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Just as Portugal’s forced alliance with Spain had made the country a target for Drake’s 16th-century raids, now her friendly alliance with England rankled Napoleon.
Both parties support the drug war and its attendant police-state apparatus--no-knock raids, forfeiture of property of people who haven't been convicted of anything, Draconian sentences, peeing on command as a requirement for getting or holding jobs, etc.--the latest thing is they want to inflict on Florida a genetically engineered fungus that's supposed to kill marijuana plants, although no one can guarantee it won't be an ecological disaster; these people are crazy!
The port cities Havana and Santiago de Cuba were heavily fortified to defend against French and English pirate raids.
The remains of the saint were originally interred here but were moved to Iráklion following Arab raids which destroyed the rest of the building in 825.
It might seem that this oddity proves the raids never happened.