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Cuban oil fire all but out, blackouts and gas lines lengthen

Cubans have been left to endure six- to 18-hour blackouts, and search for ever-scarcer gasoline in the wake of a spectacular blaze that destroyed 40% of Cuba’s main fuel depot and shuttered its only supertanker port.

Cuba gets help from Mexico, Venezuela to fight oil fire

Cuba gets help from Mexico, Venezuela to fight oil fire

Cuba appeared to make progress on Sunday bringing under control a fire at its main oil storage facility that has killed one firefighter, drawing on help from Mexico and Venezuela to fight the raging flames.

Dozens injured and 17 missing after lightning strike triggers huge fire at Cuban supertanker port

Dozens injured and 17 missing after lightning strike triggers huge fire at Cuban supertanker port

Uncontrollable blaze rages through night after oil storage tanks explode

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Cuba fire rages at fuel storage port; Mexico, Venezuela sending help

A massive oil-fed fire burned for a second day on Saturday near Cuba's supertanker port in Matanzas, as Mexico and Venezuela sent teams to help fight the inferno and Cuba accepted a U.S. offer of unspecified "technical advice".

Cuba slams US ‘involvement’ on anniversary of anti-gov’t protests

Havana accuses Washington of helping to ‘subvert law and order’ after Blinken hails determination of Cuban protesters.

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.

Mexico president's summit snub shows limits of U.S. reach in Latin America

The Mexican president's refusal to attend a U.S.-hosted summit because of disputes over the guest list highlights how Latin America's leftists are pursuing an increasingly independent foreign policy from Washington.

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Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua condemn exclusion from U.S. summit

Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua condemn exclusion from U.S. summit

A bloc of leftist countries meeting in Havana on Friday condemned the exclusion of certain nations from next month's Summit of the Americas, after the United States said that it only wanted the leaders of governments that respect democracy to attend.

Cuban president says he won't go to U.S. summit even if invited

Cuban president says he won't go to U.S. summit even if invited

Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel said he would not attend the upcoming Summit of the Americas hosted by the United States, which has said that only democratic governments would be invited.

Gas leak blamed for explosion at hotel in Cuban capital Havana that killed at least 22

Gas leak blamed for explosion at hotel in Cuban capital Havana that killed at least 22

State television said the blast at The Hotel Saratoga in Havana was 'not a terrorist attack', adding that the hotel was closed and only workers were inside at the time

Death toll reaches 25 in Havana hotel blast

Death toll reaches 25 in Havana hotel blast

HAVANA: The death toll after an explosion ripped through a luxury hotel in central Havana climbed to 25 people including a Spanish tourist, state television reported on Saturday, one day after the powerful blast due to a suspected gas leak.

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

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

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