Tag: Cuba

Wife of US man jailed in Cuba says he’s despondent

Peter Orsi · June 25, 2014 9:42 pm

Cuba punishes 6 baseball players for exit attempts

Washington Examiner · June 25, 2014 5:49 pm

Charlie Crist postpones visit to Cuba

Washington Examiner · June 23, 2014 4:43 pm

FILE - In this March 6, 2013 file photo, Cuba's Yasmani Tomas hits a solo shot off Japan's starter Kenji Otonari in the third inning of their World Baseball Classic first round game in Fukuoka, Japan. Cuban authorities said Friday, June 20, 2014, that the hard-hitting outfielder has defected. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Cuban baseball player Yasmani Tomas defects

Washington Examiner · June 20, 2014 4:56 pm

In this Pentagon-approved sketch by court artist Janet Hamlin, presiding judge, Navy Capt. J. Kirk Waits addresses Hadi al Iraqi, who presses a button on his microphone so he can respond, during his arraignment at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi was arraigned on five war crimes charges, largely for allegedly organizing attacks on U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan. He faces up to life in prison. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool)

National Security

Iraqi faces charges after 7 years at Guantanamo

Ben Fox · June 18, 2014 10:34 pm

Mother of American worker imprisoned in Cuba dies

Jessica Gresko · June 18, 2014 9:58 pm

FILE - In this photo Nov. 20, 2013 file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, a U.S. Navy nurse stands next to a chair with restraints, used for force-feeding, and a tray displaying nutritional shakes, a tube for feeding through the nose, and lubricants, including a jar of olive oil, during a tour of the detainee hospital at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Attorneys for a Syrian prisoner have begun studying hours of video showing him being removed from his cell, placed in a restraint chair and fed by a tube with liquid nutrients. They are looking for evidence of what he has portrayed to them as abusive force-feeding, akin to torture, during the months that he has participated in a hunger strike that drew the attention of President Barack Obama and led to a renewed effort to close the prison. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

National Security

Videos open window on Guantanamo hunger strike

Ben Fox · June 14, 2014 7:38 pm

In this May 29, 2014 photo, Yulieski Gourriel, player for the Cuban baseball team Industriales, speaks on his cell phone before catching his flight at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba. Gourriel left Cuba to join the DeNA BayStars of Yokohama, Japan. New rules let islanders play overseas as long as they fulfill their commitment to the domestic league and international competitions. Gourriel is scheduled to be back for Cuba's winter league in November. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

Cuba ballplayers chase dreams, big bucks, overseas

AnneMarie Garcia · June 14, 2014 4:02 am

Hillary Clinton, center, waves to a gathering as she arrives for a book signing on Tuesday June 10, 2014, at Barnes and Noble bookstore in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Beltway Confidential

Clinton comes out against US embargo of Cuba in book

Blake Seitz · June 12, 2014 8:25 pm

Women drummers break barriers in Cuba percussion

Andrea Rodriguez · June 3, 2014 3:01 pm

Cuban intelligence agent Fernando Gonzalez, known as one of the "Cuban Five," arrives for a press conference in Havana, Cuba, Monday, June 2, 2014. Gonzalez who spent years in jail in the United States says the exchange of five Taliban detainees for a U.S. Army sergeant held captive in Afghanistan could set a precedent for a similar swap with Cuba. Gonzalez said Monday that the only thing needed is political will by the Obama administration to negotiate a swap of U.S. government subcontractor Alan Gross for three Cuban agents still imprisoned in the United States.(AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

National Security

Cuba agent: US-Taliban prisoner swap a precedent

Andrea Rodriguez · June 2, 2014 7:08 pm

A June 20 photo shows the open-air pen used to confine detainees at the controversial Guantanamo Bay prison facility in Cuba. (AP Photo/Bill Gorman, File)

National Security

How Obama shifted from ‘shall be closed’ to ‘chipping away’ at Gitmo

Brian Hughes · May 31, 2014 9:00 am