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1996 Shootdown Of Brothers To The Rescue Planes
On 24 February 1996 a Cuban Air Force Mikoyan MiG-29UB shot down two unarmed Cessna 337 Skymaster aircraft operated by Brothers to the Rescue, an organization opposed to the Cuban government. The Organisation of American States (OAS) reported that no warning was given; Cuban government sources said "These people knew what they were doing. They were warned", and that the aircraft had entered Cuban airspace. All the occupants of the aircraft were killed: Carlos Costa, Armando Alejandre, Jr., Mario de la Peña, and Pablo Morales. A third Cessna involved escaped. Previous similar flights had released propaganda leaflets over Cuba. Radar data and screen prints were provided by a United States Customs Service Supervisory Detection Systems Specialist who recorded the entire incident as it happened using data from a U.S. surveillance radar balloon in the Florida Keys. Description On 24 February 1996, two of the Brothers to the Rescue Cessna 337 Skymasters (twin-engine civilian light air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brothers To The Rescue
Brothers to the Rescue ( es, Hermanos al Rescate) is a Miami-based activist nonprofit organization headed by José Basulto. Formed by Cuban exiles, the group is widely known for its opposition to the Cuban government and its former leader Fidel Castro. The group describes itself as a humanitarian organization aiming to assist and rescue raft refugees emigrating from Cuba and to "support the efforts of the Cuban people to free themselves from dictatorship through the use of active non-violence". Brothers to the Rescue, Inc., was founded in May 1991 "after several pilots were touched by the death of" fifteen-year-old Gregorio Perez Ricardo, who "fleeing Castro's Cuba on a raft, perished of severe dehydration in the hands of U.S. Coast Guard officers who were attempting to save his life." The Cuban government accuses them of involvement in terrorist acts, and infiltrated the group (see Juan Pablo Roque and the Wasp Network). In 1996, two Brothers to the Rescue planes were shot d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24th Parallel North
The 24th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 24 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, about north of the Tropic of Cancer. It is the line which demarcates boundary between Pakistan and India in the general area of Rann of Kutch. It also crosses Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean. At this latitude the sun is visible for 13 hours, 37 minutes during the summer solstice and 10 hours, 39 minutes during the winter solstice. Around the world Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 24° north passes through: : See also *23rd parallel north *Tropic of Cancer *25th parallel north The 25th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 25 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean. The northernmost section of the bor ... References {{geographical coordinates, state=collapsed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Morais
Fernando Gomes de Morais (born July 22, 1946) is a Brazilian journalist, biographer, politician and writer. He wrote biographies and books on a series of Brazilian historical personalities and events, many of which were adapted into film. Life and career Morais was born in Mariana. He started in journalism when he was 15 years old. In 1961, he was then a courier in a magazine edited by a bank in Belo Horizonte, when he had to cover the absence of their only journalist at a press conference. At age 18 he moved to São Paulo having worked for ''Veja'', ''Jornal da Tarde'', '' Folha de S. Paulo'', ''TV Cultura'' and '' portal IG''. He was awarded the Esso Award three times and the Prêmio Abril four times. His first editorial success was ''A Ilha'', an account of a trip to Cuba. After that, Moraes wrote other biographies and non-fiction books, such as ''Olga'', ''Chatô, o Rei do Brasil'' and ''O Mago.'' In politics Fernando was state deputy for eight years and State Secreta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wagner Moura
Wagner Maniçoba de Moura (; born 27 June 1976) is a Brazilian actor, director, filmmaker, musician, and journalist. Wagner started his career doing theater in Salvador, where he worked with renowned directors, and soon scored some appearances in films. In 2003, he got his first leading roles in movies, in addition to having a prominent role in '' Carandiru'', which propelled him to the main scene of Brazilian cinema. He continued starring in national feature films, including the box office hits ''Elite Squad'' and '' Elite Squad 2'', playing the famous character Capitão Nascimento. The first film received the Golden Bear award and both productions reverberated outside Brazil, which boosted the actor's international recognition. In 2007, he was the antagonist of the soap opera ''ParaÃso Tropical'', being praised for his performance by both the public and the critics. In 2013, he was cast in the American science fiction feature film ''Elysium'', opposite Matt Damon and Jodie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gael GarcÃa Bernal
Gael GarcÃa Bernal (; born 30 November 1978) is a Mexican actor and producer. He is best known for his performances in the films '' Bad Education'', '' The Motorcycle Diaries'', '' Amores perros'', '' Y tu mamá también'', '' Babel'', '' Coco'', and '' Old'', as Jack Russell / Werewolf by Night in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television special '' Werewolf by Night'', and for his role as Rodrigo de Souza in the Amazon Studios streaming television series '' Mozart in the Jungle''. He and Diego Luna founded Canana Films in Mexico City. GarcÃa Bernal was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of a young Che Guevara in ''The Motorcycle Diaries'' in 2005, and in 2016 won his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy for ''Mozart in the Jungle''. In 2016, ''Time'' magazine named him in the annual ''Time'' 100 most influential people list. In 2020, ''The New York Times'' ranked him No. 25 in its list o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Édgar RamÃrez
