Philip burnett franklin agee was a central intelligence agency cia case officer and writer, best known as author of the 1975 book, inside the company. A few point the finger at fidel castro, but many more point to the dangerous milieu of militant cuban exiles, organized crime figures, and hardliners in the cia frustrated over kennedys failure to get rid of castro. The highest court s subfield includes the name s of a countrys highest level court s, the number and titles of the judges, and the types of cases heard by the court, which commonly are based on civil, criminal, administrative, and constitutional law. The central intelligence agency is an independent agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior us policymakers. The country is now slowly recovering from a severe economic recession in 1990. Washington university national security archives electronic briefing book no. Cia veteran rolf mowattlarseen proposed a thought experiment to the november 2019 jfk conference in dallas. Colombia the world factbook central intelligence agency.
The cia world factbook with global information on geography, people, governments, economies, communications, transportation, the military, and international issues. Cubas communist revolution, with soviet support, was exported throughout latin america and africa during the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. The world factbook provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Us intervention during the spanishamerican war in 1898 assisted the cubans in overthrowing spanish rule. Both kennedys ignored the fact that limited air strikes would prevent the brigade air force from being. Cuba is sometimes referred to as south miami due to the close proximity to the city and the fact that cubans make up about 80 percent of the population of miami. The secret cia report on the invasion of cuba national. The united states central intelligence agency made several hundred unsuccessful attempts to assassinate fidel castro during his time as the president of cuba. Cia world factbook the best country factbook available. The next national intelligence estimate on cuba nie 8562 promises to be a useful document dealing with our practical needs and with due recognition of the sparsity of hard facts.
The central intelligence agency cia is an independent us government agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior us. We encourage students at home participating in online learning to use travel facts, as well as the world factbook, for their studies of geography and national customs. In castros secrets, highly acclaimed author and intelligence expert brian latell offers a strikingly original view of fidel castro in his role as cubas supreme spymaster. He reverseengineered the lone gunman scenario, posing a question both novel and incisive. There are now just two countries in the world where cocacola cannot be bought or sold at least not officially.
A discussion about declassified cia documents and che guevaras death. Department of defense dod and the joint chiefs of staff jcs of the united states government in 1962. Since it is the only independent us intelligence agency, it reports directly to director of national intelligence. Cia the world factbook field listing government type. From its founding in 1947 until 2005, the cia was run by the director of central intelligence dci. The cia and cubas intelligence machine brian latell on. They are cuba and north korea, which are both under longterm us trade embargoes cuba since 1962 and north korea since 1950. The central intelligence agency cia is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the united states, tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence humint. The language and religion entries in the world factbooks travel facts have all been recently updated. Between 1960 and 1962 more than 14,000 children were sent out of cuba alone by desperate parents who feared for their childrens future under castro. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of cuba geography 2020 information contained here. After all the cia and communism are both instruments of the central bankers.
New details have emerged about a topsecret killing plan in the 1960s. Cuba traditionally and consistently portrays the us embargo, in place since 1961, as the source of its difficulties. Castros cuba relied heavily on aide from the soviet union. Max holland, author of the kennedy assassination tapes. The needs of the cuba project, as it goes into operation, plus the increasing u. In an excerpt for the washington post, osullivan tells an intriguing tale about watergate burglar rolando martinez, the cia operative who was pardoned by president reagan in 1984. The real conspiracy behind the jfk assassination mother. Cia world factbook the most comprehensive country facts available online. The information regarding cuba on this page is republished from the 2020 world fact book of the united states central intelligence agency and other sources. Cuba became a chess piece in the cold war with the soviet union, inspiring the united states, particularly the cia, to use the anticastro movement for all kinds of dirty politics and covert. Based on interviews with high level defectors from cubas powerful intelligence and. Ike felt he had left a broken and ineffectual intelligence agency far removed from the reality of what america needed. That five year old left cuba in one of the worlds largest political exoduses of children in historyoperation pedro pan.
A veteran officer analyzes the death of a president part ii. The native amerindian population of cuba began to decline after the european discovery of the island by christopher columbus in 1492 and following its development as a spanish colony during the next several centuries. A number of countries have separate constitutional courts. The office of public affairs opa is the single point of contact for all inquiries about the central intelligence agency cia. Its creation in 1947 was intended to address problems of duplication, competition, and lack of coordination that had characterized previous u. Closest cia bid to kill castro was poisoned drink reuters. The headquarters of cia is found in langley, virginia and its employees work from us embassies and other areas in the world. Operation northwoods was a proposed false flag operation against the cuban government that originated within the u. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our.
