Tag: Cuba

PREMIERING NOW: Lech Walesa: ‘Communism’s Days Are Numbered Wherever It Exists’

I sit down with Lech Walesa, the former leader of Solidarity, Poland’s first communist-era independent trade union. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 and played an instrumental role in Poland’s transition from communism to democracy, becoming the first post-communist president of Poland in 1990. We discuss the end of communism in Poland, the…


Lech Walesa: ‘Communism’s Days Are Numbered Wherever It Exists’

I sit down with Lech Walesa, the former leader of Solidarity, Poland’s first communist-era independent trade union. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 and played an instrumental role in Poland’s transition from communism to democracy, becoming the first post-communist president of Poland in 1990. We discuss the end of communism in Poland, the…


PREMIERING 1/21 at 7:30pm ET: Lech Walesa: ‘Communism’s Days Are Numbered Wherever It Exists’

I sit down with Lech Walesa, the former leader of Solidarity, Poland’s first communist-era independent trade union. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 and played an instrumental role in Poland’s transition from communism to democracy, becoming the first post-communist president of Poland in 1990. We discuss the end of communism in Poland, the…


PREMIERING 7:30pm ET: Lech Walesa: ‘Communism’s Days Are Numbered Wherever It Exists’

I sit down with Lech Walesa, the former leader of Solidarity, Poland’s first communist-era independent trade union. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 and played an instrumental role in Poland’s transition from communism to democracy, becoming the first post-communist president of Poland in 1990. We discuss the end of communism in Poland, the…


US Sending Delegation to Cuba to Restart Talks on Law Enforcement

WASHINGTON/HAVANA—The Biden administration plans to send a delegation to Havana this month to restart U.S.-Cuba talks on law-enforcement issues that were halted under former President Donald Trump, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday. U.S. concerns about counterterrorism will be among the subjects addressed, a State Department spokesperson said. Trump placed Cuba on the U.S….


Hundreds of Illegal Aliens Intercepted Off Florida Coast Repatriated to Cuba, Haiti

The U.S. Coast Guard repatriated 83 illegal aliens to Haiti on Monday and 273 to Cuba on Sunday after they were intercepted in the Florida Keys over the New Year period. The Coast Guard said it continues to intercept and rescue illegal aliens from overloaded and unseaworthy vessels and warned that those interdicted at sea would be…


Cuba Spy Ana Belen Montes Released After 20 Years Behind Bars

Ana Belen Montes, one of the highest-ranking U.S. officials ever proven to have spied for Cuba, has been released from prison early, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons confirmed Friday, after she spent more than two decades behind bars. Montes, 65, had in 2002 pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit espionage after she was accused of…


NTD News Today (Jan. 6): Texas Sues Biden Admin. Over Immigration Rule Change; House Dems Challenge Buttigieg on Southwest

Texas is suing the federal government over a change in immigration procedure. The state says Washington is ignoring a law that prohibits immigrants from residing in the U.S. if they’ll rely on government benefits. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is getting heat from Democrats over his handling of recent holiday travel delays. Hundreds of Cubans have…


US Reopening Visa and Consular Services at Embassy in Cuba

HAVANA—The United States Embassy in Cuba is reopening visa and consular services Wednesday, the first time it has done so since a spate of unexplained health incidents among diplomatic staff in 2017 slashed the American presence in Havana. The Embassy confirmed this week it will begin processing immigrant visas, with a priority placed on permits…


Dire Straits–How a China Taiwan Takeover Could Look Like the Cuban Missile Crisis

Commentary It’s been said that not only does history repeat itself, but it also rhymes. That may be mixing adages, but regarding the United States, China, and Taiwan, both may apply. Similar Geopolitical Factors Let’s consider the geographic similarities between Cuba and Taiwan. Cuba sits 90 miles offshore from the United States, a global superpower….