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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.

Miami Herald

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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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U.S. imposes visa restrictions on 28 Cuban officials

The U.S. State Department announced visa restrictions on Saturday against 28 Cuban officials that it said were implicated in a crackdown on peaceful protests in Cuba nearly one year ago.

Reuters

The killing of a Black youth in Cuba sparks criticism of police brutality and racism

The recent killing of a Black teenager by the police in Cuba, and the disturbing details caught on video, have drawn rare attention to police brutality and racial discrimination on the island.

Miami Herald

In exile or prison, Cuban activism gutted one year after mass protests

On July 11 last year, Cuba appeared poised for political change.

Reuters

Cuban missile crisis redux in Nicaragua?

It was a piece of news so obscure and implausible that I missed it when it first surfaced last month. The news was that the Russians are going to put hypersonic nuclear missiles into Nicaragua and terrify the Americans into backing down over Ukraine. Or kill them all if they…

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American Airlines wants to restart flights to five more Cuban cities

American Airlines wants to resume flying to five cities in Cuba after the Biden administration reversed a Trump-era policy limiting flying to the country.

Tribune News Service

Devastated mum missed family holiday to Cuba from Manchester after losing son's passport

Sarah paid £100 on a taxi from Manchester Airport to Liverpool in the hope of getting a new passport for her son Corey

Manchester Evening News

Mum stranded in Liverpool 'with no coat' after losing son's passport on the way to Cuba

Sarah has spent her son's birthday in huge queues outside the passport office rather than on a luxury family holiday

Liverpool Echo

Polish wall no deterrent to migrants en route from Africa, Cuba via Russia

Poland's 5.5-metre tall steel barrier, built on its border with Belarus, was meant to be a European version of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s wall, protecting the European Union's eastern frontier from illegal migration.

Reuters

How one sandwich made me question every fine-dining meal I’d ever had

Sean Russell’s first encounter with a Cubanos sandwich left him teary-eyed and confused

The Independent UK

American Airlines wants to restart Miami flights to five cities in Cuba

American Airlines, the biggest flier from Miami International Airport, asked the U.S. Department of Transportation this week for clearance to resume flights to five destinations in Cuba, outside Havana where it already flies six daily flights from here.

Miami Herald

Chief of Cuba's military businesses, ex-Castro in-law dies

One of the most trusted advisers to former Cuban President Raul Castro and head of the country’s military business division has died at age 62

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Cuban general Lopez-Calleja dead of heart attack, state media says

General Luis Alberto Rodriguez Lopez-Calleja, one of Cuba's most powerful men, died on Friday of a heart attack, state media reported, leaving a critical hole in the political and economic leadership of the communist-run island.

France 24

Ana Carla Maza: Cuban cellist brings rock energy to life and music

Cuban cellist Ana Carla Maza sees every song as a journey. Born in Cuba to jazz musician parents, her innovative style mixes classical jazz with Latin American rhythms. Her latest album "Bahia" – named after the neighborhood in Havana where she grew up – transports listeners through Latin America and…

Miami Herald

Woman bled to death on Cuban migrant boat off the Florida Keys, exile advocate says

MIAMI — A woman from Cuba died last week after suffering an injury on a migrant boat the U.S. Coast Guard found at sea off the Florida Keys.

Liverpool Echo

Africa Oyé and LIMF team up for anniversary concert at the Liverpool Philharmonic

Havana Meets Kingston features some of Cuba and Jamaica’s most influential musicians

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Cuba Zookeepers Celebrate Birth of Rare Baby White Rhino

The zookeepers at Cuba's National Zoo are especially proud of Ale, a pudgy, gray-brown baby white rhinoceros born earlier this month on the outskirts of capital Havana. For starters, he's cute.

The Independent UK

Dissident artist, rapper sentenced to prison in Cuba

Two members of a loose-knit group of dissident artists have been sentenced to prison in Cuba

Reuters

Cuba dissident leaders receive jail sentences following heavily-critiqued trial

A Cuban court sentenced a leading artist-dissident to nine years in jail on Friday and another to five years in a high profile case that human rights groups branded a "farce" but that Cuban state media said was a fair trial over "common crimes."

Miami Herald

Bigger than Mariel: 140,000 Cubans have arrived at US borders since October

MIAMI — The number of Cubans fleeing poverty and oppression on the island surpassed the Mariel exodus of 1980, as U.S. government data reveals that more than 140,000 Cubans have been detained at U.S. borders between October last year and May.

The Independent UK

Storm's damages put focus on Cuba's dire housing crisis

The first storm of the new hurricane season hit Cuba in mid-June and collapsed or damaged dozens of homes in the capital — tearing off pieces of roof, balconies and facades

Reuters

Cubans sweat in the dark as government scrambles to end blackouts

When the lights go out, Cuban mother of two Nilde Viera, 39, of the small interior city of Guanajay, sees her life turned upside down.

Tribune News Service

Why Cubans arriving at Eagle Pass in new wave of immigration face few obstacles

EAGLE PASS, Texas — A smile spread over the face of Yoima Paisan-Viltre, a Cuban migrant, after passage over the emerald waters of the Rio Grande and through release by U.S. border guards. A bandana with the red-white-and-blue of the U.S. flag held her curly black hair.

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