Fidels cuba in facts and figures the beard, the cigars, the fatigues, the interminable speeches not. Is there a connection between cuba and the kennedy assassination. When the mob owned cuba travel smithsonian magazine. However, with limited staff and resources, we simply cannot respond to all who write to us. Start with the fact of how much of the historical record is set straight, even for the. This position was generally filled by leaders from various. Cubas communist revolution, with soviet support, was exported throughout latin america and africa during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of cuba 2020 information contained here. The first, of course, was from the government, specifically the central intelligence agency, the fbi, and to a lesser extent, the white house. Cuba is a source country for adults and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor. Those two communication giants were instrumental in making garrison into a lightening rod for ridicule and criticism. The world factbook also known as the cia world factbook is an annual publication of the central intelligence agency of the united states with almanacstyle information about the countries of the world.
Inside the cias plot to kill fidel castrowith mafia help. The closest the cia came to killing cubas fidel castro was a 1963. Agee joined the cia in 1957, and over the following decade had postings in washington, d. We read every letter, fax, or email we receive, and we will convey your comments to cia officials outside opa as appropriate. He almost always appears in public in green military fatigues. The cleveland institute of art is an internationally recognized professional college of art and design offering bachelor of fine arts degrees in fifteen majors in crafts, design, fine arts and digital arts. Cia factbook the world factbook central intelligence agency. Cuba transnational issues 2020, cia world factbook. Agee joined the cia in 1957, and over the following decade had postings in. By deftly manipulating the opportunities afforded cuba by the cold war, he managed to turn his island into a launching pad for the projection of his. Nixon, watergate and the cia, shane osullivan lays bare a scandalously undercovered story. This is a book that should be read, regardless of whether one agrees with latell about castros complicity in jfks assassination.
They smoke big cigars and each family gets a box of cigars a month from the communist government. Hundreds of thousands of cubans have fled under castros government. Cubas government is a marxixtleninist single party state that has been headed by a member of the castro family for many decades. The cuban project, also known as operation mongoose, was a covert operation of the central intelligence agency cia against fidel castros government in cuba that was officially authorized. Countries of the world 31 years of cia world fact books. The title of tim weiners tome about the cia, legacy of ashes, is a quote taken from a comment dwight eisenhower made about what he was leaving behind for subsequent presidents. As a result of efforts begun in december 2014 to reestablish diplomatic relations with the cuban government, which were severed in january 1961, the us and cuba reopened embassies in their respective countries in july 2015. The blast from new york was from the major mainstream media e. However, over the years, cia secrets had been going around. His last cia mission, at the age of 82, is in the autumn of 2011, when he is. The bay of pigs invasion, for example, was meant to fail, in order to discredit jfk and make castro look. The cia world factbook 20192020 by central intelligence.
When castro travelled abroad, the cia cooperated with cuban exiles for. Waugh has a part here and there in all the cold war battlefields from cuba to the middle east. The proposals called for the central intelligence agency cia or other u. We encourage students at home participating in online learning to use travel facts, as well as the world factbook, for their studies of geography and national. Miguel diazcanel bermudez, handpicked by raul castro to succeed him, was approved as president by the national assembly and took office on 19 april 2018. The central intelligence agency cia is an independent us government agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior us policymakers. Countries of the world 31 years of cia world fact books, factbook, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999. July 19, 1935 january 7, 2008 was a central intelligence agency cia case officer and writer of the 1975 book, inside the company. Central intelligence agency cia, principal foreign intelligence and counterintelligence agency of the u. Cubas former intelligence chief, retired state security general fabian escalante, talks to reuters in havana july 3, 2007. Castro and the cold war american experience official.
Cuba the world factbook central intelligence agency. In this provocative book, brian latell brings to bear all his experience and knowledge as a former intelligence analyst on cuba for the cia. We encourage students at home participating in online. If castro was indeed cia, we will look at modern history in a new light. A tuba to cuba cleveland institute of art college of art. Brian latell, a respected former cia analyst on cuban intelligence, cited a version of the document in his 2012 book castros secrets, which suggested much closer links between oswald and cuba. Since then, the government has slowly and incrementally implemented limited economic reforms, including allowing cubans to buy electronic appliances and cell. The information regarding cuba on this page is republished from the 2020 world fact book of the united states central intelligence.