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Carter Leaves Cuba Without Jailed US Contractor
By not in system - AOL NewsHAVANA -- Former President Jimmy Carter met with a jailed American contractor Wednesday but said Cuban leaders had made it clear they do not plan to release him. The announcement was a disappointment to supporters of Alan Gross after the trip had raised expectations the 86-year-old former American president would be allowed to bring the Maryland native home. Gross is serving a 15-year sentence after being convicted earlier this month of bringing communications equipment into Cuba illegally. Franklin Reyes, AP U.S. government contractor Alan Gross, left, is surrounded by security ...
Cuba Sentences U.S. Aid Contractor to 15 Years
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyAn American contractor accused of crimes against the Cuban state was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Cuba Saturday, government-run television reported. In a decision likely to set back Havana-Washington relations, a five-judge panel concluded that the contractor, Alan Phillip Gross, was involved in what the Cuban government described as a Washington-backed "subversive project" to "topple the Revolution," Reuters reported. Related Stories What Was Alan Gross Doing in Havana? Trial of U.S. Aid Contractor Alan Gross Ends in Havana White House Condemns ...
US Contractor Gets 15-Year Sentence in Cuba
By not in system - AOL NewsHAVANA - A Cuban court on Saturday found U.S. contractor Alan Gross guilty of crimes against the state and sentenced him to 15 years in prison, a verdict that brought a swift and strongly worded condemnation from Washington. The court said prosecutors had proved that Gross, 61, was working on a "subversive" program paid for by the United States that aimed to bring down Cuba's revolutionary system. Prosecutors had sought a 20-year jail term. Gloria Berbena, a spokeswoman for the U.S. diplomatic mission on the island, termed the decision "appalling" and called on Cuba to release Gross ...
Trial of U.S. Aid Contractor Alan Gross Ends in Havana
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyThe trial of a U.S. government contractor accused of trying to subvert Cuba's government ended on Saturday and a verdict was expected to come down at any time in the next few days. The Cuban government said at the close of the two-day trial that the contractor, Alan Phillip Gross, accepted some responsibility during the trial but had said he had been "used" and blamed the State Department-linked company that sent him to the island. Gross, a 61-year-old Maryland native, faces up to 20 years in prison if found guilty. He has been detained for more than a year at Havana's maximum-security Villa ...
In Havana, Trial Opens for American Accused of Threatening Cuba's Independence
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyA U.S. government contractor charged with committing acts threatening Cuba's independence has gone on trial in Havana in a controversial case that has become a thorny political issue between the Castro regime and Washington. The contractor, Alan Phillip Gross, 61, is accused of illegally distributing sophisticated satellite communications equipment for Internet access under an American program that is outlawed and considered subversive by the Cuban government. He faces a possible 20-year sentence for "acts against the integrity and independence" of Cuba. Related ...
Fidel Castro: Born Again, Even as Cuba Tastes Capitalism
By Eleanor Clift - Politics DailyAfter a long illness and absence from public life, former Cuban President Fidel Castro is back in the spotlight and engaged in what looks like serious legacy building. In a wide-ranging interview with journalist Jeffrey Goldberg in The Atlantic, Castro apologizes for his regime's treatment of gay people, condemns anti-Semitism and owns up to the failures of Cuba's economic system. Goldberg writes that he was vacationing on the "People's Republic of Martha's Vineyard" when he got a call that Castro wanted to see him in Havana. Goldberg quipped that he was eager to see an even more socialist ...
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