up till now as president will take the post of secretary castro announced his departure last friday and on that same day declassified files revealed he had been the target of a cia assassination attempt as early as 1960 start off explains. raul castro reveals he's stepping down what better time to disclose your country meal the idea of assassinating him this is the perfect metaphor of cuba u.s. relations as the cia has published once top secret cables describing how in 1960 the agency offered $10000.00 to a pilot flying roll castro from prague to have to arrange an unlucky accident the plot can be added to what some say were the hundreds of assassination attempts on rolls brother legendary el commandante fidel providing a glimpse into just how big a thorn in america's side cuba was and even remains to this day clearly the castro regime. will not change by its own choice. but cuba must change. i don't care how i die but rest assured if they invade us i will die in combat. you don't make friends with uncle sam by overthrowing a dictatorship ruled by his appointee or by building a soci

castro has said these were mercenaries. according to press reports, the final message to be relayed on the refugee forces on the beach, came from the rebel commander. when i asked if he wish to be evacuated, his answer was, i will never leave this country. that is not the reply of a mercenary. he has gone now to join in the mountains, other guerrilla fighters, who are equally determined that the dedication of those who gave their lives shall not be forgotten. and cuba must not be abandoned to the communist. and we do not intend to abandon it either. [applause]. thank you and people have not yet spoken their final piece. and i have no doubt today, and the revolutionary council, led by doctor -- and members of the families of the revolutionary council, and i am informed by the doctor yesterday, they are involved themselves. and the island will continue to speak out, and break free for free and independent cuba. meanwhile we will not accept mr. castro's attempt to blame this nation, and his regarded oppression. but there are u

is coming to an end but is the anticapitalist cuba heading the same way well rolle castro says over his dead body. oh nothing nothing obliges me to make this decision but i firmly believe in the strength and value of example and the endor standing of my fellow countrymen and let no one doubt that as long as i live i will be ready with my food in the stirrup to defend the homeland the revolution and social play what do you want what do you want it i hear every day. gloria riva a member of the cuba and venezuela solidarity committee thinks her vanna is unlikely to make major policy shifts under the new leader. well it certainly is the end 2 of the leadership officially of you know fidel roll and other leaders of what they call the generation of the centenarian those who were involved in 1953 in the struggle against. but as apes explained over and over it is a revolution a continuation and that the new leadership with me again vs can now the president of cuba now becoming the 1st secretary of the communist party of cuba it is in an orderly organized and politically decided manner it's

raul castro stepping down as cuban leader the same day. it is revealed. monday worldwide news headlines live from moscow of course this is the international from all of us here welcome to your news. well the deaths past 3000000 at the weekend with a particularly disturbing 20 fold in new infections since last month in india may. in europe daily new cases have stabilized after a 3rd wave and u.s. pharmaceutical giant pfizer has hiked e.u. prices on future orders over its vaccine potentially raising the cost more than 60 percent and it comes as brussels conveniently seeks a new contract with that phone for next year's vaccine details here with artie's saskia taylor. you wouldn't think that big pharma and ethics go hand in hand but you clearly haven't met pfizer if we were to implement a free open market principles in pricing the products we could go to huge prices and so everything we can manufacture but it would be a lesser collating we will not do it's because that's really taking advantage of a situation and people will not forget if you do start it must

here in moscow monday marks the end of castro rule in cuba raul castro who led the country's communist party for the last 10 years off to succeeding his brother fidel . on friday this was the same day that the classified documents revealed he had been the target of a cia assassination attempt details here with aussies. raul castro reveals he's stepping down what better time to disclose your country meal the idea of assassinating him this is the perfect metaphor of cuba u.s. relations as the cia has published once top secret cables describing how in 1960 the agency offered $10000.00 to a pilot flying roll castro from prague to have to arrange an unlucky accident the plot can be added to what some say where the hunting fidel providing a glimpse into just how big a thorn in america's side cuba was and even remains to this day clearly the castro regime. will not change by its own choice. but cuba must change the way. you don't make friends with uncle sam by overthrowing a dictatorship ruled by his appointee or by building a socialist state right in his backyard for del castro did both his

