An attorney from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was the first person to testify in the trial against self-confessed terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, the Miami-based El Nuevo Herald reported. Gina Garrett-Jackson interviewed Posada when he entered U.S. territory illegally in 2005. During that conversation the accused denied his links with the bomb attacks in Havana but frequently avoided answering her questions.
Read MoreI just consider myself a writer. People have these phrases like “human rights journalism” and all of that, and I just think I write about what interests me. And it often has to do with violence or war.
Read MoreWednesday’s collapse of the government of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri adds to the growing list of challenges faced by the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama across the Middle East.
Read MoreOnce cholera was confirmed, Cuba’s medical team, which is a member of the Ministry of Health-PAHO/WHO Health Cluster coordinating the epidemic response, adopted international cholera treatment protocols and strict biosafety guidelines for all personnel, among other measures.
Read MoreSince antiretroviral drugs became widely available in many countries, AIDS has gradually come to be seen more like a chronic disease. But the treatment that restored the hope of people living with HIV has posed a new challenge, which is generally played down by health professionals.
Read MoreThe weather for the next three days will be influenced by a cold front that will hit on Wednesday, January 12. Starting Saturday we will feel the influence of a continental high pressure system. The arrival of another cold front is expected on Wednesday, January 19.
Read MoreThe Clear Channel Outdoor Company took down a billboard in the city of Miami that asked for the release of the five Cubans imprisoned in the United States charged with espionage, reported IPS. According to the Miami Herald, the U.S. company said that the billboard did not meet its standards and the decision to take it down does not reflect any political position.
Read MoreCuban Deputy Foreign Minister Dagoberto Rodríguez described as fruitful the fourth round of migration talks between the island and the United States “with the aim of advancing toward the establishment of more effective cooperation mechanisms in the fight against the illegal trafficking of emigrants,” according to the official declaration of the Cuban delegation.
Read MoreThey have asked me not to use the word “crime,” but I haven’t been able to come up with another term that defines the action better for killing people who are mentally ill through the use of hunger and cold to steal from them. It was such a cruel act that no one should benefit from extenuated words.
Read MoreDespite community work and the effort of several Guantanamo-area organizations, the number of women murdered has increased. Society should continue studying the causes and consequences of gender-related violence and work to eliminate or reduce it. (11 photos)
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