cuba? well, i've been involved in cuba for more than 30 years and for 30 years have run the us, keep a trained economic council. so i go back pre russian federation to the ussr days, and then in the us ceasar days, the lord's listening post was a substantial intelligence gathering operation on cuba and china during the last 20 years has increased its commercial economic, financial, political, military relationship with cuba. and they have developed um, you know, a substantial intelligence share. right now, paradis, which isn't surprising, isn't shocking, isn't disappointing. and no one should be scared about it because that's what governments do in the case of cuba because there's such a domestication to everything about it. the relationship between the us in cuba and particularly in the state of florida because it's, it's, it's become basically to keep as a domestic issue. and so time there's a story and in this case china, no one is going to take a lot of issue with it because given the s

keep cuba entirely out of politics. i have opposed efforts to stir up a partizan inquiry over the bay of pigs invasion, and i'm just as critical of those who cry politics when they disagree with what is said under our form of government. all americans have a right to a fair, honest evaluation of what is going on and what it means in terms of the security of the united states. the soviet buildup in cuba has turned that island into a base for subversion and terrorism throughout the hemisphere. this is no secret to the soviets. in fact, it's their announced aim. unless the people of the united states and their elected representatives make clear that we do not intend to compromise with communism in this hemisphere, we can expect further inroads in the future. it's the clear responsibility of everybody in government to communicate that fact and the dangers it involves to the entire nation before it's too late. a professor in queens writes. do something about airport noise. it's wrecking my nerves. his complaint is echoed by

you say cuba may not have the weapons, cuba may not have the arms, but they sell these secrets to theted states. >> the strongest enemies of the united states. all of that was what made me realize this is a battle between good and evil. cuba was at the service of all the enemies of the united states. >> after jose cohen set foot on u.s. soil, he shared a vital piece of information with the fbi. that led to the investigation of more than 100 suspected cuban agents and illegal officers and ultimately one very important spy. cohen handed over an encryption key, like this one, used by cuban spies to send and receive secret messages with havana. >> attencion...ocho...zero... cinco...tres...tres... >> three nights a week at 9:00 p.m., and then again at 10:00, a series of numbered codes was broadcast out of havana. >> zero...zero...ocho... zero...uno... >> the signal could be heard for most of the 1990s up the east coast and as far as maine. but the coded messages were only meant to be decoded by their agents, including a pentagon analyst named ana montes, who lived in this quiet washington

recognize russian territory in china as long as the us for its embargo. hadn't draconian policies against cuba that are crippling the caribbean nation, the products renew on coverage of the latest trends. shifting the worldwide, now, this is our, the international i a michael, watch it now for more than 6 decades of ruling syria, the boss party has to create a pause in its operations within the nation. and as headed over, it's a awesome oh, to be interim governments, ministry of internal affairs. and that's after the tara group, h. d s. chad, syria and it's had in the past few days toppling. besides, government and taking control over damascus. are the same group that has now taken darrow's all located to the east of a entry at the footage you will see right now is the optimize showcasing a set. the dia crisis is or is the largest city in eastern syria and an important transportation hub. and there also significant oil fields in the surrounding area. now let's take a closer look at who controls watch. a miss syria. extreme is militants hold most of the territory, including the capital of the m

los presos polÍticos y el pueblo de cuba estaba sufriendo y viajaba a cuba con su seÑora y veÍa con castrocias al presidente carter hoy nos dijo esto. choro pienso que cuba en aquella oportunidad se la merecÍa, aunque haya hecho horrores y ha pasado por diferentes situaciones como la estÁn pasando ahora y para que puedan tener una idea de por quÉ estÁn de extremo extremo la opiniÓn de los exiliados cubanos y solamente les digo que una de las emisoras oficialistas de cuba, el titular fue, muriÓ alguien que nunca tuvo que haber nacido en este caso el rÉgimen cubano estÁ dejando sus condolencias a los familiares el pueblo de los estados unidos y es todo en vivo desde mi parte, soy mario, continÚen con mÁs de este programa muchas gracias y precisamente uno de los cubanos que llego en el Éxodo es el destacado artista rodrÍguez y su trabajo estado en portadas de revista y el mismo nos enviÓ el mensaje de lo que representÓ para Él el expresidente carter. >> para mÍ el presidente carter significa mucho porque ayuda a tantos cubanos, mi familia y pude venir este paÍs y hacerme artista, crear mis su

