Preident Obama has asked for $47.8 billion for the Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development, a six percent decrease from 2012 levels, because of the lower requests for Iraq and Afghanistan. The budget proposes the most sweeping change in U.S. food aid in decades, with a plan intended to feed more people…
Jewish-American contractor Alan Gross asked the U.S. government to sign a non-belligerency pact with Cuba in an effort to obtain his release from a military hospital there. In a meeting with a Cuba specialist from a non-profit research center in Washington, Gross asked that the United States negotiate for his release and a dialogue with…
The results of a biopsy released by the Cuban government raises hopes that Jewish American contractor Alan Gross does not have cancer, his lawyer said, but his family still wants his own physician to examine him. “While we very much hope that these test results are accurate and do not doubt the Cuban government’s belief…
Cuba has poured cold water on hopes that Alan Gross will be released from a Cuban prison cell anytime soon. In a statement released November 28 Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials insisted that Gross’s health — which has been a recent cause for growing concern according to his family — is normal. Gross, a Jewish…
The Cuban government announced Alan Gross would not be freed, dashing hopes of a breakthrough for the Jewish American contractor jailed for three years on spying charges. After promising an “announcement” about Gross, Cuba issued a statement Wednesday morning claiming that he was in good health. It made no mention of plans to free him….
Cuban officials are poised to make an important “announcement” this morning about the plight of Alan Gross, a Jewish contractor held in a Cuban jail for almost three years. Media have been told to expect an announcement around 9 a.m., the officials said. The alert came hours after a New York rabbi visited Gross at…
A few weeks ago, more than 500 rabbis signed their names to a letter urging the Cuban government to release Alan Gross. He’s the 63-year-old Jew who has served three years of a 15-year term in a Cuban jail for “crimes against the state” — that is, spying for the United States. He has lost…
Cuba has proposed talks with the United States about resolving the case of jailed American contractor Alan Gross, but has received no response, indicating a lack of interest by Washington, a top Cuban diplomat said on Monday. Foreign Ministry official Josefina Vidal said at a press conference that Cuba had proposed discussions “as a first…
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