The New Cuba Thread

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Anyway, major league thread derailment or what? Apologies!

Possibly Fingers (Tom D.), Monday, 20 July 2015 22:32 (eight years ago) link

the devil's own (1997) is a terrible film were brad pitt plays a ra man and ends up getting shot by new york cop harrison ford as he tries to take SAM missiles in a boat from new york to ireland. don't watch it it's awful.

these sorts of activities: http://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/14/nyregion/four-found-guilty-of-plotting-to-smuggle-arms-for-the-ira.html

Rave Van Donk (jim in glasgow), Monday, 20 July 2015 22:36 (eight years ago) link

That's a famous case, famous because of its rarity, and of the four only one was an actually Irish-American. So, yes, I would still be surprised to find out that 'many Irish-Americans' were imprisoned by American law enforcement agencies during the Troubles.

Possibly Fingers (Tom D.), Monday, 20 July 2015 22:40 (eight years ago) link

one year passes...

and commercial flights from US begin

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/30/politics/cuba-flights-commercial-security/index.html

The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 16:46 (seven years ago) link

Our Morbs in Miami

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 17:29 (seven years ago) link

i have been to Santa Clara (and Che's tomb), but not Fort Lauderdale.

The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 18:13 (seven years ago) link

I wanna do a tour with American Ned Sublette, who has written a book about Cuban music, and been there a bunch

curmudgeon, Thursday, 1 September 2016 16:37 (seven years ago) link

one year passes...

back to the '60s (or 2004). These 'attacks' sound like some spytech lit gimmickry.

The United States is warning Americans against visiting Cuba and ordering more than half of U.S. personnel to leave the island, senior officials said Friday, in a dramatic response to what they described as “specific attacks” on diplomats.

The decision deals a blow to already delicate ties between the U.S. and Cuba, longtime enemies who only recently began putting their hostility behind them. The embassy in Havana will lose roughly 60 percent of its U.S. staff, and will stop processing visas in Cuba indefinitely, the American officials said.

In a new travel warning to be issued Friday, the U.S. will say some of the attacks have occurred in Cuban hotels, and that while American tourists aren’t known to have been hurt, they could be exposed if they travel to Cuba. Tourism is a critical component of Cuba’s economy that has grown in recent years as the U.S. relaxed restrictions....

To investigators’ dismay, the symptoms in the attacks vary widely from person to person. In addition to hearing loss and concussions, some experienced nausea, headaches and ear-ringing, and the AP has reported some now suffer from problems with concentration and common word recall.

Though officials initially suspected some futuristic “sonic attack,” the picture has grown muddier. The FBI and other agencies that searched homes and hotels where incidents occurred found no devices. And clues about the circumstances of the incidents seem to make any explanation scientifically implausible.

https://apnews.com/3602399b00044443883aa2bdef0f1a84

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 September 2017 14:42 (six years ago) link

six months pass...

"The Cuban national assembly meets this Wednesday to elect the next president, and Raúl Castro is widely expected to be replaced by the current vice-president Miguel Díaz-Canel."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/18/raul-castro-cuba-step-down-leader-miguel-diaz-canel

brain (krakow), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 10:32 (six years ago) link

Also, Canada just pulled its people for familiar weird health reasons.

Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 11:58 (six years ago) link

With reference to the previous "sonic attacks" (quotes for my personal scepticism)... some scientific research with a sense of humour: https://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/devices/finally-a-likely-explanation-for-the-sonic-weapon-used-at-the-us-embassy-in-cuba

brain (krakow), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 12:23 (six years ago) link

have there been any other strange historical examples of sonic interference injuring or damaging dozens of people?

Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 12:47 (six years ago) link

I know several high schoolers in the eighties who attended a Bon Jovi concert.

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 12:48 (six years ago) link

I've been to a few Sunn O))) gigs that could easily qualify as well.

brain (krakow), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 15:49 (six years ago) link

two years pass...

"The Cuban national assembly meets this Wednesday to elect the next president, and Raúl Castro is widely expected to be replaced by the current vice-president Miguel Díaz-Canel."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/18/raul-castro-cuba-step-down-leader-miguel-diaz-canel

― brain (krakow), Wednesday, April 18, 2018 3:32 AM

"Finding the path to modernizing Cuba's economy will now fall squarely on the shoulders of Miguel Diaz-Canel, Castro's successor as president who is expected to take over as head of the communist party."

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/americas/cuba-raul-castro-communist-leader-intl-latam/index.html

nickn, Friday, 16 April 2021 21:05 (three years ago) link

one year passes...

Fidel was right though x pic.twitter.com/k5PPWnLycv

— marcus 🇧🇧 (@marcusjdl) May 15, 2022

xyzzzz__, Sunday, 15 May 2022 11:13 (one year ago) link

four months pass...

A thread on the Families Code and referendum in Cuba. This is a comprehensive piece of legislation, widely described as being one of the most progressive in the world.

— 🇯🇲 Co-operative Textile Mill ☭ (@SiggonKristov) September 26, 2022

xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 27 September 2022 10:10 (one year ago) link

In Cuba during hurricanes, neighborhood committees go door-to-door and make sure that everyone is safely evacuated with their belongings.

In St. Pete, the police drive around warning poor people on loud speakers that there will be no help for them. #HurricanIan https://t.co/jlL0hMh1qu

— Karla Correa (@comradekarla) September 28, 2022

xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 28 September 2022 20:05 (one year ago) link

two months pass...

This absolute queen gets freed in a month pic.twitter.com/FP6Y0Z9USS

— cabral (@comradeaux) December 5, 2022

xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 14:36 (one year ago) link


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