Today in History
Today is Friday, Oct. 9, the 283rd day of 2020. There are 83 days left in the year.
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Sometimes, Jorge Manolo Villarroel is Spiderman. Sometimes, he’s the Flash, or the Green Lantern.
But he’s always a teacher -- one who lives out his childhood...
NEW YORK (AP) — A book of letters by Ernesto Che Guevara is coming out in English in fall 2021.
"Letters 1947-67" will be released in the United States by Seven Stories, the publisher...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Leftist activists from around Latin America on Friday gathered at a Caracas forum that drew criticism from opponents who say the country is wasting meager resources to...
MIAMI (AP) — New York City mayor and presidential candidate Bill de Blasio shouted a Spanish slogan associated with Cuba's Communist revolution at a rally Thursday, drawing criticism in a city...
MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on New York City mayor and presidential candidate Bill de Blasio shouting a Spanish slogan associated with Cuba's revolution at a Miami airport workers rally (all times...
HAVANA (AP) — Prince Charles and his wife Camilla began the first official trip to Cuba by the British royal family on Sunday, in a pomp-filled display of disagreement with the Trump...
Today in History for October 9th

WATERTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — The images Spenser Rapone posted on Twitter from his West Point graduation were intentionally shocking: In one, the cadet opens his dress uniform to expose a T-shirt with a blood-red image of socialist icon Che Guevara. In another, he raises his fist and flips his cap to reveal the message: "Communism will win."
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court has given a former Romanian mayor a four-year suspended prison sentence for illegally selling state-owned beaches.
The Bucharest Court of Appeal convicted and sentenced former Constanta mayor Radu Mazare on Monday after one of Romania's longest-running corruption trials. Mazare served as mayor of the Black Sea port from 2000-2015.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Each morning at dawn, taxi driver Rene Kouame stops by his neighborhood bar in Abidjan for a potent pick-me-up: two plastic sachets of "Che Guevara," a drink of spiced rum and a host of chemicals that costs 100 CFA francs, or about 15 U.S. cents.