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Diplomáticos canadienses hicieron espionaje en Cuba, señala investigación
Diplomáticos de Canadá recopilaron información de inteligencia en Cuba y la compartieron con agentes de Estados Unidos entre 2016 y 2018, un período que coincidió con los primeros casos de los problemas de salud conocidos como “síndrome de La Habana”, según una investigación publicada por The Globe and Mail y citada por la agencia de noticias EFE.
El diario canadiense citó a dos fuentes bajo condición de anonimato, quienes afirmaron que un diplomático de Canadá obtuvo datos mediante fuentes humanas y, en determinadas ocasiones, los entregó de forma directa a agentes estadounidenses destinados en La Habana. La información se conoció mientras diplomáticos canadienses y sus familiares sostienen una demanda contra el gobierno de Ottawa por su respuesta ante las dolencias sufridas durante sus misiones en la isla.
Según el informe que cita EFE, el personal canadiense también utilizó equipos de comunicación satelital que Estados Unidos habría introducido de forma encubierta en Cuba. Esos dispositivos permitían mantener contactos protegidos fuera de los canales ordinarios de comunicación diplomática.
Información compartida con organismos canadienses y la alianza Five Eyes
Una de las fuentes del medio señaló que los datos obtenidos por el diplomático eran enviados a la división de seguridad e inteligencia del Ministerio de Exteriores de Canadá, al Servicio Canadiense de Inteligencia de Seguridad (CSIS) y a los socios de Ottawa en la alianza Five Eyes, indica la nota de EFE.
Ese grupo de cooperación de inteligencia está integrado por Estados Unidos, Reino Unido, Australia, Nueva Zelanda y Canadá. La revelación periodística apunta a que la actividad de funcionarios canadienses en La Habana podía haber ido más allá de la elaboración de informes sobre condiciones de seguridad para personal diplomático.
El diario indicó, según la agencia EFE, que la información procedía de fuentes humanas, un método habitual en operaciones de inteligencia que implica la obtención de datos mediante contactos personales. La publicación no identificó al diplomático involucrado ni precisó la naturaleza de la información que habría sido compartida con agentes de Estados Unidos.
Global Affairs Canada, el Ministerio de Exteriores canadiense, rechazó al medio canadiense que sus diplomáticos hubieran transmitido información de inteligencia a agentes estadounidenses. El organismo sostuvo que su Programa Global de Informes de Seguridad, conocido como GSRP por sus siglas en inglés, recolecta información de manera abierta y legal.
La institución también afirmó que “no es un programa de recopilación de inteligencia”. Su función oficial consiste en informar sobre riesgos para el personal canadiense y las representaciones diplomáticas en el exterior.
La “zona claramente gris” detectada por el organismo de control canadiense
La negativa del gobierno canadiense contrasta con una conclusión emitida en 2023 por el organismo responsable de supervisar las actividades de seguridad nacional del país. Esa entidad determinó que el GSRP se desenvolvía en una zona claramente gris y que algunos de sus miembros mantenían vínculos con agencias extranjeras de inteligencia.
El hallazgo alimentó los cuestionamientos sobre el alcance del programa y sobre los límites entre la recopilación de información para proteger a funcionarios y la cooperación con servicios de inteligencia de otros países.
Las revelaciones se producen en medio del litigio iniciado por diplomáticos canadienses y familiares que estuvieron destinados en Cuba. El grupo reclama una compensación multimillonaria por la gestión del gobierno de Ottawa frente a los problemas de salud registrados en la embajada canadiense en La Habana.
En 2025, el gobierno recurrió a una disposición inusual de seguridad nacional para limitar la divulgación de documentos dentro del expediente judicial. La norma permite restringir información cuya publicación pueda afectar la seguridad nacional, la defensa o las relaciones internacionales de Canadá.
Las causas del síndrome de La Habana, sin explicación definitiva
Los primeros síntomas fueron informados por diplomáticos estadounidenses y canadienses en la capital cubana. Las personas afectadas describieron dolores de cabeza, mareos, problemas auditivos, alteraciones cognitivas y otras afecciones que, en algunos casos, persistieron durante años.
Las causas del síndrome de La Habana no han sido establecidas. Investigaciones periodísticas plantearon la posibilidad de que se hubieran utilizado armas de energía dirigida vinculadas con Rusia. No obstante, Canadá concluyó oficialmente en 2024 que no existían pruebas de que los problemas de salud fueran consecuencia de una acción maliciosa de una potencia extranjera.
En Estados Unidos, las evaluaciones de inteligencia que consideraban improbable la intervención de un adversario extranjero fueron retiradas en 2026. Esos informes quedaron bajo una nueva revisión, mientras continúan las dudas sobre el origen de los episodios que afectaron a diplomáticos en Cuba y en otros países.
