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Radical Freedom
Luis Posada Carriles.
Both Venezuela and Cuba want to get their hands on the 85-year-old Posada, accused of orchestrating the 1976 terrorist bombing of a Cuban airliner in which all 73 on board died.
The U.S. government has for years refused a Venezuelan extradition request for Posada, a Cuban-born Venezuelan citizen who lives in the supportive Cuban exile community of South Florida that applauds his longtime mission to kill former Cuban President Fidel Castro.
U.S. administrations back to the Nixon era have turned a blind eye to and at times encouraged Posadas anti-communist militancy, partly to court the Cuban exile constituency that can sway swing-state Florida in presidential elections.".
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Both Venezuela and Cuba want to get their hands on the 85-year-old Posada, accused of orchestrating the 1976 terrorist bombing of a Cuban airliner in which all 73 on board died.
The U.S. government has for years refused a Venezuelan extradition request for Posada, a Cuban-born Venezuelan citizen who lives in the supportive Cuban exile community of South Florida that applauds his longtime mission to kill former Cuban President Fidel Castro.
U.S. administrations back to the Nixon era have turned a blind eye to and at times encouraged Posadas anti-communist militancy, partly to court the Cuban exile constituency that can sway swing-state Florida in presidential elections.".
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