U.S. Congress

Sino mil-tech development

August 25, 2011

The Pentagon released its annual report (Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China) to Congress, which assesses the “current and probable future course of military-technological development” of the Chinese military. Key points from the report: China’s leaders routinely emphasize the goal of reaching critical economic and military benchmarks by 2020 and eventually [...]

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Congressional report omits Cuba in drug trafficking

August 17, 2011

The U.S. Congressional Research Service’s 41-page report, “Latin America and the Caribbean: Illicit Drug Trafficking and U.S. Counterdrug Programs,” was released in mid-May of this year. Glaringly omitted from this report is the Cuban government’s complicity in drug trafficking. Cuban intelligence assists traffickers with drug routes. Per the report: Drug trafficking is viewed as a primary threat [...]

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Miscellanea

July 7, 2010

An El Salvadoran national detained in Caracas will be extradited “in the coming hours” to Cuba, where he is wanted for a string of terrorist bombings in the late 1990s. [Wall Street Journal] Some changes are in the works for Radio and TV Martí. [Radio World] Spanish FM: Spain hopes Cuba’s agreement with Roman Catholic [...]

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