New details emerged in the case of Alan Gross in March. A statement filed in federal court showed that Gross: Reported his weight was 144, down 110 pounds from the 254 he says he weighed when he was jailed in December 2009. Continues to dispute the allegations against him and “the validity of my conviction.” [...]
December roundup
Jailed contractor Alan Gross asked the U.S. government to sign a “non-belligerency pact” with Cuba as a first step toward negotiating his release, according to a Cuba specialist who met with the American development worker. Peter Kornbluh, a Cuba expert at the National Security Archives, a nonprofit research center in Washington, D.C., met with Gross [...]
November roundup
Jailed American development worker Alan Gross sued the federal government and the private company that sent him to Cuba for $60 million, saying they should have done more to train and prepare him for a high-risk mission to Havana. Their suit, filed on Nov. 16 in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., said Maryland contractor [...]
Billions for company that hired Alan Gross
The Maryland company that hired American development worker Alan Gross won more than $2.7 billion in USAID contracts from 2000 to the third quarter of 2009, statistics show. Development Alternatives Inc., or DAI, sent Gross to Cuba as part of a USAID-financed democracy program. Cuban authorities accused Gross of setting up an illegal satellite communications [...]