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General Escalante was Wrong About "The Yankee Comandante"
In his book The Secret War: CIA Covert Operations Against Cuba 1959-62 , General FabiA n Escalante , former chief and current historian of the Castro State Security, asserted that as early as in February 1959, the CIA representative Gerard Droller, a.k.a. Frank Bender, had agents in Cuba conspiring against Castro, "among them William Morgan." ... (more)
MARCH 01: The first American team makes the ascent of Mount Everest in 1963. Mount Everest, Nepal.
Jimmy Carter goes crazy, betrays liberal principles. What's next? Betraying Castro?
Jimmy Carter, one of Fidel Castro's best friends, and the elder statesman of liberal American politics has unexpectedly disappointed millions upon millions of liberals.
First Coast Cuba: Our connections and should we go?
The country of Cuba is only 90 miles from the Florida Keys but in many ways we are worlds apart.
Cuba's LGBT Community Celebrates International Day Against Homophobia
A week of drag shows, colorful marches and social and cultural events in Havana culminates Friday with celebrations of the International Day Against Homophobia.
Amid scandals, White House announces star-studded concert in East Room
Amid sequester and scandal in Washington, the White House announced Friday that the president and first lady will be hosting another concert as part of their "In Performance at the White House" series later this month.
Sam Donnellon: 'Logic' in parting ways with Bryz
The jury is in. Turns out, Ilya Bryzgalov is not a complex, misunderstood Russian.
A quince party in Cuba: a real fairytale to be recalled at this weekend's Cuba Nostalgia
In effect, flying out as a butterfly from a cocoon. A beautiful human spring. It was a difficult time to host a society event in Havana as political upheaval loomed and a revolution was brewing.
Vishwamitra was a Great Saint Until Menaka Danced Before Him: Or The Story of the BJP
BJPya katheyu haage aaytu! published on 11 May 2013. Who do we need to blame amongst these: B.S. Yeddyurappa, K.S. Eshwarappa, Jagadish Shettar, Ananth Kumar, Sushma Swaraj, Lal Krishna Advani, and Nitin Gadkari? Who do we hold accountable? Was the Karnataka BJP reduced to this pathetic state thanks to just one person? Or was it the combined ... (more)
Canadian, British executives face corruption charges in Cuba
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, left, sites beside his brother, Cuban President Raul Castro, in 2012.
Who needs a password when your voice will do
"Barclays Wealth customers will no longer need to answer security questions and remember pin codes to use telephone banking," The Daily Telegraph says.
Cuba golf project gets green light
Varadero is currently the only 18-hole course in Cuba, but it will now be joined by others after the government approved a new multi-million dollar golf project Five decades after Fidel Castro ordered Cuba's golf courses to be closed down because he considered them "elitist", the island's communist government has approved the construction of a ... (more)
On the Friday of the last weekend in February, Cuban dictator Raul Castro caught the news agencies covering his island nation by surprise when he dropped a hint that he was thinking of retiring.
5 things you need to know on Monday
Barbara Walters is driven on a sightseeing tour by Fidel Castro in this June 6, 1977, file photo taken in Cuba.
5 things you need to know on Monday
Barbara Walters is hanging up her microphone, shots fired during a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans injure 19, Sen.
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Barbara Walters To Announce Retirement On "The View," Says ABC
Pioneering journalist Barbara Walters, the first woman to co-anchor a U.S. evening news program, plans to announce her retirement on "The View" on Monday, the host network ABC said.
Day in History: WWII Axis Give Up Africa; Lindbergh Baby Found; Berlin Blockade Ends
Today in History Today is Sunday, May 12, the 132nd day of 2013. There are 233 days left in the year.
' journey through Year 175 - May 11
The start of a long tradition of "Better Babies" contests in The Times and the plight of two little girls lost the in the woods in Rapides Parish engaged Times readers this day a century ago.
Princess Mariela steps up her charm offensive.
See below for her latest campaign, a dance party in hell, to distract the mainstream media from all the arrests, beatings, tortures, and murders that are the hallmark of Cuban society.