Cuba Speaker Accuses Alan Gross

HAVANA TIMES, Dec. 11 – US agent Alan Gross “violated Cuban laws, national sovereignty, committed crimes that in the United States are very, very punishable,” said Cuban parliament speaker Ricardo Alarcón in statements to the press in this capital. Gross has been imprisoned on the island since December 2009, accused of espionage but to date without being formally charged or tried, reported IPS.