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Former US diplomat Victor Manuel Rocha has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for years of espionage in favor of Cuba. The Ministry of Justice called his case one of the most extensive and enduring penetrations of Cuban intelligence into the US government apparatus, reports Reuters. Victor Manuel Rocha, who served as US ambassador to Bolivia from 2000 to 2002, pleaded guilty to two charges including acting as an illegal foreign agent. He was initially charged in December. According to US prosecutors, Rocha, 73, secretly supported Cuba’s ruling Communist Party and aided the country’s intellig…

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