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When Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed could not say Iran is a bigger threat to the U.S. than Israel, it was a warning of elections in a post-Oct. 7 world, Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) president Morton Klein says.
American and even Israeli leaders are failing to show strength against hate as anti-Zionist voices gain power, Klein told Digital in a Monday interview.
«Ilhan Omar is one of the most vicious Jew haters in America,» Klein said, speaking on behalf of himself and not as the leader of the ZOA. «And it is very painful to me that the leaders of the Democratic Party have not continuously and vigorously condemned her» and other antisemitic political leaders, including Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., El-Sayed and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
They are not merely «pro-Palestinian» voices, Klein says: «They’re anti-Israel voices. They don’t really give a damn about the Palestinians either. They just hate Jews in the Jewish state. That’s my opinion.»
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The ZOA is a 501(c)(3) that is unpermitted by law to talk candidacies as opposed to their positions, Klein stressed, before unloading on the voices that take aim at Israel and ostensibly handing political power to the antisemites and terrorists – which even includes Israeli elections just two weeks from now.
«Viciously antisemitic members of Congress have not been condemned in any significant way by the Democratic Party,» he continued. «So it’s disappointing to me as an American that we don’t condemn people who are filled with hate and not filled with what’s best for America.»
Anti-Israel rhetoric has moved from the political fringe into elected office, he said, warning that Democrats have not forcefully condemned members of their own party who he says traffic in antisemitism.
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It has even forced Israeli leaders to move toward a dangerous level of «appeasement,» according to Klein.
«I blame the Jewish leaders and the Israeli leaders themselves: You might find that surprising,» he said. «The Israeli government over the years has not made it clear that the Hamas Charter has two clauses that say, murder every Jew on earth, destroy Israel. And, most recently, El-Sayed not only refused to clearly name Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terror, as a greater threat than Israel during a Michigan Senate debate, «he said worse,» Klein lamented.
«He said both of them are dangerous to America, and he said Israel is as evil as Hamas,» he continued.
«The Democratic Party has not condemned him. Worse, [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer endorsed him, has given him tens of millions of dollars to run,» Klein said. «Elissa Slotkin, the senator from Michigan, Jewish senator, has endorsed him. And [Dana] Nessel, the attorney general, Jewish attorney general has endorsed them. This is disgraceful.»
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«If this guy was unequivocally anti-Black, they would have all condemned him. Why don’t they condemn people who hate Jews for no reason whatsoever? It’s very, very frightening,» he said.
During his push to hold the Michigan Senate seat for Democrats, Abdul El-Sayed described Judaism as «a light unto the world,» expressing deep gratitude for the Jewish community’s contributions.
«My commitment to Jewish safety is equivalent to the commitment to the safety of my own daughters,» he said.
Klein also weighed in on Mamdani for declining to condemn the phrase «globalize the intifada,» a call to violence against Jews around the world, he warned.
«Mamdani was asked to condemn the phrase, globalize the intifada … he refused to condemn this phrase,» Klein said. «This guy is a monster. He is a jihadist Jew-hater supporter of terrorism.»
Despite the criticism, Mamdani has pledged to «protect our Jewish neighbors» and stated his commitment to «mourning with them, and committing to fight against evil and antisemitism.»
As Mamdani has done explicitly, Israel is often portrayed as the aggressor and perpetrator of a so-called «genocide» in Gaza, Klein observed, stating that the reality is those atrocities were committed by Hamas terrorists Oct. 7, when terrorists invaded Israel specifically to kill «Jews,» not merely «people,» Klein said.
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«They went in house to house, door to door, murdering every single family,» Klein said. «Can you imagine? They go in and there’s a mother and a father and children sitting, they’re scared out of their minds, and they shoot them to death. And oftentimes they raped the mother first and then they murdered them. Then they put babies into ovens and killed them that way. It’s just a nightmare what they did.»
«Yes, their goal is to murder every single Jew. In fact, the leaders of Hamas have said repeatedly: ‘We will have many, many more Oct. 7s; you wait, many, more Oct. 7s,» he added.
Klein said any future Israeli government after the Oct. 27 elections must be «as tough as nails, responding with overwhelming force for any terrorism,» and do as the «the people demanded: destroy Hamas.»
Klein warned, however, that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be weakened politically if he is forced to form an alliance with left-of-center parties after Israel’s elections.
«The polls show that it’s likely that Netanyahu will win again, but he may have to have a broader coalition to bring in people from the left of center,» Klein warned. «I think the odds are high Bibi will continue to be the prime minister. But his hands will be somewhat tied if he’s forced, and I think he will be forced, to bring people from left of the center to have coalition.»
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Asked whether the process of forming a coalition could weaken Israel’s response, Klein answered, «Yes.»
