liaison with fidel castro." peter kornbluh is also co-author of the book, "back channel to cuba: the hidden history of negotiations between washington and havana." when we come back, we go to memphis, tennessee. a well-known reporter there is arrested by police and handed over to ice. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: we turn now to the story of a prominent latino journalist in memphis detained by immigration officials after he was arrested while covering a protest against immigrant detention outside a county jail. manuel duran, who was born in el salvador, is a well-known reporter on spanish radio stations in memphis. he also runs the online site memphis noticias. this is duran beginning his coverage of the protest on april 3. >> this protest is going to be held in front of -- let me tell you the purpose of this demonstration. as you can see, everything is getting ready here. this protest is happenin

liaison with fidel castro." peter kornbluh is also co-author of the b book, "back chahannel o cuba: the hidden history of negotiations between washington and havana." when we come back, we go to memphis, tennessee. a well-known reporter there is arrested by police and handed over to ice.. stayith us. ♪music brk] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: we turn now to the story of a prominent latino journalist in memphis detained by immigration officials after he was arrested while covering a protest against immigrant detention outside a county jail. manuel duran, who was born in el salvador, is a well-known reporter on ananish dioo stations in mpmphis. he also runshe onlinsisite memphis notiasas. this is dun n begiing g hi coverage of the protest on april 3. >> this protest is going to be held in front of -- let me tell you the purpose of this demonstration. as you can see, everything is getting ready here. this protest is happening beca

and for almost six decades cuba has been castro country fidel took power in the one nine hundred fifty nine revolution then handed it on to his brother raul ten years ago now this man may give the us can at least taking the home but will he leave cuba down a different path. i'm swimming so misconduct if i have you with us israel is celebrating seventy years of independence according to the hebrew calendar that anniversary began at sundown on wednesday to honor the moment that the founding father david ben-gurion announced the state of israel into. since the following year saw the jewish state at better odds with its arab neighbors but prime minister benjamin netanyahu told crowds in jerusalem that real seeds of peace were beginning to sprout in the region. but in a blaze of fire the menorah the symbol of the state of israel comes to life. with a colorful ceremony the country marked its independence day. seventy years since the jewish state was founded in the middle east israelis celebrated the country's economic and cultural accomplishments. the event also marked israel's memorial day

the revolution led by fidel castro more than sixty years ago also coming up eyewitnesses and they viral video now the suspect in an alleged anti-semitic attack has handed himself in to berlin police easy teenage asylum seeker who arrived in germany from syria in two thousand and fifteen. plus israel turns seventy as the nation celebrates its founding the prime minister calls on israelis to make sacrifices to ensure the country's future safety. it's good to have you with us tonight cuba has a new president and his name is not castro president miguel diaz condell was sworn in today and he promised to uphold the legacy of the country's revolution which was first led by fidel castro six decades ago the canal is the hand-picked successor to outgoing leader raul castro and critics are warning that any change beyond the name of the president looks tonight very unlikely. handing over the presidency but not complete power after almost sixty years of rule by the castro brothers cuba has a new leader mikhail diaz can now promised outgoing president raul castro and the national assembly that he wou

so we will be faithful to the legacy of fidel castro. also coming up on the day a popcorn the silver screen and a hollywood blockbuster welcome to saudi arabia. oh we begin the day in cuba viewing the window dressings of an orderly staged communist transfer of power today a man named miguel diaz canel became the new president of cuba the first man without the name castro to leave the island since the one nine hundred sixty s. it was then that fidel castro led a revolution that would for the rest of the twentieth century steer cuba into the arms of its communist comrades the soviet union and away from its closest neighbor the united states cuba much like berlin became a volatile even till of the cold war its hosting of soviet intermediate ballistic missiles in one thousand nine hundred sixty two brought washington and moscow the close as they have ever been to nuclear annihilation of the warming of relations under us president barack obama gave many hope that finally a democratic cuba could emerge but those hopes appear to have been dashe

