar, todo puede cambiar es tan facil♪ >> univisiÓn presentó esta noche la gala denominados apremios a lo nuestro. tony andrades nos trae lo mÁs importante y brilloso del evento. >> de esta forma univisiÓn inicia el conteo regresivo rumbo a la vigÉsima tercera entrega del premio lo nuestro. y como nunca antes el anuncio de los nominados fue en una gala en horario estelar. el mÁs denominado fue el cantante j

mientras tanto la familia busca repatriar el cuerpo a cuba. acumulÓ 38 puntos, lo que puso a ganar a miami por 118 a 90. >al volver tony no sustrae todos los detalles de la gala >> univisiÓn presentó esta noche la gala denominados apremios a lo nuestro. tony andrades nos trae lo mÁs importante y brilloso del evento. >> de esta forma univisiÓn inicia el conteo regresivo rumbo a la vigÉsima tercera entrega del premio lo nuestro. y como nunca antes el anuncio de los nominados fue en una gala en horario estelar. el mÁs denominado fue el cantante juan luis guerra. le siguieron con cinco enrique iglesias, y prince roice. alejandro sanz logrÓ tres. >> muy contento, feliz. muy bonito celebrar nuestra mÚsica y nuestra cultura y poder compartir eso con mi compaÑero y con la gente aquÍ en la gala. >> la sorpresa se la llevÓ luis enrique por su nominaciÓn en la categorÍa artista masculino del aÑo. >> nominado de nuevo, que felicidad, que sorpresa ademÁs. un disco que ha sido mÁs que galardonado y bendecido. > > en una modalidad tan difÍcil como artista fe

european officials have described cuba's actions as scandalous. south koreans have been dogging their gas masks -- wearing gas masks and docking underground. the purpose of the exercises to speed up the response in the event of another such attack. fighter jets flew over major cities to simulate the exercise. >> the sirens have just gone off. the schools have just been evacuated. all these children have been told to find an underground shelter, some more they would be safe in the event of an attack by north korea. all across south korea, people are climbing into shelters like this one. above us, outside, fighter jets are circling, simulating airstrikes. emergency services are carrying out chemical and nuclear weapons drills. people say they used to not take these drills very seriously. now, it is all designed to keep its people safer. >> still to come on gmt, someone really did get away with $1.5 million from a las vegas casino. it could be an outtake from "oceans 11." an emotional day for britain's royal air force. one of the greatest achievement

. >>> cuba and the united states have reached an agreement with an american money transfer company to eliminate a 10% dollar exchange tax that was previously imposed on foreign funds. the new rule, met with enthusiasm in cuba, where many relies on remittances and salaries that average just $20 a month. >>> archaeologists claim they found teeth in israel that could be the earliest evidence of man's existens ever found. they are double the age of what were considered the oldest human remains in the world. researchers say the discovery may change the widely held perception that homo sapiens originated on the continent of africa. >>> and now here's an early look how wall street will kick off the day -- the dow opens at 11,555. the s&p was up a fraction and the nasdaq added a point. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei lost 63 points. while in hong kong, the hang seng fell 212. >>> well, us a might expect between holidays and the morning after one of new york's biggest snowstorms in recent memory, trading on wall street was flat and slim on monday. with no e