«Yes, because some of the left-of-center people are appeasement-oriented,» Klein said. «They still believe just give the Arabs more, it’ll be all right.»
«And people have to understand, and these people don’t quite understand, this is not a war about land or about a Palestinian state. This is a war about destroying Israel and killing Jews.»
He argued that Israel should reject further concessions and project strength until its enemies accept that the Jewish state cannot be destroyed and the decades of calls for a Palestinian state are a proven failure.
«They had it; they controlled it,» Klein said. «They could have just said a new country of Palestine has now emerged. No, because the goal is not that. The goal is Israel’s destruction.»
«Only when they understand that, that it’s hopeless for them to destroy the Jewish state of Israel, only then might they finally lay down their arms and say, we give up.»
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Macron rechazó la violencia que sacude a Francia: “Los que intentaron derribar la República, tendrán que responder”
El presidente francés, Emmanuel Macron, afirmó que “nada justifica” ni “excusa” la violencia desatada durante las protestas en Francia y advirtió que “los que intentaron derribar la República, tendrán que responder”.
Lo hizo en un discurso a la Nación transmitido por la televisión francesa, después de dos días consecutivos de saqueos, disturbios y choques entre manifestantes y fuerzas de seguridad en movilizaciones contra el costo de vida.
“Nada lo justifica, nada lo explica, nada lo excusa”, dijo Macron en su discurso televisado. Además, llamó a no confundir a los alborotadores con los cientos de miles de personas que manifestaron pacíficamente el sábado contra el encarecimiento de la vida.
También subrayó su disposición al diálogo por las reivindicaciones de los manifestantes.
Las protestas dejaron casi 2400 detenidos y 1000 policías heridos, según el ministerio del Interior.
“Violencia inédita”
Macron reconoció que los servicios de información de la policía subestimaron la violencia de la jornada de protestas del sábado.
Denunció además que las fuerzas del orden “pese a su profesionalismo tuvieron que sufrir una violencia inédita en muchas ciudades”.
Según afirmó, pidió al Ejecutivo que “saque todas las lecciones en materia de información y de anticipación para que eso no se vuelva a producir” una situación de este tipo.
“Los que destruyeron deben pagar, los que saquearon, deben devolver. Los que intentaron derribar la República, tendrán que responder”, alertó.
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Sunday that four service members were killed and dozens more seriously injured after a fire broke out during military training at a base in Alberta, calling it one of the country’s worst peacetime military tragedies on domestic soil.
The deadly fire erupted Saturday at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, where fierce winds fueled flames that spread beyond the installation and into surrounding rural areas. Canadian military officials said there were no indications of terrorism, though the cause remained under investigation.
Carney said in a televised address that the families of the four service members killed had been notified and that the situation was still evolving.
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Paramedics load an injured person into an ambulance at the Wainwright Health Centre as injured military members are treated after a fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, outside of Wainwright, Alberta Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. (John Ulan/The Canadian Press via AP)
The prime minister said those affected included reservists and soldiers from Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, one of Canada’s oldest military regiments. Personnel had traveled from bases across the country to participate in training exercises at Wainwright.
Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a statement on Parliament Hill following a deadly fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta, in Ottawa on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press via AP)
Canadian Defense Minister David McGuinty initially confirmed fatalities and injuries but did not provide a casualty count, Fox News Digital previously reported.
«I cannot recall such an incident in my short time for sure as a minister, but I cannot recall an incident like this in recent memory,» McGuinty told reporters.
The exact number of injured service members remained unclear Sunday, with victims receiving treatment at hospitals in Wainwright, Edmonton, Red Deer and Calgary.
Several hospitals across Alberta activated a «Code Orange,» an emergency designation for mass-casualty incidents, as medical personnel scrambled to treat the wounded.
Paramedics work at the Wainwright Health Centre as injured military members are treated after a fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, outside of Wainwright, Alberta Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. (John Ulan/The Canadian Press via AP)
«This number of patients would overwhelm the city of Edmonton,» Dr. Warren Thirsk, an emergency department physician at Royal Alexandra Hospital, told CBC News. «It is more patients than any of us want to count right now. It’s a disaster.»
MARINE CORPS OSPREY CATCHES FIRE DURING EXERCISE IN NORTH CAROLINA; 4 INJURED
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said officers responded to reports of a fire in a training area at the base shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday. Firefighters battled intense winds, with gusts reaching up to 62 mph, as flames spread beyond the installation.
By late Saturday, local officials said the fire was being held and that property and critical infrastructure were protected. No evacuation order had been issued for nearby residents.
McGuinty said the RCMP was involved in investigating the incident, describing the situation as «very, very active and delicate.»
Carney announced that flags would fly at half-staff on federal buildings nationwide in honor of those killed and injured. He also praised emergency crews who battled the flames through the night.
Fox News Digital’s Michael Sinkewicz and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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