. >> reporter: rafael hernandez was 11 when fidel castro seized power in a bloody revolt. >> bullets. explosions. >> you have vivid memories of these. >> exact low. >> for most of his life. a castro has ruled the island. hernandez believes the one party system. fidel built will endure. >> it is different. but it is not -- a break. >> but for 24-year-old, musician, wendy galvez, that's the problem. >> that's fine because we have been like this for 50 years. >> reporter: she has seen what life is like outside cuba. in 2015, she visited chicago as part of a cultural exchange. since then, the trump administration, clamped down on alug tourists from the u.s. to the island. wendy says bookings for her band went from once a week to once a month. >> we are worse. >> the relations seems worse. >> yeah, seems worse.

so what did fidel castro do? he made it illegal to receive any kind of assistance or equipment from usaid. so when usaid sent to cuba alan gross and others to set up communication systems, which seems to us to be fine and normal, he was acting against cuban laws. the cubans caught him. they already knew what he was doing, but he needed alan gross as a pawn. since you have such good spice in your book, so this is kind of a spy story. so the cubans, we had picked up five cubans who had been spying in the united states. essentially what they've been doing or spying on exile organizations like brothers to the rescue, alpha 66, cuban american national foundation. and they received very long sentences in u.s. prisons. the cubans have been trying for a long time to get them out and they said okay, we are going to pick up alan gross, who wasn't a spy. he was an aid worker, and will put them in jail and he will be our pawn for giving the five spies or heroes as cuba calls them out of jail. eventually it worked. before oba

or raul castro to sit back on a fidel castro could make mistakes and people would always remember him as the guy who led the revolution who you know of course overthrew this corrupt regime but for dia's can now he is opposed to revolution leaders so he's going to have to show something to the cuban people and to the elites and he has a tall task ahead doesn't it's not just the economy is plenty of challenges facing him yes of course there is the northern neighbor the united states u.s. cuba relations were great to two years ago when president obama visited in havana but the situation now is not great and you have the trumpet ministration rolling back some of the obama era normalization policies but you also have a very strange situation with american diplomat. it's that have taken ill i am sure a lot of people have read about it and been very confused the americans are alleging that it was some kind of attack the cubans are denying any responsibility for it and it has caused a crisis the embassy in the united states the embassy in havana has been sort of downgraded in terms of the num

castro six decades ago. diaz-canel is the hand-picked successor to raul castro, and critics warn that any change beyond the name of the president looks tonight very unlikely. reporter: handing over the presidency but not complete power. after almost 60 years of rule of the castro brothers, cuba has a new leader, miguel could promise -- promise to the national assembly he would carry on the socialist revolution. >> i assume the responsibility for which i have been elected with the conviction that all of the cuban revolutionaries from whichever position we hold, we will be faithful to the legacy of the commander in chief, fidel castro, historic leader, and the teachings of general raul castro. reporter: the outgoing president will remain the head of the communist party for three years, consolidating his own power, but the 86-year-old told the party that he sees diaz-canel as his eventual successor. >> once his 10 year presidential term is over and three years remaining until the congress, he will become the fi

board continuity today to continue the revolution led by fidel castro more than sixty years ago also coming up israel turns seventy the nation celebrates its founding the prime minister calls on israelis to make sacrifices to ensure the country's future safety. plus it has been the biggest change to the world of football in decades. video review system has another controversial week we'll hear what referee making of it all. off it's good to have you with us tonight cuba has a new president and his name is not castro president. was sworn in today and he promised to uphold the legacy of the country's revolution which was first led by fidel castro six decades ago the is the hand-picked successor to outgoing leader raul castro and critics are warning that any change beyond the name of the president looks tonight very unlikely. handing over the presidency but not complete power after almost sixty years of rule by the castro brothers cuba has a new leader mikhail diaz can now promised outgoing president raul castro and the national assembly that he would carry on the socialist revolution.

