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      Ex-US ambassador sentenced to 15 years in prison for serving as secret agent for Cuba

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 12 April - 22:01

    Manuel Rocha, 73, will also pay a $500,000 fine after pleading guilty to conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government

    A former career US diplomat was sentenced Friday to 15 years in federal prison after admitting he worked for decades as a secret agent for Cuba , in a plea agreement that leaves many unanswered questions about a betrayal that stunned the US foreign service.

    Manuel Rocha, 73, will also pay a $500,000 fine and cooperate with authorities after pleading guilty to conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government. In exchange, prosecutors dismissed more than a dozen other counts, including wire fraud and making false statements.

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      Fascists’ feasts and grated rat: exhibition of vintage menus serves up slice of history

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Saturday, 6 April - 05:00


    Parisian 1870 new year banquet of elephant fillet and the last lunch on the Titanic among menus on display at exhibition in Rome

    Anyone for grated rat? Or how about a fillet of elephant, or a leg of antelope?

    On New Year’s Eve 1870, with Paris under siege by Prussian forces, chefs in the few restaurants that remained open were determined to put a haute-cuisine spin on the limited available ingredients.

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