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Alleged Cuban Airline Bomber Free After Acquittal on Immigration Charges
Luis Posada Carriles, a former CIA operative best known as the suspected mastermind of the deadly 1976 bombing of a Cuban airline jet, was acquitted Friday. He wasn’t facing terrorism charges, but 11 charges of perjury, immigration fraud, and obstruction of justice. Although the U.S. government believes he is an international...April 11, 2011 | Story -
Journalist Ann Louise Bardach on her new book "Without Fidel", Cuban Exile Luis Posada Carriles and Fidel and Raul Castro
Luis Posada Carriles is accused of masterminding the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner that killed all seventy-three people on board, and he has publicly admitted ties to a series of hotel bombings in Cuba in 1997. In 2000, he was arrested in Panama City for plotting to blow up an auditorium where Fidel Castro would be speaking....October 16, 2009 | Story -
EXCLUSIVE : Cuban National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcon on the Release of Ex- CIA Operative Posada Carriles, the Cuban 5, Guantanamo and the Health of Fidel Castro
We go to Havana for an exclusive interview with the President of the Cuban National Assembly Ricardo Alarcon. The Cuban and Venezuelan governments have repeated their calls for former CIA operative Luis Posada Carriles to be extradited to stand trial for his role in the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner that killed 73 people. Posada was scheduled to go on trial in Texas on Friday for immigration...May 10, 2007 | Story -
Documents Linked to Cuban Exile Luis Posada Carriles Highlighted Targets for Terrorism Including Cuban Airliner Downed in 1976
Weeks after a U.S. judge released Posada Carriles on bail, Peter Kornbluh of the National Security Archive reveals that new evidence has surfaced linking Posada Carriles to a string of terrorist attacks. Posada Carriles goes on trial this week in Texas — for immigration fraud, not terrorism. [includes rush transcript]May 07, 2007 | Story -
"The Man of Two Havanas": Max Lesnik on His Transition From Cuban Revolutionary to Exile to Target of Terrorist Attacks by Anti-Castro Cuban Militants in Miami
Max Lesnik joins us in the Firehouse studio with his daughter, Vivien Lesnik Weisman who directed the "The Man of Two Havanas." The film premiered this week at the Tribeca Film Festival. [includes rush transcript]May 07, 2007 | Story -
U.S. Frees International Terrorist
Read Amy’s column about the freeing of Luis Posada Carriles.April 24, 2007 | Blog Post -
Cuban Militant Posada Carriles Released From New Mexico Jail
A new phase has opened in a case that highlights a major gap in how the U.S. and many others view international terrorism. Luis Posada Carriles walked out of a New Mexico jail last week, free on bail. Posada was being held on immigration charges but many want to see him tried for terrorism in connection with the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner that killed 73 people. [includes rush transcript]April 23, 2007 | Story -
Five Years Later, Venezuelan Ambassador Reflects on US-Backed Coup, and Discusses Venezuela’s Oil Plans, Posada Carriles, and Chavez’s Controversial Decree Powers
Five years ago this week, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was temporarily ousted in a short-lived coup he says was backed by the United States. On the fifth anniversary of the coup, we speak with Venezuela’s ambassador to the United States, Bernardo Alvarez Herrera. In a wide-ranging interview Amb. Alvarez discusses the U.S. role in the coup, why the Bush administration has refused to extradite...April 11, 2007 | Story -
Twilight of the Assassins: Why the U.S. Refuses to Prosecute the Cuban Exiles Luis Posada Carriles & Orlando Bosch For the 1976 Bombing of Cubana Airlines Flight 455
It was the first act of airline terrorism in the Americas: thirty years ago on October 6, 1976, 73 died in the bombing of a Cuban passenger plane. Now, one alleged mastermind lives freely in Miami, while another is being held on immigration charges in Texas. We speak to journalist Ann Louise Bardach. [includes rush transcript]October 10, 2006 | Story -
The Posada Files: El Paso Judge to Determine Whether Bay of Pigs Was Terrorist Act
Cuban-born former CIA operative Luis Posada Carriles is facing a deportation hearing El Paso today. The judge will look at Posada’s record to determine whether he should get asylum in the United States. Protests around the U.S. and Canada are calling for Posada’s extradition to Venezuela for masterminding the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner. [includes rush transcript]August 29, 2005 | Story
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Latin America’s "Bin Laden" Denied Bail, Judge Cites Posada’s Terror Record
Leading anti-Castro terrorist Luis Posada Carriles is denied bail in his Texas immigration trial. We speak with a U.S. immigration lawyer who has been retained by the Venezuelan government to represent it in the case as it continues to demand his extradition as well as the Chair of the National Lawyers Guild’s Cuba Subcommittee. [includes rush transcript]July 27, 2005 | Story
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Cuban 'Terrorist' and CIA Asset Posada Carriles Holds Press Conference and is Taken By Homeland Security, But Will the US Extradite Him to Venezuela to Face Terror Charges?
Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles was arrested in Miami shortly after he gave a press conference. Despite having been jailed on terrorism charges in Venezuela and Panama, Carriles managed to sneak into the United States in March in order to seek political asylum. [includes rush transcript]May 18, 2005 | Story
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Terrorist Cuban Exile Luis Posada Carriles Seeking Political Asylum in U.S.
A chief terrorist with long ties to US intelligence agencies is seeking asylum in the United States. The FBI has evidence linking him to an airline bombing that killed 73 people. We’re talking about the notorious militant Cuban exile: Luis Posada Carriles. Today we speak with one of the few American reporters who has interviewed him and the president of the national assembly of Cuba, which...May 09, 2005 | Story -
EXCLUSIVE : Top Cuban Official Ricardo Alarcon Demands U.S. Hand Over Terrorist Posada
In an exclusive interview, the president of the Cuban National Assembly Ricardo Alarcon gives his most extended remarks to date on the case of the notorious Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles. Alarcon says, "Now the Bush doctrine–those who harbor a terrorist are as guilty as the terrorist himself–should be proven. The proof is in the pudding." [includes rush transcript]May 09, 2005 | Story -
Anti-Castro Cuban Exile Tied to Deadly 1976 Airline Bombing Seeks Political Asylum in U.S.
Luis Posada Carriles applied for political asylum Tuesday after spending the last 40 years trying to violently overthrow the Castro government. He has been tied to bombings that have killed at least 74 people and has been imprisoned in Venezuela and Panama. We talk to Cuban expert Peter Kornbluh about Posada’s request and what it means for President Bush’s "war on terrorism."...April 13, 2005 | Story -
War On Terrorism for Whom? The US Sentences Cuban Spies to Life in Prison. They Say Theywere Trying to Prevent Terrorist Attacks On Fidel Castro
A US federal court sentenced convicted Cuban spy Ramon Labanino to life in prison, a day after the alleged leader ofhis spy ring received the same sentence.December 14, 2001 | Story
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Who Are Fidel Castro’s Would-Be Assassins?
Panamanian authorities said yesterday that they will consider pressing charges against a group of Cuban exiles detained in connection with an alleged plot to kill Cuban President Fidel Castro.November 21, 2000 | Story
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Terrorist Says U.S. Exile Groups Supported Cuba Bombings
This weekend’s New York Times ran the first part of an explosive two-part series on Cuba. Its headline reads: "Key Cuba Foe Claims Exiles Backing." [includes rush transcript]July 14, 1998 | Story
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Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, spoke Wednesday at the Pentagon, four stars on each shoulder, his chest bedecked with medals. Unlike Allen, many decorated U.S. military veterans left the streets of Chicago after the NATO summit without their medals.
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