Sep 29 Watch 6:45 What happens to U.S.-Cuba relations amid mysterious attacks on diplomats? By PBS News Hour The State Department ordered all non-emergency embassy staff in Cuba to leave the island on Friday after 21 workers suffered mysterious ailments, including hearing loss, dizziness and headaches. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Josh Lederman of the Associated Press and María… Continue watching
Sep 29 AP report: U.S. urges no travel to Cuba, cuts embassy staff By Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee, Associated Press Senior U.S. officials say the United States is pulling roughly 60 percent of its staff out of Cuba and warning American travelers not to visit due to "specific attacks" that have harmed U.S. diplomats. Continue reading
Sep 17 Top U.S. diplomat says closing Embassy in Cuba ‘under review’ By Josh Lederman, Associated Press The Trump administration is considering closing down the recently reopened U.S. Embassy in Havana following a string of unexplained incidents harming the health of American diplomats in Cuba. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 4:32 Ailments that plagued diplomats in Cuba puzzle investigators By PBS News Hour Headaches, nausea, tinnitus, even brain swelling have mysteriously afflicted more than 20 U.S. diplomats in Cuba since late 2016. It’s been difficult for investigators to figure out the cause of these symptoms. Could Americans and Canadians be victims of spy… Continue watching
Sep 14 In Cuba, mystery deepens over attacks on U.S. diplomats By Josh Lederman, Michael Weissenstein, Matthew Lee, Associated Press Suspicion initially focused on a sonic weapon, and on the Cubans. Yet the diagnosis of mild brain injury, considered unlikely to result from sound, has confounded the FBI, the State Department and U.S. intelligence agencies involved in the investigation. Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch 16:47 Florida, Cuba brace for wrath of Hurricane Irma By PBS News Hour Hurricane Irma, slightly weaker but undiminished, has left a trail of destruction. Heading for Florida, it’s where the storm actually makes U.S. landfall that could make all the difference. William Brangham and P.J. Tobia report. Judy Woodruff talks to Ed… Continue watching
Aug 07 Watch 7:56 Changing tides of U.S. policy may sink Cuban tourism hopes By PBS News Hour Since President Obama loosened U.S. travel restrictions, Cubans have been waiting and making room for an American invasion they have long yearned for: tourists. In June, President Trump announced he would undo some key aspects of the diplomatic thaw, including… Continue watching
Jul 07 Attorney General Sessions to visit Guantanamo Bay prison By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is visiting Guantanamo Bay on Friday in a show of support for the prison he has called a “perfectly acceptable” place to detain new terrorism suspects, as opposed to holding them in the U.S. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch 6:53 News Wrap: Student jailed by North Korea dies after returning to U.S. By PBS News Hour In the our news wrap Monday, Otto Warmbier, an American college student who was imprisoned by North Korea for over a year, has died days after being returned to the U.S. in a coma. Also, the Supreme Court will hear… Continue watching
Jun 17 Republicans divided as Trump reverses some Obama Cuba policy By Richard Lardner, Associated Press While anti-Castro conservatives hailed Trump's partial roll-back of President Barack Obama's detente, a number of other GOP lawmakers, particularly from farm states, criticized the change as misguided and isolationist. Continue reading