El Paso Diary: Bardach in Wonderland
By José Pertierra Winter said its goodbyes to El Paso last night. Spring is here. But the equinox doesn’t bring flowers to El Paso: only dust, lots of dust. Forty-mile-an-hour winds blew through this...
View ArticleEl Paso Diary: Posada Tango
By José Pertierra Posada y su abogado Arturo Hernández It’s one thing for an attorney to zealously defend his client’s interests and quite another for him to embrace the defendant’s premises. An...
View ArticleEl Paso Diary: Swinging Doors
El Paso Diary: Day 37 of the Posada Carriles Trial Ann Louise Bardach A pair of swinging doors separates the well of the court from the seating area for the press and invited guests. They swing four or...
View ArticleEl Paso Diary: The Sound and Fury of Otto Reich
El Paso Diary: Day 38 of the Posada Carriles Trial By José Pertierra Portada de Newsweek. Foto: Página web de Otto Reich www.ottoreich.com The defendant’s name was barely mentioned in court in today....
View ArticleEl Paso Diary: The Witness From María Elvira, Live!
El Paso Diary: Day 39 of the Posada Carriles Trial By José Pertierra The María Elvira, Live! show came to El Paso this week. Luis Posada Carriles’ defense attorney turned the federal trial into a...
View ArticleEl Paso Diary: The Expert’s Ignorance and the 71 Objections From the Prosecution
El Paso Diary: Day 41 of the Posada Carriles Trial By José Pertierra The attorney for one of the convicted killers of Chilean diplomat, Orlando Letelier, testified today in El Paso on behalf of Luis...
View ArticleJudge Lenard’s Cruel and Bizarre Decision against Rene
On Friday, September 16, a federal district court judge made a bizarre ruling concerning one of the Cuban Five defendants who completes his jail sentence on October 7. Judge Joan Lenard ruled that...
View ArticleMurder in Paradise
Bridgetown, Barbados. It was a peaceful Wednesday afternoon in Barbados 35 years ago. Dalton Guiller had just finished a round of waterskiing and was refueling his boat on shore when a roar in the sky...
View ArticlePresentation In Memory Of President Chavez
It is not easy for me to speak to you tonight about somebody that I loved so much. As a matter of fact, it is hard: very, very hard. So please bear with me. I want to speak a bit about Chávez the man....
View ArticleUS / Cuba Relations: What Would Constitute Normal?
President Dwight D. Eisenhower broke diplomatic relations with Cuba on January 3, 1961. Fifty-four years later, on Monday the 20th of July, the United States and Cuba will advance toward normalization...
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