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CIA can't confirm voice on tape, diplomat says

The CIA has reached the preliminary conclusion that Cuban Defense Minister Raul Castro was not the man overheard in air traffic recordings giving the final authorization for the Feb. 24 downing of two Cuban exile planes, a well-placed U.S. diplomat said Saturday.

U.S. turns over tapes of Brothers downing
Raul Castro may have spoken to jet pilots

Two months after demanding at the United Nations a swift investigation of the downing of two U.S.-registered planes by Cuban warplanes, the United States on Thursday turned over recordings of the communications between the warplanes and their controllers to the International Civil Aeronautics Organization (ICAO) in Montreal.

Chilling examples of moral stupidity

IN HIS delightful Allegro Ma Non Troppo, Italian historian Carlo Cipolla establishes four basic moral categories: The first comprises ``virtuous'' people who do good for themselves and others. The ``careless'' constitute Cipolla's second class of moral actors. These nebbishes are strictly out for themselves, yet their bumbling and shortsightedness usually end up benefiting others.

¡Olé! to Spain

Fidel Castro was duly warned that the new Spanish government under Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar would not turn a blind eye to Cuba's human-rights abuses. Now the warning has been given form and substance by the 15-member European Union.

Europe puts Cuba pact on hold
Lack of progress on rights cited

BRUSSELS -- A spokesman for the 15-nation European Union said Tuesday that negotiations for an economic pact with Havana will be put on hold because Cuba has not agreed to establish greater respect for human rights on the island.

Shun Cuba or else, U.S. tells allies

Foreign executives risk losing visas WASHINGTON -- The Clinton administration is warning foreign governments that it will soon enforce a controversial law to tighten the economic embargo against Cuba and is preparing lists of business executives likely to lose U.S. visa privileges, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

Cuban court affirms exile's death sentence

A Cuban provincial court Monday ratified a death sentence imposed by a lower court against a Miami exile, Humberto Real Suarez, for allegedly killing a regional Communist Party official while infiltrating into Cuba in October 1994.