Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that closing the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, is under review after numerous diplomats have suffered health problems due to possible sonic attacks. From The Associated Press:
“We have it under evaluation,” Tillerson said of a possible embassy closure. “It’s a very serious issue with respect...
CBS News obtained medical records from U.S. diplomats in Cuba that show doctors diagnosed them with brain injuries from possible sonic attacks while in Havana. From CBS News:
The diplomats complained about symptoms ranging from hearing loss and nausea to headaches and balance disorders after the State Department said “incidents” began affecting...
President Donald Trump announced a few changes to former President Barack Obama’s Cuba policy. These changes include different travel requirements and the enforcement of an embargo against the brutal Communist regime:
“You look at what happened and what communism has done,” he listed. “Believers persecuted for preaching the word of God, you...
Israel’s remarkable run in the World Baseball Classic has now carried into the second round.
After three straight wins to top Pool A in Seoul,...
Less than ten days before President Obama vacates the Oval Office and his administration announced those fleeing Cuba would no longer be privy to automatic special immigrant status without qualifying for humanitarian relief first, thus ending the so-called “wet-foot, dry-foot” policy initiated by the Clinton administration in 1996.
JUST IN: Pres. Obama:...
During a press conference in Cuba, an American attorney—in Cuba to defend a Cuban dissident—was arrested and jailed.
An American human rights lawyer representing an imprisoned Cuban artist was arrested in Havana on Friday, according to the Human Rights Foundation.
Kimberley Motley was in the country to advocate for 33-year-old...
Google and Cuba finalized their deal to bring servers to the Communist island to allow high speed internet for users. The Wall Street Journal reported:
Alphabet Chairman Eric Schmidt signed an agreement in Havana on Monday with Cuba’s state telecommunications company, La Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba SA, concluding months of talks.
The...
With President-elect Donald Trump a month away from taking the White House, President Barack Obama’s administration has put pressure on Cuba’s regime to make deals with GE and Google for the companies to operate on the island:
White House officials are unsure how Mr. Trump, the president-elect, will approach Mr. Obama’s Cuba...
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden received praise when they said neither one would attend the funeral of Cuba’s oppressive dictator Fidel Castro. It was too good to be true. It seems Obama used a loophole to avoid sending a U.S. delegation to the funeral…by sending two U.S. officials.
White...
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest has announced that President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will not attend the funeral for Cuba’s oppressive murderous dictator Fidel Castro, who died this weekend:
In an effort to halt a series of questions about the potential attendance of various individual government officials, Earnest...
Ted Cruz appeared on ABC’s This Week this morning and shared Castro’s damaging impact on his family. He also stated that he hopes that no government official attends Castro’s funeral.
I very much hope that we don't see any US government officials going to Fidel Castro's funeral. pic.twitter.com/iVPLgwvVXz
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) November...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had one of the most cringeworthy statements for departed tyrant Fidel Castro (emphasis added):
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the death of former Cuban President Fidel Castro:
“It is with deep sorrow that I learned today of the death of Cuba’s longest...
As Cuban exiles flood into the streets of Miami to celebrate the death of Fidel Castro, I’m reading an article published yesterday—just hours before Castro’s death was announced, an article by a Miami Herald reporter who challenged Colin Kaepernick on his fanciful notions about Castro.
Earlier this week the San Francisco 49ers...
Fidel Castro is dead!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 26, 2016
Trump releases statement on death of Fidel Castro –> pic.twitter.com/Df7fqfY7mq
— Katherine Faulders (@KFaulders) November 26, 2016
The tyrant #Castro is dead. New hope dawns. We will stand with the oppressed Cuban people for a free and democratic Cuba. Viva Cuba Libre!
— Mike...
Fidel Castro, darling of the left, brutal dictator in reality, died overnight.
The reactions, needless today, have varied.
In Little Havana in Miami, there was dancing in the street.
In the real Havana, celebrating his death would likely result in a lengthy prison sentence, so no dancing for them.
In the left-wing political circles, there...
On October 14, 2016, Obama issued a “presidential policy directive” in which he laid out a multi-pronged approach “to promote engagement with the Cuban government and people, and make our opening to Cuba irreversible.” In this directive, Obama directs the Director of National Security to share intelligence with Cuba and to...
Cuba has received their first U.S. cruise ship in the last 38 years as the two countries relax their tense relationship.
Carnival’s Adonia landed at Havana Bay with 700 passengers at 9:30AM Eastern time. It will also make stops at Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba.
The ship included Cuban passengers who escaped the...
