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Who Killed Che?
How the CIA Got Away With Murder
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.“Ratner and Smith cut through the lies and distortions to provide a riveting and thoroughly documented history of the murder of Che Guevara. In an era when ‘targeted assassinations’ and ‘capture and kill operations’ have become routine, and are routinely glorified by the mainstream U.S. press, their examination of the U.S. role in Che Guevara’s death could not be more timely.” —
Amy Goodman,DemocracyNow!
In compelling detail two leading U.S. civil rights attorneys recount the extraordinary life and deliberate killing of the world’s most storied revolutionary: Ernesto Ché Guevara. Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith survey the extraordinary trajectory of Ché’s career, from an early politicization recounted in the Motorcycle Diaries, through meetings with his compañero Fidel Castro in Mexico, his vital role in the Cuban revolution, and his expeditions abroad to Africa and Latin America. But their focus is on Ché’s final days in Bolivia where, after months of struggle to spread the revolution begun in Havana, Ché is wounded, captured and, soon after, executed. Bound and helpless, Ché’s last words to his killer, a soldier in the Bolivian Army, are “Remember, you are killing a man.”
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Referencing internal U.S. government documentation, much of it never before published, Ratner and Smith bring their forensic skills as attorneys to analyze the evidence and present an irrefutable case that the CIA not only knew of and approved the execution, but was instrumental in making it happen. Cables from the agency disavowing any U.S. role in the murder were merely attempts to provide plausible deniability for the Johnson administration.
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The spirit of Ché Guevara, as an icon and an inspiration, is as vibrant today as it ever was. News photographs of democracy protestors in the Middle East carrying his image have circulated the world in recent months. For anyone drawn to his remarkable life and its violent, unlawful end, Who Killed Ché ? will engage, anger and educate.
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US Anti-Cuba Blockade Policy Punishes German Bank
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The US government claims the second largest bank in Germany was the consultant in a September 2005 transaction between a Cuban company and a Canadian partner, on which Commerzbank never informed the OFAC.
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This report of the Treasury terms the operation a notorious case of violation of US Laws and "Commerzbank should be aware of the prohibitions concerning the Cuba Case (.....) to prevent such violations in the future."
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Last November 186 among 191 countries voted for the 20th consecutive occasion at the UN General Assembly against the anti-Cuba coercive policy by every US Administration from the triumph of the Revolution.
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The government of Cuba has been exposing in world forums documented evidence of the over $975 billion loss it has endured through nearly six decades of commercial harassment.
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This very year and before the case of the German bank, JP Morgan Chase paid a $88.3M fine for alleged transgression of White House regulations to deal with Cuba, with the Treasury claiming that JP Morgan participated in 1,711 transfers for $176 million involving either private people or Cuban institutions.
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Earlier, the US branch of CMA-CNG, the third largest container shipping company, was fined $374,400 for transporting cargo to Havana.
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In December 2008, Credit Swisse Bank paid a $536M sanction because of its financial agreements with Cuba.
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In January this year, US President Barack Obama introduced slight changes to the regulations on the US blockade but the most stringent terms remain in force.
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He did approve of trips to Cuba for academic, religious, cultural or sports events, within a framework Washington defines as "promotion of people-to-people contacts."
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Tuesday
Cuba to Unveil Monument in Honour of State Terrorism Victims
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The monument, by Luis Silva, member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) in the province, is made up of three ‘gunshot’ marble rocks.
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The artists noted that with these pieces he condemns atrocities and barbarities brought about to the Cuban people by state terrorism, which has also caused countless victims.
.As a result of the tragic events of 1971, when two pirate gunboats coming from Florida attacked the coastal village of Boca de Sama , in Banes municipality in the Eastern part of the island. Lidio Rivaflechas Galano and Ramon Arturo Siam Portelles died and Nancy and Angela Pavon, two sisters of 15 and 13 years of age, were wounded . The first one lost a foot. Also wounded were Carlos Escalante Gomez and Jesus Igarza Osorio.
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The attack, perpetrated by a group of mercenaries and organized by the Miami-based Alpha 66 terrorist group.
