of cuba. it's a history of cuba from before the arrival of christopher columbus to the present. but the book is not a textbook. it's not a textbook built around high political history or abstract structural analysis. it's not an academic monograph for specialists. and it is well, despite the fact that i am in the book and that i draw on my own personal experiences in my personal relationship with the island of cuba. the book is not emphatically a memoir. it is instead a character-driven. episode driven narrative history of cuba that i tried to narrate for this moment a moment that i think in which history itself is up for grabs. the passing of fidel castro from this world and overall castro from power raised urgent questions about the island's political future and they invite new analysis historical analysis about the meanings and the legacies of the cuban revolution. in the us barack obama's opening to cuba followed by trump's closing and then by biden's so far strange in action have made the

actually, this hemisphere has high prize for tolerating cuba. and the cuban regime threatens peace and security in the continent, but especially in this country. and by systematically provoking military crisis. it is involved in russian sonic attacks against diplomates initially called the havana syndrome and other sorts of criminal related activities, to providing support to terrorists. for the last 60 years, the cuban regime has been portrayed as the innocent victim of the united states. as david versus goliath, but the real goliath is the cuban regime and the real david is the cuban people. and that people have resolved. last july hundreds of cubans went into the streets province by province and asked for the liberty. the regime reacted by militarizing the country and they increased over 1,000 peaceful protesters. many of them have been tortured and are being sentenced in trials to prisons. but this repression of the dictators is also a measure of their fear. the dictatorship had never before been so vulnerable and so exposed, however, the cu

yet cuba has not always be a welcoming place for the gay people there.l men and women were sent to reeducation camps early on in the castro regime. the cuban government hopes that by enhancing their reputation as a gay friendly destination it will help to kickstart their economic motor, so badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic. >> it's nice to be in a place where you feel welcome and encouraged to be yourself. we signed a waiver when we got here saying that tolerance is the only way and that if you are not tolerant of people, you will be asked to leave. >> tolerance has been notably absent in cuba. following islandwide antigovernment protests in july, the authorities have clamped down on all forms of dissent. trials of detainees have been held behind closed doors with the state seeking decades long prison sentences for defendants. a second protest was stopped before could begin. one of the organizers was forcibly kept inside of his home. his attempts to signal to the press outside, silenced. amid such repression, cuban gay-rights activists say that

on cuba. they actually built the u. s. to negotiating table. and of course, it was a success to the soviet union. the jupiter missiles will be the 2 on from turkey, and a promise was given not to invade cuba again, like to buy pigs the previous year. yes. why you could argue that till advised is that yes, the door has been opened to negotiation out to the issues which have been waiting both yeltsin y. gorbachev yeltsin and put in. but you know why to advised? it's that it's not, the door was opened, the door was smashed down, and so maybe a more delicate way, opening that door may have been better advised, but then you'd say there would you refusing to open the door? so the only way to get it was to smash it down. i understand that argument didn't dordy misplaced one way or another for in order for the tops to continue. it requires some sort of football sites to have a degree of negotiating skills and certain conception of a level playing field given that after you know, for the last 30 years,

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and the document, and again, that's why cuba is important. by planning to put michelle's on cuba. they actually pulled the u. s. to negotiating table, and of course, it was a success with the soviet union that you're for, to miss out with a to and from turkey. and a promise was given not to invade cuba again, like to buy pigs the previous, you know, just why you could argue though, till advised. is that yes, the door has been opened to negotiation now to the issues which have been worrying both yell saying, well, garbage of yeltsin and put in. but you know why till advised. it's that it's not so much the door was opened, the door was smashed down, and so maybe a more delicate way, opening that door may have been better advised, but then you'd say they would, you refusing to open the door? so the only way to get it was to smash it down. i understand that argument that these already misplaced one way or another for in order for the talks to continue, it requires some sort of for the both sides to have certain degree of negotiating skills and certain conception of a level playing fie

add up born in and raised in cuba born in cuba and raised in the united states historian. adafra. is the author of insurgent cuba race nation and revolution and freedom's mirror cuba and haiti in the age of revolution.