he was sent to havana, cuba. so that's right after saint louis, january 1781. and matthias de galvez begins his exploits in central america. yes, fighting in central america had something to do with our independence. i know there's somebody here who's writing a whole about that now, and that's great. and this would culminate in the final defeat of the british, who tried to the spanish empire by going up this real san juan de nicaragua to lake and then dig a canal which, you know, from that lake to the pacific ocean, 11 miles. and so but the spanish stopped them. and then in february 1781, the forward fort saint joseph that we all know about saint louis. february the same month. well, that was going on. spanish forces took the mediterranean island of minorca from british and. then in may of 1781, the famous of pensacola, in october of 1781, we all know as yorktown down. right. and finally in 1782 of may, a spanish force with an american flagship, the south carolina took the bahamas from great britain. and then i want do this june. to june 16th, in 1782. benjamin

office by the united states in havana and by cuba in washington.sident reagan or subsequent leaders. i think that is still intact. i don't have any doubt in my own mind which would be quite subjective or prejudiced if i had a second term we would have gone on to a normal relations with cuba. do you still wish you had? had a second term? my wife does. i would not want to change my life, the way it has been, and was a bitter disappointment when i was not re—elected and i didn't have any idea of what i wanted to do with the rest of my life but my wife and i decided to start the carter centre with a slight glimmer of hope about what it might be but ate far exceeded expectations and given us a very fruitful and exciting and unpredictable and challenging and adventurous and gratifying life and i don't think i would want to undo my life and change it substantially even for a second term. plenty more on our website bbc.com/news. we have pieces and videos from our extensive archive, looking closer at his life. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc

it's an incoming presence of some ascension stones from cuba. the terrible catastrophe. that's how gemini sounds has describing a car attack. the eastern city of mount a book, at least 5 people, including a 9 year old child were killed on friday. when the vehicle plowed into crowds, the christmas market without shows has visited the scene of the attack, which also that for many people critically injured, he promised germany would respond with the full force of the door, the most to essence what a terrible activity is to india and kill so many people here with such brutality. we've now learned that over 200 people have been injured. 5 have died so far. an incredible number, almost 40, so seriously injured that we must be very worried about them. and that's why this is a terrible tragic event in which we must also a sympathy for the relatives for the injured, for the city of mexico eclipse, the police of arrested a 50 year old man previously unknown to security services and moved from saudi arabia to gemini, in 2006, he's been named as a ton of out of doing most and not th

, an official office by the united states in havana and by cuba in washington.rst section has never been closed, even under president reagan or subsequent leaders. and i think that's still intact. and i don't have any doubt in my own mind, which may be quite subjective or prejudiced, that if i had a second term, we would have gone on to normal relations with with cuba. do you still wish you had? wish i had had a second term? my wife does. i wouldn't want to change my life, the way it's been. it was a very bitter disappointment to me when i was not re—elected, and i didn't have any idea what i wanted to do with the rest of my life. but rosa and i decided to start the carter centre with a very slight glimmer of hope about what it might be. but it has far exceeded our expectations and has given us a very fruitful and exciting and unpredictable and challenging and adventurous, i would say, and gratifying life. so i don't think i would want to undo my life and change it substantially, even for a second term. this is the scene live in washington, with the flag flying

geoff: meeting dizzy gillespie on tour in cuba.at us and laughing. the bottom line is, when he came back to new york, he started talking about that band he heard in cuba. geoff: at gillespie's recommendation the president of cbs records signed sandoval to a life-changing record deal. arturo: he put us on a plane from havana to laguardia in new york. we landed there midafternoon. they put us on a small bus, drove us to the sound check. we did not even check into the hotel. to the sound check at carnegie hall. geoff: the first time you played in the states you played at carnegie hall? arturo: not the first time, the first day, ever. ♪ geoff: it was gillespie who became a friend as well as mentor who helped him defect from cuba, along with his wife and son, while on tour with the united nations orchestra in 1977. what did you learn from him? arturo: to keep your passion and love for music alive. it does not matter the age, your fame, does not matter anything. keep that passion alive, always. geoff: you still practice every day? are yo

