Fidel Castro: Obama's Biggest Fan Nov 14, 2009
Fidel Castro: Obama's Biggest Fan ... Fidel Castro: Obama's Biggest Fan ... Fidel Castro appears to have a fascination with the American leader that would make Obama Girl jealous, writing obsessively not only about his politics, but of his youth and vigor. (Newsmax)
Castro as commentator on US politics Nov 13, 2009
Fidel Castro appears to have a fascination with the American leader that would make Obama Girl jealous, writing obsessively not only about his politics, but of his youth and vigor. And unlike with past American heads-of-state _ he slammed President George W. Bush as a genocidal drunk _ Castro seems to genuinely like the fresh face in Washington ... In an opinion piece that took up an entire newspaper page, Castro waxed philosophic about everything from Obama's Asia trip to his prospects for... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
CUBA ORDERS 'EXTREME MEASURES' TO CUT ENERGY USE Nov 12, 2009
President Raul Castro is said to be intent on not repeating the experience of the 1990s, when the demise of the Soviet Union and the loss of its steady oil supply caused frequent electricity blackouts and hardship for the Cuban public. The directives follow government warnings in the summer that too much energy was being used and blackouts would follow if consumption was not reduced. (The Drudge Report)
O'Brien: Don't Give Guantanamo to Castro Nov 12, 2009
O'Brien: Don't Give Guantanamo to Castro ... O'Brien: Don't Give Guantanamo to Castro ... Having won the battle to close the detention facilities and to transfer the detainees to the United States, the left has now moved to its end game with respect to GTMO. It is demanding that our naval base be handed over to the Castro brothers regime. (Newsmax)
Obama Defaults on Honduras Nov 11, 2009
Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez -- together with the likes of Cuba s Castro brothers, Ecuador s Rafael Correa, and Nicaragua s Daniel Ortega -- is spewing a populist, leftist, and strongly anti-American brand of politics that is spreading throughout Latin America ... Rather than embracing the Honduran people -- our longstanding allies -- the Obama administration called it a coup, turned its back on the Honduran people, and embraced Chavez, Castro, Ortega, and others in insisting that Mr. Zelaya be... (Human Events Online)
Cuban Blogger Attacked, Held by State Security Nov 8, 2009
The Cuban Commission on Human Rights and National Reconciliation says there are more than 200 political prisoners in Cuba, a number that has dropped sharply since Fidel Castro ceded power to his brother Raul in 2006. The government does not recognize the legitimacy of the opposition, saying they are paid mercenaries of Washington. (Time.com)
A last shoe waiting to drop in upstate New York Nov 7, 2009
The Democrats losing Jersey is like Castro losing Cuba. That is great. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Fidel: Obama Treats Latam With Contempt Nov 6, 2009
Fidel Castro criticized Barack Obama for signing an agreement with Colombia that expands the use of seven military bases in the heart of our America and he considered that decision outrageous, adding that its cynical from Washington to call Cuba terrorist. Castros statements were published in Granma, the official press organ of the Cuban Communist Party (CCP), in column Reflections of Comrade Fidel. (Newsmax)
Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez-Herrera: Fight terrorism in South Florida Nov 5, 2009
In 2000, he was finally captured in Panama when he tried to place 200 pounds of explosives in an auditorium crowded with students waiting to hear Cuban President Fidel Castro speak. After being illegally pardoned by the outgoing Panamanian president, Posada disappeared again, only to appear in South Florida in 2005. (The News-Press -- Opinion)
Cuban-Americans' Change of View Means U.S. Travel Ban Could End Nov 4, 2009
"I think that all exchange is good," says one, 68-year-old Miamian Lala Suarez, who before coming to the U.S. was imprisoned in Cuba by Fidel Castro's government after the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion by militant exiles ... In fact, they see lifting the ban as a way to throw a bigger ball into Havana's court, one that might oblige current Cuban President Raul Castro, Fidel's younger brother, to release more jailed dissidents or make other reform gestures ... For them, the travel ban, like... (Time.com)
Timeline: Argentina Nov 3, 2009