khans raul castro announces his step down as a kid with a leader the same day a cia assassination attempt is revealed. as a very warm welcome to you from our team here in moscow you're watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron. now world covert deaths past 3000000 at the weekend with a particularly just disturbing 20 fold new infections since last month in india meanwhile in europe daily new cases have stabilized after 3rd wave of infections u.s. pharmaceutical giant pfizer has hiked prices on future alders obvious facts potentially sending the cost more than 60 percent higher to some $23.00 a dose it turns as brussels seeks a new short supply contract with the firm from next year r.t. saskia taylor has the details. you wouldn't think that big pharma and ethics go hand in hand but you clearly haven't met by is that if we were to implement free open market principles in pricing the products we could go to huge prices and so everything we can manufacture but it would be unethical i think we will not do it's because that's really taking advantage of a situation and people will not forg

castro has said these were mercenaries. according to press reports, the final message to be relayed from the refugee forces on the beach, came from the rebel commander, when asked if he wished to be evacuated. his answer was, i will never leave this country. that is not the reply of a mercenary. he has gone now to join in the mountains, countless other guerrilla fighters who are equally determined that the dedication of those who gave their lives shall not be forgotten, and that cuba must not be abandoned to the communists, and we do not attend to abandon it either. [ applause ] the cuban people have not yet spoken their final piece. and i have no doubt that they, and the revolutionary counsel, led my dr. cadona, and i am informed by the doctor yesterday, are involved themselves in the island and will continue the speak up for a free and independent cuba. meanwhile, we will not accept mr. castro's attempts to blame this nation for hatred which is one time supported, now regard his repression. but there are from the sobering

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fidel castro. many ways an unknown person in his politics, but certain to be dominant in cuba, as a new era has just begun. >>> fidel castro demonstrates his unchallenged power over cuba's masses. he announces his resignation as premier and the response is explosive. from shops and factories, mass demonstrations by workers and students, calling on castro not to resign, hailing castro as the leader of the revolution. the president shown just after the revolution, when castro shown him, was ousted to be replaced by the former ministry of revolutionary laws. but sit certain whoever may be president or premier, fidel castro is number one man in cuba. in an emotional four-hour broadcast that evening, he accused the former president of treason, toppling him. fidel castro's dramatic show of strength makes it clear that after 6 1/2 months, he is still riding high on a wave of turbulent, mass e voegs. ♪ ♪ >>> 1 million machete wielding peasants in response to the call of fidel castro for a celebration o

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of more significance is fidel castro as the opening ceremonies. the one-week visit are part of a program to woo the goodwill of castro in cuba. while he was boosting russia n industrial and military achievements, a soviet composer was leading the city symphony orchestra. the soviet may have made real progress toward link trade and reestablishing diplomatic relations, thus adding to american headaches in our troubled relations with this caribbean neighbor. ♪ narrator: cuba celebrates the seventh anniversary of castro's revolutionary movement with a red chinese delegation and one from bolivia as a quarter million march past castro's viewing stand. this appearance on the sierra where he directed the revolt against the batista regime was one of castro's few public appearances. suffering from a lung infection, he has laid aside duties to take dr.'s orders -- doctors orders for complete rest. castro's brother raul was enjoying this triumphant section in moscow at the time. here at the moscow trade union house, he seems to respond eagerly to the soviet

castro: i want to salute to the people of the united states. and i do not want to do -- my english is the same, like the other time, but the other things i want to tell, i wish that you -- to the general assembly of the united nations. thank you very much. narrator: the first arriving in new york are representatives from czechoslovakia. they are not greeted by any united states government representative, not being guests of this country. novotny makes his arrival speech in his own tongue. despite their status as high-ranking red leaders they are almost ignored by numerous demonstrators, many of them european refugees who protested the arrival of khrushchev and other arriving reds on a russian liner, on which the heads of five satellite states arrived on a dank and foggy morning, heading up the east river to the deep river dock. it was harassed by cruising parties of hecklers. one boat hired by the longshoremen's union. onshore, hundreds of demonstrators massed, despite heavy rains. ♪ on shabby pier 73, carpets had been laid by soviet emissari

