Mar 17, 2016 freeway rick ross on how he introduced crack to the u. This biographical movie narrates gaedes spying activities in favor of cuba. Reinventing cuba, a cctv america documentary youtube. Tim weiner goodreads author shelved 44 times as cia. Webbs series led to three federal investigations, none of. A timeline of cia atrocities global researchglobal. The infographics show when the cia decorates, they dont just do the typical martha stewart home and garden look, they decorate their headquarters with unsolvable puzzles. Revelations friendly fire reported as cia personnel shot at own aircraft new revelations on assassination plots, use of americans in combat. Mike examines allegations that cia agents sabotaged consignments of british leyland buses bound for cuba in the 1960s after the uk. Cuba history modern history cuban documentary revolution films deep. Jan 19, 2016 many films and documentaries have tried to shed light on the struggles of cuba. Here, he writes about freeway rick rosss connection to selma and a generation of prisoners. Fearing the creation of a communist state allied with cuba and the soviet.
This film offers a straightforward presentation of facts, and contains footage of actual espionage activities as well as a reading of names of cia agents known to be active in cuba. Ciacontracrack cocaine controversy table of contents. The real conspiracy behind the jfk assassination mother. Cuba s iconic dictator certainly provided an almost mythical adversary for what became an obsessive, errorprone campaign by the cia. Special reports cocaine, conspiracy theories and the cia. On august 18, 1996, the san jose mercury news published the first installment of a threepart series of articles concerning crack cocaine, the central intelligence agency cia, and the nicaraguan contra army. Investigative reporter gary webb linked the cia to americas introduction to crack cocaine.
Department of defense dod and the joint chiefs of staff jcs of the united states government in 1962. A secondgeneration doctor, sagaro graduated from the university of havana in 1968, and has been practicing medicine for nearly 50 years. Back in 1996, gary webb of the san jose mercury news broke a story stating not only that the nicaraguan contras supported by the united states in a rebellion against their leftleaning government were involved in the us crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s, but also that the cia knew and turned a blind eye to the operation. The cocaine that flooded in helped spark a crack explosion in urban america. Oct 17, 2012 castros intelligence service discovered and flipped more than four dozen of cias cuban spies. The cia, the contras, and the crack cocaine explosion kindle edition by. Dec 31, 2004 crack, the cia and black americas drug crisis. Castro made the general directorate of intelligence dgi his own personal entity and was well aware of seemingly every cia agents movements in cuba and whatever plots the cia hatched in miami. Secrets of the cia reveals the truth about the cia and how this organization is behind numerous terrorist plots throughout history. In 1961 the cia, according to reliable sources, put out a contract to mafia leaders sam giancana and john roselli for the assassination of fidel castro time, march 17. The cia, contras, gangs, and crack institute for policy studies. He had book offers, a movie offer, but he told me it seemed like the.
Eduardo sagaro a cuban pediatrician who was recruited by the cia to report on the health of fidel castro, other cuban leaders, cuban troops in angola and health related issues inside of cuba including the impact of infectious diseases. While at amd, he provided the cuban government with technical information. Many films and documentaries have tried to shed light on the struggles of cuba. Cuban television broadcast the first in a series called the cia war against cuba. Today march 2020 were looking at kryptos, the unsolvable sculpture that has baffled some of the greatest minds. The charges of cia involvement in contra cocaine trafficking were revived in 1996, when a newspaper series by reporter gary webb in the san jose mercury news claimed that the trafficking had played an important role in the creation of the crack cocaine drug problem in the united states. This documentary series recounts the tumultuous history of cuba, a nation of foreign conquest, freedom fighters and cold war political machinations.
Jan 11, 20 the cuban revolution cia archives documentary history 1960 jan 11, 20 the cuban revolution cia archives documentary history 1960. Mar 14, 2020 can you crack the cias impossible secret code. Filming for this documentary started back in 1972, when a young cameraman named jon alpert made his first trip to cuba. From a transport ship floating in cuba s bay of pigs, cia operative grayston lynch knew the u. A secret legacy is a documentary in production that tells the personal journey of frank alvarez, a 61yearold cuban immigrant, on a quest to find out the truth about his deceased father, panchito, who was one of the ciahired veterans. Today, the details on the congo operation remain classified by the cia. The cia, contras, gangs, and crack institute for policy. The proposals called for the central intelligence agency cia or other u. War of the cia in cuba latin american film library. Crack in the system premieres tonight on aljazeera america. The bay of pigs is one of the darkest episodes of cubanamerican history. Future presidential candidate, senator john kerry is featured in this video program, speaking out at the 1987 iran contra hearings.
Key figures in ciacrack cocaine scandal begin to come. Defense secrets for sale declassified history documentary reel truth. Snowfall is compelling and believable which is why it could use a disclaimer. Decadesold cia crackcocaine scandal gains new momentum. This resulted in a number of social consequences, such as increasing crime and violence in american inner city neighborhoods, as well as a resulting backlash in the form of tough on crime policies. He said that the cia was interested in him because he received his primary education in american schools, was able to speak english, and that his father was a cuban government functionary in the national health system and the academy of sciences. In 1996, a bombshell report by journalist gary webb claimed that the central intelligence agency cia supported cocaine trafficking into the u. While much of the ciacontradrug story had been revealed years ago in the press.