taking overcanal is for fidel castro, but a changing of the guard is expected to remain for the island nations. that is coming up next. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪

castro six decades ago. is the hand-picked successor to outgoing leader raul castro and critics are warning that any change beyond the name of the president looks tonight very unlikely. handing over the presidency but not complete power after almost sixty years of rule by the castro brothers cuba has a new leader mikhail diaz can now promised outgoing president raul castro and the national assembly that he would carry on the socialist revolution. i assume the responsibility for which i have been elected with the conviction that all the cuban revolutionaries from whichever position we hold we will be faithful to the legacy of the commander in chief fidel castro ruz historic leader of the revolution and also to the values and teachings of general castro ruz. the outgoing president will remain head of the communist party for another three years consolidating his own power but the eighty six year old told the party faithful that he sees d.s. canel as his eventual successor. through the years on. once his ten yea

as the sole candidate to take over the presidency from castro fifty nine years on from when fidel castro led the successful revolution in cuba is the first time the castros that won't be leading the country and p.s. have voted on the nomination results won't get out until thursday when d.s. canelo is expected to be sworn in latin america at least in human joins us now from have on us so how does this this kind of official succession talk us through how to work. well certainly it doesn't work as in most countries we there was only one candidate it was a given that it would be against the ask i know he has been until now the first vice president during the old days the first vice president was raul castro who very naturally took over from fidel castro but we're sort of in uncharted territory right now this is never happened what we do know is that he was nominated the delegates voted the votes will be counted it's not really necessary for them to be counted we all know that the a scandal will be elected but that's it's a formality and that was announcement will be made sometime on thursday

fidel castro stepped down, rauÚl came into place. he put in changes, creation of private ctor, foreign investment, the opportunity for cubans to leave and come to the island it doesn't feel so historic to the people. it's people talking about this in big ways but they don't feel it in the day in and day out. >> brangham: do you have a ense of what this new president and hismergence in power mights mean for cuba relations? >> president trump has taken a diffsent stance from hi predecessor about how to act and talk about cuba. this is a president who nev fought in a revolution, was born a year after the revolution ended, so he's someone who fought for the these are and the ideals of the revolution without the heritage of hing been a guerilla, so i think he will have the less space to do the things his predecessor did who bore the name of castro and was harder to push back against. even rauÚl castro had pushback o some of the reforms he wanted to make. not everyone was happy about opening relations with the united states. so someone wh

was handpicked by raul castro and fidel castro and has kept a low profile. i wouldn't expect a lot of change. as you said in the lead up, raul castro still the head of the communist party which sets the ideological agenda for the government. i would not accept -- expect a lot of change, except in the area of economy. there is a number of the cuban economy that is sputtering. last year, a group by 4 -- .5%. something will have to be done to attract foreign investment and meet the needs of the people who are becoming more frustrated. shery: how significant is this power transition when cuban-american relations are at such a low point? -- i think it is significant in terms of a generational change. week, who8 this doesn't come from the revolution in the sense that he was born afterwards. he is bringing in a new group of leadership. they castro's are moving on, eventually. the biological clock will catch up to them. think there is a sense of change there. it will not be immediate. at the same time, the united states has really lowered the numberns with cuba for

castro you go the extra mile to show him as a human being rather you know historical figure the way you show came up to really how you remembered him. that's the way i remember him fredo trusted me. and with that he considered me to be a friend and. took a risk. in my camera into places that never been before into his bedroom into his kitchen. taking his shirt off for me. is not a bullet hole but it's this it's a feel that nobody had ever seen even the cubans had never seen a feel like this before but i've seen some reviews especially in the american press and they were very very critical of. the reviews that i saw i saw there were about three weeks after the really right wing people who obviously i don't think it even seen the film decided they didn't like it but up to that particular point of resetting the review was positive positive positive outlook and i think the accusation of the claims that some of the review writers made was that you were. way too friendly and not critical enough but pam how did you i think there are some very very critical moments in this film special peri

