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As Cuba struggles to put out oil tank fire, questions about disaster response mount

Cuban authorities were still struggling Monday to contain a raging fire at an oil storage facility at the port of Matanzas, after new explosions spread the flames to other oil tanks, raising questions about the country’s disaster preparedness and its ongoing energy crisis.

Miami Herald

Fire at Cuba oil facility spreads as 3rd tank ignites

A deadly fire that began at a large oil storage facility in western Cuba has spread after flames enveloped a third tank that firefighters had tried to cool as they struggle to fight the massive blaze

The Independent UK

Third oil storage tank collapses in Cuba terminal following fire, spill -governor

A third crude tank caught fire and collapsed at Cuba's main oil terminal in Matanzas, its governor said on Monday, as an oil spill spread flames from a second tank that caught fire two days earlier in the island's biggest oil industry accident in decades.

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Pope encourages Cuban search crews after Matanzas blaze

Pope Francis is offering support to firefighters and search crews in Cuba following explosions at a big oil tank farm in the western province of Matanzas

The Independent UK

Cuban crisis: The surprise supporter defending James Franco as revolutionary leader Fidel Castro

As producers are criticised over the casting of James Franco as Castro in Alina of Cuba, one surprise ally has come to the defence of the film.

The New Daily

Fidel Castro’s daughter approves of James Franco’s casting as her father despite John Leguizamo criticism

Decision to cast American actor as Cuban leader has received backlash

The Independent UK

One dead, 122 injured in massive fire at Cuban oil facility after lightning strike

Lightning struck one tank at the Matanzas facility, causing it to catch fire and ignite another nearby tank

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Cuba gets help from Mexico, Venezuela to fight oil fire

Cuba appeared to make progress on Sunday bringing under control a fire at its main oil storage facility that has killed one firefighter, drawing on help from Mexico and Venezuela to fight the raging flames.

Reuters

Firefighters battle blaze at oil storage site for 2nd day

Cuban firefighters have been joined by special teams sent by Mexico and Venezuela as they battle for a second day to control a fire blazing at a big oil tank farm

The Independent UK

Cuba asks for international help as deadly oil depot fire rages

A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged uncontrolled in the Cuban city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames injured 121 people and left 17 firefighters missing. Cuban authorities said a unidentified body had been found late Saturday.

France 24

17 missing, 121 hurt, 1 dead in fire at Cuban oil facility

A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged uncontrolled in the Cuban city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames injured 121 people and left 17 firefighters missing.

WEKU

Cuba oil fire injures 121 - 17 firefighters missing after freak lightning strike

More than 1,000 civilians were evacuated from the area as the fire raged for more than 24 hours, Cuban authorities have confirmed. One person was listed as dead.

Daily Mirror

‘You absolutely have been thrilling me’: Brooks Robinson’s return to Camden Yards coincides with a passion for this year’s Orioles

BALTIMORE — The theme meandered through the years, from his stint as an 18-year-old in Major League Baseball to playing Cuba in 1957 and then to the Orioles clubhouse Saturday as an 85-year-old. Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson’s words all came back to the same idea, no matter…

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More than 100 injured and 17 firefighters missing as oil tank fire rages in Cuba

A blazing fire in a crude oil tank in the port of Matanzas in Cuba caused several explosions Saturday morning that have left at least 121 people injured, local authorities said.

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Cuba was already facing an electricity crisis. These explosions could make that much worse

A fire at an oil storage facility in Matanzas adds to a string of bad news hitting Cuba this summer, already facing a major energy crisis that has fueled anti-government protests and a migrant exodus to the United States.

The Independent UK

Dozens injured and 17 missing after lightning strike triggers huge fire at Cuban supertanker port

Uncontrollable blaze rages through night after oil storage tanks explode

Miami Herald

Dozens are injured and 17 firefighters are missing as crude oil tank fire rages in Cuba

A blazing fire in a crude oil tank in the port of Matanzas in Cuba caused several explosions Saturday morning that have left at least 77 people injured, local authorities said.

The Independent UK

Lightning sets off fire at Cuban oil tank farm, dozens hurt

Cuban authorities say lightning struck a crude oil storage tank in the city of Matanzas, causing a fire that led to four explosions which injured nearly 80 people and left 17 firefighters missing

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Reuters

Cuba fire rages at fuel storage port; Mexico, Venezuela sending help

A massive oil-fed fire burned for a second day on Saturday near Cuba's supertanker port in Matanzas, as Mexico and Venezuela sent teams to help fight the inferno and Cuba accepted a U.S. offer of unspecified "technical advice".

Evening Standard

James Franco cast as Fidel Castro in new indie film Alina Of Cuba, all the details

He will act alongside Imagen Award winner Mía Maestro who is set to play Natalia “Naty” Revuelta

The Guardian - US

Marilyn Monroe’s estate defends Ana de Armas over biopic accent criticism

Cuban-Spanish actor’s accent in movie Blonde disparaged but ABC says she ‘captures Marilyn’s glamour, humanity and vulnerability’

Miami Herald

Rubio urges FBI to investigate Cuba’s ties to US-based anti-embargo group Bridges of Love

MIAMI — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is urging the FBI to open an “immediate” investigation into a U.S. anti-embargo group whose members recently met Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel, claiming that they are acting as unregistered foreign agents of the Cuban government.

Bangkok Post

Havana plans blackouts as Cuban economy reels

HAVANA: The Cuban capital Havana will begin electricity blackouts in August, has cancelled its annual carnival and is taking other measures as the country’s energy crisis worsens, state media reported on Saturday.

Reuters

Havana announces blackouts, cancels carnival as energy crisis deepens

The Cuban capital of Havana will begin electricity blackouts in August, has canceled carnival and is taking other measures as the country’s energy crisis worsens, state media reported on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

Guantánamo prisoner 'was waterboarded'; agents omitted it from memo

GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba: A prisoner accused of plotting al-Qaida’s bombing of the USS Cole warship in 2000 told federal interrogators years later that he was waterboarded by the CIA, an interpreter testified Thursday. But that detail was omitted from the official account of the interrogations that prosecutors want to use…

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