Report: Andrew Cuomo to Treat Himself to Cuba Trip

In Tuesday's State of the State address, New York governor Andrew Cuomo is expected to announce that he will lead a trade mission to Cuba, The Wall Street Journal reports. It's been a tough year for Andrew! He's earned it.
Cuba Releases 53 Political Prisoners as Part of Historic Deal With U.S.
Making good on the promise Cuba made in its landmark deal with longtime enemy the United States, the agreed upon 53 prisoners held in Havana on political charges have been released, American officials confirmed to Reuters.
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Bells Ring in Havana as U.S. and Cuba Plan to Finally End the Cold War
President Obama announced today the United States is establishing full diplomatic relations with Cuba, ending more than a half-century of official hostility. "To the Cuban people, America extends a hand of friendship," Obama said during a nationally televised press conference this afternoon.
American Prisoner Alan Gross Released From Cuban Prison After Five Years
President Obama announced from the White House this morning that Cuba has released American captive Alan Gross, who has been imprisoned in the country for five years.
U.S. Covertly Infiltrated Cuba's Hip Hop Scene in Anti-Castro Operation
The United States Agency for International Development—the same government agency that funded "Cuban Twitter" and sent undercover youths to stoke civil unrest in the country—infiltrated Cuba's hip hop scene for two years with hopes of "[sparking] a youth movement against the government," according to an Associated…
U.S. Releases Six Gitmo Detainees to Uruguay
After spending more than a decade in the notorious detention camp, six Guantanamo Bay prisoners have been transferred to Uruguay for resettlement, the Pentagon announced in a statement today.
U.S. Sent Undercover Latin Youths to Cuba to Provoke Rebellion
According to an investigation by the Associated Press, the U.S. sent Latin American youths to Cuba to provoke rebellion, beginning in 2009. The workers—all Venezuelan, Peruvian, and Costa Rican—entered the country by posing as tourists, and in some cases, HIV educators.
Cuban Government May Have Cooked Up Senator's Prostitution Scandal
Back in 2012, the Daily Caller whipped up a scandal around Democratic New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, who, the conservative blog alleged, liked his prostitutes Dominican and underaged. That story turned out to be fake, and now, it seems like forces even more nefarious than Tucker Carlson were behind it.
U.S. Secretly Created 'Cuban Twitter' to Undermine Castro's Government
For more than two years, the United States secretly funded and developed ZunZuneo, a text-based social media platform, in order to encourage an uprising against the Cuban government, according to a report in the Associated Press. USAID spent at least $1.6 million—money that was publicly earmarked for programs in…
The Cuban Foreign Ministry released a statement Tuesday, admitting ownership of the weapons found aboard a North Korean ship in Panama on Monday. The "obsolete defensive weaponry," which included anti-aircraft guns and two MiG-21 aircraft, was on its way to North Korea for repair, according to the statement.
Panama Stops North Korean Ship for Drugs, Finds Cuban Missile Instead
Drug enforcement officials stopped a North Korean vessel on its way through the Panama Canal Monday, only to find sophisticated missile material "hidden in a consignment of sugar."
Snowden Snow Job: Leaker Fools Reporters on to Cuba Flight Without Him
NSA Leaker Edward Snowden was supposed to be on Aeroflot Flight 180 from Moscow to Havana. He wasn't. But "dozens" of journalists are. It just took off. And there's no booze service on board. Welcome to the Cuban Whistleblower Crisis.
Cop-Killing Terror Lady Is First Woman On FBI Terror List
Fugitive cop-killer Joanne Chesimard has become the first woman on America's Most Wanted Terrorists List, joining a previously all male list of super villains. Chesimard, who also goes by the aliases "Sister-Love Chesimard" and "Joan Davis," murdered a New Jersey state trooper 40 years ago today. Chesimard busted out…
Senator Demands Probe into Beyoncé and Jay-Z's Cuban Anniversary

Excuse me, miss: did you really engage in cultural exchange with the Cuban people? Florida Senator Marco Rubio is ringing the alarm over Beyoncé and Jay-Z's fifth-anniversary trip to Cuba last week, which he claims was "seized on for propaganda purposes" by the Castro regime. The brief vacation was apparently given…
The World's Freest Economies: America Barely Cracks the Top Ten
The Heritage Foundation has released its annual list of the world's freest economies and, wouldn't you know it, the Asia-Pacific region is number one. Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand are all on top while the world's largest economy, America's, barely cracks the top ten.