fifty nine years on from when fidel castro led the successful revolution in cuba it's the first time the castro would be leaving the country nomination will be voted on later on what state in america is to lucy and human joins us now from havana solis see a significant moment in cuba us history. indeed julie you know it's taken sixty nine years but it's certainly it seems to be happening very very quickly the nomination was made or at least announced by the president of the nominee committee that was only one candidate for the top job and that is as you just mentioned miguel diaz skynet and they were also several other candidates that will be voted on for the for the second and third job but really the scandal is the most important one of all she mentioned as she announced his name that this was in keeping with the with the will of god still the current president the last of the castros who would be leaving the country that he has expressed his with the will to not just are no longer in the top job everyone stood up the law and it was a rather emotional moment but the actual voting i

born after fidel castro's nine hundred fifty nine revolution and also the first not to fulton it. in syria rebels in a town near damascus have agreed to hand in their weapons under a deal negotiated by russia the fighters in two men are being evacuated to rebel held areas in northern syria hundreds of rebels are leaving along with their families. iraq has launched air strikes against targets in syria from mr hodder in about his office says iraqi jets carried out a deadly raid against arsenal fighters in a border area syrian and iraqi forces have driven arsal nearly all of its previous territory iraq has stepped up its campaign to clear remaining arsal held areas this week front as president is facing another day of nationwide protests it's the latest in weeks of demonstrations by railway employees public sector workers and students it gives in money and because plan reforms for public services and universities earlier this week rail workers resumed their rolling strike in two weeks of train delays across the country those who had once rebel education is next more news for you afte

first cuban leader born after fidel castro's nine hundred fifty nine revolution and also the first not to fortunate. the people's mandate given to this legislature is to ensure the continuity of the cuban revolution in a crucial and historic moment marked by advances in the development of our economic and social model perfecting and strengthening our work in all aspects of the life of the nation. a latin america and as a lucien human has more from havana what we're seeing now is not a hard shift to a younger generation in charge of cuba but rather a very very slow curve i would say in fact it was very very clear both by the a scandal and vital role castro the outgoing president that he castro will continue to really qualls the shots for some time at least in fact for the next three years he will remain as the first secretary of the all powerful communist party and the us can l. said in fact in his speech that all important decisions will have to be vetted by raul castro so that really what we're hearing now is continuity continuity continually especially in terms of maintaining the pow

is the first cuban leader born after fidel castro's nine hundred fifty nine revolution and also the first not to a fortunate him on the global to. the people's mandate given to this legislature is to ensure the continuity of the cuban revolution in a crucial and historic moment marked by advances in the development of our economic and social model perfecting and strengthening our work in all aspects of the life of the nation latin america editor lucien human has more from havana. this is indeed the beginning of a new era but it is not a game changer by any stretch of the imagination the new president. made that absolutely clear as he addressed the nation from this country's national assembly saying that role castro would remain not only at the helm of the communist party but that he would be in charge of all the major decisions that would all have to be vetted by president or the outgoing president raul castro in fact castro spoke three times as long as the new president addressing the nation joking around but also saying that he would be a he would stay at the head of the party for at le

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-- raul castro and fidel castro, and has kept a low profile. i wouldn't expect a lot of change except the economy , because he will be forced to make change whether he wants to or not. the cuban economy is sputtering. last year, it only grew by .5%. so something is going to have to be done to attract foreign investment and begin to meet the needs of the people, who are becoming more and more frustrated. ♪ ♪ taylor: you're watching "bloomberg best." i'm taylor riggs. among the luminaries in economic and finance attending the imf spring meeting in washington was former fed chairman alan greenspan. he sat down with tom keene, who asked him if he would have approved the tax bill that congress enacted in 2017? ♪ >> the tax legislation was not bad in and of itself. in other words, moving the corporate marginal rates down was very important. as ireland demonstrated in 1998. tom: does it skew to a new gilded age? >> know, the trouble is it is unfunded. the route they did, where they cut and the regulatory structure they changed has been quite pos

