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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    U.S. Fugitives in Cuba

    While the US and Cuba laud the return to normal relations between the two countries—including today’s announcement of embassies re-opening in Washington and Havana—some seventy U.S. fugitives in Cuba are not celebrating. How to deal with these fugitives from U.S. justice remains a sticky legal issue.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 1, 2015 • 1 min read

    While the US and Cuba laud the return to normal relations between the two countries—including today’s announcement of embassies re-opening in Washington and Havana—some seventy U.S. fugitives in Cuba are not celebrating. How to deal with these fugitives from U.S. justice remains a sticky legal issue.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    Making LA: Government and KCRW in Berlin: German Techno
    1. 0:00Making L.A: Government
    2. 18:26U.S. Fugitives in CubaYou’re reading this
    3. 26:11KCRW in Berlin: German Techno
    4. 40:44A Conservative Billionaire’s Play for Wind Power
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