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Amid blackouts, food shortages, Cubans face a dengue outbreak that has killed two children

Burdened by constant blackouts and food shortages, Cubans are now facing a new dengue outbreak in the middle of the hot summer that threatens again to overwhelm the island’s public health system, already reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Miami Herald

Along for the Ride As a Cuban Baseball Prospect Defects to the U.S.

Billy Henderson has devoted his life to the strange and secretive practice of helping athletes escape Cuba. To retrieve eventual Orioles infielder Cesar Prieto, he hatched a plan … and strapped on a GoPro.

Sports Illustrated

Cuba says no short-term fix for blackouts

Cash-strapped Cuba delivered the bad news to residents Monday evening that there was no end in sight to blackouts disrupting their lives and the economy.

Reuters

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Electric motorcycles flood Havana amid diesel shortages

The young people come and go on their electric motorcycles at this highway outside Cuba’s capital where they perform stunts and talk about their two-wheelers, which would be largely silent if it weren’t for the music blasting from speakers

The Independent UK

Diesel lacking for Cuba drivers as fuel used for electricity

Some drivers have been lining up for days — occasionally even more than a week — to fill up with diesel in Cuba

The Independent UK

'Historic' Cuban official, José Ramón Balaguer, dies at 90

A longtime member of Cuba’s communist leadership has died at age 90

The Independent UK

Keeping Out Hitler: Can Immigration Restrictions be Justified by the Need to Exclude Individuals who Might Cause Extraordinary Harm?

Critics of immigration restrictions often cite immigrants who make extraordinary contributions to the society. But what about the opposite case of immigrants who cause massive harm (like Hitler)? The argument deserves to be taken seriously. But it's ultimately much weaker than it seems.

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Cuban migrants tried to reach Florida using a pedal boat. They’re being sent back

MIAMI — The creativity that goes into making many of the migrant boats that take Cubans on their dangerous journey across the Florida Straits reflects the desperation they feel to leave their homeland for a better life.

Miami Herald

US approves American Airlines flights to more cities in Cuba

The U.S. government is giving American Airlines permission to resume flights to five cities in Cuba outside the capital of Havana

The Independent UK

Cuba travel guide: Everything you need to know before you go

Many picture the faded pastel streets of vintage-feel Havana, but beyond the capital there’s a wild side to Cuba, plus more elegant old cities and dreamy beaches

The Independent UK

25 migrants from Cuba come ashore on Key Biscayne, US Border Patrol says

MIAMI — Twenty-five migrants from Cuba came ashore on Key Biscayne early Tuesday, U.S. Border Patrol said.

Miami Herald

On protest anniversary, Cuba, US far apart on what happened

A year ago, thousands of people filled Cuba’s streets and public squares in the country’s largest outpouring of protest in decades

The Independent UK

Cuban Exiles, Lawmakers Commemorate Anniversary of July 11 Protests

One year after major pro-democracy protests swept the communist island, dissidents and leaders in the Cuban-American community remain hopeful that change is coming.

Reason

Cuba slams US ‘involvement’ on anniversary of anti-gov’t protests

Havana accuses Washington of helping to ‘subvert law and order’ after Blinken hails determination of Cuban protesters.

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AFP

Cuba protest crackdown created human rights crisis: HRW

New York (AFP) - Cuba's government committed "systematic human rights violations" in response to last summer's unprecedented anti-government protests, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report Monday.

Miami Herald

Protests last July brought Cuba worldwide attention, but the human rights crisis continues

A year after the largest anti-government demonstrations in Cuba in several decades, hundreds of people remain detained, waiting for trials or in prison for chanting pro-freedom slogans.

Miami Herald

US Coast Guard has intercepted more than 3,000 Florida-bound Cuban migrants since October

MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard has stopped at sea more than 3,000 Cuban migrants fleeing deteriorating economic, safety and political conditions in the island nation who were heading to the coast of Florida since October — more than the last five fiscal years combined, according to the agency.

The Guardian - UK

José Eduardo dos Santos obituary

President of Angola for nearly 40 years whose rule was marred by corruption

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The Independent UK

A year after protests, Cuba struggles to emerge from crisis

A year after the largest protests in decades shook Cuba’s single-party government, hundreds of people who participated are in prison and the economic and political factors that caused the demonstrations largely remain

Reuters

U.S. imposes visa restrictions on 28 Cuban officials

The U.S. State Department announced visa restrictions on Saturday against 28 Cuban officials that it said were implicated in a crackdown on peaceful protests in Cuba nearly one year ago.

AFP

Impoverished Havana neighborhood reeling from protest convictions

Havana (AFP) - When Wilbert Aguilar had to tell his wife that their son was sentenced to 23 years in prison for taking part in anti-government protests in Cuba, the 49-year-old day laborer's life fell apart.

Miami Herald

The killing of a Black youth in Cuba sparks criticism of police brutality and racism

The recent killing of a Black teenager by the police in Cuba, and the disturbing details caught on video, have drawn rare attention to police brutality and racial discrimination on the island.

Reuters

In exile or prison, Cuban activism gutted one year after mass protests

On July 11 last year, Cuba appeared poised for political change.

Bangkok Post

Cuban missile crisis redux in Nicaragua?

It was a piece of news so obscure and implausible that I missed it when it first surfaced last month. The news was that the Russians are going to put hypersonic nuclear missiles into Nicaragua and terrify the Americans into backing down over Ukraine. Or kill them all if they…

Tribune News Service

American Airlines wants to restart flights to five more Cuban cities

American Airlines wants to resume flying to five cities in Cuba after the Biden administration reversed a Trump-era policy limiting flying to the country.

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