first cuban leader on up to fidel castro's nine hundred fifty five revolution and also the first not to a fortunate. among the global to. the peoples mandate given to this legislature is to ensure the continuity of the cuban revolution in a crucial and historic moment marked by advances in the development of our economic and social model perfecting and strengthening our work in all aspects of the life of the nation the iraqi government has launched as strikes against i still targets in syria prime minister hydrilla bodies office says iraqi fighter jets carried out a deadly raid against eisel fighters in a border area syrian an iraqi forces have driven eisel from nearly all of its previous territory meanwhile rebels in a syrian town near damascus agreed to hand in their weapons under a deal negotiated by russia the fighters into marriage being evacuated to rebel held areas in northern syria hundreds of rebels are leaving along with their families. riot police in paris have used pepper spray and tear gas on people protesting against president emanuel macron nearly one hundred twenty th

cuba is under the control of the fiery revolutionary fidel castro. >> he was not only a communist and a marxist, but he was going to align himself with the soviet union on an island 90 miles from the coast of florida. >> the moment jack becomes president, the cia present him with their plan to bring down the cuban leader. >> the bay of pigs was a plot that was hatched during the eisenhower administration. the idea was to train some cuban exiles to invade cuba on the assumption that on their arrival there would be a popular uprising and fidel castro would be thrown out. >> kennedy was suspicious about the viability of this plan and the wisdom of this plan up until essentially the last moment. >> reluctantly jack gives the go-ahead for the operation with one crucial condition. >> he did not want it to be clear that the united states was supporting this. he wanted it to be a quiet invasion. >> it turns out to be an unmitigated disaster. early morning hours, kennedy is pulled away from a soiree at the white house. >> the president in white tie at 2:00 in the morning is meeting with his ge

castro would be thrown out. >> kennedy was suspicious about the viability of this plan and the wisdom of this plan up until essentially the last moment. >> reluctantly jack gives the go-ahead for the operation with one crucial condition. >> he did not want it to be clear that the united states was supporting this. he wanted it to be a quiet invasion. >> it turns out to be an unmitigated disaster. early morning hours, kennedy is pulled away from a soiree at the white house. >> the president in white tie at 2:00 in the morning is meeting with his generals. the cuban exiles were being attacked by tanks. they were going to be driven into the sea. >> back in washington, the u.s. navy and deputy cia director are basically saying let us invade cuba. the cia had the notion president kennedy would send in the marines, he would come to the rescue. but that's not what happens. kennedy says this was supposed to be a covert operation in which the u.s. hand did not show. we are not going to invade cuba and attack cuba ourselves to salvage this operation. >> over 100 cuban exiles are killed and more

castro or raul castro. today is the anniversary of the castro greatest victory. the bay of pigs in 1961. these days, only a few residents of the time remember those stuck days with washington. i think raul castro should stay, says dolores who fled with their children. i guess he is just too old now. raul castro will not be leaving power entirely, he will remain head of the communist party. however, his public life is set to end and the island so synonymous with the name castro is now facing a future without one. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. a planet—hunting space telescope has been successfully launched from cape canaveral, in florida, to look for worlds beyond our solar system. the tess satellite rode skywards on a spacex falcon rocket, developed by the entrepreneur elon musk. a hollywood movie has been screened to officials and diplomats in saudi arabia, as the kingdom prepares for the return of cinema after more than 35 years. the blockbuster superhero film black pant

under the castro brothers fidel and raul. the first of january nine hundred fifty nine in the middle of the cold war without castro and a group of revolutionary supporters asked cuban president for when you protest he flees to the dominican republic. castro appointed himself head of state and officially declared cuba a socialist republic all industry in business with nationalized and socialist reforms implemented throughout the country to the united states the home of capitalism that you see as my sons. in one nine hundred sixty one a paramilitary group of fourteen hundred cuban exiles invaded cuba at the bay of pigs the invasion was sponsored and supported by the us within three days though it was defeated. washington responded with a number go against cuba which lasted for more than fifty years. it wasn't until an aging fidel castro transfer power to his brother all that the first signs of political reform became noticeable in. the eyes of the seventh i'm out of work. all before taking over from his brother raul castro had