castro in command for the 1st time since 959. spicer welcome to the program final preparations are being made for the funeral of prince philip the husband of britain's queen elizabeth which takes place later today their son prince edward and his wife sophie viewed flowers left by members of the public outside st george's chapel in windsor where the funeral will take place only 30 close relatives will attend coronavirus restrictions the ceremony will reflect prince philip's close ties with the military. and ditto you charlotte house until joins me now from london charlotte to tell us more about what's planned for today. hello there yes we're hearing that says this funeral service will have prince philip's fingerprints all over it he specially the festive that there is not the usual pomp and circumstance associated with royal through yours that it would be instead no nonsense now for that reason it will be a ceremonial royal a ceremony 'd rather than a state funeral it will be very scaled back in which hold that it will pay tribute

an ailing fidel castro. he delivers a typical rebel rousing talk after raving for a half hour, the cuban premiere loses his voice, but he regains enough strength to come back and announce his latest blow against the united states, the seizure of three-quarters of a billion properties. castro promises to pay for it all in 50 years. but at the rate the cuban economy is failing, the payoff may come sooner than he expects. ♪♪ this is definitely a pro-castro crowd enthusiastically defacing the telephone company building. a day after this demonstration, senior castro charges that the u.s. in what he calls fascist priests are in a part to defeat the revolution. he says his government has been generous to the church. but there are no clergymen at the mock funeral of the telephone company. in costa rica the organization of american states votes sanctions against the dominican republic led by venezuela who complained that the dominican trujillo had ordered an attempted assassination of venezuela's president. and d

2018 the succession marks the end of 6 decades of rule by castro and his late brother fidel who led cuba's revolution in 1959 the united nations says major indicators in impacts of climate change worsened in 2020 its latest report finds last year was one of the 3 warmest ever recorded millions more people were displaced by extreme weather and the effects on the global food supply chain was further impacted by covert 900 restrictions. all right up to date with the headlines small news coming up here and out 0 right after people in power often. on counting the cost of 0 to $1.00 versus the markets with the turkish economy already on the brink will the president's unconventional economics take haven't yet plus mozambique huge gas reserves big investors and an insurgency that could do you really don't. count in the costs on al-jazeera. italy 2020 as the covert 19 pandemic is breaking we'll still make a jump should know to dottie to document life in the loft in his native iran the result was an intimate portraits of isolation in one of the world's least understood countries one year old

castro leaders most prominently i'll handle castro spain why to i bring up his name there handle castro. then lieutenant colonel back in 2014 was the main person who negotiated the normalization of relations between the united states and cuba he also organized the visit of vladimir putin in that same time period and today colonel castro he's part of the ministry of the interior continues to be an important force dissin so describing him as the one who's pulling the strings in cuba now roll castro even though he's stepping down will still have i believe a veto over what takes place in the country for some time whoever replaces him as the head of the communist party of the last name isn't castro will have to respond to both role and alejandro castro in what is actually done let me bring in ambassador for a quick come back on that particular on the point ambassador this is seems to be the widespread assumption among some at least that at all castro will continue to pull the strings behind only some strings behind the scene. i think he will turn into the elder person to be consulted on very

castro seizes more united states property. now in the summer of 1960 the united states and cuba have reached the point of no return. in washington the eisenhower administration is now convinced it is in the united states national interest to get rid of fidel castro. at this moment in guatemala a cuban exile army is being created by the cia. a cuban exile air force with b26 bombers. they are the instruments with which the cia plans to overthrow fidel castro. havana, summer 1960. fidel castro admits publicly for the first time there is unrest inside cuba. counter revolutionary activity. among his opponents now is his former minister of public works, leader of the mrp. >> the mrp was highly organized and well extended over the whole country. reached almost every section of the cuban life, city institutions, professional organizations, labor unions, the militia, the army. and we have people inside fidel castro's office. >> the mrp operates in the cities. it's an underground movement specializing in sabotage. in the mountains is an

castro takes personal command. the roads out of alana are filled with trust moving to the invasion beach. but, in the first hours the brigade pushes inwards. he is not yet to bring up his tanks or heavy guns. the first communique of the brigade reports that it is progress. over the beach are 12 b 26 is providing air coverage. shortly after dawn, they are attacked 23 castro jets that survived saturday's airstrikes. five of them are shot down. the grades to supply ships are sunk. -- the brigade's two. within a few minutes, they lost air cover and supply. now, castro can bring up his tanks and the fear of air attacks. and, he could bring up thousands of his militia. the afternoon, he is pressing the brigade hard. how are they to survive? where are they to get help? some expected it come from the underground. there is no uprising, there is no sabotage, there is no help from the underground for the brigade. for the next 48 hours, the men on the beach take a terrible pounding. they wait for help. none times. they say eve