protests were demanding freedom in cuba. from those protests who have died and hundreds are still in prison today. a new documentary called "night is not eternal" is shedding light on the crisis in cuba and the fight for democracy through the eyes of a political activist. her father led the fight to free and fair elections in cuba before dying in a car crash that human rights activists say was caused by the cuban regime. here he is in his own words. >> that hbo original documentary "night is not eternal" is available to stream now. joining us now is his daughter. thank you for being with us today. i just want to start our conversation by, what does a daughter see and hear and feel when she sees her father speaking? >> well, my father's legacy has been carried out for thousands of cubans today. and i couldn't be prouder, and at the same time, it couldn't be more sad for me to realize that the alternative to the dictatorship and the terror that my father witnessed was not killed by the regime, but they separate us for that per

the us in cuba, i made a bold decision to end the cold war that had lost it more than half a century. less than a year later, the trump administration reversed the policy. well, that's in america to the stand even has more on december 18th, 2014 former us president for rock obama and cuban president. and i will gosh, to surprise the world with an unexpected announcement. i've instructed sector carrie to immediately begin discussions with cuba to reestablish and diplomatic relations that have been separate since january of 1961. the decision name to bury more than 50 years of cold war hostilities, hostilities that at one point brought the world to the brink of the nuclear war. on both sides of the florida straits was hailed as an historic foreign policy achievement. between long time enemies, obama proved that wasn't the case, and that needn't be the case. and that us interest and cuban interest could be advanced by a positive engagement rather than perpetual antagonism to travel restrictions with east boosting, tourism, and creating new opportunities for cuba onto pen. yours long time

she wrote a book about leaving cuba. she gives speeches about it. she lives for her four children, my mom. and thank you, mom. for everything. well, last but not least, i'd be remiss if i didn't at least thank one jell on my staff who has been with me for eight year,000,000 chief of staff, michael huff, he did leave early this year because i'm leaving. he's been with me through thick and thin. witch hunts, successes, he was with me when i was state senator. thank you, mike, for everything you've done. and i'm -- mike is one of my best friends, will continue to be a best friend. so you know, he's not here to say anything about me yet, i know he would be if i could, my longest colleague, andy harris, going to miss him. going to miss you awful andy been a good friend for a listening time. he's sticking around. as i close this chapter in my life, first and foremost, the constituents who elected me five times, thank you. i've fought hard. i've kept my word. one of my mentors here, jim jordan, just wrote a book. it was simply entitled "do what you said yo

i've instructed sector carrie to immediately begin discussions with cuba to reestablish and diplomatic relations, but have been separate since january of 1961. the decision name to bury more than 50 years of cold war hostilities. hostilities that at one point brought the world to the brink of the nuclear war. on both sides of the florida straits was hailed as an historic foreign policy achievement between long time enemies. obama proved that wasn't the case, and that needn't be the case. and that us interest and cuban interest could be advanced by a positive engagement rather than perpetual antagonism to travel restrictions with east boosting, tourism, and creating new opportunities for cuba onto pen. yours long time coming and i'm glad 0. palmers finally opened up the gates. obama became the 1st sitting us president to visit the communist lead island. i would love to embrace him. there are so many things we have to change without into savings. but to you for you was short lived less than a year later, president donald trump took off his sending and reversing the new cuba policy. and p

she wrote a book about leaving cuba. she gives speeches about it. she lives for her four children, my mom. and thank you, mom. for everything. well, last but not least, i'd be remiss if i didn't at least thank one jell on my staff who has been with me for eight year,000,000 chief of staff, michael huff, he did leave early this year because i'm leaving. he's been with me through thick and thin. witch hunts, successes, he was with me when i was state senator. thank you, mike, for everything you've done. and i'm -- mike is one of my best friends, will continue to be a best friend. so you know, he's not here to say anything about me yet, i know he would be if i could, my longest colleague, andy harris, going to miss him. going to miss you awful andy been a good friend for a listening time. he's sticking around. as i close this chapter in my life, first and foremost, the constituents who elected me five times, thank you. i've fought hard. i've kept my word. one of my mentors here, jim jordan, just wrote a book. it was simply entitled "do what you said yo