2001 February - Argentina recalls its ambassador to Cuba after President Castro accuses Argentina of 'licking the yankee boot. Castro made the remarks in an apparent reference to Argentina's support for US condemnation of Cuba's record on human rights. (BBC News -- Americas)
Honduras Bows to U.S. Pressure Nov 3, 2009
For that reason, Micheletti s concession to pressure from the State Department may bring some relief to his strangled country, but it is also likely to make people like Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, Nicaragua s Daniel Ortega and Cuba s Fidel Castro very happy. Ms. Cohn is a HUMAN EVENTS intern. (Human Events Online)
Cuba swine flu 'from US tourists' Nov 1, 2009
Cuba's former leader, Fidel Castro, has blamed the growth in swine flu on an increase in US visitors to the island ... At the same time, Fidel Castro noted, the US trade embargo prevents Cuba from obtaining equipment and medicines needed to combat the virus ... "I don't think, of course, that it was the intention of the United States government," Fidel Castro wrote. (BBC News -- Americas)
Castro: more US visitors mean more Cuban swine flu Nov 1, 2009
HAVANA Fidel Castro has found something to sneeze at in Washington's decision to ease visits by Cuban-Americans to his island: He says more Americans mean more swine flu ... "We had the strange case where the United States on one hand authorized more trips for a large number of people carrying the virus, and on the other prohibited us from obtaining equipment and medicine to combat the virus," Castro said ... "I don't think, of course, that it was the intention of the United States," Castro... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
The US Embargo Against Cuba Oct 30, 2009
The embargo dates to the time when Fidel Castro and the government of Fulgencio Batista y Zald;var clashed in the Cuban countryside. Batista, a U. S.-backed dictator, was overthrown by the revolutionaries under Castro. (Suite101.com)
Hemingway’s papers come to JFK Library Oct 29, 2009
The 30-year-old collection is a peculiar exhibit in a museum built to honor the late president, given his efforts to overthrow the island country s leader, Fidel Castro. The collection, instead, serves as a repository of information about another American icon from the same era: Ernest Hemingway. (Boston Globe)
Cubans fear more control of farmers markets Oct 29, 2009
Price controls would end one of the country's few private business initiatives just as Cubans hoped the economy would loosen up under Raul Castro, who took power from his ailing brother, Fidel, in February 2008 ... The would-be takeover is part of President Raul Castro's overall crackdown on corruption in this case on farmers who are required to meet government quotas but instead sell to free-market vendors through unlicensed truckers because they make more money ... The agros first appeared... (MSNBC -- International)
Fidel: The world icon Oct 29, 2009
Cuba's President Fidel Castro - who was the world's longest-serving political leader - has not been seen in public since July 2006 and in February 2008 officially handed over power to his brother, Raul ... Fidel Castro: A towering political prescence across the Americas ... Fidel Castro has remained the same, a symbol of revolution, a communist who has survived the fall of communism. (BBC News -- Americas)
Cuba's Castro 'able to eat again' Oct 29, 2009
Cuba's Castro 'able to eat again. A stronger Mr Castro appeared defiant on a recent video ... Venezuela's ambassador to Cuba has said the country's ailing leader Fidel Castro has begun eating again as his health improves following surgery. (BBC News -- Americas)
Palin got at least $1.25M for memoir Oct 29, 2009
His visit came two days after fellow Oscar-winner Sean Penn arrived in Cuba, reportedly seeking an interview with 82-year-old Fidel Castro, who stepped down as Cuba's president in February, 2007, and was replaced by his brother Raul. There was no word on whether Penn got to see Fidel. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Castro's Sister: Fidel Mum on My CIA Past Oct 28, 2009
Castro's Sister: Fidel Mum on My CIA Past ... Castro's Sister: Fidel Mum on My CIA Past ... MIAMI -- Fidel Castro's sister says she hasn't heard any reaction from Cuba to revelations in her new memoir that she collaborated for years with the CIA.. (Newsmax)
Michael Douglas makes surprise Cuba visit Oct 28, 2009
His visit came two days after fellow Oscar-winner Sean Penn arrived in Cuba, reportedly seeking an interview with 82-year-old Fidel Castro, who has been little seen since announcing he was suffering from an unspecified illness in July 2006. He stepped down as Cubas president in February of the following year and was replaced by his brother Raul. (MSNBC -- News)