russia, cuba, and iran, are not on a list of close allies. did we invade ecuador? never considered it. we live in a different time. i understand the monroe document and moving a handful of troops back to take over the republic. but to have a notion that there is going to be a military alliance in the united states, therefore putin is able to invade ukraine, that doesn't make sense. mr. sanders: the secretary of the united states said the monroe doctrine is alive and well, and, yes, of course, it's hypothetical. i do not believe that mexico will enter into an alliance with china. but all i ask is to put what is going on in russia into a context and to look at american policy and history as well. this is a complicated issue and i think it's important for us to at elizabeth look at the -- to at least look at the concerns that russia has. there is no disagreement that if putin were to commit the horrible, horrible blunder of invading ukraine, count me in as somebody who will go as far as we can to make sure there are real consequences against the oligarchs on that poli

well we did that in response to the placement of soviet missiles in cuba 90 miles from our shore and in the kennedy administration saw that as an unacceptable threat to national security. it is unacceptable for a hostile country to have a significant military presence 90 miles away from our shores. and let us be clear the munro doctrine is not ancient history. as recently as 2018 donald trump sacred. state rex tillerson called the monroe a doctrine quote as relevant today as the day was written end quote and in 2019 former top national security adviser john bolton wrote quote the monroe doctrine is alive and well." to put it simply even if russia was not ruled by a oligarchic authoritarian leader like vladimir putin russia, like the united states, would still have an interest in the security policy. and i want people to think about this. does anyone really believe that the united states would not have something to say if for example mexico or cuba or any country in central and latin america were to perform a military alliance with the u.s. adversary? do you think members of congress

the reality in cuba. so i'm not going to repeat what i said before. i'm as outraged by the crackdown on protesters in cuba as anyone. unlike many others, i've actually said that to the cuban authorities. no one can -- no one condones acts of vandalism or violence but provocations of abuse of peaceful protesters are inexcusable. i also know they're trying to bludgeon the cuban authorities into submission does not work. what's the proof of that? tried it for 60 years and it hasn't worked. so it made things worse, emboldens the hard liners in government who can then blame the united states for their own failed policies. they're determined to hold on to power. if they fail at something, they just blame it on the united states. when it hurts the cuban people, impeding their ability to pay medical supplies as basic as syringes and masks to fight covid and preventing small businesses from accessing u.s. products. i visited a lot of those small businesses. they actually want to deal with america. and we're cuttin

as —year—old woakes in cuba.s guinness world record. aruna iyengar, bbc news. quite something. for everyone in the northern hemisphere it is still very much the depths of winter. how long will the cold weather last? well, in the us state of pennsylvania there's only one way to find out. they ask a rather diminutive and increasingly famous weatherman. the bbc�*s tim allman explains. unlike the movie, in real life groundhog day comes just once a year. since 1887 they come here to do...whatever this is. and discoverjust how long the winter will last. and this gentleman is the one who will tell them. punxsutawney phil appears before the crowds. he doesn't need barometric charts or even a thermometer. instead, the question is simple, did he see his shadow or not? "i couldn't imagine a better fate with my shadow i have cast, than a long lustrous six more weeks of winter!" i should point out at this juncture that punxsutawney phil and his ancestors have only been right about 40% of the time. and this year there is turmo

our cuba correspondent, will grant, reports.he international symbol of gay and the government organise press tour the first hotel aimed primarily at lgbt q tourists, the management said the aim was to creatively say space for gay visitors. cuba is not always in welcoming place for the gay community. in the early part of the communist leader�*s rule, homosexual men and women were sent to work accounts for supposedly education. since then digits on the island of markedly improved and the government hopes the marketing will start its economy which has been so badly affected by the virus pandemic. t5 has been so badly affected by the virus pandemic.— the virus pandemic. is nice to be welcome _ the virus pandemic. is nice to be welcome and _ the virus pandemic. is nice to be welcome and encouragedl the virus pandemic. is nice to i be welcome and encouraged to the virus pandemic. is nice to - be welcome and encouraged to be yourself. and we got here we signed a waiver saying tolerance is the only way here and if you are not tolerant o

and house 60 years of un sanctions on cuba government have left the island frozen in time and hit ordinary citizens the high. ah rushes president vladimir putin has warned. there would be no winner as if a war breaks out over ukraine. but says he hopes the situation can be resolved peacefully from moscow to washington, leaders of some of the world's most powerful countries are trying to strike a diplomatic deal to diffuse pensions hooting himself as just wrapped up hours of talks with the french president of unwell, micron russia denies its planning to invade ukraine, despite the point more than a $100000.00 troops on the countries borders. but it's also accused the west of ignoring its security demands. put in has warned that european countries will be drawn into a war with russia if ukraine joins nato, but he also says it is possible to move forward on some old microns proposals via you were e g. but the luxury in the country are considered a number of my normal cons ideas, proposals, of which it's probably too soon to talk about possible to put to the basis of our joint stops. splish, i