now, decade ago, leaders of the us and cuba made a both decision to enter the cold war that had kept them in a stale made for more than half a century. diplomatic relations were restored and then you can all make and bother with ease. but less than a year later, the trump administration reversed the policy a lot in america, edison lucy in human resource. on december 18th, 2014 former us president for rock obama and cuban president. and how will gusto surprise the world with an unexpected announcement of instructed sector carry to immediately begin discussions with cuba to re establish and diplomatic relations. but have been separate since january of 1961, the decision name to bury more than 50 years of cold war hostilities. hostilities that at one point brought the world to the brink of a nuclear war. on both sides of the florida straits was hailed as an historic foreign policy achievement between long time enemies. obama proved that wasn't the case, and that didn't be the case in that us interest and cuban interests could be advanced by a positive engagement rather than perpetual an

international health. lebanese officials assess the full extent of the rebuild of this facing and cuba is power crisis. millions of people left in delton is after now the electricity grid. the france has been plunged into political uncertainty of the palm and past no confidence motion against the prime minister. michelle bunny and his government, $331.00, then peas out of $574.00 men visit the national assembly voted in favor of asking him the motions with tables after the prime minister of bypassed parliamentary approval to fall through n o stairs, he budget, the left and fall, right? lead the push to remove him from office. it's the 1st time the government has been toppled this way in france since 1962. well let's look at some of the context and how the french government reached this point. president emmanuel mcroy on how to snap a problem entry elections in june. that left no policy with a clear majority crone a pointed michelle bunny as prime minister to lead a right wing minority government. the prime minister had difficulty pausing a social security budget that included tax incre

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

he feared the death penalty in cuba. i want to stay on the cuba theme for a little while. we spoke about how being part of the anti-castro opposition underground provided a degree of legislative cuban community and perhaps reduced scrutiny from some parts of law enforcement or at least allowed strength credibility. but it seems that the anti-castro commitment of the falcons was not just a pretense. it was a crucial, emanating aspect of their lives. >> oh, yes. definitely. it certainly was for willie and sal. i mean, they believed in it. it was a whole crusade as far as they were concerned. the idea of taking castro back, it was noble, it was honorable, taking castro, taking cuba, they felt they were doing it on behalf of the exile diaspora in the united states. it was a holy crusade. this is why in many ways they 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 falcone and his partners when they were 19-year- old kids, but they had shown they we

you came from cuba to here. >> no. marina desde cuba to nicaragua y centroamÉrica hasta mexico.ayoria de los centroamericanos hacen la ruta migratorias a los estados unidos. so quedar en mÉxico. >> what made you want to leave cuba? >> cuando yo sali el salario promedio en cuba era unos 20 dolares al mas y digamos. las cosas en cuba los productos las ropa es mas aqui en mÉxico. quÉ es imposible? >> do you like mexican food? >> si hecho mÉxico a ver es una de las grandes culturas culinary del mundo. >> well, it looks to me like yasiel cuban fricassee is also going to pack a punch. yeah. >> yeah. vamos a proceder a ponerle. dapa para chegar. >> but the pressure so we can eat faster, right finally, time to eat. and the rich aroma of the pork smells divine. >> hey! bravo, chef. eso es lo mas. me gusta a mi uno de derechos humanos y lo otro comer. entonces este they go hand in hand, they go hand in hand. ahora te voy a presenter. aqui en este tienes a tu lado vienen de nicaragua. >> nicaragua i love nicaragua guatemala bueno cuba. >> el salvador honduras y entonces comer algo cubano e

these actions coincide with my deployment to cuba. so a legal maze of graduate-level proportions.what not the legal situation they're in the courtrooms and iraq and afghanistan be better off with participation of lawyers from harvard law school caliber? don't we believe our best and brightest should be encouraged to serve? in response ms. kagan has stated despite her decision to bar recruiters, the number military recruits actually increased during her tenure. let's be clear about that. it increased in spite of ms. kagan not because of her. i ask more important question with that number not have been even higher had she supported recruiters rather than oppose them? to be fair i don't begrudge ms. kagan's opposition to the so-called "don't ask, don't tell" legislation. reasonable people disagree about this policy however her fears and activist opposition to the policy was intellectual dishonest and unnecessarily focus on the military. in enough assistance of statements to the press ms. kagan slammed the militaries discriminatory recruitment policy. yet at a legal scholar she knows

