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Former secretary of state John Kerry speaks during a ceremony outside the US embassy in Havana, Cuba
US SENATOR Jeff Flake rejected accusations of “sonic attacks” against Washington’s diplomats in Cuba on his latest visit there on Saturday.
Republican Mr Flake said there was no evidence that the mysterious ear-piercing noise that embassy staff claimed made them ill and prompted October’s downgrade in diplomatic relations was a malicious attack.
The Senate foreign relations committee member, an advocate of detente with Cuba, said classified briefings from US officials had left him with no reason to doubt the Cuban account, without revealing their contents.
A California union’s decision to host a meeting about US policy towards Cuba has prompted a congressional probe and renewed attacks on international solidarity, writes CAMERON HARRISON
Where normally only the US and its ally Israel vote to strangle Cuba economically, there have been special efforts to slander and isolate the besieged socialist island nation year — so we must redouble our solidarity, writes TARIQ ANDERSON
