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Mexico, Cuba report rare deaths of two patients with monkeypox

Mexico and Cuba have reported the deaths of two people who had tested positive for monkeypox, although neither country attributed the fatalities to the viral disease.

Reuters

Cuban government starts selling dollars -- with limits

Cubans have lined up by the dozens at exchange houses for the chance to buy dollars and other hard currency from the government for the first time in two years

The Independent UK

Are Cuban migrants in the United States ‘illegals’? That might be the wrong question

MIAMI — Cuba’s coastal cities of Matanzas and Cienfuegos each have around 177,000 residents.

Miami Herald

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Did Florida’s lieutenant governor say ‘illegal’ Cuban migrants will be sent to Delaware?

MIAMI — Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez — a Cuban-American Republican from Miami — raised eyebrows among some Cuban Americans over the weekend after appearing to suggest on a conservative AM radio show that Cubans who were in Florida “illegally” would be bused to Delaware.

Miami Herald

Cuban entrepreneurs hope for room to grow as the government ponders reform

For those seeking proof that even modest foreign investment can help propel Cuba's fledgling entrepreneurs, look no further than Oscar Fernandez's Havana-based dried fruit business.

Reuters

Cuba confirms first monkeypox case in visitor from Italy

Cuba confirmed its first case of monkeypox late on Saturday, the country's Public Health ministry said, after detecting the viral disease in a tourist who had arrived from Italy this week.

Reuters

Colombia suspends ELN rebel arrest warrants, extradition orders to restart peace talks

Colombia's new president said Saturday he was suspending arrest warrants and extradition requests for members of the left-wing guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (ELN) in an effort to restart peace talks to end nearly 60 years of war.

Reuters

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The magic of Miami's modern daiquiri

Invented over a century ago in the tiny village of Daiquirí, Cuba, this cocktail has been modernized in Miami

Salon

Cuba to send hundreds of doctors to Italy's Calabria region

Cuba will send nearly 500 doctors to the Calabria region of southern Italy, Cuban state media reported this week, part of a broader program that sends surplus medics from the communist-run island to countries in need.

Reuters

Cuban experts say they can’t identify remains of victims of fire in Matanzas

Cuban experts said Wednesday they haven’t been able to identify the remains of 14 victims believed to be firefighters who died combating the fire that ravaged an oil storage facility at the port of Matanzas earlier this month.

Miami Herald

Venezuela to support reconstruction of Cuban port damaged by oil fire

CARACAS - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday that Venezuela would support Cuba in the reconstruction of its only supertanker port in Matanzas, which was partially destroyed by a fire after lightning struck one of the its crude tanks.

Reuters

Cuba authorises foreign investment in wholesale, retail

HAVANA - The Cuban government has announced it will allow foreign investment in domestic wholesale and retail trade for the first time in 60 years, in a move aimed at addressing critical shortages of goods.

Bangkok Post

Cuba cracks open door to foreign investment in domestic trade

Cuba plans to allow some foreign investment in local wholesale and retail trade for the first time since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution, the government said late on Monday, in a bid to dig out of the island nation's worst economic crisis in decades.

Reuters

Why didn't the U.S. aid with Cuba fire?

A humanitarian and ecological disaster unfolded 90 miles from Florida, and the U.S. just sat back and watched

Salon

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Rare Cuban Cigars Custom-Made For Winston Churchill On Sale

The Cuban cigar became an integral component of Churchill's public image - he smoked as many as ten a day.

Tribune News Service

First confusion, and finally some relief, as 'Remain in Mexico' begins wind down in San Diego

SAN DIEGO — Moments after his immigration case was heard Wednesday, a 51-year-old Cuban asylum seeker sat on a bench in the back of the courtroom and wept openly.

Miami Herald

Deaths of young recruits cast a shadow on Cuba’s claimed victory over Matanzas fire

One wanted to be a neurosurgeon and was a Real Madrid soccer fan. Another one loved to play basketball. A third one liked to pose for selfies to show off his tattoos.

The Guardian - US

Colombian government and ELN rebels meet in Havana to restart peace talks

Government pledges ‘judicial and political steps’ to enable talks to resume with nation’s last guerrillas broken off three years ago

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Colombia and ELN rebels begin moving to restart peace talks

Colombia’s new government and members of the nation's last guerrilla group are moving toward restarting peace talks that were suspended three years ago in Cuba

Reuters

Colombia says ELN rebels to take steps to restart peace talks

Colombia's ELN guerrilla group will take the necessary steps to restart peace talks, the new government's peace commissioner said on Friday.

Reuters

Cuban oil fire all but out, blackouts and gas lines lengthen

Cubans have been left to endure six- to 18-hour blackouts, and search for ever-scarcer gasoline in the wake of a spectacular blaze that destroyed 40% of Cuba’s main fuel depot and shuttered its only supertanker port.

Reuters

Colombia advances towards restarting peace talks with ELN

Colombia hopes to restart peace talks with leftist guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (ELN) in Cuba, the country's Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva said in the Cuban capital, Havana, on Thursday.

The Independent UK

2nd firefighter dies as Cuba controls big oil facility fire

A second firefighter has died in Cuba, where crews have controlled a massive blaze that began last week at a key oil storage facility amid a deepening energy crisis

Wales Online

Cockroaches on food and green algae in swimming pool among complaints of guests at 5* resort

Legal action has been launched against TUI UK following health and contamination concerns of guests staying at the Playa Vista Azul Resort in Cuba

Reuters

Cuba tames its largest fire, fuel depot locals begin to return

Massive clouds of steam rose from Cuba's largest fuel depot in Matanzas on Wednesday as firefighters, helicopters and boats poured water and foam on the smoldering remains of the largest fire in the island's history.

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