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The Latest Breaking News from Cuba

As Cuba election day nears, some voters ask, 'why bother?'

By Dave Sherwood

Reuters

Cuban catcher defects in Miami after World Baseball Classic game

MIAMI — Just hours after playing in the World Baseball Classic in Miami, Cuba’s national baseball team took an early-morning flight back to the island on Monday — a quick return home in line with the Cuban government’s desire to prevent defections by its athletes.

Miami Herald

Fabiola Santiago: We played ball with Cuba in Miami, filled the stadium — and expressed ourselves. A win.

Despite the initial overzealous actions of loanDepot park stadium staff who tried to quash the political content of fan clothing, freedom of speech won the day in Miami on Sunday.

Miami Herald

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Cuba Lost the World Baseball Classic Semifinals—and a Player—to the U.S.

Iván Prieto didn’t board the flight back to the communist island on Monday.

Reason

The Cuba-USA Baseball Rivalry Is Not What It Used to Be

In what was once the most hot-blooded, geopolitical-infused hardball rivalry on the planet, the Cuba-USA baseball clash has devolved into a tepid mismatch.

Sports Illustrated

Trea Turner’s Surprising Power Surge Boosts U.S. Into WBC Finals

Team USA’s last hitter in the lineup finished his phenomenal weekend with two more home runs against Cuba to help the Americans advance.

Sports Illustrated

US routs Cuba 14-2 to reach World Baseball Classic final

Trea Turner homered twice to give him a tournament-leading four, driving in four runs to lead the U.S. to a 14-2 rout Sunday night.

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United States routs Cuba to advance to World Baseball Classic final

MIAMI — From purely a baseball standpoint, Sunday’s World Baseball Classic semifinal was a rout.

Miami Herald

Protesters slam Cuban national team hours before World Baseball Classic game in Miami

MIAMI — As fans arrived Sunday afternoon at loanDepot Park, they donned red, white and blue gear — the colors of the two nations facing off in a contentious matchup.

Miami Herald

Team Mexico’s Randy Arozarena wants Cuba in WBC final. Why? ‘So then we can face them.’

Randy Arozarena had a clear rooting interest in Sunday’s World Baseball Classic semifinal between the United States and Cuba at Miami’s loanDepot park.

Miami Herald

Cuban baseball team draws ire, support in Little Havana

Hundreds gathered outside Miami Marlins' home ballpark in Little Havana on Sunday to protest for the Cuban national baseball team played the United States in the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic

The Independent UK

WBC games are sold out but prices on secondary markets are dropping, including Cuba semifinal

MIAMI — LoanDepot park, home of the Miami Marlins, was packed for five days of pool play to begin the World Baseball Classic.

Miami Herald

Record numbers of people are leaving Cuba amid most severe economic crisis since the 1990s

James Clifford Kent adds to the worldwide debate on how best to deal with migration by explaining why Cuba is seeing a huge number of people leaving the island country as they search for better economic prosperity

The Independent UK

Six teams remain in the World Baseball Classic. Breaking down the field.

MIAMI — The 2023 World Baseball Classic started with 20 teams.

Miami Herald

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The Guardian - UK

Catalonia confronts past racism after slave trade documentary

Programme highlights fact that much of 19th-century wealth was built on the back of transatlantic practice

The Guardian - UK

El Cimarrón review – virtuoso celebration of Cuban folk hero

A rare performance of Hans Werner Henze’s engrossing song cycle featured a tour de force of technique and stamina from baritone Will Liverman

McClatchy Washington Bureau

‘Very intimate knowledge’: What Ron DeSantis saw while serving at Guantánamo

WASHINGTON — As a young military officer at the height of the war on terror, Lt. Ron DeSantis was often seen running on the beach of Guantánamo Bay and along its ridgeline, encircling Camp America. It was a chaotic time at the U.S. military detention facility in Cuba, and as…

WEKU

A year after plea talks began, the 9/11 case is still in limbo, frustrating families

Settlement talks began a year ago in the 9/11 terrorism case. But little progress has been made, dragging out the future of the problem-plagued U.S. military court and prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

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USA Today Sports Media Group

Cuba vs. Panama, live stream, TV channel, time, how to watch World Baseball Classic

The World Baseball Classic will continue on Thursday night with Cuba and Panama meeting in a pivotal Pool A battle.

The Independent UK

Al-Qaida suspect transferred from US prison to Saudi Arabia

A Saudi man long held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a suspected al-Qaida operative has been returned to his home country

The Independent UK

Cuba tobacco farmers recuperate after ruinous Hurricane Ian

A neighbor lent him a house to dry leaves, and he had a little fertilizer saved, so he plucked up the courage to plant

USA Today Sports Media Group

A super loud horn at Cuba’s World Baseball Classic opening game angered fans everywhere

HONK HONK HONNNNNNNNK!

The Independent UK

Southwest flight makes emergency landing in Cuba as bird strikes cause plane to fill with smoke

Flight safely returned to airport in Havana after leaving for Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Daily Mirror

Southwest plane fills with smoke after aircraft strikes bird and engine catches fire

Southwest Airlines flight 3923 departed from José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, for Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but turned back after it was struck by a bird and one of the engines caught fire

The Independent UK

Miami faith community strains to help new exiles, migrants

In the last 18 months, an estimated 250,000 migrants and asylum-seekers, mostly from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti, have arrived in the Miami area, often only on temporary legal status that doesn't allow them to work

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