English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
The statement came in response to claims by Cuban exiles that they are entitled to restitution for damage he caused them. EFE (via 14ymedio), Miami, 22 June 2024 — Federal prosecutors argued that the U.S. government was the only victim in a case in which Victor Manuel Rocha was accused of spying for Cuba for … Continue reading “The Only Victim of the Victor Rocha Espionage Case is the U.S., Say Prosecutors”
14ymedio, Madrid, February 16, 2024 — It’s been 17 years since the United States could have arrested former American diplomat Víctor Manuel Rocha, who was ultimately arrested in December 2023 for allegedly spying on Cuba. A Cuban soldier who defected from the Island sounded the alarm to Félix Rodríguez, a former CIA agent, saying that … Continue reading “In 2006, the Cuban CIA Agent Who Captured Che Suspected Manuel Rocha’s Betrayal”
EFE (via 14ymedio), Washington, D.C., March 7, 2024 — Cuban activist Rosa María Payá has been invited by Congressman Carlos Giménez to witness the annual State of the Union speech that the President of the United States, Joe Biden, will deliver this Thursday at the Capitol, the Republican legislator reported on Wednesday. The representative of … Continue reading “Cuban Activist Rosa Maria Paya Is Invited to Biden’s Annual State of the Union Speech to Congress”
An investigation by the Miami Herald reveals how a spy for the Cuban regime infiltrated the Miami exile community. 14ymedio, Havana, September 7, 2026 / Fernando Armando Valdés Pérez, identified by US authorities as a Cuban intelligence agent and arrested last July, managed for years to infiltrate anti-Castro exile circles in Miami until becoming a … Continue reading “Fernando Valdés, the Castro Spy Who Gained the Trust of Luis Posada Carriles”
The first day ends with the release of Venezuelans Enrique Márquez, Biagio Pilieri, Alejandro Rebolledo, and Larry Osorio Chía, who join the five Spaniards about to land in Madrid Activists and opposition figures demand a “total amnesty” 14ymedio, Madrid, January 9, 2026 — The joy felt by the families of Venezuelan political prisoners following the … Continue reading “Venezuela Has Released Eleven of the Nearly 900 Political Prisoners in the Country”
14ymedio, Madrid, 29 December 2023 — The Cuban regime is a “threat” to security not only for citizens within the Island but for all democracies. This warning comes from six former dissident officers of the Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior in a letter that they made public this Friday through the organization … Continue reading “Six Former Cuban Intelligence Commanders Warn About the Actions of the Cuba’s Agents in the World”
14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 10 December 2023 — Castro’s totalitarianism never rests, it does not take vacations or holidays. It avidly feeds on its hatred of freedom, on its desire to eliminate the United States, which is why its intelligence service will always be ready to destroy that nation, while the repressive forces inside the … Continue reading “Cuba: Spies to Order”