i agree china and russia cuba and venezuela on their is problematic.s flawed but it gives us opportunity to shine the spotlight on priorities where we are pressing for accountability. imagine the commission on syria, special repertoires iran, and burma, flawed institution but one we want to make better by being at the table. more effective when they're pushing back on these. >> thank you. vice chairman jacobs. >> thank you so much for testifying before the committee. i wanted to s follow-up on your answers, i wanted to talk about the un and impact it has on this. could you describe the impact it's had not just on u.s. audience but also the ability of these operations and how china russia houston this? >> thank you soel much and i hae to say thank you for your interest in your leadership and advocacy on this. i was watching that before and was confirmed. congressional support for multilateral commitment is vital. the issue of paying our bills in full and on time is incredibly important. when we do not pay our bills and both and on time, others pressure

the 22—year—old works out in the back streets of the sancti spiritus province in central cuba.ng for the olympics, he will be waiting to see if he finally gets his guinness world record. aruna iyengar, bbc news. and we bring you a reminder of our top story. russia has condemned the announcement by the united states that it will deploy 3000 troops to support nato allies in europe. it will be the first major movement of us forces since the russian military began massing on the ukrainian border in november. you can reach me on twitter. and also on instagram. i'm @bbcnuala. i'd love to hearfrom you. thanks for watching. hello there. it's been mild for the time of year, for the last few days. thursday's also another mild day for most of us. quite a bit of cloud around once again, but i think we should see a little bit more sunshine into the afternoon. and it's going to be breezy, as well, i think a windier day today than what we had on a wednesday. you can see why more isobars on the charts, particularly across the north of uk, and especially when this cold front arrives across the

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in cuba, marking 60 years since the u. s. imposed sanctions on the communist government. the world's longest running economic embargo has mostly affected every day citizens. so in fact, the un estimates the blockades cost the island more than a $130000000000.00. a latin america editor, the scene human has the disintegrating buildings of tobac, once magnificent capital, a reflection of a crumbling economy in which was once regarded as the jewels of the caribbean. it's as though the country had been frozen in time back to 1962 to when the united states declared an economic, financial and diplomatic embargo against its tiny communist neighbor. it was at the height of the cold war. 75 year old roland ignacio reese was 15 then just 3 years after the triumph of the cuban revolution. 60 years later he lament that the embargo is still in place of the robber. they should have removed it long time ago . if after all this time the united states has an achieved anything, it said tend to want no, it only has our people by the governed remains in place. he's not wrong. the world's long

well, you know, i wrote an article i titled to reach iraq, cuba of africa. mean cuba is the only country in latin america came to power by the i'm still research the only country in africa that came to part of the armstrong. so, you know, just like you must been targeted by the human rights watch and all these people and the cia interest base, the same sort of hostility. because for one thing richard doesn't know the i m f in the world bank. any money they will fuse to take these predatory loans are the only africa that hasn't taken these predatory loan from the world bank. and i'm so that right off to you off the fact that, hey, rita is unusual in africa. they're going to stand on their own 2 feet and they're not going to sell or sold the short term money offered them by these i called the western banks. there's these predatory financial institutions. and you know, when you go to a risha, they say it's a police state, you can only find a policeman on the street out there. i mean, the people are happy there. i mean, life is hard. i'm not saying everything's fine because they've had the u

and off to 60 years of un sanctions against cuba, we find out the impact of had on its people. ah, russian troops and tanks the only ukrainian border but it's a big day of diplomacy as well. 2 lead his work to avert a possible russian invasion in moscow. the presidents of russian moscow met one on wand. frances amanew mackerel said he didn't believe in miracles in key. if the german foreign minister has met with our ukrainian counterpart, a 2nd visit in 3 weeks, new german chancellor schultz is in washington. he will hold talks with us president joe biden in the next few hours. finally, polish president on by duda has met e and nature lead us as the alons continues its deployment of troops to poland on all the countries in eastern europe. there is a process now going on within nato. also, of course in goals. consultation with all media military commanders to adjust our presence in the sun, part of the alliance to referred to strengthen our returns on the fence. or if russia really wants less nato, a close to the borders, they get the opposite. doors into by has very latest from

