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David C Adams

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Miami-based, British-American freelance journalist.

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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
"Bondi’s precipitous fall laid bare a cornerstone truth of Trump’s second term: Loyalty, flattery and obeisance are prerequisites for power, but they don’t provide durable protection from a president intent on carrying out his maximalist personal and political goals." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...
nytimes.com
Pam Bondi Wanted a Graceful Exit. But Trump Wanted Her Gone.
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Miami Corruption Trial Gets a Marquee Witness: Marco Rubio www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...
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Miami Corruption Trial Gets a Marquee Witness: Marco Rubio
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
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Attacks on Iran Heighten Fears in Cuba, Already Under U.S. Pressure
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Cuba’s leaders "may be able to find space for negotiation" around Washington’s central objective: removing CCP and military control over Cuba’s economy and lifting restrictions on private-sector development and foreign investment, writes Peter Kornbluh. www.thenation.com/article/worl...
thenation.com
Is Cuba Next?
As the US attempts to reassert its imperial hegemony across the hemisphere, Havana is clearly in its crosshairs.
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Who was the source of Honduras' scandalous narco-video? How Insight Crime Tracked Down an Explosive Narco Video in #Honduras (my latest investigation into the depths of the Honduran narco wars, with Jeff Ernst) English: insightcrime.org/news/how-ins...
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How InSight Crime Tracked Down an Explosive Narco Video in Honduras
On September 3, 2024, InSight Crime published a video of Honduras elites with drug traffickers. This is the story of how we got that video.
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
"Cuba es un bayú” elpais.com/america/2026...
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La vida en Cuba tras la amenaza de Trump: “Esto es un barco a la deriva”
La Habana, sumida en una profunda crisis estructural, aguarda con incertidumbre y ansiedad los próximos movimientos de Estados Unidos tras atacar Venezuela
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
"It’s still anybody’s guess whether Trump recognizes that the most important commodity it needs to secure in #Venezuela isn’t its oil wealth but its commonwealth." Adroit analysis from Tim Padgett who knows Venezuela well. www.wlrn.org/commentary/2...
wlrn.org
If regime change doesn't come in Venezuela, Trump will have handcuffed himself alongside Maduro
COMMENTARY President Trump's "law enforcement" capture of Venezuela's dictator will be regarded a failure if it doesn't mean democracy restoration — which may require more U.S. military force.
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
"Pumping heavy, sour crude in Venezuela to sell at a discount looks even less appealing when Chevron can tap lighter, sweeter stuff in next-door Guyana, which it can extract more cheaply and peddle at a premium."
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
"With global demand soft and the possibility of it peaking as early as 2030, the supermajors have become pickier about which projects to pursue. These days any old barrels won’t do: they should be low-cost and low-risk. Venezuelan ones are neither." www.economist.com/business/202...
economist.com
Venezuela presents a big headache for big oil
It has been decades since the industry relished foreign-policy entanglements
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Cuba’s Long-Suffering Economy Is Now in ‘Free Fall'. Reported with Frances Robles and photos by Michael Adams Lozano www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/w...
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Cuba’s Long-Suffering Economy Is Now in ‘Free Fall’
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Venezuela: US risks human rights disaster by allying with remnants of Maduro regime, says @hrw.org Venezuela: US Risks Rights Disaster www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
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Venezuela: US Risks Rights Disaster
The Trump administration’s brazen military assault risks causing a new human rights disaster for Venezuelans.
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
"I would like to hear more from the administration about how we move from this moment to a democracy in Venezuela," says Elliott Abrams. "We’ve heard nothing about how and why they think this bunch of criminals is going to commit suicide by leading to a democratic transition." tinyurl.com/46ywkxn7
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Video: Opinion | The Case for Real Regime Change in Venezuela
The former envoy Elliott Abrams says the administration should push harder.
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Highly recommend this lesson in media integrity about who really took the shocking 1972 photo of Vietnam’s “napalm girl.” youtube.com/watch?v=Plxr...
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The Stringer: The Man Who Took The Photo | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
“For those fools, everyone from Venezuela is a criminal.” Great reporting on ICE in Chicago from @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
“We feel a bit marooned right now,” says Richard Solomon, the mayor of Black River. Our story on the scene at the epicenter of Hurricane Melissa in Black River, on Jamaica's south coast. Hopefully aid arrives soon. With Annie Correal and Frances Robles @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...
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Melissa Leaves Black River, Centuries-Old Jamaican Port Town, ‘Totally Destroyed’
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
The Cuban journalist trapped in America's immigration blockade.! 🦋 www.cjr.org/analysis/jos...
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The Cuban Journalist Trapped in America’s Immigration Blockade
José Luis Tan Estrada has been stuck in Mexico since May, locked in asylum purgatory.
