A pair of Cuban actors appear to have defected to America following the success of their movie about Cubans defecting to America.
Nearly two-thirds of the way through her endurance journey, a stung and swollen Nyad was advised to get out of the water.
“When I walk up on those shores of Florida, I want to prove to the AARP crowd that it’s not too late to go back and write that book or adopt that child.” –DIANA NYAD, American endurance swimmer, who at 61 years of age is seeking to become the first person to swim from Cuba [...]
The 61-year-old long distance swimmer readies herself to conquer a dream deferred.
Smucker’s may pride itself as a true-blue American food company, but now it looks like it might be injecting a bit of Latin culture into its offerings after purchasing Cafe Bustelo, a Miami Cuban coffee brand with little national recognition.
According to a global happiness index released in North Korea, the country and its allies are the most cheerful countries in the world. Naturally, the “American Empire” strikes Pyongyang as just plain sad.
After a Cuban dissident, Juan Wilfredo Soto, 46, was arrested at a Santa Clara protest, he was allegedly beaten to death. Soto was among those who supported a 134-day hunger strike by fellow dissident Guillermo Farinas to press for the release of political prisoners.
U.S. officials have told CNN that the identity of the courier who led U.S. special forces to hunt and kill Osama bin Laden was a Kuwaiti named Abu Ahmad.
Guantanamo files revealed by Wikileaks shed light on 780 people who passed through the facility in Cuba, of which only 220 have been assessed by Americans to be dangerous international terrorists.
“Raul knew that at this time I wouldn’t accept any role in the party.” — FIDEL CASTRO, writing a column on state-run site Cuba Debate, announcing his resignation from his leadership position in Cuba’s Communist Party; he started transferring power to his brother, Raul, in 2006 (via Bloomberg)
