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After arriving in the United States, thousands of Cuban migrants face new legal hurdles

MIAMI — Thousands of Cubans are arriving in the United States every month in one of the largest migrations from the island in decades, but a sometimes overlooked policy change during the Obama era is making it harder and more expensive for many of them to obtain legal immigration status.

Miami Herald

Ana de Armas: The Cuban Taking on Marilyn Monroe

Ana de Armas's journey from Cuban migrant to starring as Marilyn Monroe in "Blonde", which gets its world premiere in Venice on Thursday, is the stuff of American Dream cliches. Born in Cuba in 1988, Armas came to the United States in her twenties with barely a word of English,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cuba says US is acting immorally by keeping it on blacklist

Cuba’s deputy foreign minister is accusing the Biden administration of acting immorally and unfairly by keeping Cuba on the list of state sponsors of terrorism

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Fabiola Santiago: More than ever, Cuba — and by proxy, Miami — need a change-agent like Mikhail Gorbachev

RIP, Mikhail Gorbachev, a leader who spoke, as he described it, “the language of practical politics” and ended the Cold War — albeit, not in Cuba or Miami.

Miami Herald

Cuba slams US funding to “promote democracy” as illegal

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Reuters

Ukraine war: international tourism hit as Russian travellers disappear

Tourism destinations globally are seeing a significant hit to their economies as Russians stay at home due to war-related sanctions, with possible long-term effects on international tourism.

The Conversation

More Cuban kids are showing up at the border without parents. Some are in South Florida

Hundreds of unaccompanied Cuban children have shown up at the U.S.-Mexico border this past year, as more parents appear to be sending their kids away amid deteriorating conditions in Cuba that have already brought a record number of people from the island to the United States.

Miami Herald

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Cuba quietly releases from prison a Cuban American teacher convicted of espionage

The Cuban government has quietly commuted the sentence of Alina López Miyares, a Cuban American teacher in Miami who was sent to prison after she was accused of espionage in 2017, in an unusual gesture that might signal Havana’s willingness to remove a diplomatic roadblock to further engagement with the…

Miami Herald

Montenegro blames criminal gang for cyber attacks on government

Montenegro on Wednesday blamed a criminal group called Cuba ransomware for cyber attacks that have hit its government digital infrastructure since last week, described by officials as unprecedented.

Reuters

Florida Keys migrant landings continue. Up to 150 Cubans arrived since Wednesday

MIAMI — Border Patrol agents assigned to the Florida Keys have taken into custody up to 150 people from Cuba since last Wednesday as the migrant exodus from the island nation to the archipelago is on track to reach a seven-year high.

Miami Herald

Camilo Guevara, son of Cuba's rebel hero Che Guevara, dies

A son of revolutionary leader Ernesto “Che” Guevara and director of a center dedicated to studying him has died, Camilo Guevara March was 60

The Independent UK

Cubans flee island's economic woes by air, land and sea

Cubans are fleeing their country in the largest numbers in more than four decades

The Independent UK

Cuba asks for U.S. technical assistance in oil fire clean-up

Cuba said on Friday it sought U.S. technical assistance in cleaning up after a massive fire at an oil storage facility that killed 16 fire fighters.

Reuters

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Puerto Rican ‘solidarity’ group says FBI targeting it

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Puerto Rican ‘solidarity’ group says it’s been targeted by the FBI for visiting Cuba

Members of a Puerto Rican anti-embargo group that spent a month in Cuba and were VIP guests at the recent official July 26 celebration say that FBI agents contacted them seeking information about their trip.

Reason

Florida Lieutenant Governor Calls for Busing Cuban Migrants to Delaware, Then Tries To Walk it Back

Record numbers of Cubans are arriving in the United States as the communist nation struggles economically.

The Independent UK

Reforms help Cuban farmers, but many still struggle

A package of 63 reforms approved last year was meant to make it easier and more profitable for Cuban producers to get food to consumers

Daily Mirror

Moment terrifying crocodile gallops toward man sparking goosebumps for scared onlookers

Chainsaw the Cuban croc was caught on camera leaping towards a man at Gatorland Orlando wildlife park in Florida USA where visitors were stunned by the reptile's agility

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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.

The Independent UK

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

Miami Herald

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

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.

Reuters

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.

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