A former career US diplomat has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after admitting he worked for decades as a secret agent for communist Cuba. Manuel Rocha, 73, will also pay a 500,000 dollar (£401,000) fine and co-operate with authorities after pleading guilty to conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign […]
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former U.S. diplomat was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Friday after admitting to acting as an agent of Cuba in what the Justice Department has called one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations of the U.S. government. Victor Manuel Rocha, who served as U.S. ambassador to […]
The former head of the Pentagon’s investigation into the mysterious health incidents known as Havana Syndrome told the CBS investigation show “60 Minutes” he believes Russia was behind them and was attacking U.S. officials abroad and at home. In partnership with The Insider, a Russian exile media outlet, and German magazine Der Spiegel, 60 Minutes […]
In an interview with CNN, Kevin O’Leary of Shark Tank fame, said that the possibility of Donald Trump having his assets seized as a result of not being able to secure a bond for his $464 million penalty “may be great for the attorney general, but this is not good for America.” “Forget about Trump,” […]
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two Democratic U.S. lawmakers who just returned from Cuba pushed back against Republicans’ criticism of the trip, calling on President Joe Biden‘s administration to ease restrictions on relations with the Communist-ruled island. Representatives Pramila Jayapal and Ilhan Omar, chair and deputy chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, were in […]
Former U.S. diplomat Victor Manuel Rocha eluded detection as a Cuban agent for decades, authorities say, until the FBI uncovered his secret past in a sting operation that led to his arrest in December. Rocha was arraigned in Miami federal court on Friday. He attended the court hearing and pleaded not guilty, with his attorney, […]
Victor Manuel Rocha, the former U.S. ambassador who has been charged by Miami federal prosecutors with acting as an agent of Cuba, pleaded not guilty Wednesday and asked that he not have to appear in court Friday for his arraignment. Rocha, 73, who spent decades at the U.S. State Department until he left the diplomatic […]
A Cuban-American woman who was arrested at Tampa International Airport and charged with smuggling $100,000 from Cuba earlier this week said she had been paid to bring cash from the island to the United States several times a month, according to a federal criminal complaint. Mirtza Ocana, 38, a U.S. citizen and Tampa resident who […]
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and top officials on Monday tried to reassure the country price rises and tax hikes were necessary, days ahead of an expected five-fold increase in the price of gasoline, but said more explanation may be needed. Cuba in late December announced a series of measures, including hikes in […]
Florida Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar refused to allow California Rep. Barbara Lee, a Democrat, to sit in on House subcommittee hearing because of Lee’s views on Cuba. That led to criticism that Salazar was acting like the Cuban regime and devolved later into name-calling. As is often done on Capitol Hill, Rep. Joaquin Castro, […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Friday that he is willing to help out with a surge of migrants that led to the closure of border crossings with the United States, but he wants the U.S. government to open talks with Cuba and send more development aid to migrants’ home countries. The comments by […]