Castro's Sister: No Word from Cuba on Memoir Oct 28, 2009
MIAMI (AP) -- Fidel Castro's sister says she hasn't heard any reaction from Cuba to revelations in her new memoir that she collaborated for years with the CIA. Juanita Castro supported her brother's 1959 overthrow of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista but began passing information to the CIA in 1961 after becoming disillusioned with the revolution. She tells The Associated Press that Castro knew she was helping anti-communists but she doesn't think he knew about the CIA connection ... Castro... (13WMAZ.com, GA)
Lifeline for cross-dressers Oct 27, 2009
SEAN PENN is looking to score another scoop - an interview with the Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. Penn arrived in Cuba at the window hoping to interview Castro for Vanity Fair. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Castro's sister 'spied for CIA' Oct 27, 2009
Castro's sister 'spied for CIA. Juanita Castro says she was given the codename "Donna" by the CIA ... A sister of Cuba's former long-time leader, Fidel Castro, has admitted spying for the CIA in the 1960s. (BBC News -- Americas)
* World News Quick Take Oct 27, 2009
Oscar-winning actor and political activist Sean Penn arrived in Cuba hoping to interview former president Fidel Castro, state media reported on Sunday. A TV report showed Penn walking in the town of Nueva Gerona on the Isle of Youth, accompanied by painter Alexis Leyva. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
DOCTOR JOE: Miami doctor treats uninsured with dignity Oct 27, 2009
But not for long: When Fidel Castro took over the country in 1959, the Greer family fled, eventually settling in Florida. Greer was raised in upper-middle class Cuban Miami: private Roman Catholic school student, varsity football player, weekends spent boating in the blue South Florida waters. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Bush lays into the left at Americas summit but agrees concessions Oct 27, 2009
The US president railed against Fidel Castro in his speech, admonished several other left-leaning governments, including Venezuela and Bolivia, and urged a ban on countries deemed corrupt from attending future summits. But he accepted a final declaration that toned down the proposed crackdown. (Yahoo News -- Summit of the Americas)
Castro's Sister: I Worked With CIA Oct 27, 2009
In this Aug. 3, 2006, file photo, Juanita Castro, the sister of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, talks to reporters in Miami. In an interview recorded Sunday, Juanita Castro said she collaborated with the CIA in 1964 following the Cuban revolution ... (AP) Fidel Castro's younger sister says she collaborated with the CIA in 1964, five years after the Cuban revolution. (CBS News -- World)
Political Grapevine Oct 27, 2009
President Obama reportedly asked Spain's foreign minister to deliver a message for him to Cuban leader Raul Castro ... An anonymous U.S. official says the president wanted to: "Urge the Castro regime to take steps to reform and improve human rights." ... Meanwhile, one of Fidel Castro's sisters says she collaborated with the CIA against her brother. (Fox News)
Sean Penn in Cuba Wants Castro Interview Oct 26, 2009
LOS ANGELES Oscar-winning actor and political activist Sean Penn flew to Cuba hoping to interview its revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, entertainment news website TMZ reported Sunday ... "Barclays sources say Sean and Diana are going to meet (Fidel) Castro -- presumably because that's what Diana told them," the website reported. (Newsmax)
Report: Obama Sent Secret Message to Castro Oct 26, 2009
Six days after their meeting on October 13 at the White House, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos visited the Caribbean island and met President Raul Castro ... Moratinos met Castro on October 19 and said the communist leader had affirmed his commitment to economic reform and expressed his desire to continue improving relations with the United States. (Newsmax)
Obama Sent Castro Message Via Spain PM Oct 26, 2009
Six days after their meeting on October 13 at the White House, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos visited the Caribbean island and met President Raul Castro. "When (Obama) learned that Foreign Minister Moratinos was about to go to Havana, he suggested that Moratinos urge the Castro regime to take steps to reform and improve human rights," the U.S. official said on Sunday, speaking on condition of anonymity ... Washington and Havana have had hostile relations since Fidel Castro's... (Newsmax)
