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Cuba explosion: Death toll in Hotel Saratoga blast rises to 18 including pregnant woman and child

Bomb-like sound reported in area

The Independent UK

At least 8 people have died in an explosion at a Havana hotel

Dozens were injured in the blast that ripped away large sections of the outer wall at the Hotel Saratoga, a 19th century structure. A gas leak was the suspected cause of the explosion.

WEKU

At least 4 people have died in an explosion at a Havana hotel

The blast at the Hotel Saratoga, a 19th century structure in Old Havana, apparently was due to a gas leak, according to the office of President Miguel Díaz-Canel.

WEKU

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Four dead, many injured after explosion at Havana hotel-state media

Four people have been killed and various people have been injured following an explosion at a hotel in downtown Havana, Cuban state media said on Friday.

Reuters

Gas leak blamed for blast at iconic Havana hotel that killed 22

By Dave Sherwood

Reuters

Cuba explosion - live: Large blast at The Hotel Saratoga Boutique in Havana

Bomb-like sound reported in area

The Independent UK

Havana explosion: At least 22 dead after blast at luxury hotel as rescuers search rubble for survivors

Hotel has hosted famous guests including Beyonce and Jay-Z

The Independent UK

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Explosion obliterates hotel in Cuban capital Havana blasting floors and killing nine

Nine people are so far reported to have died after the blast at The Hotel Saratoga in Havana, Cuba, when an explosion shook the area "like a bomb" as locals help rescue survivors

Daily Mirror

US resumes limited visa processing in Cuba after 4 years

The U.S. Embassy in Havana has resumed processing visas for Cubans, though on a limited basis, more than four years after stopping consular services on the island amid a hardening of relations

The Independent UK

U.S. embassy again issuing immigrant visas in Havana, but at a trickle

The U.S. embassy in Havana began issuing a trickle of immigrant visas to Cubans this week, making good on an earlier promise to restart visa processing on the island after a four-year hiatus.

Reuters

Cuban wrestling champ absconds in Mexico

Havana (AFP) - Olympic wrestling champion Ismael Borrero has become the latest Cuban athlete to abscond while abroad, leaving the delegation in Mexico for the Pan-American Wrestling Championships, sports officials said.

AFP

US begins issuing first visas in Cuba in more than 4 years

Havana (AFP) - The US embassy in Cuba began issuing visas on Tuesday for the first time since alleged sonic attacks against diplomatic staff more than four years ago.

AFP

Ricardo Alarcón, Castro confidant and top Cuban envoy, dies

Ricardo Alarcón, who was for years the head of Cuba’s parliament and one of the country’s most prominent diplomats, has died in Havana

The Independent UK

Cubans take to streets on Worker's Day for first time in three years

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Reuters

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Ricardo Alarcon, Cuban point man for U.S. relations, dies aged 84

Ricardo Alarcon, one of the most powerful men in Cuba under former President Fidel Castro and a key player in relations with the United States, died in Havana on Saturday evening, his family said.

Al Jazeera

Cuba accuses US of trying to exclude it from regional summit

Cuban foreign minister says Washington is pressuring governments to block Havana from Summit of the Americas in June.

AFP

Olympic status gives surfing a boost in Cuba

Havana (AFP) - When they were children, Cuba's surfers used to transform their school desks into boards to ride the waves.

Miami Herald

US is weighing resuming migration accords with Cuba, Homeland Secretary Mayorkas says

The United States is considering resuming migration accords with Cuba at a time tens of thousands of people are leaving the island to come to the U.S., Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said Wednesday.

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Exclusive-U.S., Cuba to hold high-level migration talks in Washington

American and Cuban officials are due to meet in Washington on Thursday to discuss migration concerns, people familiar with the matter said, in the highest-level formal U.S. talks with Havana since President Joe Biden took office last year.

Miami Herald

State Department warns of ‘systemic and violent repression’ in Cuba in latest report

The U.S. State Department said it has received credible evidence of unlawful killings, forced disappearances and torture of political activists in a scorching assessment of the Cuban government’s record, released this week as part of the agency’s annual report on human rights practices.

AFP

Turning professional: Cuban boxers hope to land a heavy blow

Havana (AFP) - Spirits and expectations are high at Cuba's La Finca national boxing school, where training has intensified ahead of the "Los Domadores" national team's first professional contest since 1962.

Miami Herald

47,000 Cubans have arrived at the US border in recent months

MIAMI — A Cuban diving instructor was recently rescued near Islamorada, in the Florida Keys, after sailing from Cuba on a windsurfing board. If the attempt seems desperate, it is not exceptional:

Miami Herald

‘Prohibited tourism:’ Miami judge deals major blow to cruise companies that traveled to Cuba

MIAMI — In a consequential ruling Monday night, a Miami federal judge said four major cruise lines with South Florida ties — Carnival, Norwegian, Royal Caribbean and MSC Cruises — engaged in “prohibited tourism” and “trafficking activities” by carrying passengers to Cuba and profiting from the use of Havana port…

Reuters

Cubans frantic to migrate as economy falters, new hurdles arise

Bray Perez, a 19-year-old Cuban university student, is fast losing friends to a growing wave of migration off the island.

Reuters

Cubans protest at Havana embassy as Panama tightens visa requirements

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