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Washington invitation opens way for U.N. expert's Guantanamo visit

A U.N. expert told the world's top rights body on Tuesday that she had received a preliminary invitation from Washington to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in what could lead to the first-ever visit by one of the body's special rapporteurs.

Reuters

Weatherwatch: Cuba’s two distinct seasons

Island has a tropical climate, with dry and warm then wet and humid seasons

The Guardian - UK

Explainer: How Russia’s war in Ukraine is shuffling US alliances in Latin America

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reverberated across the globe, including in the Western Hemisphere, where both Washington and Moscow see the crisis as an opportunity to shift regional alliances in their favor.

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Recent arrivals of hundreds of Haitians in Florida Keys is a sign of new trafficking routes

MIAMI — The arrival of nearly 700 Haitians in a string of dramatic migrant landings near an exclusive wealthy enclave in the Upper Florida Keys over the past four months suggests that those behind the rise in Haitian boat migration are getting bolder, and using new trafficking routes to get…

Miami Herald

Cubans protest at Havana embassy as Panama tightens visa requirements

By Dave Sherwood

Reuters

Russia becomes the world's most sanctioned country, surpassing Iran and North Korea

Russia is now subject to more targeted sanctions than Iran, Venezuela, Myanmar and Cuba combined, according to new data released by Castellum.AI.

ABC News

About 2,000 migrants from Haiti and Cuba have made the risky trip to Florida since October

MIAMI — About 2,000 migrants from Haiti and Cuba have risked their lives sailing to Florida to flee from political and economic turmoil in their home countries since Oct. 1, according to federal authorities.

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More than 1,000 migrants have made the risky trip to Florida in 2022. Will they keep coming?

MIAMI — More than a thousand migrants from Haiti and Cuba have risked their lives sailing to Florida to flee from the political and economic turmoil in their home countries over the past year, according to federal authorities.

Miami Herald

JFK to Joe Biden: Avoid my mistakes!

America's youngest-ever president offers words of caution — from the other side of the veil — to our oldest

Salon

Increasingly isolated, Putin finds a few allies in Latin America

MEXICO CITY — Facing condemnation from most of the world and stiff sanctions from Europe and the United States, Russia appears increasingly isolated as its president presses on with his invasion of Ukraine.

Los Angeles Times

Congrí: The essential Cuban dish

If I want abuela food — as opposed to restaurant food — this is the dish I make

Salon

US to resume some visa services in Cuba after 4-year break

The U.S. government says it will resume limited processing of immigrant visas in Havana

The Independent UK

Florida Democrats introduce bill to restart Cuban family reunification program

Congressional Democrats want to restart a federal program that reunites Cuban families in the United States, years after application processing for the program ceased after U.S. government personnel in Havana became mysteriously ill.

Miami Herald

US will increase consular staffing in Cuba but ‘Havana syndrome’ concerns still linger

MIAMI — The Biden administration is expected to announce a partial staffing increase in the U.S. Embassy in Havana that will help address a yearslong visa backlog affecting thousands of Cuban American families, a source familiar with the plan said.

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Cuban Embassy’s address in Washington may get a makeover: Oswaldo Payá Way

A bipartisan group of Florida members of Congress filed a bill that would rename the street in front of the Cuban Embassy in Washington as “Oswaldo Payá Way,” in honor of the late Cuban activist.

The Guardian - UK

Sanctions are neither new nor guaranteed to work – just look at Cuba

Analysis: Economic penalties have been meted out since Napoleon’s day but there’s little proof they achieve the desired outcome

Miami Herald

13 Cuban migrants — including 2 children — arrive in the Keys in a wooden fishing boat

MIAMI — A group of 13 migrants from Cuba arrived in Key West early Sunday evening on a wooden fishing vessel.

Reuters

Exclusive-U.S. set to announce increased staffing at Havana embassy to process visas-sources

The Biden administration is expected to announce as soon as this week a plan to beef up its skeletal staffing in the U.S. embassy in Havana to restore visa processing for Cubans that had been largely suspended since the Trump era, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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The Independent UK

Carmen Herrera: Minimalist artist who found fame late in life

The Cuban artist didn’t sell her first piece until 2004, aged 89, when she was propelled into international renown

Radio France Internationale

Médecins Sans Frontières’ 50th birthday

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Nobel Peace Prize-winning NGO, Médecins Sans Frontières. There’s news about the Baha’i festival Ayyam-i-Ha, information on palindromes and ambigrams (!), and contemporary music from Cuba on Music from Erwan. All that and the new quiz…

The Conversation

Why Vladimir Putin won't back down in Ukraine

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shocked the world, but in many ways Vladimir Putin has been building up to this for some time.

Miami Herald

Cuba blames US for the crisis in Ukraine, but stops short of endorsing Putin’s invasion

In a carefully worded statement, the Cuban government is blaming the United States for the crisis in Ukraine and backed Russia’s right to “self-defense,” but said the conflict should be resolved diplomatically.

Reuters

Russia ally Cuba slams U.S. over Ukraine crisis, urges diplomacy

By Dave Sherwood

Reuters

Russia postpones Cuba debt payments amid warming relations

By Polina Devitt and Dave Sherwood

Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine updates: Ukraine imposes state of emergency

Latest Ukraine news from February 23: Ukraine’s parliament has voted to approve a state of emergency.

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