Cuba USA
I was saddened to read that Alan Gross will go on a hunger strike as a protest against both the governments of the U. S. and Cuba over his incarceration.
I wonder if the USAID policy makers considered the effect it might have on Alan Gross if further covert programs were run in Cuba when they were planning and funding the establishment of ZunZuneo?
I also wonder whether the Cuban government will tighten its hold on Gross in retaliation for the ZunZuneo revelation.
Gross is already in poor health, and, a little over a year ago said
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Update 4/11/2014
Several sources have reported that Alan Gross ended his hunger strike at the urging of his family and friends.
- Statement From Ministry Of Foreign Relations Director For The United States, Josefina Vidal Ferreiro
Granma We are concerned to have learned of the communiqué released to the press April 8, in Washington, which states that USAID sub-contractor, Alan Gross, imprisoned in Cuba for the last four years and four months, began a hunger strike last week. The...
- Alan Gross Talks About His Years In Prison In Cuba
His suicide threat was a ploy to turn up the heat on the Cubans. Alan Gross at home. (Suzanne Pollak/Washington Jewish Week) Alan Gross has talked about his experience in Cuban prison in a recent interview. He described his life after being in prison...
- Summing Up Recent Events
I put this list of recent posts on Alan Gross and the future of the Internet in Cuba for my other blog. They are in chronological order, beginning with a November 11 post asking whether Gross was about to be freed: Where there is smoke, there is fire...
- Where There Is Smoke, There Is Fire -- Will Alan Gross Be Released Soon?
Senators Jeff Flake, a Republican from Arizona, and Tom Udall, a Democrat from New Mexico, said they met with Gross for about two hours during a trip that included meetings with Cuban officials and they were optimistic about the release of Alan Gross....
- The Cuban Man-in-the-street View Of Alan Gross
Iván García has written a post on Alan Gross in which he gives some insight into the man-in-the-street's view of the case. A kid who lives in a poor neighborhood near the prison hospital where Gross is being held says he has heard the name somewhere....
Cuba USA
Alan Gross declares a hunger strike
I wonder if the USAID policy makers considered the effect it might have on Alan Gross if further covert programs were run in Cuba when they were planning and funding the establishment of ZunZuneo?
I also wonder whether the Cuban government will tighten its hold on Gross in retaliation for the ZunZuneo revelation.
Gross is already in poor health, and, a little over a year ago said
I currently weigh 144 pounds. I am 5 feet, 11 inches tall. When I was arrested, my weight was approximately 254 pounds.He summed up the reason for the hunger strike as follows:
I am fasting to object to mistruths, deceptions, and inaction by both governments, not only regarding their shared responsibility for my arbitrary detention, but also because of the lack of any reasonable or valid effort to resolve this shameful ordeal.For more details on the case and what Gross did, see these posts.
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Update 4/11/2014
Several sources have reported that Alan Gross ended his hunger strike at the urging of his family and friends.
- Statement From Ministry Of Foreign Relations Director For The United States, Josefina Vidal Ferreiro
Granma We are concerned to have learned of the communiqué released to the press April 8, in Washington, which states that USAID sub-contractor, Alan Gross, imprisoned in Cuba for the last four years and four months, began a hunger strike last week. The...
- Alan Gross Talks About His Years In Prison In Cuba
His suicide threat was a ploy to turn up the heat on the Cubans. Alan Gross at home. (Suzanne Pollak/Washington Jewish Week) Alan Gross has talked about his experience in Cuban prison in a recent interview. He described his life after being in prison...
- Summing Up Recent Events
I put this list of recent posts on Alan Gross and the future of the Internet in Cuba for my other blog. They are in chronological order, beginning with a November 11 post asking whether Gross was about to be freed: Where there is smoke, there is fire...
- Where There Is Smoke, There Is Fire -- Will Alan Gross Be Released Soon?
Senators Jeff Flake, a Republican from Arizona, and Tom Udall, a Democrat from New Mexico, said they met with Gross for about two hours during a trip that included meetings with Cuban officials and they were optimistic about the release of Alan Gross....
- The Cuban Man-in-the-street View Of Alan Gross
Iván García has written a post on Alan Gross in which he gives some insight into the man-in-the-street's view of the case. A kid who lives in a poor neighborhood near the prison hospital where Gross is being held says he has heard the name somewhere....