Sean Penn heads to interview Fidel Castro Oct 26, 2009
Oscar-winning actor and political activist Sean Penn flew to Cuba hoping to interview its revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, entertainment news website TMZ reported on Sunday. "Sean (Penn) is going to the land of Fidel as a journalist, writing a story for Vanity Fair (magazine) about how the (Barack) Obama administration has affected Cuba," TMZ reported. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Sean Penn arrives in Cuba to interview Fidel Castro Oct 26, 2009
Oscar-winning actor and political activist Sean Penn, pictured in March, flew to Cuba hoping to interview its revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, entertainment news website TMZ reported. HAVANA (AFP) - Oscar-winning actor and political activist Sean Penn arrived in Cuba hoping to interview its revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, Cuban government-controlled television reported. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Dementia rates much higher for ex-NFL players Oct 25, 2009
One of the most prominent plans was Operation Northwoods, a proposal to create terrorism on American soil, blame it on Cuba and thus give the U.S. a reason to bomb the living ** out of Castro ... The recent history of the Cubam Missile Crisis, One Minute to Midnight details how the Kennedys recklessness and disregard for the law in their attempts to get rid of Castro were far more radical behavior than anything Bush or Reagan did. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Snowe's Public Option Trigger Won't Work Oct 24, 2009
Castro and Chavez promise the 'ultimate' government run healthcare option that the democrats in Congress are seeking. Charles Jackson PhD. Computer Science. (CBS News)
New Orleans mayor pushes for Cuba flights Oct 21, 2009
Under Obama, the United States and Cuba have taken small steps toward ending hostilities that date back to the 1959 revolution that put Fidel Castro in power and turned Cuba to communism. Obama has eased the embargo by allowed Cuban-Americans to travel freely to Cuba, and bills are pending in the U.S. Congress that would end a general ban on Americans visiting the island just 90 miles (145 km) from Florida. (Scientific American)
Milan “Mike’’ Miskovsky, 83; helped resolve hostage cases Oct 20, 2009
In April 1961, after more than a year of planning by the CIA, a 1,400-man force of Cuban-American exiles called Brigade 2506 launched an ill-fated invasion of their homeland, with the intent of unseating Fidel Castro. They landed at the Bay of Pigs on Cuba s southern coast but were quickly routed by the Cuban military. (Boston Globe)
Cuba cracks down on unlicensed home improvements Oct 16, 2009
In the 50 years since Fidel Castro took power, the communist government has not built enough new homes to keep up with a growing population. The problem became more acute when the Soviet Union collapsed - taking billions of dollars in annual subsidies and legions of engineers and architects with it. (CBS News -- World)
Government slept as rich gutted nation Oct 13, 2009
you guessed wrong castro destroyed it just like that dictator we have is trying to do to us here. Con Queso wrote on Oct 10, 2009 6:28 PM:I think cheaper labor overseas is the reason jobs are getting shipped overseas. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Dorgan, Enzi Seek End to Cuba Travel Ban Oct 13, 2009
The bill has thus far been stalled due to anti-Castro ideologues in key Committee positions and the precedence of the ongoing health care battle in Congress ... Raul Castro, who assumed the presidency last year from his elder brother Fidel Castro, is struggling to revive and reform the Cuban economy that has been left reeling by the recession ... Ive been for the travel ban and like the previous administrations, Ive always said if [Fidel] Castro would take a step toward us, wed take a step... (Newsmax)
Gloves Are Off Oct 13, 2009
Castro would not let you have that happen. Socialism destroys incentive. (Fox News)
Man Arrested in N.Y. for '68 Hijacking Oct 12, 2009
Two of the men, Jose Rafael Rios Cruz and Miguel Castro, were arrested in the mid-1970s and pleaded guilty to their roles in the skyjacking, a spokeswoman for federal prosecutors said. Another man, who was not on the flight but was described in the criminal complaint as a leader of the Puerto Rican Movement for Liberation, was indicted in the hijacking. (CBS News)
Nobel prize is cited in GOP fund drive Oct 11, 2009