On august 18, 1996, the san jose mercury news published the first installment of a threepart series of articles concerning crack cocaine, the central intelligence agency cia. Crack in the system official trailer 2014 marc levin. Cold war cia intelligence failure washington free beacon. Nov 16, 2015 william morgans life appeared to be a string of failures until the toledo native went to cuba to fight in fidel castros revolution, where he became a trusted commander. Cuba has a topnotch pharmaceutical industry, can it compete with big pharma. Apr 20, 2017 the cuba libre story is a multicountry coproduction, including zdfinfo a german outfit, france televisions sa the french public national television broadcaster, looksfilm germany, interscoop france and format tv russia all collaborating to tell cubas complete history looking back at 500 years before the castro brothers, and ahead at what will come after them. Special reports cocaine, conspiracy theories and the cia in. No, cuba is not exactly the cancer pioneer nova attempts. Because of cubas strong education system, the answer. The cia was fooled by scores of double agents pretending to be working for the agency but secretly loyal to communist spy agencies during the cold war and beyond, according to a former cia analyst. But that failed 1961 attempt by cuban exiles to overthrow fidel castro had another dark result. President kennedy approved a program of major sabotage with the goal of encouraging resistance to castro within cuba. New documentary on cuba embargo www exclusive excerpt 1 of. The event was a watershed for the intelligence community ic and the central intelligence agency cia, in particular.
Guillermo bill gaede born november 19, 1952 is an argentine engineer and programmer who is best known for cold war industrial spying conducted while he worked at advanced micro devices amd and intel corporation intel. Its one of the first in a long line of suspected or acknowledged cia interventions in the governments of foreign countries, and it was indeed a tremendous success from the agencys point of view. The cuban revolution cia archives documentary history. Fifty years ago, shortly before midnight on 16 april 1961, a group of some 1,500 cuban exiles trained and financed by the cia launched an illfated invasion of cuba from the sea in the bay of pigs. Untold stories of american spies is a documentary series that details important cases, missions and operations of the american intelligence community, told firsthand by the men and women who worked them. It refuted charges that cia officials knew that their nicaraguan allies were dealing drugs. The eightpart series was released on netflix on december 8, 2016 for the cuba libre story, more than 50 international cuba experts and contemporary witnesses were interviewed both supporters and opponents of fidel castro and his predecessor fulgencio. The victims are said to be communists, but almost always they are just peasants, liberals, moderates, labor union leaders, political opponents and advocates of free speech and democracy. Pbsuccess was the code name for a ciabacked coup led against the democratically elected government of jacobo arbenz, the president of guatemala, in 1954. This documentary series recounts the tumultuous history of cuba, a nation of.
The cia trains the dictators security apparatus to crack down on the traditional enemies of big business, using interrogation, torture and murder. During his time in cuba, reed conclusively demonstrated that. The corporation tells the other dark bay of pigs story. Snowfall is compelling and believable which is why it. Crack the cia 2001 sundance winner internet archive. While some have fallen short of the mark, or failed to make it to completion, others are excellent examples of the genre and considered to be very influential in the debate surrounding cuba. Kennedy was informed that a u2 mission flown over western cuba two days before had taken photographs of soviet nuclear missile sites. The cia, the drug dealers, and the tragedy of gary webb in 1996, journalist gary webb began looking into links between nicaraguas drugrunning contra rebels and the cia.
Opa is the single point of contact for all inquiries about the central intelligence agency cia. The secret cia report of the invasion of cuba national security archive documents is edited by peter kornbluh who has assembled from released documents a detailed picture of the thinking of the period following fidel castros conquest of cuba and his unexpected turn to a marxistleninist government. We must keep in mind that food is a human right although the united states has repeatedly. Dec 31, 2004 crack, the cia and black americas drug crisis by charlene muhammadnational correspondent. In addition to intelligence, the cia provided president kennedy with analysis of information throughout the crisis, including timely interpretation of aerial reconnaissance photographs that informed him about the missile sites.
Crack in the system official trailer 2014 marc levin cia contra documentary hd directed by marc levin, freeway. Oct 02, 2017 us intelligence agents were among the first and most severely affected victims of mysterious sonic attacks targeting american personnel in cuba, a report said monday. Producers collaborate with prominent intelligence, military and government. There are no limits to cia activities against cuba, to carry out its illegal and anticuban activities, the central intelligence agency often uses third countries, even those that maintain good relations with cuba, in an effort to create problems for these governments.