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
American Convicted of Murder Is Freed by Trump From Venezuela Prison. The Trump administration said it was protecting Americans unjustly held abroad. One of the rescued men, Dahud Hanid Ortiz, killed three people in Madrid and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
nytimes.com
American Convicted of Murder Is Freed by Trump From Venezuela Prison
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
'In Cuba, There Are No Beggars,’ Minister Claims, Before Being Ousted. Feitó’s words exposed what many Cubans concluded long ago, that the government is out of touch with the lives of ordinary people while their leaders cling to a state-run economic model. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/w...
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Cuban Minister Ousted After Accusing Beggars of Faking Poverty
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Story has been corrected to say the Oloffsons were German-Haitian.
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Mr Courlander describes an interview with Mr Oloffson. In this passage, he describes him as: "a German of Scandinavian-German ancestry. His spoke German at home, as well as French and Creole. Mrs Oloffson, who managed the hotel was "a light-skinned Haitian woman."
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Nor was he a Swedish sea captain, as some say. Nadege sent me this document written by Harold Courlander, an important cultural figure who spent a lot time at the Oloffson in the 1930s and 1940s. That was around the time the original owners were there, so he is a very reliable source.
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
CORRECTION: It turns the Oloffson family were not Norwegian-German family as I reported on Monday. They were German-Haitian. Mr Oloffson was German with Scandinavian roots and his wife Haitian, according to Nadège Nau, anthropology PhD candidate at the University of South Florida.
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Actually, more German-Swedish. He was principally German with Scandinavian ancestry. Not a sea captain at all, from what I can tell.
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Did some more research. Looks like he was German of Scandinavian origin.
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
So, I am reaching out to someone who may know the Oloffson family. Richard tells me he thinks they are Norwegian. Checking back I realize now why I wrote Norwegian as it appears that way in a feature story in the NYT in July 1988.
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Thanks for spotting that Jonathan. I think you are right. I’ll get it corrected. Enjoyed reading your memories on the old place.
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on ICE authorities to respect an immigration court ruling and release on bail journalist Mario Guevara, a native of El Salvador who has been legally in the U.S. for the past 20 years. cpj.org/2025/07/ice-...
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ICE defies court, says journalist Mario Guevara 'not releasable' - Committee to Protect Journalists
Washington, D.C., July 7, 2025— The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities to respect an immigration court ruling and release on ...
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
A Hotel Made Famous by Graham Greene Is a Victim of Haiti’s Violence. Haiti’s famed Oloffson Hotel, a cultural landmark and celebrity haven, was incinerated amid rising violence by gangs that control most of the country’s capital. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/w...
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A Hotel Made Famous by Graham Greene Is a Victim of Haiti’s Violence
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
The iconic #Oloffson Hotel of Graham Greene fame, was burned down at the weekend. A great loss of Haitian 'gingerbread' architecture. Like other journalists, I spent many nights there in the past. Greene set some famous scenes there in his novel, 'The Comedians'.
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Haitian immigrant high schooler detained by ICE despite legal status A 20-year-old NY high school student, whose dad is a U.S. citizen, arrived legally from Haiti, but has been held in ICE detention for weeks. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
usatoday.com
Haitian immigrant high schooler detained by ICE despite legal status
A 20-year-old NY high school student, whose dad is a U.S. citizen, arrived legally from Haiti, but has been held in ICE detention for weeks.
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced it would immediately stop ingesting, processing, and transmitting data essential to most hurricane forecasts. by @MichaelRLowry open.substack.com/pub/michaelr...
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Critical Hurricane Forecast Tool Abruptly Terminated
U.S. Department of Defense announced Tuesday it would no longer process and deliver data essential to most hurricane forecasts
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Nezza's anthem in Spanish at Dodger Stadium ignites debate. “El Pendón Estrellado,” is the official translation of the national anthem commissioned in 1945 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt from Peruvian-American composer Clotilde Arias. apnews.com/article/dodg...
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Nezza's anthem in Spanish at Dodger Stadium ignites debate over team's immigrant support
After Latin pop and R&B singer Nezza's viral controversial performance at Dodger Stadium, Dodgers fans have grown frustrated over the team’s lack of vocal support for local immigrant communities i...
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Haiti Is Using Drones to Fight Gangs. Here’s Why That’s Likely to Be Illegal. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
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Haiti Is Using Drones to Fight Gangs. Here’s Why That’s Likely to Be Illegal.
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Trump's Haiti travel ban will impact sick children, families and businesses are among the many people trapped in a country plagued by gang violence. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/u...
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Haiti Reels as Trump Severs a Lifeline
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
A Desperate Haiti Turns to Erik Prince, Trump Ally, in Fight Against Gangs with Frances Robles and @markmazzetti.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...