castro takes personal command. the roads out of havana are clogged with troops moving up to the invasion beach. but in the first hours, the brigade pushes inland. castro has not yet been able to bring up his tanks and heavy guns. the first communicae reports satisfactory progress. over the beach are 12 b-26s. shortly after dawn, they are attacked by the three castro jets that survived saturday's airstrike. five of them are shot down. the brigades' communication ship and supply ship are sunk. within a few minutes, the men on the beach have lost their air cover and their supplies. now, castro can bring up his tanks without fear of air attacks. and he can bring up thousands of his milicianos. by afternoon, castro is pressing the brigade hard. how are they to survive? where are they to get help? some expected to come from the ground. there is no uprising, there is no sabotage, there is no help from the underground for the brigade. well, the next 48 hours, the men on the beach take a terrible pounding. they wait for hel

it's now also about the internal cuban battle between castro vs. cuban dissidents, which plays out through american politics. reporter: u.s. cracking down on travel to the communist island and limiting the amount of money families can send to relatives in cuba. narrator: television rorts from around the world question whether u.s. sanctions on cuba are still necessary. king: the embargo has caused undue hardship on the cuban people for nearly two generations. woman: almost unanimous support for the cubans on this issue. rrator: ere haveeen many drivers of the u.s. sanctions on cuba. in this episode, adapted from a web series produced in havana, an independent journalist looks at the impact of decadesf american sanctions from the point of view of many of cuba's 11 million citizens. now on "the global mosaic." [fernandez speaking spanish] [all speaking spanish] [castro speaking spanish] clinton: the legislation i signed today further tightens that embargo. bush: i'm maintaining our embargo. [man speaking spanish] [chicken clucking] [man shouting] [bo

and castro steps down as head of cuba's communist party the nation enters a new era without a castro in command for the 1st time since 1959. on nick spicer welcome to the program. final preparations are being made for the funeral of prince philip the husband of britain's queen elizabeth which takes place later today their son prince edward and his wife sophie view flowers left by members of the public outside st george's chapel in windsor where the funeral will take place only 30 close relatives will attend coronavirus restrictions the funeral is being closely followed here in germany where the british royals trace some of the roots. and they still have many fans the. queen elizabeth the 2nd and prince philip on a 2015 state visit to germany it was their 5th such trip but they were still greeted enthusiastically some traveled hundreds of kilometers to catch a glimpse of the royal couple. we had to do it and i'm very glad we did. and values tradition pride and the friendship between england and germany. the queen is something special when she's in germany you have to be there. the bri

castro's b-26s have no nose gun. the pilot is identified from a newspaper picture as a member of the brigade. the airstrike he took part in was intended to destroy castro's air force. two more are planned. castro has been dealt a serious blow, but his entire air force has not been destroyed. the crucial fact is, three jet trainers are untouched. >> united states propaganda. narrator: the airstrike has humiliated the united states before the world. it has humiliated adlai stevenson, who did not know that what he told the u.n. was not the truth. the united states reacts to the world outcry against the bombing. the other two air strikes are postponed. this decision leaves castro with three undamaged jets. these jets will be a key to the failure of the invasion. sunday, april 15. the exile leaders do not know the invasion fleet is already at sea. >> [speaking in spanish] >> awaiting meet at the steps of the plane that brought me from miami were two people who identified themselves as officials of the american agency. the

it doesn't oust castro. many members of the brigade were rounded up and captured and in many respects, the bay of pigs actually helped castro to consolidate his power inside cuba. prior to the bay of pigs, people could speak out against castro, there were embryonic movements against castro, but after the bay of pigs he was able to crack down on these opposition movements and lock in his power. when he met with american ambassador deen russ, the secretary of state under kennedy, he said thank you so much for that ridiculous operation because it allowed us to lock down power inside cuba. so let's look quickly at what went wrong. there's a lot of rushed planning when it came to the bay of pigs. we knew through intelligence that the soviets were going to ship advanced weapons to cuba as part of the deal that castro had made with khrushchev, and so we couldn't wait long to kind of figure out how to get this done right because eventually the cuban exiles would be dumped on the beach and running up against state of

