there's, of course, a question of whether fidel castro ordered it. lyndon johnson said castro knew kennedy wanted to kill him, so he wanted to kill kennedy. there was a lot of speculation that castro may have ordered this himself. castro denies it vehemently. we do know that oswald visited the mexican embassy -- i'm sorry, the cuban embassy shortly before the assassination and perhaps got some sort of signal or communication there. but what we know for sure is oswald, he was in the sow yet union when the -- soviet union when the bay of pigs happened and was infuriated by it and thought he was doing fidel castro a favor by going after john kennedy. so indirectly, yes, i do think the bay of pigs definitely leads to the assassination of kennedy. it may have had a more direct link, but that's very difficult, maybe impossible to prove. over here, please. i'll come to you in a second. yes. >> what's confusing to me is if after the first day of the invasion it became very clear that the u.s. was behind it and then if it was known that without the secondary a

jacqueline kennedy and somebody asked him, you know, tongue and cheek if he had any ideas for offing fidel castro and he came up with this crazy plot and drop leaflets in the air and there was radiation in the air and the only way to be rid of the raidiers and all the castro's minions would shave their beards and lose their mystical power. he tried to track down ian fleming while he was still in washington. it was too late. fleming had already flown back to london. another method the cia considered was assassination. one idea was to assassinate not just fidel but also his processor raul and chi rivera. a more serious cia plan was approved by dwight eisenhower later in the month, march 17th, 1960s. the plan developed by richard biffle, the cia's famously brilliant who planned that some of the cubans who had been fleeing to florida was to return and overthrow him. and it was like a world war ii-style amphibious invasion. the plan was never that the 1400 men of the brigade were supposed to overrun cuba and somehow defeat castro's army of 20 or 30,000 rather it was to land the brigade on a significan

milanés que junto al canta -autor cubano silvio rodriguez e hizo fama internacional por cantar a fidel castrobano >>> que los músicos de la isla vengan. y los músicos cubanos vengan, qué haría usted para que eso se logre? >>> históricamente ya está emplazando al a propia historia, los cubanos tenemos que vernos, tenemos que compartir, tenemos que querernos, tenemos que entendernos >>> en los últimos años el canta-autor ganador de 2 grammys, ha hecho duras críticas al gobierno castrista dice que simpatiza con los exiliados, pero no quiso revelar sus nombres >>> tengo muchos amigos, pero no los voy a nombrar, porque no sé si les conviene >>> le ha cantado a los presos políticos, le cantaría a las damas de blanco? >>> cómo no, claro que sí, no tengo prejuicio >>> lo ha hecho? >>> no, no lo he hecho >>> es un disidente o opositor? >>> soy un revolucionario crítico que trabaja en función de mejorar el sistema en que yo creo y vivo [♪] . >>> interesante >>> gloria ordaz con la entrevista, tendremos más de esta entrevista en el programa al punto buenas tardes >>> muchas gracias, buenas tardes [♪] .

embargo and all trade investment in travel in attempt to bring down the communist government of fidel castro the son of the cubans who fled the island for the u.s. push to keep his agenda alive and so the inside castro lobby was born to give a lot of money the u.s. elections are privately financed so. little to figure out how to play the games even though there are a small percentage of the population very. play very big in a key swing state polls consistently show that two thirds of americans favor ending the embargo and normalizing relations with cuba and some in congress agree so by the time we talk to cuba it's to stop fighting these wars in about thirty or forty years or anti castro groups have given more than one point seven million dollars in donations to federal candidates from two thousand and four to two thousand and ten more than half a million dollars in two thousand and ten alone to both republicans and democrats and sharing u.s. cuba policy remains virtually unchanged. and that it will enhance the effectiveness of the embargo the united states will keep the embargo. fewer than

