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Cuba approves same-sex marriage in unusual referndum

Cuban voters have approved a sweeping “family law” code that would allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt as well as redefining rights for children and grandparents

The Independent UK

Cuba evacuates as Tropical Storm Ian heads towards Florida with hurricane fears

Authorities in Cuba suspended classes in Pinar del Rio province and said they will begin evacuations as Tropical Storm Ian was forecast to strengthen into a hurricane.

WEKU

Storm Ian strengthens into a hurricane as it heads towards Cuba and Florida

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Ian has strengthened into a hurricane as it moves closer to Cuba on a track expected to hit Florida in the coming days. Authorities in Cuba are planning evacuations.

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Cuba prepares evacuations as strengthening TS Ian nears

Authorities in Cuba have suspended classes in Pinar del Rio province and say they will begin evacuations Monday as Tropical Storm Ian is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane before reaching the western part of the island on its way to Florida

The Independent UK

Tropical Storm Ian to pound Cuba as it becomes a major hurricane

Tropical Storm Ian hurtled toward western Cuba on Sunday, prompting the government to evacuate tourists amid expectations of life-threatening storm surges as it turns into a hurricane on Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Reuters

Tropical Storm Ian primed to power up, hit Florida as hurricane

MIAMI — On Sunday morning, Tropical Storm Ian remained on track for a potential landfall somewhere along the Florida Gulf coast later this week — with the Big Bend area in the center of a forecast track that could still change.

Miami Herald

Even as storm Ian approaches, Cuba focuses on controversial referendum on gay marriage

Cuba, which is holding a high-stakes, islandwide referendum on gay marriage and other family rights on Sunday, has downplayed preparations as Tropical Storm Ian approaches, even as projections for the storm have it hitting the western tip of the island as a major Category 3 hurricane Monday night into Tuesday.

Miami Herald

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Cuba holds unusual vote on law allowing same-sex marriage

Cuba is holding a rare referendum on an unusually contentious law — a government-backed code that would allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt

The Independent UK

Forecasters say Ian will become hurricane Sunday, strengthen to at least a Category 3

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Tropical Storm Ian is expected to become a hurricane Sunday, and then grow into the season’s second major hurricane by midweek.

Tribune News Service

Tropical Storm Ian continues to grow in approach to Cuba; watch issued for Keys as Florida braces for major hurricane

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Tropical Storm Ian continued to intensify as it approached Cuba late Sunday while a tropical storm watch went into effect for the lower Keys

Tribune News Service

DeSantis urges all Floridians to prepare for Ian

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — South Florida remains out of the current tracks for a direct hit from Tropical Storm Ian, but all Floridians should prepare for a major storm, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Sunday.

Tribune News Service

Cubans head to polls to vote on govt-sponsored code to legalize gay marriage, adoption

Cubans headed to the polls on Sunday to vote on a package of measures that would upend the island's long-held "machista" culture and legalize gay marriage even as the country wrestles with a deepening economic crisis.

Reuters

Tropical storm Ian to become hurricane on Sunday, NHC says

Tropical storm Ian is expected to become a hurricane on Sunday, reaching major hurricane strength by late on Monday before it reaches western Cuba, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

Reuters

Depression forms, forecast to turn into powerful hurricane with South Florida in path

MIAMI — A tropical depression formed Friday morning in the hot waters of the Caribbean, a system that the National Hurricane Center expects to significantly strengthen and make landfall somewhere in Florida around Wednesday — potentially as a Category 3 hurricane.

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Depression forms, forecast to turn into Hurricane Hermine. South Florida in likely path

The Independent UK

Travellers who have visited Cuba in last 11 years will need visa to enter US

Exclusive: Trump’s final travel act, ranking the island alongside Iran, North Korea and Syria, could affect hundreds of thousands of UK holidaymakers

Reuters

Cuba uses media blitz to promote 'yes' vote on new LGBT-friendly laws

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Miami Herald

Mexican actor killed Cuban man. Cultural, class divide raise concerns in a Miami trial

MIAMI — On the surface, the story could be ripped from a telenovela: A wealthy, handsome son of privilege faces justice after killing a poor working man on the street.

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The Independent UK

US Embassy in Cuba to process full immigrant visas in 2023

The Biden administration says the U.S. Embassy in Cuba will begin processing full immigrant visas in early 2023

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Infamy taints Guantanamo’s 20-year history. It’s past time to shut it down

Just two days after taking office in 2009, President Barack Obama ordered the shutdown of Guantanamo. The detention compound at the U.S. naval base on the southern coast of Cuba was built to hold militants captured in the course of the post-9/11 war on terror. But by the time of…

The Guardian - UK

Better than Bulgaria but not as nice as Cuba: how did the US become such an awful place to live?

The land of the free is heading for ‘developing country’ status, based on a UN index that ranks quality of life. The UK’s not doing much better, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Independent UK

US officials: Border crossings soar among Venezuelans

U.S. authorities say the number of Venezuelans taken into custody at the U.S. border with Mexico soared in August

Miami Herald

Ukraine’s special envoy for Latin America wants to counter Russian disinformation

The government of Ukraine recently appointed a top diplomat whose primary goal is to counter Russian disinformation about the war reaching audiences in Latin America, Ambassador Ruslan Spirin told The Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald in an exclusive interview.

Belfast Live

Co Fermanagh woman set for Cuba cycling challenge

Abigail Parkinson from Kesh, who competed as a finalist in Miss Northern Ireland, is to take on the 350km challenge in November

Reuters

Exclusive-Biden urges Mexico to take migrants under COVID expulsion order he promised to end

As border crossings have soared to record highs, U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is quietly pressing Mexico to accept more migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela under a COVID-19 expulsion order that the White House has publicly sought to end, seven U.S. and three Mexican officials said.

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