The Latest Breaking News from Alexandre Meneghini

US says Cuba still not cooperating fully against terrorism

By Matt Spetalnick and Dave Sherwood

Reuters · May 23, 2023

Russia and Cuba ink deals to revitalize communist-run island's ailing economy

By Nelson Acosta and Dave Sherwood

Reuters · May 19, 2023

Cubans, waylaid by weather and fuel shortage, march for May Day five days late

Cubans rallied on Havana's Malecon waterfront boulevard to celebrate International Worker's Day on Friday, five days after the planned May 1 event was called off due to foul weather and a fuel crisis that has crippled public transport on the island.

Reuters · May 5, 2023

A Cuban fishing village ponders its options as U.S. policy shifts

By Alexandre Meneghini and Dave Sherwood

Reuters · Feb 8, 2023

Cubans size up new hurdles, avenues for migration after U.S. policy shift

Cubans frantic to escape economic crisis at home weighed up options this week on how to move to the United States after the Biden administration rolled out a new set of rules at the U.S.-Mexico border that dramatically change the landscape for the island´s would-be migrants.

Reuters · Jan 11, 2023

Cuban Coast Guard rescues would-be migrants adrift off of Havana

A makeshift boat loaded with Cubans drifted just off Havana's seaside drive on Monday before those aboard were rescued by the Cuban Coast Guard as hundreds of spectators looked on.

Reuters · Dec 12, 2022

Cuba forecasts only slight growth rise as crisis grips island

Crisis-hit Cuba on Monday forecast economic growth of 3% for 2023 and reported 2% in 2022, half of what it had previously predicted and down 8% from the pre-pandemic level.

Reuters · Dec 12, 2022

Cuba calls U.S. trade embargo a 'hurricane' that never ends

Cuba on Wednesday said the decades-old U.S. trade embargo has been causing record financial losses and untold human suffering in recent months, at a time when Cuba was also battling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and Hurricane Ian.

Reuters · Oct 19, 2022

Scavenging for supplies, Cuba's tobacco farmers rebuild after Hurricane Ian

When Hurricane Ian ripped through western Cuba last week, tobacco farmer Victoriano Maqueira lost the two large barns he used for drying his crop, as well as his dogs, chickens, a pig, his television and the roof off his home.

Reuters · Oct 7, 2022

Cuban protests after Hurricane Ian fade but anger over shortages simmers

By Dave Sherwood

Reuters · Oct 3, 2022