i would welcome the opportunity of having anyone assassinate fidel castro and any leader who was oppressing oppressing the people wow with powerful cuban americans in congress and powerful anti-cancer lobbies behind them is there any hope for americans who want to snuff out sanctions against cuba. it's monday august fifteenth eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lyster and you're watching our t.v. now as we see u.s. policymakers trying to figure out just how to respond to the market turmoil we saw last week coupled with the downgrade of the u.s. credit rating our standard and poor's we have a very powerful history lesson and we can look back on for guidance forty years ago to this day president nixon faced inflation staggering war costs which were causing money printing to go up and the value of the dollar to go down and we also faced. joblessness and he would fifteen months away from reelection if that rings a bell because that's where president barack obama now stands now back then forty years ago dick then gave the country what's known as the nixon shock he ended the last remnants

i would welcome the opportunity of having anyone assassinate fidel castro and any leader who is suppressing oppressing the people so what powerful cuban americans in congress and powerful anti castro lobbies behind them is there any hope for americans who want to snuff out sanctions against cuba. good evening it's monday august fifteenth i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. and you're watching r.t. now as we see u.s. policymakers trying to figure out just how to respond to the economic turmoil we've seen in the past few weeks if you have been living under a rock we saw the markets shoot down shoot back up and we saw the u.s. its credit rating downgraded for the first time by standard and poor's and now as policymakers figure out what to do with all of this we can look back on history for a powerful lesson on what can go wrong and it still being felt today forty years ago to this day president nixon been. inflation the staggering war costs are causing an increase in money printing and a decrease in the value of the dollar and you also face joblessness now he was fifteen months away from

what i can tell you this, under fidel castro, everyone has access to health care. that is different than other countries. what critics will say that despite the fact they have health care, often times that health care is not as good and patients do not fare as well. they will tell you the resources are limited for doctors and hospitals alike. i came here to try to figure out what the real story was in all of this and get a glimpse to try to show you. consider this, the life expectancy here in cuba is about 77 years. that is comparable to the united states. its infant mortality is among the lowest in the world. the cubans do all of this at 1/14 of what we pay in the united states. how do they do it? we came to find out. you are looking at one of the better community hospitals in the capital city havana. not a lot of flash. not a lot of dazzle. circa in time. 1960s. >> half our scanners are from phillips and they cannot provide service. >> dr. pedro was born in chicago. he did some of his training at nyu and now practices here in cuba. >> i would like to say my commi

what i can tell you this, under fidel castro, everyone has access to health care. that is very different, you know, than a lot of other countries on the planet. what critics will say that despite the fact they have health care, oftentimes that health care is not as good and patients do not fare as well. they will tell you the resources are limited for doctors and hospitals alike. they're often operating on a shoestring budget. i came here to try to figure out what the real story was in all of this and get a glimpse to try and show you. consider this -- the life expectancy here in cuba is about 77 years. that's comparable to the united states. its infant mortality is among the lowest in the world. and the cubans do all of this at 1/14 of what e pay in the united states. how do they do it? we came to find out. you're looking at one of the better community hospitals in the capital city havana. not a lot of flash. not a lot of dazzle. stuck in time. circa 1960s. >> technologies are available in places in the world but you can't import that? >> we can't get them as dona

embargo against cuba it's been place for over half a century and was designed to bring down a fidel castro but it's cuban citizens who say that despite political promises from president obama downwards it seems the powerful anti castro naki won't let the embargo drop anytime soon as i came forward investigates. cuba ninety miles from america's shores and for fifty two years a world apart following the cuban revolution in one nine hundred fifty nine the u.s. imposed an embargo and all trade investment in travel only temp to bring down the communist government official castor and. some of the cubans who fled the island for the u.s. push to keep his agenda alive and so the intake castro lobby was born to give a lot of us elections or privately violence so they would be able to figure out how to play the games even though they were a small percentage of the population very close. very big in a key swing state polls consistently show that two thirds of americans favor ending the embargo and normalizing relations with cuba and some in congress agree it's about time we talked to cuba is to stop f