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A Desperate Haiti Turns to Erik Prince, Trump Ally, in Fight Against Gangs
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Trump Labels #Haiti’s Powerful Gangs as Terrorists. The move will enable harsh sanctions on the gangs, which control important sectors of the country’s economy, and anybody who does business with them. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/w...
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Trump Labels Haiti’s Powerful Gangs as Terrorists (Gift Article)
The move will enable harsh sanctions on the gangs, which control important sectors of the country’s economy, and anybody who does business with them.
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Mr. Bukele wanted assurances from the United States that each of those locked up in the prison were members of Tren de Aragua, the transnational gang with roots in Venezuela, according to people familiar with the situation and documents obtained by The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/u...
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Behind Trump’s Deal to Deport Venezuelans to El Salvador’s Most Feared Prison (Gift Article)
New details deepen questions about the deportations, showing that El Salvador’s president pressed for assurances that the migrants were really members of the Tren de Aragua gang.
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Haiti's year-old transitional government is facing overt threats of a coup as UN is tied up in indecision, says the @crisisgroup.org #Haiti
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UN Paralysed on Haiti despite Gang Threat to Government | Crisis Group
Crisis Group’s Diego Da Rin on the difficulties of getting more aid to the multilateral security mission
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
"All of Hamas, out!" On the streets of Gaza, more and more Palestinians are expressing open defiance against the armed group that's ruled the strip for almost 20 years. bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Hamas' iron grip on Gaza is slowly slipping as residents protest
Gazan civilians are losing their fear of Hamas, openly criticising the group on the streets and online.
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
The Marriott is located in the Turgeau neighbouhood close to downtwon Port-au-Prince, in an area where gang members have been steadily encroaching in recent weeks.
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
In a perilous sign of insecurity in Haiti's capital, the landmark Marriott hotel is "suspending its activities." An official tell me: "The degrading security conditions are making the safety of guests and employees increasingly difficult to guarantee, and this is something that we cannot play with."
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Two freelance journalists jailed amid Cuba’s ongoing repression of independent press cpj.org?p=472563 via @CPJAmericas
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2 freelance journalists arrested amid Cuba’s ongoing repression of independent press - Committee to Protect Journalists
Miami, April 17, 2025– CPJ is alarmed by the arrest and prolonged pre-trail detention of Cuban freelance reporters Yadiel Hernández and José Gabriel Barrenechea, who both write for the online newspape...
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
British man’s tattoo wrongly linked to Venezuelan gang in official US document www.bbc.com/news/article...
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British man's tattoo wrongly linked to Venezuelan gang in US government document
A tattoo belonging to a man from Derbyshire has appeared in a US government document used to identify members of Tren de Aragua, a notorious Venezuelan gang, despite the man having no connection to th...
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Journalists kidnapped, threatened with lynching as chaos worsens in Haiti cpj.org?p=470661
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Journalists kidnapped, threatened with lynching as chaos worsens in Haiti - Committee to Protect Journalists
Miami, April 8, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about deteriorating media safety amid surging violence in Haiti, in which at least one journalist was kidnapped and two were almo...
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Mario Joseph, a renowned human rights attorney in Haiti, has died after a car accident apnews.com/article/mari...
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Mario Joseph, a renowned human rights attorney in Haiti, dies after a car accident
Mario Joseph, a human rights attorney in Haiti known for his involvement in high-profile cases, has died. He was 62.
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Jonathan Lowy @jlowy.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/u... great reporting by @dadams7308.bsky.social Frances Robles @nytimes.com. The U.S. crime gun pipeline that arms Haiti gangs must be stopped at its source: the gun industry.
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Haiti Doesn’t Make Guns. So How Are Gangs Awash in Them?
Federal authorities in several countries have recently nabbed several caches of weapons headed to Haiti, but armed violence continues to rise there, with gangs increasingly obtaining high-caliber fire...
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Nice peice from @aljazeera.com Teresa Bo on the unfolding dispute in Guyana's #Essequibo region bordering #Venezuela youtu.be/nYXGpo-85aA?...
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Guyana-Venezuela tensions rise as Caracas plans elections in disputed Essequibo region
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Trump Did What Castros Couldn’t: Take Radio Martí Off the Air This @nytimes.com story suggests a bizarre #DOGE contradiction. Trump took the Marti stations off the air just when they appeared to be getting more effective www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/w...
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Trump Did What Castros Couldn’t: Take Radio Martí Off the Air
For four decades, a U.S.-financed broadcaster provoked the ire of the communist government in Cuba. President Trump dismantled it in a matter of days.
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David C Adams @dadams7308.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
“This is what happens when someone appeases barbarians. More bombs, more aggression, more victims. Another tragic night in Ukraine,” says Polish PM, Donald Tusk. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Ukraine says Russian strikes kill at least 25
Russia has stepped up attacks in recent days as the US paused military and intelligence aid to Kyiv.
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