The Latest Breaking News from Cuba

Eighteen Cuban migrants missing after boat sinks during Hurricane Ian

Search and rescue effort under way after vessel sank in Stock Island, in the Florida Keys, hours before hurricane made landfall

The Guardian - US · Sep 29, 2022

Cuba turns lights back on in parts of Havana, elsewhere still dark after Ian

By Dave Sherwood

Reuters · Sep 29, 2022

Hurricane Ian Pounds Florida as a Monster Storm

Hurricane Ian plunged much of coastal southwest Florida into darkness Wednesday, as the monster storm brought "catastrophic" storm surges, wind and flooding that had officials readying a huge emergency response. The US Border Patrol said 20 migrants were missing after their boat sank, with four Cubans swimming to shore in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 29, 2022

Cuba after Ian: How the entire electrical grid collapsed, leaving a nation in darkness

Most of Cuba’s 11 million people remained without electricity on Wednesday, after the failure of one of the country’s main power plants Tuesday afternoon brought down the entire electrical grid.

Miami Herald · Sep 28, 2022

Cuban migrant boat sinks off Florida due to Hurricane Ian; 20 missing

U.S. Border Patrol said on Wednesday that 20 people were missing off the coast of Florida after a Cuban migrant boat sank due to Hurricane Ian.

Reuters · Sep 28, 2022

‘We’re natural fighters’: Cubans brave sweeping power cuts in Hurricane Ian aftermath

As parts of the island languish without electricity, people worry about the worsening after-effects of the storm

The Guardian - US · Sep 28, 2022

Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida as winds hit 150mph

More than 2.5 million people in Florida were under mandatory evacuation orders on Wednesday

Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2022

Hurricane Ian: more than 2m without power as Florida hit with ‘catastrophic’ wind and rain

‘Major, major’ storm, estimated to be 140 miles wide, sweeps inland after causing huge flooding on coast, with millions of residents in its path

The Guardian - US · Sep 28, 2022

Cuba works to restore electricity after Hurricane Ian knocked power out island wide

Cuban officials said they had begun to restore some power Wednesday after Hurricane Ian knocked out electricity to the entire island.

WEKU · Sep 28, 2022

Bank of England steps in to prevent UK financial crisis

On accepting responsibility for the calamitous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in April 1961, John Kennedy noted that “Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.”

Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2022