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3 weeks, 4 days ago

UNESCO se suma a cooperación para damnificados en Cuba tras el paso de ciclones y terremoto

LA HABANA — La UNESCO entregará kits de materiales escolares y recreativos para apoyar a unos 3.500 estudiantes que fueron directamente afectados por el paso de dos devastadores ciclones y un sismo entre octubre y noviembre, informó el viernes la dependencia. El programa contempla también la donación de fondos a “jóvenes estudiantes líderes”, indicó durante una conferencia de prensa, Anne …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Defense Secretary strips Guantánamo official of power to reach settlements, after 9/11 plotter controversy

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin revoked the authority of the official …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Presidente electo Donald Trump da a conocer más nombramientos y nominados para su próximo gobierno

Associated Press

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, EE.UU. — El presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, empezó a conformar su equipo de política exterior el martes y anunció que nominó al conductor de Fox News y veterano del ejército Pete Hegseth para que funja como su secretario de Defensa y al exdirector de Inteligencia Nacional John Ratcliffe para dirigir la Agencia Central …

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Cuba earthquake: 6.8 magnitude quake strikes off east coast

CNN

CNN — A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Cuba on Sunday, causing material damage in several regions as the island continues to recover from widespread blackouts and the impact of two hurricanes over the past few weeks. The earthquake was reported about 39 km south of Bartolomé Masó before noon local time, about an hour after …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

El huracán Oscar deja un saldo de 7 muertos y 2.282 casas dañadas en Cuba

Associated Press

El huracán Oscar dejó un saldo de siete muertos en Cuba y causó daños considerables en varios municipios de Guantánamo. El impacto del ciclón fue tan fuerte que dejó más de 300 milímetros de lluvia en las zonas montañosas en 24 horas, ocasionando la salida del cauce de al menos dos ríos, el Ciguatos y el Sabanalamar, que arrasaron todo …

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2 months ago

Huracán Oscar: El más pequeño en registro se dirige a Bahamas tras dejar lluvias en Cuba

Associated Press

La tormenta tropical Oscar se dirige a las Bahamas tras dejar fuertes lluvias en el este de Cuba. El huracán está de categoría 1 y está previsto que tocará tierra como huracán de categoría 1 en la provincia oriental de Guantánamo, cerca de la ciudad de Baracoa, el domingo por la tarde con vientos de 120 km/h (75 mph). Se …

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2 months ago

Heavy Rain and Flooding Hit Eastern Cuba as Tropical Storm Oscar Approaches the Bahamas

Associated Press

Heavy rain and flooding caused by Tropical Storm Oscar have caused significant damage in Cuba and the Bahamas. The storm made landfall in Guantanamo, Cuba, on Sunday evening and then moved to the Bahamas on Saturday, causing damage and flooding. Up to 14 inches of rain were forecast across eastern Cuba, with isolated amounts of up to 20 inches. The …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Death penalty back on table for accused mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks: Defense Secretary

Raw Story

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday "effectively put the death penalty back on the table” in the war court case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the New York Times reports. The Times’ Carol Rosenberg, reporting from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, says the Pentagon "announced the decision with the release of a memorandum relieving …

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54 years, 11 months ago

Serial Season 4: These Guantánamo stories miss what the podcast does best.

Slate

Without a doubt, the new season of Serial, the podcast’s fourth, addresses a worthy topic: what went on at the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay in Cuba following the Sept. 11 attacks. After an introductory episode full of sardonic details—the gift shop selling “It doesn’t Gitmo better than this” coffee mugs, former low-level personnel saying things like “I partied …

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9 months ago

'Serial' Season 4 Presents 'Guantánamo': Insider History of Guantánamo Prison Camp

New York Times

Right after Sept. 11, the United States created a brand-new criminal justice system at Guantánamo Bay. But “Serial” reporters Sarah Koenig and Dana Chivvis were after the inside stories, a picture of Guantánamo you could get only from the people who went through it. A couple of years ago, the “Serial” team started contacting people again: guards, interrogators, commanders, lawyers, …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Failing to reintegrate Iraq’s Sunni rebels could prove costly

Hindustan Times

For two decades the war on terrorism preoccupied Western policymakers in the Middle East. “Without a sustainable return, there’s an increased tendency for displaced people to be pushed back into IS’s extremist narrative.” The UN is handing over responsibility for them and their families to Iraq’s Shia-led regime and its allied militias, who have a history of wreaking revenge on …

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1 year, 7 months ago

The forever war on Julian Assange

Al Jazeera

Imagine, for a moment, that the government of Cuba was demanding the extradition of an Australian publisher in the United Kingdom for exposing Cuban military crimes. As per the US narrative, Assange’s WikiLeaks endeavours endangered the lives of people in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere – although it would seem like one surefire way to not endanger lives in such places …

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1 year, 7 months ago

'I will never forget his face,' says tortured Gitmo detainee after DeSantis denies encounter

Raw Story

UPDATE: A New York Times investigation published on Sept. 24, 2023 stated that reporters had been unable to confirm Mansoor Adayfi's claims that Florida Gov. "The New York Times interviewed more than 40 people who served with Mr. DeSantis or around the same time and none recalled witnessing or even hearing of any episodes like the ones Mr. Adayfi described." …

