MiamiHerald.com: Bay of Pigs

Judge: keep part of CIA’s Bay of Pigs history secret

Sun, 13 May 2012 16:42 EDT

In a decision called a ‘blow to the right to know,’ a judge ruled that the final chapter of the CIA’s history of Bay of Pigs won’t be declassified.

Old history exposes new dirty tricks

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:11 EDT

The foreign policy chapter of the official CIA history also exposes new spy agency lies and manipulations, sometimes called dirty tricks, in America’s bid to cover up the clandestine training of Cuban exiles.

CIA’s Bay of Pigs foreign policy laid bare

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:08 EDT

A recently released, and brutally honest, look at the run-up to the disastrous Bay of Pigs Operation focuses on the CIA’s prominent role.

Prosecutors urge Guantánamo judge not to split up 9/11 trial

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:20 EDT

The war court prosecutor says early pre-trial scheduling conflicts don’t necessitate splitting up the trial of five men accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks.

Gay Cuban Americans appalled by Mariela Castro visit

Thu, 24 May 2012 07:01 EDT

Cuban-American gay activists in Miami are dismayed by Mariela Castro events in San Francisco and New York.

Human rights report highlights regional violence, abuse

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:25 EDT

The U.S. State Department released its 2011 human rights report highlighting violence in Honduras and Mexico, and civil rights abuses in Cuba and Venezuela

Cuba tells the U.N. it does not torture or abuse human rights

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:44 EDT

Cuban officials told a U.N. panel on torture that all complaints of mistreatment were false

Cuba’s Catholic magazine blasts critics of Cardinal Ortega

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:19 EDT

The Catholic magazine says there’s a campaign to get rid of Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega because he’s too close to Cuban leader Raúl Castro.

UN panel on torture wants information on Cuban prison deaths and dissident arrests

Tue, 22 May 2012 20:53 EDT

The same day the Cuban media published stories defending the island’s prison system

Top Democrats break with Obama over Castro visa issue

Tue, 22 May 2012 20:38 EDT

Granting a U.S. visa to Raul Castro’s daughter has erupted into a political fight in Florida, where top Democrats disagree with the Obama administration but slam Republicans for failing to complain when the former Bush administration made a similar decision.

Prison workers used in many Cuban government enterprises

Mon, 21 May 2012 17:39 EDT

Cuban prisoners earn little to nothing while working for numerous government enterprises.

Oil well in Cuba comes up dry, raises questions about future exploration

Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00 EDT

After reporting that it found no oil in its well in Cuba, Repsol will likely now consider leaving the country.

Mariel memories: The boatlift that changed everything

Sat, 19 May 2012 22:38 EDT

A reporter recounts the high drama and danger of the Mariel Boatlift and reflects on how that event changed South Florida’s cultural landscape.

U.S. visa to Mariela Castro sparks angry complaints

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:20 EDT

The daughter of Cuban leader Raúl Castro has been granted a visa to visit the U.S. to attend an academic gathering in San Francisco.

Cuban ex-CIA agent Posada returns to Miami

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:07 EDT

After being acquitted in a trial for perjury in federal court in El Paso, former CIA-agent Luis Posada Carriles plans to make his first public appearance in Miami on Wednesday during a press conference and then he will dinner at the Big Club Five of Miami.

TWO INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS ARRESTED COVERING ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:30 EDT

Two independent are being held by police following their arrest while covering an anti-government demonstration.

4-year sentence for living in Havana without permission

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:50 EDT

Dissident Duartes Miguel Lara Rodríguez has been sentenced to four years in prison on charges of being a “danger” to society because he was living illegally in Havana.

Man arrested for stealing his own pressure cooker

Thu, 06 May 2010 16:23 EDT

Leonardo Díaz says he taken to the police station in handcuffs on Tuesday because he didn't have proof of purchase of a pressure cooker he was taking to a repair shop.

Police captain under investigation for abuse of power

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:13 EDT

A captain in the National Revolutionary Police force has been accused of selling pedicabs he confiscated from unlicensed owners.

Whereabouts of detained independent journalist unknown

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:15 EDT

Independent journalist Yosvani Anzardo Hernández was arrested over the weekend by two State Security agents and his whereabouts are unknown, according to his wife.

Anti-government slogans appear in Havana

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:52 EDT

Anti-government slogans were written on Tuesday on the walls next to Havana's Mariano theater and near a police station, according to witnesses who said they saw the writing before police painted it over.

Dissident's daughter jailed on charge of prostitution

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:48 EDT

Dissident Carmen Bermúdez Arrieta says her 25-year-old daughter has been sentenced to two years in an internment camp on a trumped up charge of prostitution.

Independent librarian fired from government job

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:20 EDT

José Ignacio Oropesa Almora says he was fired from his job as a truck driver for the state oil company because he’s an independent librarian

Protesters force police to return sack of rice

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:32 EST

More than 60 passengers on a bus protested the seizure of a 20-pound sack of rice and forced the police to return it to the owner.

Police try to stop sellers of bread

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:31 EST

Since the beginning of the New Year, police in Santa Clara have been pursuing private sellers of bread, which is considered a crime.