foreign affairs committee ileana rosa and i welcome the opportunity of having anyone assassinate fidel castro and any leader who is suppressing oppressing the people they have power. political action committees behind them like the u.s. cuba democracy pac the number one campaign donor in two thousand and six with more than five hundred thousand dollars our community is very focused and it's very concentrated in florida in new jersey therefore we really have to make an effort to get out there and create the relationships a lot socially and agenda that has been known to change many politicians minds including president barack obama i think. you know obama changed his mind while campaigning before the cuban american national foundation. going to go to the world for the majority of americans favor ending the sanctions against cuba even protesting in the streets that i think. you have yet to match the strength of the intake castro lobby given ford r.t. washington d.c. . are top of the business now to meters here. thanks for hello and welcome to the business update on our channel reported earlier m

. >>> fidel castro did not show up for a birthday event for him tonight. chavez sent a twitter message saying he was celebrating with castro. fidel castro made his last public appearance in april. >>> and in germany, ceremonies today marked the 50th ann versary of the start of -- anniversary of the start of the berlin wall. the country was divided for 28 years until the wall was breached in 1989. at least 136 people were killed trying to cross the well to democratic west germany. no wall can permanently with stand the desire for freedom. >>> in london it was a relatively calm day after a week of violent protests there. and today british police announced arrests in the deaths of three men. a man and teenager have been charged with murder in connection with a deadly hit and run in birmingham. they deliberately struck the three men who were standing outside stores protecting them from looters. >>> the prime minister has asked former l.a. police chief brill bratton to be a riot advisor. >>> san rafael police continue their manhunt for a suspect in a home invas

reconocido que la revoluciÓn fue un fracaso portuguesa que no piensa cantar las canciones que dedicÓ a fidel castro prometiÓ una entrevista maÑana que transmitiremos en el noticiero univisiÓn. >> una jueza de la florida ordenÓ al gobierno de cuba a que pague 2.800.000.000 $ a un cubano. argumentaron el rÉgimen de la isla lo torturÓ y despojó a su familia de propiedades a su llegada al poder. se trata del fallo mÁs grande de todas las demandas contra el rÉgimen cubano en estados unidos. fue agente de la side y participÓ en la captura del che guevara en bolivia. >> hugo chÁvez anunciÓ que se someterÁ a uno o tratamiento de quimioterapia. comentÓ que estÁ superando la enfermedad. se refiriÓ a la enfermedad en pasado. "el cÁncer que tuve" agregÓ que el part preventivo. >> una caÍda que sufriÓ la ex primera dama en este lugar california, fue porque tropezÓ con un pozo. el senador evitÓ que ella cayera al piso. ya regresamos. >> el mundo de la tecnologÍa estÁ sorprendido por la noticia. la creadora de los equipos mÁs populares del planeta, decidiÓ renunciar a su cargo. el fundador de apple. >> muchos se

. >> reporter: under the socialist government of fidel castro, all of the jobs, healthcare, education, housing and food were provided by the state. but with the country bankrupt, the government now says the free ride is coming to an end. ironically, it is the current president, raul castro, fidel's younger brother, demanding cubans become self-reliant. saying we have to erase the notion that cuba is the only country in the world where it is not necessary to work. >> it's a sign that they realize that and they say it clearly, that the system will sink. it will go under if they don't fix the economy. >> reporter: cuban officials say a million government jobs will gradually be cut to help fill the gap, more than 300,000 cubans have been granted licenses to open their own small businesses. this woman who calls herself juana la cubana says her restaurant is booming. once a teacher, he sells shoes to feed his family. cuban officials say they are not embracing capitalism by allowing some free enterprise that this is simply an adjustment to their system which will remain firmly controlled by