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The unveiling ceremony is one of the main activities arranged for Friday, within the context of the Seventh Colloquium to Free the Cuban Five, underway in the province since Wednesday with the attendance of more than 300 delegates from 47 nations.
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The program also includes a women’s walk for Fernando Gonzalez, Gerardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labañino, and Rene Gonzalez –internationally known as the Cuban Five –, and the screening of materials produced by different Committees of Solidarity with Cuba worldwide.
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These five Cuban antiterrorists were unjustly imprisoned in the U.S since 1998 and sentenced to harsh terms for trying to prevent terrorist actions against Cuba by Miami-based right wing groups such as the Cuban American National Foundation (CANF), and Alpha 66, among others.
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Fernando, Gerardo, Antonio, and Ramon still remain in U.S. prisons for 13 years now; whereas Rene was imposed with an additional three-year “supervised release” that prevents him from returning to Cuba with his family.
As part of the activities of the Seventh Colloquium to Free the Cuban Five a monument will be unveiled in honour of state terrorism victims, on Friday, in the town of Boca de Sama, in the eastern province of Holguin, which was attacked by mercenaries 40 years ago.
.The monument, by Luis Silva, member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) in the province, is made up of three ‘gunshot’ marble rocks.
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The artists noted that with these pieces he condemns atrocities and barbarities brought about to the Cuban people by state terrorism, which has also caused countless victims.
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| Victims of Cubana Flight 455 blown out of the sky by CIA linked terrorists |
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The attack, perpetrated by a group of mercenaries and organized by the Miami-based Alpha 66 terrorist group.
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The unveiling ceremony is one of the main activities arranged for Friday, within the context of the Seventh Colloquium to Free the Cuban Five, underway in the province since Wednesday with the attendance of more than 300 delegates from 47 nations.
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The program also includes a women’s walk for Fernando Gonzalez, Gerardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labañino, and Rene Gonzalez –internationally known as the Cuban Five –, and the screening of materials produced by different Committees of Solidarity with Cuba worldwide.
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These five Cuban antiterrorists were unjustly imprisoned in the U.S since 1998 and sentenced to harsh terms for trying to prevent terrorist actions against Cuba by Miami-based right wing groups such as the Cuban American National Foundation (CANF), and Alpha 66, among others.
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Fernando, Gerardo, Antonio, and Ramon still remain in U.S. prisons for 13 years now; whereas Rene was imposed with an additional three-year “supervised release” that prevents him from returning to Cuba with his family.
Wednesday
New York Times highlights Cuba’s efforts in combating cholera in Haiti
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"Half of the NGOs are already gone, and the Cubans are still there."
.In an article published November 8, The New York Times recognizes that, "as the epidemic continues, the Cuban medical mission that played an important role in detecting its presence in Haiti, winning accolades from donors and diplomats for staying on the front lines and undertaking a broader effort to remake this country's shattered health care system."
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"Paul Farmer, the United Nations deputy special envoy to Haiti and a founder of Partners in Health, said the Cubans sounded an important early alarm about the outbreak, helping to mobilize health officials and lessen the death toll," the newspaper writes.
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| Cuban medical personnel were in Haiti when the earthquake happened and are still there, while half of the NGO’s have already left. (Photo: Juan Diego Nusa Peñalver) |
Even more, while the death rate peaked last December and the world's attention has largely moved on, Farmer noted, "Half of the NGOs are already gone, and the Cubans are still there."
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To date this year in Haiti, 6,600 people have died of cholera and more than 476,000 contracted the disease – close to 5% of the country’s 10 million inhabitants – considered by UN officials as the highest cholera rate in the world.
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Cuban medical personnel have been working in Haiti since 1998, when 100 doctors arrived there in the wake of Hurricane Mitch. They are part of the internationalist medical missions that Cuba has maintained for 50 years.
Thursday
UN: U.S. Blockade Condemned for 20th Year
The UN General Assembly approved by an overwhelming majority the resolution demanding an end of the US blockade of Cuba, a vote passed by the assembly for the 20th consecutive year.
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This year 186 UN member states voted in favour of the resolution, while 2 voted against (the United States, Israel) and three abstained (Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau).