llama frutilandia >>esta pareja no sólo funcionan en sus orígenes si no funcionan la gastronomía >>de cubal si él fundó cristo para comer es algo de otro mundo yo soy mexicano y desde que vengo a cara de niño dije quiero comprar un pedacito de... pero dije depa porque no comprar el restaurante el que lo iban a cerrar >>ubicado en el corazón de la misión calle 24 ya es parte de la comunidad. para la pareja de rafael haber crecido en esta ciudad es algo único dice que jamás imaginó que fue hace 12 años y y tener una parte de cuba acá increíble >>y a los dueños las descargas poder mostrarle la latina quienes nunca latienes a la comunidad hispana? >>hay que salvar nuestras costumbres. la gente que se ha mudado de la ciudad y luego vuelve dicen wow aún esta este restaurante? >>muy interesante. uno pensaría que venden fruta pero habiendo reportaje se ve aún más delicioso >>habría que pedirme algo del menú a andrés para saber que tan buena es la comida >>por supuesto. vamos con guillermo. >>el sabroso se veía espectacular felicidades impide que el fondo en el lugar donde se procesan tormentas de

desde declaraciones cautelosas como la del rÉgimen de cuba hasta apoyos incondicionales a putin comodad. la cancillerÍa condenÓ estos hechos y demandÓ el cese a las operaciones militares. >> mÉxico condena enÉrgicamente esta invasiÓn y llama a un cese al fuego inmediato. alejandro: el presidente se limitÓ a decir que esperaba una soluciÓn pacÍfica y que no habÍa motivos que justificaran esa invasiÓn. andres: la autodeterminaciÓn de los pueblos y la soluciÓn pacÍfica de las controversias. alejandro: otros lÍderes latinoamericanos fueron mÁs contundentes a repudiar la decisiÓn de rusia de cercar con su ejÉrcito a ucrania para despuÉs invadirlo. >> colombia rechaza de manera categÓrica la guerra y se une a todas las voces de la comunidad internacional que hoy reclaman para un rÁpido retiro de las tropas de rusia. alejandro: y como era de esperarse, el propio socialista ingresado por cuba, nicaragua y venezuela dividen a la amÉrica latina a respaldar a putin. >> venezuela estÁ con putin, estÁ con rusia, estÁ con las causas valientes y justas del mundo repudiamos y rechazamos. todos los p

we mentioned a few of them earlier, china, russia, cuba, venezuela. what specifically do you think we should be doing to change the makeup of this body and also ensure that they are actually not legitimizing human rights violators but instead cracking down on them? michele: ranking member, i could not agree more. the hrc is flawed, it is a flawed membership. we will continue to work for medium-term, long-term change in the membership of the human rights council, so that we can work with a group of countries with better human rights records. we are going to continue to engage with like-minded emperors on the council, try to encourage countries with good human rights records, good democracy and transparency records, to actually run and be candidates for the council, engage with you, ranking member, other members of this committee on how we can get the hrc to focus on some of these worst violators. i agree, having russia, china, cuba, venezuela on there is problematic. hrc is flawed, but it also does give us the opportunity to shine the spotlight on a nu

his body was recovered on saturday. cuba is marking 60 years since the u. s. impose sanctions on the communist government. the u. n. estimates that the world's longest funny economic embargo has cost the island more than $130000000000.00, and it's mostly affected ordinary citizens as our latin america editor. lucille newman now explains the disintegrating buildings of tobac, once magnificent capital, a reflection of a crumbling economy in which was once regarded as the jewels of the caribbean. it's as though the country had been frozen in time back to 1962 to when the united states declared an economic, financial and diplomatic embargo against its tiny communist neighbor. it was at the height of the cold war. 75 year old roland ignacio reese was 15 then just 3 years after the triumph of the cuban revolution. 60 years later he lament that the embargo is still in place of the robber. they should have removed it long time ago . if after all this time the united states has an achieved anything, it's said tend to want. no, it only has our people by the govern do

