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With No Money Or Fuel, Cuban Fishermen Improvise On Floating Rafts

Small white squares dot the ocean off Havana, an unlikely fleet of fishermen bobbing on makeshift polystyrene rafts they use to make up for a lack of fuel or money to buy a proper boat.

International Business Times

Cuban President admits 'very difficult' crisis is causing a spike in 'social violence, addictions'

Miguel Díaz-Canel acknowledged that the government can't effectively provide "the few" goods Cubans can get through ration cards

Latin Times

Cuban Olympic Committee demands the immediate exclusion of an athlete from refugee team

The Cuban Olympic Committee has demanded the “immediate exclusion” of an island athlete who was included by the organizers as part of a refugee team that will participate in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

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Cuba Demands Expulsion Of Canoeist From Olympic Refugee Team

Cuba's Olympic Committee on Tuesday demanded the expulsion of citizen Fernando Jorge, a champion sprint canoeist, from the refugee team taking part in the Paris Olympics.

International Business Times

Who’ll Win in Paris? SI Picks Every Medal at the 2024 Olympics

From aquatics to wrestling and everything in between, we’re picking the podium for all 329 medal events at the Summer Games.

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Cuba will 'partially' dollarize its economy as crisis deepens

Prime Minister Manuel Marrero described the scenario as a "war economy." The government will start accepting payments in foreign currency in venues connected to the tourism indusrty

Latin Times

The sordid end of Sergio Pino, the Cuban immigrant and top Latino developer who died after his wife accused him of attempted murder

The FBI was preparing to enter the home of the Cuban American businessman when they heard shots coming from inside. They found him dead by alleged suicide

Latin Times

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Cuban population decreases by almost 20% as economic malaise boosts exodus, study shows

A local demographer is estimating the current population based on a series of trends due to a lack of official figures

Latin Times

High-ranking North Korean Diplomat In Cuba Defected To South

A high-ranking North Korean diplomat stationed in Cuba defected to South Korea last November -- just months before Seoul and Havana established diplomatic ties, South Korea's spy agency said Tuesday.

International Business Times

North Korean Diplomat In Cuba Defects To South Korea

North Korean diplomat in Cuba defects to South Korea, adding to elite defectors seeking asylum. Recent high-profile defections highlight disillusionment wi...

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High-ranking North Korean Diplomat In Cuba Defected To South: Report

A high-ranking North Korean diplomat stationed in Cuba defected to South Korea last November -- just months before Seoul and Havana established diplomatic ties, a report said Tuesday.

International Business Times

North Korean diplomat in Cuba defected to South Korea in November, Seoul says

South Korea’s spy agency says a North Korea diplomat based in Cuba has defected to South Korea

The Independent UK

North Korea diplomat flees to South in highest ranking envoy defection since 2016

Ri Il-kyu was responsible for political affairs at Pyongyang’s embassy in Cuba, the Chosun Ilbo daily has reported

The Guardian - AU

Members of Cuba’s revolutionary generation feel abandoned by the society they created

Older Cubans are struggling to make ends meet on tiny pensions as the country pivots towards private enterprise

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Amid the anti-tourism trend, here are 6 destinations that desperately want you to pay them a visit

Exclusive: Almost every destination wants more tourists, not fewer

International Business Times

In Cuba, A Haven For The World's Tiniest Bird

The wings of the world's tiniest birds are a near-invisible blur as they whizz around tourists visiting a private Cuban garden that has become a haven for the declining species.

International Business Times

Repression Rife In Cuba, 3 Years After Historic Protests: Dissidents

Cuban dissidents and journalists said Thursday that repression was still rife in the country, as it marks three years since unprecedented protests led to hundreds of arrests.

The Independent UK

They fled from their home countries. Now, they'll compete in Paris for the Refugee Olympic Team

They compete under the same flag but speak different languages and come from different parts of the world

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Latin Times

"Hispanics are Republicans, they just don't know it," says Miami congresswoman in Trump rally

María Elvira Salazar, daughter of Cuban exiles, added that Hispanics and Republicans share the same values

The Guardian - UK

‘If the world explodes, the only survivors will be cockroaches and Cubans!’: the Guantánamo musicians defying the island’s crisis

For over 150 years this rural Cuban area has been home to changüí: hyperlocal music holding out against an embattled economy. We join an all-night festival to find out how

Latin Times

Cuba imposes price caps on some foods despite warnings it will lead to halting their importation

Chicken, powdered milk, pasta and other essentials are among the goods reached by the measure

International Business Times

Cuban Olympic Champ Trains To Compete In Paris As A Refugee

Fernando Dayan Jorge Enriquez, a champion sprint canoeist who fled his native Cuba two years ago, feels sick but still wakes up early to train for the Paris Olympics, where he will compete for a refugee team.

Latin Times

Cuba says it foiled a plan to sneak arms onto the island from the U.S.

Over 30 people were detained as part of a scheme aimed at destabilizing the government, an official said

Texas Observer

Going to See the Volcanos

After protests swept Cuba, a wave of people fled. Jesús Jank Curbelo shares his saga of being smuggled to the U.S.-Mexico border.

International Business Times

Fuel Shortages A Bitter Pill For Cuba's Sugar Cane Producers

Cuba's sugar cane industry, once the world leader, first lost the United States as its main client 60 years ago, then the Soviet Union three decades later.

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