Staff on the Carnival Paradise rescued 27 Cubans signaling for help 20 miles off the west Cuban coast on Sunday as the cruise liner made its way from Tampa to Roatan, Honduras.
On this day in history, April 20, 1898, the 25th president, William McKinley, went to Congress to ask for declaration of war on Spain in defense of Cuba, which had been battling Spain.
Former U.S. Ambassador Victor Manuel Rocha, who pleaded guilty last week to serving as a Cuban spy, blames radical politics from Yale during formative college years.
A former U.S. Ambassador and National Security Council official admitted to acting as a secret agent of the Cuban government for decades as a judge handed down a 15-year sentence.