barack obama, cuando tuvo un papel clave en el restablecimiento de las relaciones diplomÁticas con cubaconflictos internacionales y promover el desarrollo social e impulsar la democracia. trabajÓ durante muchos aÑos como observador electoral, incluida una participaciÓn polÉmica en venezuela, donde ratificÓ los resultados en 2004 en el referÉndum a favor del entonces presidente hugo chÁvez. vamos con noticia de Última hora. una corte federal de apelaciones confirma hoy el veredicto a donald trump por el caso de la escritora jane carroll. un jurado de nueva york decidiÓ en 2023 que trump debÍa pagar 5 millones de dÓlares a carol. tras hallarlo responsable civil por abusos sexuales a la escritora en la dÉcada de 1990 y por difamaciones. recordemos que trump habrÍa apelado ese veredicto alegando que debÍa ser anulado, pero los jueces validaron este lunes la condena a pagar los 5 millones de dÓlares que estaban propuestos. y precisamente hoy, el presidente electo, donald trump, respaldÓ al presidente de la cÁmara de representantes, mike johnson, lo que le proporcionÓ un respaldo crucial al r

you're planning ship ice to cuba. it's like no problem, you know how is is like his i mean it's a series of disasters like he hadn't thought through anything at all including the fact that when he gets sick he finally the ice to cuba the cubans are like i'm sorry you want money for a thing is literally disappearing in front of my eyes like i. get goes bankrupt three times he goes to prison his his journals are still at yale and you can see he writes these motivational pep talks to himself or he's like there's still time to like get out of this, become a normal person. and there's one page where he just literally, literally writes the words anxiety and larger and larger block caps, let's but what's fascinating him is it sort of reveals how accidental this whole refrigerator food system we have is because until he actually succeeds, he did, which he did. and kind of an amazing story. but it wasn't until succeeded at scale that people like oh ice now that have so much of it, it's kind of handy for storing food like, wow,

there was a young boy more than 2000 miles away in cuba, born to a mechanic and a homemaker, raised in a home, a dirt floor. arturo sandoval was ten years old when he picked up the trumpet under a commissioner's arm and controlled everything from people can travel to where what they could read. his musical talent was undeniable and uncontrollable. olga was thriving in the united states. he spent three months in jail, three months in jail for listening to american legends on the radio. at great risk, he and his family, they fled cuba for america, living in the land of the free and cher's own jazz sound for the entire world. 33 albums, ten grammys and an emmy and the medal of freedom. arturo stories the american story. a nation of immigrants. a nation of dreamers. a nation of freedom. congratulations, arturo. god love it. i mean. few places in america capture the essence of freedom more than the apollo theater. you know, you walk through those doors running the 25th street in harlem, new york, you're walking american history through, walking american history opened in the thirties as a r

guys that is travelling the humanitarian response to the no country on the same section longer than cuba. and this conviction has no rights and obligations lead a march outside the us embassy, nevada, urging the incoming president to soften the sanction stance on the terrible catastrophe. that's how germany's chancellor is describing a car attacking the eastern city of mounted bird. at least 5 people, including a 9 year old child, were killed on friday when a vehicle plowed into crowds that a christmas market. oh, la sholtes has visited the scene of the attack, which also left many people, critically injured. a promise germany would respond with the full force of the law . it was to essence what a terrible act it is to india and kill so many people here with such brutality. we've now learned that over 200 people have been injured. 5 have died so far. an incredible number, almost 40, so seriously injured that we must be very worried about them. and that's why this is a terrible tragic event in which we must also have sympathy for the relatives for the injured and for the city of mexico ec

vamos con mÁs noticias migratorias, el parole humanitario para ciudadanos de cuba, venezuela y haitÍersonas y que deben ser quienes todavÍa aplican. guillermo: el controvertido programa de parole humanitario que beneficia a inmigrantes procedentes de cuba, venezuela, nicaragua y haitÍ estÁ punto de terminar. a mediados del aÑo tuvo que ser suspendido temporalmente debido a la gran cantidad de irregularidades que cometieron muchos aplicantes. >> hasta el momento se han beneficiado aproximadamente 530.000 personas de estas nacionalidades, sin embargo, en el mes de agosto hubo una investigaciÓn por fraude en el cual hubo muchas crÍticas. guillermo: aunque el programa sigue vigente la scioli de indicar cada vez es mÁs difÍcil acceder a una autorizaciÓn de viaje hacia los estados unidos para aplicantes de esos paÍses, es decir, aunque aÚn se puede usar como alternativa para inmigrar legalmente al paÍs muchos se ven frustrados en el proceso, esto se suma el anuncio hecho por el presidente electo donald trump de que terminara el programa al asumir su mandato el 20 de enero. >> no han habido