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The resolution calling for an end to the blockade has been approved on 20 occasions with backing that has grown steadily from 59 votes in 1992 to the 186 today.
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Before the vote, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla spoke before the General Assembly and noted that it would have seemed impossible two decades ago that the United nations would be still discussing the same issue.
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He described the 50-year long blockade as an act of genocide. “The object of the blockade is to weaken the lives of Cubans and to cause hunger. The US has never hidden the fact that it wants regime change in Cuba.”
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Rodriguez added that the Obama Administration has spiked its chase of Cuban money transactions throughout the world, showing no respect whatsoever to the laws or governments of third countries. He also pointed out that Cuba cannot use US dollars in its transactions, or freely import or export products, including medicines, to and from the United States.
As an example of the criminal policy, Rodriguez recalled the seizure by the US government of some 4 million dollars the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria had allocated for programs to be carried out in Cuba.
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After explaining how the blockade had cost Cuba close to a trillion dollars in losses in the last 50 years, Rodriguez urged the world representatives to back up the resolution, on behalf of his people.
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Read Cuba’s Report on Resolution 65/6
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Download Cuba’s Report on Resolution 65/6Also See
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> CARICOM: U.S. Blockade of Cuba Is Anachronistic
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> Cuba-UN Bonds Continue to Strengthen
Wednesday
U.S. Blockade Hinders Fighting HIV/AIDS
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The US-imposed economic, trade and financial blockade hinders cooperation between Cuba and international multilateral agencies engaged in fighting HIV/AIDS.
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In January 2011, the U.S. government seized 4.207.000 USD of the Global Fund finance to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
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Those resources would be allocated to implement cooperation projects with Cuba to fight the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and tuberculosis.
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This deliberate act has hampered the implementation of three projects whose significant impact on segments of the affected population is known; states a report on Resolution 65/6 of the UN General Assembly entitled "The Necessity of Ending the Economic, Commercial, and Financial Blockade Imposed by the United States of America against Cuba."
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The action is even more serious because it affects funding for training, prevention and treatment of people affected by HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, particularly the purchase of medicines, antiretroviral drugs, and foods for sick people.
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Cuba denounced this measure as an illegal action that also seeks to seriously hamper international cooperation provided by the UN system through its agencies, funds and programs.
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Despite intensive and increasing demands from the international community to the U.S. government for a change towards Cuba, U.S. President Barack Obama maintains intact that policy, the text recalls.
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It is in essence and objectives, an act of unilateral aggression and a permanent threat to the stability of a country, the document states.
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The direct economic damage caused to Cuba, if we take into consideration the depreciation of the U.S. dollar against the value of gold in the international financial market, would exceed 975 billion USD.
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Read In Support of the Draft Resolution
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The US-imposed economic, trade and financial blockade hinders cooperation between Cuba and international multilateral agencies engaged in fighting HIV/AIDS.
In January 2011, the U.S. government seized 4.207.000 USD of the Global Fund finance to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
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Those resources would be allocated to implement cooperation projects with Cuba to fight the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and tuberculosis.
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This deliberate act has hampered the implementation of three projects whose significant impact on segments of the affected population is known; states a report on Resolution 65/6 of the UN General Assembly entitled "The Necessity of Ending the Economic, Commercial, and Financial Blockade Imposed by the United States of America against Cuba."
The action is even more serious because it affects funding for training, prevention and treatment of people affected by HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, particularly the purchase of medicines, antiretroviral drugs, and foods for sick people.
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Cuba denounced this measure as an illegal action that also seeks to seriously hamper international cooperation provided by the UN system through its agencies, funds and programs.
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Despite intensive and increasing demands from the international community to the U.S. government for a change towards Cuba, U.S. President Barack Obama maintains intact that policy, the text recalls.
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It is in essence and objectives, an act of unilateral aggression and a permanent threat to the stability of a country, the document states.
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The direct economic damage caused to Cuba, if we take into consideration the depreciation of the U.S. dollar against the value of gold in the international financial market, would exceed 975 billion USD.
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Read In Support of the Draft Resolution
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| Click here to read Cuba’s Report of Resolution 65/6 |
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