While President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia and Cuba s Fidel Castro congratulated President Obama for being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Republicans saw the award as so outrageous that they re using it to raise campaign money. Obama received the prize for awesomeness, said a mocking GOP fund-raising letter. (Boston Globe)
Obama says Nobel an 'affirmation of American leadership' Oct 10, 2009
"I'm not sure what the international community loved best; his waffling on Afghanistan, pulling defense missiles out of Eastern Europe, turning his back on freedom fighters in Honduras, coddling Castro, siding with Palestinians against Israel, or almost getting tough on Iran," Barrett said. Congress' top Republican leaders Sen. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Cuba to say adios to rationing? Oct 10, 2009
Cuban President Raul Castro has said several times that the ration book costs too much and provides too little ... Relying on the stateWith the country's economy hit hard by the global credit crunch and three disastrous hurricanes last year, Raul Castro has been looking at ways to cut state costs while imploring his countrymen to produce more ... And Castro has suggested other big changes, like doing away with the nation's dual currency economy, which puts many imported items outside the reach... (MSNBC -- International)
Screen hero hack Oct 10, 2009
Newspaper articles written by film star Errol Flynn documenting his last years spent in Cuba with Fidel Castro's rebels have been unearthed in a university library ... But towards the end of his life, Flynn was at the epicentre of Fidel Castro's Cuban revolution ... I think he was a hero-worshipper, and I think Errol thought that Castro was a good guy trying to free the country for everyday citizens. (BBC News -- Americas)
Michael Moore's latest movie questions capitalism, Congress Oct 10, 2009
dyan wrote on Oct 9, 2009 11:55 AM:" More stupidity from the left. Election year: Do you know anyone from Cuba? No, I didn't think so. Take my friend who escaped in 1962. Her father was a dentist. Castro took his home, all his assets, and killed his two brothers.When he got here, he got a job as a janitor. The US would not recognize his credentials. Castro is the guy you lefties think is a saint? You are uninformed to say the least. " ... rantraves wrote on Oct 9, 2009 8:38 AM:" election year:... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Gilberto Zaldivar, 75, Latin theater producer Oct 9, 2009
He went to work there as a sales manager for the Cuban affiliate of B.F. Goodrich, but in 1961, two years after Fidel Castro came to power, his disagreement with the increasingly totalitarian direction of the Cuban Revolution led him to emigrate to the United States. In New York, Mr. Zaldivar found work in corporate accounting and eventually became an executive at Diners Club. (Boston Globe)
Distinct voices Oct 9, 2009
Page last updated at 13:46 GMT, Thursday, 8 October 2009 14:46 UK. Cuba bloggers test government limits. (BBC News -- Americas)
Cuba plans to abolish its free-lunch scheme for state workers Oct 8, 2009
In his most recent address to parliament, President Raul Castro said subsidies "are ineffective or, even worse, make some feel that they don't need to work". Next on the list could be the monthly ration card. (BBC News -- Americas)
'Capitalism' Clash Oct 8, 2009
HANNITY: Do you think Fidel Castro would allow you to produce a movie and millions of dollars trashing his system. MOORE: Well, I don't know, that's a good question. (Fox News)
CIA: Anti-Cuba Militant was a Snitch Oct 8, 2009
Anti-Castro Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles, center, is helped out of the car by his daughter, Janet Arguello, as he arrives at his wife's house in Miami after being released from federal custody in this April 19, 2007 file photo ... (AP) Recently released CIA files from the mid-1960s show Cuban exile and accused terrorist Luis Posada Carriles informed on violent Miami-based efforts to attack Fidel 00004000 Castro's fledgling Cuban government even as he was deeply involved in helping them... (CBS News -- US)
How Toll Of 'Social Justice' Eludes Elites Oct 7, 2009
said: "You can think whatever you want to about Fidel Castro, but he was one of the brightest leaders I have ever met.". W.E.B. DuBois, writing in the National Guardian (1953) said: "Joseph Stalin was a great man; few other men of the 20th century approach his stature. ... But also and this was the highest proof of his greatness he knew the common man, felt his problems, followed his fate.". (Investors Business Daily)
CIA records: Cuban exile informed on colleagues Oct 7, 2009