Édgar Filiberto RamÃrez Arellano (, born 25 March 1977) is a Venezuelan actor. RamÃrez studied communications at the Andrés Bello Catholic University. He then worked in media and considered becoming a diplomat. When Guillermo Arriaga praised a short film he had done, he decided to pursue his performing hobby as a career. He played Carlos the Jackal in the 2010 biopic series ''Carlos'', a role for which he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor at the 2011 César Awards,César : Edgar Ramirez, espoir masculin europe1.fr and was nominated for a Golden Globe and |
Penélope Cruz
Penélope Cruz Sánchez (; ; born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress. Known for her roles in films of several genres, particularly those in the Spanish language, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, four Golden Globe Awards, and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. She is the first and only Spanish actress to be nominated for and to win an Academy Award, as well as the first to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Signed by an agent at the age of 15, Cruz made her acting debut at 16 on television, and her feature film debut the following year in ''Jamón Jamón'' (1992). Her subsequent roles included ''Belle Époque'' (1992), '' Open Your Eyes'' (1997), ''Don Juan'' (1998), '' The Hi-Lo Country'' (1999), '' The Girl of Your Dreams'' (2000), and '' Woman on Top'' (2000). She is also known for her frequent collaborations with Spanish director Pedro Almodóva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasp Network (film)
''Wasp Network'' is a 2019 spy thriller film written and directed by Olivier Assayas, based on the book ''The Last Soldiers of the Cold War'' by Fernando Morais. It stars Penélope Cruz, Édgar RamÃrez, Gael GarcÃa Bernal, Ana de Armas and Wagner Moura. It tells the true story of Cuban spies in American territory during the 1990s. The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on 1 September 2019. It was released in France on 31 January 2020 by Memento Films, and was released on 19 June 2020 by Netflix. Plot In Havana in the early 1990s, pilot René González leaves his wife Olga and daughter Irma in Cuba to start a new life in the United States. He secretly flies to Miami on a stolen plane (Antonov An-2). González soon joins a group of Cuban exiles and Castro opponents, Brothers to the Rescue, who operate from Florida and act against the Cuban government through military operations and also aim to disintegrate the Cuban tourism industry. They even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoot Down
''Shoot Down'' is a 2006 documentary regarding the events surrounding the Brothers to the Rescue organization and the eventual shootdown of two of its aircraft. Based on five reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wan ..., 80% of the critics enjoyed ''Shoot Down'' with an average rating of 7/10. References External links * * * * American documentary films Documentary films about aviation accidents or incidents Documentary films about Cuba 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{hist-documentary-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Cuba Hotel Bombings
The 1997 Cuba hotel bombings were a series of Militant Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles has died ''AP News'' terrorist bombing attacks on n hotels organized by anti-Communist militants. The purpose of the bombing campaign was to destroy the recently resurgent Cuban tourism trade and in so doing, undermine the country's Communist government. The first and worst of the explosions took place at the Hotel Copacabana at about 11:30 AM (local time), and killed Fab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuban Five
The Cuban Five, also known as the Miami Five, are five Cuban intelligence officers (Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino, Fernando González, and René González) who were arrested in September 1998 and later convicted in Miami of conspiracy to commit espionage, conspiracy to commit murder, acting as an agent of a foreign government, and other illegal activities in the United States. The Five were in the United States to observe and infiltrate the Cuban-American groups Alpha 66, the F4 Commandos, the Cuban American National Foundation, and Brothers to the Rescue.June 4, 2008, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitD. C. Docket No. 98-00721-CR-JAL They were part of (). The Cuban government acknowledged that the five were intelligence agents in 2001, after denying it for three years. It said they were spying on Miami's Cuban exile community, not the US government. Cuba says that the men were sent to South Florida in the wake of several terror ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuba Solidarity
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both the American state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Republic), and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. The official area of the Republic of Cuba is (without the territorial waters) but a total of 350,730 km² (135,418 sq mi) including the exclusive economic zone. Cuba is the second-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti, with over 11 million inhabitants. The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited by the Ciboney people from the 4th millennium BC with the Guanahatabey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