was fidel castro a communist? now, you have to recall that in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the battle against the so-called international communist conspiracy was the organizing principle on which american foreign policy was based, and it wasn't just the spread of communism that was so feared. it was the fact that the communists had nuclear weapons. and given the rhetoric coming out of the kremlin -- khrushchev was saying things like, we'll bury you, and those were the words -- and he seemed able to use them. and commune country being so close was intolerable to everybody. so, fidel castro was interrogated on the subject of communism everywhere he went on his visit. by vice president nixon, by congressional subcommittee, by scores of journalists. everyone asked him the same question, dr. cass stress, are you a communist? and he answered the same everytime, no, he was not a communist, never had been, never would be. when castro finally left new york on april 25th, the police were relieved to see him go. but most

en la ciudad de mÉxico >> admiradores del ex gobernante cubano fidel castro la rindieron tributo poro e intelectuales de la isla. ♪ >> la policÍa sigue buscando a cientos de saqueadores que aprovecharon los distrubios para cometer estas fechorÍas. en algunos locales habÍa cÁmaras que podrán captar esto, algunas personas cargaban con lo que podÍan, equipos electrÓnicos en su mayorÍa mientras el resto cargaba todo lo que podrÍa a su alrededor. en pakistÁn varios pistoleros secuestraron este sÁbado un estadounidense tras entrar en su casa. dijeron las autoridades que este acto ilustra las amenazas que parecen los extranjeros en este paÍs. la vÍctima es warren winthouse, titular de una asociaciÓn que brinda ayuda las vÍctimas. o se cumplen 50 aÑos de la construcciÓn del muro de berlÍn, tenía como objetivo separar a la repÚblica federal alemana de la repÚblica oriental. Éste fue parte de las fronteras alemanas desde el 13 de agosto de 1961 hasta 9 de noviembre de 1989. cuando regresemos de comerciales los resultados del sondeode >> o mÁs de 4600, el ex gobernador de minnesota, tim hollu.

. >> hijo de migrantes cubanos su padres huyeron del rÉgimen de fidel castro. >> cuando ronald reganun bar y su madre limpiaba en un hotel. >> ahora rubio era el invitado de honor de nancy reagan. >> lo ha llevado a ser el Único latino del cual se habla podrÍa llegar a la vice presidencia o a la presidencia ya sea en el 2012 o el 2016 pero analistas cuestionan si serÍa la gran esperanza republicanos cuando condiciona una reforma migratoria a la seguridad en la frontera. >> algo que tambiÉn dejÓ bien claro en una entrevista previa con telemundo. >> esta no puede ser el Único paÍs del mundo que no tiene ley de inmigraciÓn y que no se cumple con las leyes. >> la ex primera dama muy frÁgil a sus 90 aÑos perdiÓ el equilibrio, fue marco rubio quien evitÓ que se cayera al suelo lo que pudo haber tenido consecuencia muy serias, gesto que podrÍa generarle aÚn mÁs simpatÍa dentro de la jerarquia republicana en los Ángeles, carlos b telemundo. >> de la costa oeste no vamos a la costa este sobre poniÉndose al terremoto el mÁs fuerte en la zona en 67 aÑos. >> despuÉs de la sacudida vienen las eva

. >>> fidel castro turns 85 today. these pictures are from april. the last time the former cuban leader actually appeared in public, a week of celebrations across the country are planned in tribute to fidel castro. >>> and 50 years ago today, east germany began building a wall dividing east and west berlin. the berlin wall would stand on that border for 28 years. german leaders today pay tribute to the more than 130 people who died trying to cross it. >>> and now, the u.n. has already declared a famine for a large part of somalia. and now officials there say cholera is breaking out all over the country. cnn's anderson cooper visited a hospital in mogadishu where starving and desperate people hoped to find a way just to stay alive. you're about to see how disappointed many of them usually are. >> reporter: there are so many kids in mogadishu's hospital that the new arrivals are being treated in the halls. their coughs and cries, you don't hear much complaining. that takes energy, perhaps, and there isn't much of that. many children and their families