Recently released CIA files from the mid-1960s show Cuban exile and accused terrorist Luis Posada Carriles informed on violent Miami-based efforts to attack Fidel Castro's fledgling Cuban government even as he was deeply involved in helping them ... In the early 1960s, the CIA directly trained and funded efforts to overthrow Castro's government ... Posada was convicted in a 2000 plot against Castro in Panama but was later pardoned. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Deluxe editions Oct 5, 2009
The article paints as quaint a picture of giant, glossy, white yachts pulling up next to all the broken-down 1950s cars Cubans have been stuck with since Castro came to power ... The article paints as quaint a picture of giant, glossy, white yachts pulling up next to all the broken-down 1950s cars Cubans have been stuck with since Castro came to power. (New York Post -- Business)
U.S.-Cuba Relations Oct 4, 2009
When Fidel Castro came to power in 1959, relations between the two countries quickly devolved into bitter arguments, political grandstanding and the occasional international crisis ... It took multiple years and a few attempts but on Jan. 1, 1959 Fidel Castro and his band of guerillas successfully overthrew the government of President General Fulgencio Batista. (Time.com)
DeMint encouraged by Honduras trip Oct 4, 2009
BY Mark on 10/03/2009 at 11:47I respect the opinions of everyone and still have a hard time understanding why some Hondurans (a minority I may add) are still supporting a mad, corrupt, communist, dictator whose best friends are Chavez, Ortega, and the Castro brothers ... Look at him now he really wants to take all of Central and South America and make it Castro's dream - A BOLIVARIAN UNION- he has created the ALBA. You all have to be so naive to think that Zelaya is fighting so hard just to come... (TheHill.com)
‘Era of engagement’ includes Cuba Oct 2, 2009
and utterly failed in the effort to overthrow Castro ... Raul Castro s government now enjoys the broadest economic and diplomatic relationships Cuba has had since 1959. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Banyan: From Saigon to Kabul Oct 2, 2009
Perhaps the best description of insurgency is War of the Flea , the title of a 1965 book on revolutionary warfare by Robert Taber, an American who witnessed Fidel Castro s success in Cuba. The guerrilla fights the war of the flea, he wrote, and his military enemy suffers the dog s disadvantages: too much to defend; too small, ubiquitous and agile an enemy to come to grips with. (The Economist)
Cuba moves away from Fidel Oct 2, 2009
Since Fidel Castro took over the golden sands and exquisite green mountains of Cuba exactly half a century ago, I have been peppered with the question: "When will Fidel make peace with us?" ... This is radical parlance, indeed, for Cuba, where Big Brother Fidel Castro early on not only nationalized the land but made the land into a mystical part of his power, while blaming every failure on the Americans ... Fidel Castro's takeover of Cuba has been, for most of the last 50 years, "the"... (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
U.S., Cuba hold unannounced talks Oct 2, 2009
Sizing each other upOne U.S. official described the talks as "respectful" and said they were more significant for having taken place, than for any substantive breakthroughs between the two sides, which have been at odds since shortly after former Cuban leader Fidel Castro marched into Havana on New Year's Day 1959 ... Cuban President Raul Castro and his brother, Fidel, have both had warm words for the American leader, with Fidel Castro last week praising Obama as courageous for taking on climate... (MSNBC -- International)
U.S. Diplomat Meets With Dissidents in Cuba Oct 1, 2009
The last political discussions between the two countries were held in March 1982, when the Reagan administration sent former ambassador Vernon Walters to Havana for talks with Fidel Castro that proved largely fruitless. In 1975, Lawrence Eagleburger, then an aide to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, met with a top-ranking emissary of Fidel Castro at a coffee shop at New York's Laguardia Airport. (Fox News)
US diplomat met dissidents in Cuba after official talks Oct 1, 2009
The last political discussions between the two countries were held in March 1982, when the Reagan administration sent Vernon Walters to Havana for talks with Fidel Castro that proved largely fruitless. In addition to Sanchez, Roque, and Roca, dissidents meeting with Williams included Rene Gomez Manzano and Felix Bonne. (Boston Globe)
