In November 2022 (and publicly released on April 28, 2023), the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which has no enforcement powers, urged the U.S. to release immediately a prisoner (Zayn al-Abidin Muhammed Husayn) who was captured in Pakistan in 2002 and became the first prisoner at a CIA “black site” (secret prison) where he … Continue reading U.N. Demands Release of Guantanamo Prisoner
A New York Times editorial starts with the factual assertion that “30 men . . . [are] still imprisoned at the U.S. naval base whose name has become synonymous with American shame.” Although President Biden “said at the outset of his administration that he would seek to have the detention center closed . . . … Continue reading U.S. Should Release All Guantanamo Prisoners and Close Down
On June 14, 2023, the U.N. Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism submitted her 24-page, single-spaced report on her four-day visit to the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Summary of the Report[1] According to the Special Rapporteur, there are “serious … Continue reading UN Counterterrorism Expert Reports That Conditions at U.S. Guantanamo Detention Facility Are Cruel and Inhuman
Number Date Title JANUARY 2023 1876 01/03/23 U.S. Procedures for Resettlement of Ukrainians 1877 01/05/23 Department of Homeland Security Announces Important Proposed Rules To Improve Immigration Laws and Border Security 1878 01/07/23 President Biden’s Argument for New Asylum/Border Policy 1858C 01/14/23 Comment: Prosecution Drops Appeals of Federal Sentences of Kueng and Thao … Continue reading List of Posts to dwkcommentaries–Chronological (2023)
On December 4, 2023, Victor Manuel Rocha, a naturalized U.S. citizen and a retired U.S. Ambassador, was indicted and arrested by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida for acting as a Cuban undercover agent for 40 years. Rocha Case Summary[1] U.S. Attorney General, Merrick B. Garland, had the following comment on … Continue reading U.S. Indicts and Arrests Victor Manuel Rocha on Charges of Acting as Cuban Undercover Agent
According to the New York Times, the U.S. total cost last year of operating the detention facility or prison at Guántanamo Bay, Cuba exceeded $540 million. This consists of the costs of holding the prisoners — including the men accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks — paying for the troops who guard them, … Continue reading Guantanamo Bay: The World’s Most Expensive Prison
Introduction[1] At least by early December 2023, it was evident that Cuba was experiencing a horrible economic crisis. One commentator put it this way: “Cuba is going through the worst crisis it has experienced in decades, with widespread shortages of food and medicines, rolling blackouts and a sky-high 400% annual inflation rate. The calls on … Continue reading Cuba’s Current Economic and Political Crises
Cuba recently has been the subject of many related news reports. First, the island is suffering from many economic problems, including many younger Cubans abandoning the island for life elsewhere. Second, many private enterprises on the island are being successful. Third, this year Russia and China have been increasing their connections with Cuba to support … Continue reading U.S. Needs To Improve Relations with Cuba
Prior posts have discussed the 1898 U.S. intervention in the Cuban war of independence from Spain in what the U.S. has called the Spanish-American War. Although the fighting in that war ended in August 1898 and the war officially ended by the Treaty of Paris of December 10, 1898, U.S. troops remained on the island … Continue reading U.S. De Facto Protectorate of Cuba, 1898-1934
No. Date Title Table of Contents Cuba & Other Countries Cuba & Minnesota Cuban Bloggers Cuba: State Sponsor of Terrorism? U.S. Embargo of Cuba U.S. & Guantanamo Bay, Cuba U.S. & Cuba Damage Claims Cuban Human Rights U.S. Democracy Promotion in Cuba Cuban … Continue reading List of Posts to dwkcommentaries—Topical: CUBA [as of 5/4/20]