while in cuba he and fidel castro were shown in their athletic wear, track suits like finishing a tennis or going for a run. if he's trying to give off the image of robust and healthy, i think the hair, this hair style only helps. >> well, that's exactly right. he is trying to do that to show he's in control, because surprise surprise, the elections in venezuela are around the corner and he needs to show he's okay. >> all right. i got someone else who looks like me in the world. good to see you, zain verjee. >> you're better looking. >> thank you, zain. that's what you need. if you want to come back and take up as much time talking about whatever you want on the show you're always welcome to do so, zain. >> carol? man getting deep in here. on the subject of your health, becoming a more common procedure to treat heart patients but an investigation by consumer reports find angioplasty is a costly treatment that might be overused. in the past decade angioplasties have increased 300%. what's going on here? joining me is a medical adviser at consumer reports. welcome. we were talking, my fath

the formal cuban leader fidel castro turned eighty five this saturday celebrations have begun long before the anniversary itself and cleared it in a festive concert by two dozen musical acts from the boss latin america but castro can stuff good make it to his own birthday party which is hardly a surprise has barely been seen in public since he stepped down into. thousand the six in ratings lost to be up here is in july and also venezuela's president hugo chavez says power to his brother raul has tended to keep a low public profile so to be jesus his declining health. changing sex for a better life transsexuals and one indian state enjoys some of the world's most progressive laws that the government provides free gender alignment for those who want to make the change this ati's preassure discovers the door has become the center of controversy with some claiming it has boosted prostitution of the country adverse and she was a little boy this suki knew there was something different i started liking men i had sexual feelings for men i wanted to befriend them and spend time with them i was not

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for tyranny of having anyone assassinate fidel castro and any leader who is suppressing oppressing the people they have powerful political action committees behind them like the us cuba democracy pac the number one campaign donor in two thousand and six with more than five hundred thousand dollars our community is very focused and it's very concentrated in florida intrusion therefore we really have to make an effort to get out there and create the relationships to love the social and agenda that has been known to change many politicians minds including president barack obama. you know obama changed his mind while campaigning before the cuban american national foundation. but while the majority of americans favor ending the sanctions against cuba or even protesting in the streets i think that they have yet to match the strength of the castro lobby killing ford r. t. washington d.c. . car now i thought of the business with korea. hello welcome to business here and actually thanks for joining me as we reported earlier moscow's international air show has kicked off and organizers expect mo

reason why he was sobbing was because he had just been told that they were pretty certain that fidel castro had killed kennedy and that if the american people found out about it they would be such an outcry for invasion of cuba that it would certainly provoke world war three and so they were going to have to basically do this investigation you know when that did not want to talk to the conclusion that they'd already arrived at. you but you're more than our duty i think more and more in our own but you know i'm not saying that for the record i'm saying that as a set up of the question is there was there a similar narrative that might have run through the nine eleven commission had they had they established. any kind of. presuppositions before they went into it that they were looking to prove rather than simply trying to find the evidence i think or anything that they're trying to see. i think they can certainly be criticized for having gone into this investigation with the mindset that they were going to hold no people human beings accountable for what had gone wrong even though all the evid

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or tyranny of having anyone assassinate fidel castro and any leader who is oppressing oppressing the people they have powerful political action committees behind them like the us cuba democracy pac the number one campaign donor in two thousand and six with more than five hundred thousand dollars our community is very focused and is very concentrated in florida in new jersey and therefore we really have to make an effort to get out there and create a relationship. socially and agenda that has been known to change many politicians minds including president barack obama. you know obama changed his mind while campaigning before the cuban american national foundation. but while the majority of americans favor ending this ancient against cuba even protesting in the streets i think. we have yet to match the strength of it and say castro lobby given for it r.t. washington d.c. . just turned eighteen minutes past the hour in the russian capital that's a look at some other world headlines this hour in france a form of the stipulation is being open to international monetary fund chief christine