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Over 500 arrive on small boats in Florida Keys in last few days in 'crisis'

At least 500 migrants have arrived to Florida Keys due to soaring inflation, food shortages and economic turmoil in Cuba and other parts of the Caribbean over the last several days

Daily Mirror

An influx of 300 migrants forces closure of a national park in the Florida Keys

The U.S. National Park Service estimated that some 300 migrants arrived in the Dry Tortugas National Park over the past couple days. The park is about 100 miles north of Havana, the Cuban capital.

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OLD She spied for Cuba for years from inside the US government. Now she’s about to walk free

As the US reeled in the wake of 9/11, the arrest of a top government analyst who’d spent years spying for Cuba went almost unnoticed. Ana Montes leaves prison this month and the author of a new book tells Sheila Flynn just how damaging her betrayals really were, not only…

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Cuban migrant arrivals overwhelm federal immigration officials in the Florida Keys

So many people from Cuba are arriving in the Florida Keys that days could go by before federal officials are able to pick up migrants on the side of U.S. 1 to be processed, according to local law enforcement.

Miami Herald

Cuban influx forces U.S. Park Service to close Florida islands

The U.S. National Park Service closed Dry Tortugas National Park off the Florida Keys for several days starting on Monday after 300 immigrants had arrived on the islands in recent days, overwhelming first responders.

Reuters

Hundreds of migrants in Florida in what sheriff calls crisis

At least 500 migrants have landed in the Florida Keys over the last several days in what the local sheriff’s office describes as a “crisis.”

The Independent UK

Florida islands face ‘crisis’ as nearly 500 asylum seekers arrive

A severe economic downturn in Cuba has fuelled record migration to the United States, with boat crossings on the rise.

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‘Crisis’ as at least 500 migrants arrive in Florida Keys

Economic turmoil, food shortages and soaring inflation in Cuba and other parts of the Caribbean is spurring the most recent wave of migration

The Independent UK

Priests from Cuba’s Santeria religion see hard year ahead

Priests from Cuba’s Afro-Cuban Santeria religion on Monday warned of a difficult year ahead and called on followers to guard against calamities and mounting social ills after a tough year in 2022 in which a record number of Cubans left the Communist-run island.

Reuters

Multiple migrant landings mark the start of 2023 in the Florida Keys

Multiple groups of migrants landed in several locations throughout the Florida Keys New Year’s Day, according to law enforcement sources.

Miami Herald

Cruise lines ordered to pay more than $400 million for ‘trafficking’ in confiscated property in Cuba

A federal judge ordered four Florida-based cruise lines that sailed to Cuba to pay more than $400 million in damages to the American company that had the concession to some of the port piers in Havana that had been unlawfully expropriated by Fidel Castro in 1960, the first of its…

Miami Herald

21 migrants arrive on shore of Florida Keys state park

MIAMI — A group of 21 migrants arrived on shore of a Florida Keys state park Friday morning, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

Miami Herald

Cuban migrants awaiting deportation are freed after US accidentally leaked their information

MIAMI — Several Cuban immigrants slated for deportation back to Cuba were instead freed from detention Thursday, after Immigration and Customs Enforcement accidentally posted their confidential data online last month and a U.S. official inadvertently passed the information on to the Cuban government.

Miami Herald

Editorial: Spy who helped Cuba fight Miami exiles to be freed. Once she’s out, banish her there

Cuba’s top spy in the United States will be freed from prison on Jan. 8 after serving just 20 years in a federal prison in Texas. She is said to be coming to Miami, briefly. If she comes, she should keep on moving for the repressive regime for which she…

Miami Herald

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MLB stars get OK to play for Cuba in World Baseball Classic

It clears the way for MLB stars such as José Abreu, Yordan Alvarez, Randy Arozarena, Yoán Moncada and Luis Robert to play for Cuba in the WBC in March.

The Independent UK

US to let MLB stars play for Cuba in World Baseball Classic

The United States will permit Major League Baseball players from Cuba to represent their home country in the World Baseball Classic next year

Reuters

Cuba says U.S. greenlights MLB players for World Baseball Classic

Cuba said on Saturday the United States had granted permission for some of its top ballplayers to participate in the World Baseball Classic on the national team.

The Independent UK

Cubans search for holiday food amid deepening crisis

Scarcity and economic turmoil are nothing new to Cuba, but soaring inflation and deepening shortages have made holiday shopping even more difficult for Cubans this year

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Miami Herald

Feds are considering whether to free Cuban detainees after accidental data leak

MIAMI — Several Cuban migrants slated for deportation — whose confidential information Immigration and Customs Enforcement accidentally published online last month — received letters this week saying the agency is evaluating whether to free them from custody after a U.S official told Cuba about the unprecedented leak.

Manchester Evening News

Flight from Cuba to Manchester diverted to Canada due to 'medical emergency'

The flight was several hours into its journey when a passenger fell ill

Miami Herald

New details: Cuba spy soon to be freed was willing to divulge US war plans in Afghanistan

Ana Belén Montes, the convicted Cuba spy who is set to be released from prison in January, was willing to pass military secrets about the U.S. war in Afghanistan if requested by her spymasters in Havana, even if that resulted in the death of American soldiers on the ground, she…

Miami Herald

175 Cubans trying to enter the US arrive in the Florida Keys and Broward in 24 hours

MIAMI — Nearly 200 people migrating from Cuba arrived in the Florida Keys and on Hollywood beach between Wednesday and Thursday, U.S. Border Patrol officials said.

Miami Herald

2 missing after migrant boat with 21 aboard capsizes off the Florida Keys

MIAMI — U.S. Coast Guard crews launched a search for two missing people the agency says were among a group of 21 whose migrant boat capsized Wednesday off the Florida Keys.

The Independent UK

Cuban artists blocked from once-promising NFT trading sites

Nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, have offered Cuban artists a lifeline during the pandemic, which wreaked havoc on the island country's tourism industry and, subsequently, its art sales

Los Angeles Times

DHS accidentally informed Cuba that deportees had sought protection in US

The Department of Homeland Security inadvertently tipped off the Cuban government this month that some of the immigrants the agency sought to deport to the island nation had asked the U.S. for protection from persecution or torture, officials said Monday.

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