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2 years ago

Granderson: Griner was a start. Free the men at Guantánamo Bay

LA Times

Earlier this year a man by the name of Saifullah Paracha was released from prison. Since about as soon as Guantánamo Bay was first used to hold people deemed “enemy combatants,” its existence has always been contrary to the principles we espouse abroad. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said: “It was a choice between bring home one American or …

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2 years, 9 months ago

CIA ‘black site’ detainee used as prop to teach interrogators torture techniques, says US government report

The Independent

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2 years, 11 months ago

The brotherhood of Guantánamo Bay

Al Jazeera

I was raised in a family that emphasised strong religious values such as brotherhood, compassion and kindness. I would often recall the lessons I was taught in my childhood and even during the relentless abuse, would reflect on the Prophet’s tradition and teachings about moral character. After living together for years, being transferred from one camp within Guantánamo to another, …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Guantánamo Bay detention camp marks 20 years: History and controversy surrounding US prison

Firstpost

The military prison, which was established on 11 January 2002 and still holds 39 inmates, is notorious for carrying out torture and has been called ’national disgrace' Twenty years ago to this date, the United States opened Guantánamo Bay detention camp, a detention centre run by its Navy to house the first inmates from America’s ‘war on terror’. Torture used …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Guantanamo at 20: Through the eyes of a detainee

Al Jazeera

In 2001, while doing research in Afghanistan, Mansoor Adayfi says he was captured and turned over to the CIA. He turned 19 in a black site and weeks later found himself hooded and shackled at the newly opened American military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Mansoor tells us his own story and how he and other detainees are trying to …

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2 years, 11 months ago

US Navy ship stranded in Guantanamo Bay with coronavirus outbreak

The Independent

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54 years, 11 months ago

Biden Is Replaying a Forgotten U.S. Atrocity Against Haitian Refugees

Slate

In spite of the change in administrations this past January, hardline immigration officials have continued to weaponize fears about COVID-19 as cover for the near-complete dismantling of asylum protections along the southern U.S. border. Although it’s hard to fathom now, back in 1991, being HIV positive was grounds for exclusion in U.S. immigration law, although individuals could be paroled into …

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3 years, 2 months ago

'The World Has Forgotten Me': Pakistani Wrongly Held in Guantánamo for 17 Years

The Quint

Rabbani has not shied away from exposing the barbaric treatment he was subjected to during his time at Guantánamo. Maybe you read in the Senate Intelligence Committee’s torture report about the prisoner who tried to cut off his own hand to end the pain. The report that he is talking about was one prepared in 2016 by the Senate Intelligence …

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3 years, 3 months ago

What did the US get wrong about Afghanistan?

Al Jazeera

Much has been said in the past few weeks about the sudden takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban. He reminded me that the Arabs also have the saying, “Better late than never.” But Sanad went on to say he would prefer to move the aphorism one step onwards: “It is often better to be never.” It would have been better …

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3 years, 5 months ago

In step to shut Guantanamo, Biden transfers Moroccan home

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration took a step toward its goal of shutting down the Guantánamo Bay detention center for terror suspects Monday, releasing into the custody of his home country a Moroccan who’d been held without charge almost since the U.S. opened the facility 19 years ago. Nasser’s attorney in Morocco, Khalil Idrissi, said the years Nasser spent in …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Donald Trump Wanted to Send Covid-19 Patients to Terrorist Detention Camp in Cuba

News 18

Former US President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus explosion in the United States was subjected to enormous criticism from the opposition, media and health experts. ‘Nightmare Scenario: Inside the Trump Administration’s Response to the Pandemic That Changed History’, that is slated to release on June 29 this year contains the chaotic response of the White House to coronavirus and …

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UNESCO se suma a cooperación para damnificados en Cuba tras el paso de ciclones y terremoto

Defense Secretary strips Guantánamo official of power to reach settlements, after 9/11 plotter controversy

Presidente electo Donald Trump da a conocer más nombramientos y nominados para su próximo gobierno

Cuba earthquake: 6.8 magnitude quake strikes off east coast

El huracán Oscar deja un saldo de 7 muertos y 2.282 casas dañadas en Cuba

Huracán Oscar: El más pequeño en registro se dirige a Bahamas tras dejar lluvias en Cuba

Heavy Rain and Flooding Hit Eastern Cuba as Tropical Storm Oscar Approaches the Bahamas

Death penalty back on table for accused mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks: Defense Secretary

Serial Season 4: These Guantánamo stories miss what the podcast does best.

'Serial' Season 4 Presents 'Guantánamo': Insider History of Guantánamo Prison Camp

Failing to reintegrate Iraq’s Sunni rebels could prove costly

The forever war on Julian Assange

'I will never forget his face,' says tortured Gitmo detainee after DeSantis denies encounter

Granderson: Griner was a start. Free the men at Guantánamo Bay

CIA ‘black site’ detainee used as prop to teach interrogators torture techniques, says US government report

The brotherhood of Guantánamo Bay

Guantánamo Bay detention camp marks 20 years: History and controversy surrounding US prison

Guantanamo at 20: Through the eyes of a detainee

US Navy ship stranded in Guantanamo Bay with coronavirus outbreak

Biden Is Replaying a Forgotten U.S. Atrocity Against Haitian Refugees

'The World Has Forgotten Me': Pakistani Wrongly Held in Guantánamo for 17 Years

What did the US get wrong about Afghanistan?

In step to shut Guantanamo, Biden transfers Moroccan home

Donald Trump Wanted to Send Covid-19 Patients to Terrorist Detention Camp in Cuba