sin dudas cuba y el ballet han estado siempre.ores en instagram y ese rÉcord lo logrÓ al dÍa siguiente de festejar su cumpleaÑos 37. borja: ahÍ estamos viendo a su mujer, porque le regalÓ ese coche, uno de los regalos que mÁs sorprendiÓ fue el de su pareja, que como ven de regalo esa camioneta. ronaldo comentÓ que al final todo se reduce a la familia, el amor, la amistad y los valores que hacen que todo valga la pena. carolina: feliz cumpleaÑ

el machismo en el mundo y nos proclamamos feministas queer llevan años manteniéndose así >> desde cubaas discriminatorios pero como canalizan lo que les toca vivir >> está fuerte uno carga con traumas de la niñez pero al mismo tiempo es nacer y crecer en cuba lo que me dio el carácter imparable seguir haciendo arte y sanarme >> eso les lleva a trascender para que les escuchen más son parte de un programa educativo >> nos aquí muchas gracias >> siendo parte del programa con otros artistas y academicos fomentan el trabajo de comunidades negras . >> hay que hablar de afrolatinidad, no podemos seguir en la comunidad, borrandonos a quienes somos parte de la comunidad . >> esperan presentar obstáculos que se termine el machismo nuestra música es para hacerlo una realidad >> claudia de la fuente noticiero telemundo 48 >> ojalá que con la música defiendan la causa por la que luchan todo este tiempo >> justamente la música se utiliza a lo largo de latinoamérica no solo para denunciar estos eventos también tiranías de gobierno que explotan a sus pueblos >> el pronóstico del tiempo es patrocinado

, it nearly led to a third — put missiles in cuba, it nearly led to a third world war. accommodation that one should not get too _ is an accommodation that one should not get too carried away. it's convenient for them to cooperate. that's all we've got time for, i'm afraid. susie and ali, thank you very much for your time. quite a mixed bag as usual. that is it for this hour. susie and ali will be back again at 11.30 and we'll look at more front pages and see if they've changed their front pages in that time. from all of us, it's goodbye for now. i'm 0lly foster with the latest from the bbc sport centre. it was a nervy and long night at old trafford in the first of the fa cup fourth round ties. manchester united middlesbrough united dominated the first half at old trafford, and paul pogba, making his first appearance in over three months, won a penalty. but cristiano ronaldo pushed his spotkick wide of a post. they were ahead at half—time thanks to jadon sancho's defected effort. the championship side got themselves back into the game, the on—field and var officials not

. >> desde el año 1999 en cuba >>hace 15 llegaron a este país para seguir luchando por sus derechos y sido crecer en cuba lo que me dado el carácter imparable de seguir haciendo arte y de seguir sanándome >>eso les ha llevado trascender ya que les escuchen más >> estamos aquí uc berkley , siendo parte de el programa (nombre en inglés) >> desde ahí junto a otras personas fomentan y amplifican el trabajo de las comunidades negras. >> no podemos seguir dentro de la misma comunidad nuestra seguir borrando quienes integramos también la comunidad >>esperan sentar un precedente cumplir su meta >>la meta es que la música logre los objetivos que se propone estamos diciendo que queremos que se elimine el machismo del mundo en nuestra música que esto llegue a ser una realidad. (♪ música ♪) (♪ música ♪) >> claudia de la fuente noticiero telemundo 48. >> muchísimas gracias considerando que el rap comenzó como música de protesta, es más que ideal pasamos a los deportes en donde algo le pasara américa parece que ya no da más el proyecto de solari, veremos como le fue al regresar de la pausa. (♪ músi

know, so their eyes glaze over only thing they know about socialism is that, you know, you can go to cuba and get cheaper almonds of some guantanamera sing alongs and see some cool old american cars, of course if you have been like i have been to cuba and you actually put some time and effort into it. you can also find people who are really hungry and really broke and really miserable, but you have to sort of get outside cuba tourists parameters to to do that. so that's one thing that you know makes kids heads full of baloney besides the fact that their kids. i mean i was a kid once too. i mean not only was i there for the 60s i in my own small way small personal way caused the 60s like it's i caused as much six pieces as as i could while living through it and you know, i'm thinking like, oh, they're out demonstrating what a bunch of idiots, you know, and then my second thought is wait a minute, you know, i at idiot, too. how come i never occurred us to loot? they were great the vandalizing the screaming yelling, you know, they're getting tear gas and chased by the police. we were all goo