A powerful series by investigative reporter gary webb of the san jose mercury news says the answer may be yesand the charge. The former cia analyst brian latell wrote in his book castros. A still frame of former crack kingpin rick ross in the history channel documentary. How the cia planned to murder castro using mafia and poison pills. Report on declarations of detained cia agent mariano pinto rodriguez, no date, 19 pages information concerning new plans for an attack on cuba, june 19, 1961, 1 page act of detention for a group of counterrevolutionary elements linked to the candela case, june, 1961, 7 pages. Many ex cia agents speak out about their experiences as agents and what they were required to do. Some of these missions even included killing of children. Oig analysis of allegations regarding blandons and meneses relationship with the contras and the cia. Frank terpil in the 1982 documentary confessions of a dangerous man. As i set out to work on a radio documentary about the cias involvement in laos, i emailed a few of my dads agency buddies. These claims have led to investigations by the united states government, including hearings and reports by the united states house of representatives, senate, department of justice, and the cias office of the inspector general. Mar 23, 2016 cctv delves into baseball, art, entrepreneurship and medicine. Kennedy had warned khrushchev that if he did not remove the soviet missiles from the island, us forces would invade cuba. Us intelligence agents most severely affected by cuba sonic.
The cia, the drug dealers, and the tragedy of gary webb. My father fought the cias secret war in laos bbc news. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of cuba 2020 information contained here. With julio batista, philip agee, william colby, alicia herrera. A powerful series by investigative reporter gary webb of the san jose mercury news says the answer may be yes. Did the cia play a role in launching the crack cocaine epidemic. The cuban revolution cia archives documentary history 1960. Jan 29, 2016 of the documentary films made about cuba, many have concentrated on the music and others on the culture, while some are about the ordinary cuban. However, some of the films have raised controversy in their content, upsetting both the authorities in havana and in washington. Mar 15, 2016 these are but three examples of decadeslong cia chemical and biological warfare cbw against cuba. I n a scene from the new movie kill the messenger, investigative reporter. The igs report cleared the cia of complicity with the innercity crack cocaine trade. The name operation mongoose had been agreed at a prior white house meeting on november 4, 1961. 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 on november 30, 1961 by president kennedy.
The history channel is finally telling the stunning. This documentary denounces the cias involvement in internal cuban affairs and its active aggression against the cuban government. Cia confidential 911 mastermind documentary 12 youtube. A history channel doc by a former cia operative argues that lee harvey oswalds foreign connections were deeper than previously reported. Bbc radio 4 document, leyland buses, cuba and the cia. The post mortem 2016 a postmortem on the body of a 238lbs 108 kg british woman reveals shocking visuals on the effects of morbid obesity on our internal organs. Cuban spies in us government declassified spy stories history. Since late 2000, venezuela provided petroleum products to cuba on preferential terms, supplying at times nearly 100,000 barrels per day. According to the stories, the cia and its operatives used crack cocainesold via. Cuban tensions rise as spying charges spiral by dan. Top secret cia official history of the bay of pigs.
Popular cia books showing 150 of 1,580 legacy of ashes. The cia, contras, gangs, and crack based on a yearlong investigation, reporter gary webb wrote that during the 1980s the cia helped finance its covert war against nicaraguas leftist government through sales of cutrate cocaine to south central l. Supported by extensive use of cuban state security department materials, brazilian journalist and filmmaker claudia furiati shows how and why the cia, through those responsible for its anti cuba operations, along with anticastro exiles and the mafia, planned and orchestrated the kennedy assassination. Mar 21, 2015 the cia, the drug dealers, and the tragedy of gary webb in 1996, journalist gary webb began looking into links between nicaraguas drugrunning contra rebels and the cia. University lecture series iowa state university 1994. Decadesold cia crackcocaine scandal gains new momentum rt. A number of writers have alleged that the united states central intelligence agency cia was involved in cocaine trafficking during the 1980s. National security archive foia lawsuit obtains release of last major internal agency compilation on paramilitary invasion of cuba. For 45 years he made trips to the island to visit three different families, eventually putting together this incredible documentary that shows postrevolution life. With richard stratton, ty hurley, celerino castillo iii, christopher glover. Americas war on drugs is an immersive trip through the last five decades, uncovering how the cia, obsessed with keeping america safe in the fight against communism, allied itself with the mafia and foreign drug traffickers.
Cuba paid for the oil, in part, with the services of cuban personnel in venezuela, including some 30,000 medical professionals. The cia, the drug dealers, and the tragedy of gary webb telegraph. Kill the messenger movie rekindles interest and outrage over central intelligence agency ties to drug trafficking and the 1980s crack cocaine. Operation northwoods was a proposed false flag operation against the cuban government that originated within the u.
In a separate and equally futile action, time has learned, the cia enlisted other mafia figures to do some spying in cuba in preparation for the 1961 bay of pigs invasion. Cia involvement in contra cocaine trafficking wikipedia. Im very spotty on the specifics, but there was an illegal weapons deal in place between iran and nicaraguan contras where the classic nes game draws inspiration from, overseen by the us. Crucial spy in cuba paid a heavy cold war price the new.
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