Peter Kornbluh

A state-sponsored terror attack struck DC 40 years ago — and the proof is finally coming out

September 23, 2016Conflict

Newly declassified files accuse the Pinochet regime of carrying out an attack in Washington in broad daylight 40 years ago. A car bomb killed Chile’s former foreign minister, Orlando Letelier, and a young American woman, Ronni Moffitt.

Alan Gross at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland

Alan Gross goes from a Cuban jail to a guest of honor at the State of the Union

January 20, 2015Global Politics

President Obama announces the thaw in US-Cuban relations

In Havana, Cubans are already welcoming a new era with the US

December 17, 2014Global Politics

Demonstrators gathered for a rally for American detainee Alan Gross in Washington, DC, during December 2013.

After five years in a Cuban jail, an American contractor is ‘literally wasting away’

December 3, 2014Justice

US contractor Alan Gross starts a hunger strike in hopes of being released from a Cuban military prison

April 9, 2014Global Politics

Brazil's Defense Minister Celso Amorim has agreed to investigate military facilities thought to have been the sites of torture during the country's dictatorship.

Brazil’s generals have never permitted this before

April 2, 2014Conflict & Justice

Brazil’s military has agreed to participate in a truth commission looking at the military’s role in murders and disappearances committed after a coup in 1964. Author Peter Kornbluh has just returned from São Paulo. Brazil’s military has agreed to participate in a truth commission looking at the military’s role in murders and disappearances committed after a coup in 1964. Author Peter Kornbluh has just returned from São Paulo.

Chilean Judge Halts Investigation into Pinochet’s Fortune

September 17, 2013Conflict & Justice

A Chilean judge this week closed the book on an inquiry into more than a hundred overseas bank accounts belonging to former dictator Augusto Pinochet. Author Peter Kornbluh explains how the strongman hid his wealth with the help of US-based Riggs Bank.

Cuba’s Next President-In-Waiting

August 15, 2013Global Politics

Cuban leader Raul Castro announced that he will step down as President in five years, thereby ending the Castro rule since 1959. Miguel Diaz-Canel is presumed to become the next president.

Cuba Proposes Exchange Deal for Imprisoned American, Alan Gross

August 15, 2013Conflict & Justice

Cuba has held American Alan Gross for the past three years for distributing illegal communications equipment on behalf of the US government.

How Wikileaks could make it harder to declassify documents

August 14, 2013Conflict & Justice

The release of documents via Wikileaks may create difficulties for groups trying to get the government to declassify documents. Peter Kornbluh, a senior analyst at the National Security Archive, speaks with anchor Marco Werman.