get rid of castro. yes. both eisenhower and kennedy were unwilling to commit at least openly us military forces to the overthrow of the castro regime one of the great concerns was to maintain good relations with the rest of latin america latin america. latin american people saw the united states as overbearing they didn't like them on road doctrine. they didn't like to be in america's backyard. they and so for for good foreign policy reasons it was ruled out that we would have the united states military openly go against the castro regime now. kennedy considered that when it came to the event that happened some 18 months later, and that was a cuban missile crisis, but that's another another story. what made us officials decide to back this bay of pigs invasion what was going on that made us official decide to consider any type of intervention in cuba at this point. well castro was definitely posing up to the soviet union. at the time this is in the depths of the of the cold war tensions are high. there's a a

phone castro at the hotel, and he celebrated with castro. from that day on, castro, russia had won castro's confidence and they became friends. host: is that what happened, nicholas? guest: yes, a lot of that happened. but most of it was political theater. i think castro intended to stay in harlem for appearances. he already was developing a relationship with the soviet union. it wasn't sparked because this act of generosity on the part of khrushchev. these things are usually political theater. host: it's interesting that on that trip, he met with vice president richard nixon, who was impressed by this young, charismatic new leader of cuba, but said afterwards that he is either incredibly naive about communism or he is one of them. host: i am going to show for everyone a clip from president kennedy, who was speaking about the bay of pigs invasion to the american society of newspaper editors on april 20, 1961. here's what he said. [video clip] >> the president of a great democracy such as ours and the editors of great newspapers, such as your

era with the transfer of power to leader of the canal it succeeds raul castro communist party chief the most powerful position in cuba 2 years canel has been president since 2018 the succession marks the end of 6 decades a room by raul castro and his late brother fidel who led cuba's 959 revolution the party of german leader angler merkel has backed so i'm going to lash it to succeed her as the conservative candidate for a chance to september's elections the christian democrat leader was supported by more than 3 quarters of senior party members in a secret ballot it follows a week home power struggle with a rival a marcus a soda from a sister c s u party steps they were headlines more news coming up here announcer right after one of one east. on counting the cost of 0 to $1.00 versus the markets for the turkish economy already on the brink the president on the conventional economics tag. reserves big investors in an insurgency. counting the costs on al-jazeera. in pakistan a battle for one of the last necessities plays out under the cover of documents but that was his number one is

at the hotel, and he celebrated when castro -- with castro and from that day on, russia had won castro's confidence and they became friends. nicholas: -- host: is that it would happen, nicholas? nicholas: that is what happened. a lot of that was political theater. i think castro intended to stay in harlem for appearances. he already was developing a relationship with the soviet union, wasn't sparked because of this act of generosity in the part of khrushchev. these things are usually political theater. it is interesting that on that trip, castro did meet -- eisenhower would not meet with him, but he met with the vice, richard nixon, who was impressed by this young, charismatic, new leader of cuba. but said afterwards that he is either incredibly naive about communism or is one of them. host: i am going to show for everyone a clip from president kennedy, who was speaking about the bay of pigs invasion to the american society of newspaper editors on april 20th the medic, 1961. here is what he said. [video clip] >> the president of a great democracy like ours and the editors of great newspa

castro knew what was happening. i mean, he had agents in guatemala where the cuban exiles, most of them were being trained. but also, i mean, he was relying mostly on american and regional newspaper reporters, who would hear things from the cuban exile community in miami. and were able to piece together pretty much the whole story. in fact, "the new york times" on january 10, 1961, had a front page, above the fold, with a map article explaining that the u.s. was preparing cuban exiles for action against the castro regime. president eisenhower, who was in the last days of his administration, said that basically they had the whole story. and yet planning went forward. one of the -- one of the many blunders of this operation. >> who were these cuban exiles who were being trained for this assault brigade? how long had they been outside cuba? and what type of support could they realistically expect if when they got back to cuba and the invasion force? >> after castro took power in early 1959 and started nationalizing ind