Syria

Filming military history

January 2, 2012

Cuban state media provides a brief history in a recent article on the Sección Fílmica del Departamento de Instrucción de las FAR (Film Section of the Department of Instruction of the Cuban Armed Forces) created in 1967, which filmed the Cuban military’s missions in Algeria, Guinea, Syria, Angola, Nicaragua, and Vietnam for propaganda purposes. (See here for [...]

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Hezbollah establishes base in Cuba

September 1, 2011

Corriere della Sera, an Italian daily, reports Hezbollah (Lebanon‘s Iran-sponsored Shi‘i Muslim terrorist organization) has established a base of operations in Cuba in an effort to mount terrorist activities aimed at hitting Israeli targets in South America. An attack is being prepared to avenge the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyah in 2008 when a car [...]

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A security risk

July 27, 2010

Jerry Bremer, CEO of Criminal Justice International Associates via Mexidata.com asks whether Cuba continues to pose a security risk to anyone in the Western Hemisphere: Cuba’s Interior Ministry reportedly consists of approximately 20,000 officials assigned to their security and intelligence apparatus, along with an estimated 50,000 Cuban nationals in various official missions in Venezuela. Castro’s [...]

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Combating drug trafficking

June 28, 2010

The governments of Cuba and Syria sign an agreement to combat illicit drug trafficking. [EFE]

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Diplomatic corner

June 25, 2010

Leaders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia will visit Havana, Managua and Caracas in July to acknowledge regional support for separatist movements. [EFE] Cuba restates its support of Argentina’s claim over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) before the UN. [Prensa Latina] The Cuban ambassador in the United Kingdom visited Northern Ireland and met with Sinn Fein president [...]

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Banned from military service and the death penalty

May 30, 2010

Esquire magazine takes a look at the statistics of countries that ban gays from serving in the military and that also embrace the death penalty. Cuba, along with 16 other countries (see above infographic), ban homosexuals from serving in the military and also execute people. The others are: China, Egypt, Iran, Jamaica, Nigeria, North Korea, [...]

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