cuba is under the control of the fiery revolutionary fidel castro. >> he was not only a communist and a marxist, but he was going to align himself with the soviet union on an island 90 miles from the coast of florida. >> the moment jack becomes president, the cia present him with their plan to bring down the cuban leader. >> the bay of pigs was a plot that was hatched during the eisenhower administration. the idea was to train some cuban exiles to invade cuba on the assumption that on their arrival there would be a popular uprising and fidel castro would be thrown out. >> kennedy was suspicious about the viability of this plan and the wisdom of this plan up until essentially the last moment. >> reluctantly jack gives the go-ahead for the operation with one crucial condition. >> he did not want it to be clear that the united states was supporting this. he wanted it to be a quiet invasion. >> it turns out to be an unmitigated disaster. early morning hours, kennedy is pulled away from a soiree at the white house. >> the president in white tie at 2:00 in the morning is meeting with his ge

a regime change it is not the era of fidel and raul castro may be coming to an end but the cuba they built remains largely unchanged cubans expect the new president to continue his predecessor's legacy of slowly modernizing the communist country. i mean most of all honestly it's all the same to me as long as things keep improving all is well. thought out the. nominee miguel diaz can now would be the first leader of communist cuba who was not a member of the revolutionary generation he is likely to carry on reforms introduced by current president raul castro such as allowing citizens to run small businesses and reducing restrictions on foreign travel cuba's new generation is optimistic. that i would like to travel i'd like to travel and see the world. while many cubans dream of change the social programs of the castros communist party remain popular d.s. can know a party loyalist is a cautious choice for a cautious country. in cuba the revolution will not be jeopardized. but like a mind in our top story here a german chancellor angela merkel and french president among lacan have put o

leader born after fidel castro's nine hundred fifty nine revolution and also the first not to fortunate. iraq has launched airstrikes against arsenal targets in syria from is to hide of the bodies office says iraqi fighter jets carried out a deadly raid against arsenal fighters in a border area syrian and iraqi forces have driven arsal from nearly all of its previous territory in syria rebels in a town near damascus have agreed to hand in their weapons under a deal negotiated by russia the fighters in demand being evacuated to rebel held areas in northern syria hundreds of rebels are leaving along with their families. france's president is facing another day of nationwide protests the latest in weeks of demonstrations by railway employees public sector workers and students against money calls planned reforms for public services and universities earlier this week rail workers resumed their rolling strike adding two weeks of train delays across the country those are the headlines inside story is next news after year after that buy for now. the end of an era for cuba new president and for

raul castro remains part of the equation as head of the human communist part up to the stage, that fidel castro or raul castro edafter his mother steown. now we have seen them split and we have seen mr. dÍaz-canel has already deferred to raul castro, as you would expechim to. when i tnk will be interesting is as the years pass, see himli create more pocal space for smself and exert more of own power over proceedings, and raul castro will step back from public life and allow his successor to take ntlittle more l. jane: do you think cubans themselves will see any change? will: not politically they won't, at leasrmin the short but i think they are basically more concerned about ecogemic chthat they want to earn a little more as a family, that ey want a little more flexibility in terms of, for example, private enterprise. they are interested in more internet, the ability to get online as students or businesses, things that really affect daily life in cuba. that, from the conversations i had having, ever since we knew that raul castro wou standing down and we believed it esuld be dÍaz-canel

here you have fidel castro and donald trump doing the same thing . >> then youwould say well, we are on the wrong path . yes, in that sense we are on the wrong path but i'm so inspired by what what i'm seeing right now. with the dreamers, and the students from the massacre in parkland school. it is incredible how these millennial's are criticized so much in the past. it's incredible how the parkland survivors and the dreamers are taking the lead in this country and doing very important issues. done control and immigration so if the future of the united states depends on the dreamers and on the parkland survivors, we are in good hands so i'm inspired by them. i am completely sure that this era and the future of the united states will be completely different. i'm seeing so many movements of resistanceand rebellion . i am not absolutely convinced that having eventually we will be in the right parts of the us will do the right thing. i'm an immigrant. and just one other immigrant throughout have the same opportunities i had . >> august 2015, iowa. getting thrown out of the press conferen