"Ex-US Ambassador to Plead Guilty to Spying for Cuba"

Former US ambassador to Bolivia, Manuel Rocha, will plead guilty to charges related to spying for Cuba, including conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government. The plea deal will see 13 criminal counts dropped in exchange for his admission, with a maximum sentence of 5 to 10 years in prison. Rocha, who held high-ranking positions in several embassies and the White House, was accused of working as a secret agent for the Cuban government’s intelligence agency since 1981, providing access to nonpublic and classified information. The US government has not revealed what information Rocha might have provided to Cuba or how he may have influenced US policy toward the island.