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Bank founded by exile in Miami handles Cuba’s accounts for diplomatic posts in the US

A bank with Cuban American roots in Miami has recently started handling the bank accounts for the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C., and the Cuban mission at the United Nations in New York.

Miami Herald

Cuban Ambassador calls on Chief Minister

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The Hindu

Cuba approves law change that opens door to gay marriage, other family rights

Cuba's National Assembly on Friday approved a sweeping update of its family law which opens the door to allowing gay marriage, greater women's rights, and increased protections for children, the elderly and other family members.

Reuters

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Kennedy Center Honors 2022: George Clooney, U2 and Gladys Knight among honourees

Christian pop singer Amy Grant and Cuban-American composer Tania León also recognised for prestigious yearly award

The Guardian - UK

As fuel shortages wreak havoc in Cuba, Havana's young people turn to electric scooters

There are now 300,000 "motorinas" in the island nation — but they're posing their own challenges.

ABC News

Cuba to allow foreigners to invest in private businesses, will restart dollar exchanges

Facing a humanitarian crisis that threatens to set off new protests on the island, the Cuban government is taking the unprecedented step of authorizing foreign investment in its emerging private sector and will resume an official exchange market for the dollar, among 75 measures authorities said Thursday are meant to…

Miami Herald

Why George Soros is the GOP’s villain in the sale of a Spanish-language radio station

Following the announcement that a left-leaning group of investors is buying Radio Mambí, the longtime talk-radio station of choice for Miami’s exile community, conservative media and Republican politicians seem to agree: George Soros is trying to take over Cuban radio.

Miami Herald

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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

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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Miami Herald

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.

The Independent UK

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

Miami Herald

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.

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The Independent UK

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

Reason

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

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

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

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