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USAID op undermines Cuba’s hip-hop protest scene

USAID op undermines Cuba’s hip-hop protest scene By DESMOND BUTLER, MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN, LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ and ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Dec. 11, 2014 11:12 PM EST 16 photos In this April 23, 2010 photo,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Here’s The Part Of Alan Gross’ Story That Obama Hasn’t Been Talking About

Here’s The Part Of Alan Gross’ Story That Obama Hasn’t Been Talking About FactCheck.org  |  By Robert Farley Posted: 12/24/2014 11:39 am EST Updated: 12/24/2014 11:59 am EST The following post… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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U.S. Pays $3.2 Million to American Alan Gross Held Five Years by Cuba

U.S. Pays $3.2 Million to American Alan Gross Held Five Years by Cuba The U.S. government made a $3.2 million payment to Alan Gross, the American citizen freed by Cuba after… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Who Was Alan Gross Working For?

December 22, 2014 Our Man in Havana Who Was Alan Gross Working For? by CARMELO RUIZ-MARRERO Alan P. Gross, an American arrested in Cuba in 2009 for smuggling broadband satellite communications… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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The Fed Page Gross case illustrates agency’s use of workers for secret Cuban projects

The Fed Page Gross case illustrates agency’s use of workers for secret Cuban projects After arriving in Maryland on Dec. 17, 2014, Alan Gross speaks to family and friends who were… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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DAI CEO James Boomgard on the Alan Gross release: ‘This is a joyful day’

DAI CEO James Boomgard on the Alan Gross release: ‘This is a joyful day’ Washington Business Journal Online By Jill R. Aitoro 18 December 2014 The CEO of an international development… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Alan Gross’s diplomatic escorts

Alan Gross’s diplomatic escorts By Chad Pergram Published December 18, 2014 This Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014 photo shows Alan Gross, second from right, with, from left, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Alan Gross ’s letters from a Cuban prison: Hope and humor while his health was failing;

Alan Gross ’s letters from a Cuban prison: Hope and humor while his health was failing; His health was failing, but in missives to a cousin Alan Gross maintained his wit… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Our Man in Havana

Our Man in Havana The Imprisonment of Alan Gross and the U.S. Effort to Bring Him Home By R. M. Schneiderman December 21, 2012 Alan Gross arrives at Joint Base Andrews,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Who is Alan Gross, the American just freed from Cuban prison?

Who is Alan Gross, the American just freed from Cuban prison? Updated by Zack Beauchamp on December 17, 2014, 11:40 a.m. ET @zackbeauchamp zack@vox.com Supporters hold signs to call on bringing home… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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