Tag: Fidel Castro
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Federal judge agrees to enforce part of $2.79 billion judgment against Cuba for torture, killing
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Two brothers who have attempted for years to collect on a $2.79 billion judgment against the Cuban government received a favorable ruling from a federal judge in Colorado, who largely accepted Cuba’s liability for torturing and extrajudicially killing members of the Villoldo family. At the same time, U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang directed…
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Liberty’s torchbearers, like Oswaldo Payá, can be found the world over | Vince Bzdek
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save They are, in the words of Pulitzer-Prize winning author David Hoffman, “dreamers who dared to wish for more.” They are people like Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine. Or Alexei Navalny, imprisoned opposition leader and freedom fighter in Russia. Or Mahsa Amini, the young woman whose…
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The nuclear nightmare rears its head again | Vince Bzdek
What happens if Vladimir Putin, feeling more and more like a cornered rat in Ukraine, actually uses a tactical nuclear weapon against Ukrainian troops? Is this a “red line” crossed that would demand a direct American response? Vince Bzdek What if the radiation from such a weapon drifts over into a NATO country that the…