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Nyad: The controversial story behind Diana Nyad’s epic Cuba to Florida swim

New Netflix film tells the incredible story of Diana Nyad’s quest to swim 110 miles over open water without the use of a shark cage

The Independent UK

Book Review: Edel Rodriguez shows Cuban history as a warning for the US in new graphic memoir 'Worm'

In his new graphic memoir, “Worm,” Edel Rodriguez mixes historical context and personal stories to recount his harrowing journey growing up under — then escaping — Communism and authoritarianism in Cuba, as well as the warning signs he sees in America decades later

The Independent UK

Is NYAD a true story? Diana Nyad's long-distance swim

The extraordinary story has viewers wanting to know what NYAD is based on

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Some 5,000 migrants set out on foot from Mexico's southern border, tired of long waits for visas

About 5,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti have set out on foot to reach the U.S., walking north from Mexico's southern border

The Independent UK

What to stream this week: Annette Bening, Jason Aldean, Awkwafina, NKOTB and 'Blue Eye Samurai'

This week’s new entertainment releases include a studio album from Jason Aldean and a posthumous release from Jimmy Buffett, a new Hulu series inspired from Charmaine Wilkerson’s novel “Black Cake” and Annette Bening portrays a real-life hero who swam the treacherous passage from Cuba to Key West in 2013

The Independent UK

(Republican) War Is Over

Plus: Extra credit at Berkeley, 4 percent of Cuba has migrated to the U.S. in the last two years, 20 hours in a kibbutz safe room, and more...

Reason

Nicaragua is weaponizing US-bound migrants as Haitians pour in on charter flights, observers say

Flight data shows that more than 260 charter flights believed to be carrying migrants from Haiti have touched down in Nicaragua in recent months

The Independent UK

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Nyad review – Annette Bening pulls out all the stops in engaging swimming drama

Bening gives it her all as Diana Nyad, who set out aged 60 to swim from Cuba to Florida, but the film skims over Nyad’s backstory

The Guardian - UK

Diana Nyad marks anniversary of epic Cuba-Florida swim, freeing rehabilitated sea turtle in the Keys

A decade after swimming nonstop for more than two straight days from Cuba to Florida, Diana Nyad has returned to the Key West beach where she completed her epic journey

The Independent UK

Nyad review – Annette Bening and Jodie Foster delight in marathon swimming biopic

Bening is a sixtysomething on a mission to swim from Cuba to Florida, Foster her stoical coach, in this real-life drama of friendship and endurance

The Guardian - UK

The Rise of the New Spycraft Regimes

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s indictment should remind the West not to underestimate the intelligence capabilities of smaller powers.

Foreign Policy

‘Nyad’: Annette Bening keeps her head above water as the formidable but flawed swimmer

Star’s chemistry with Jodie Foster, as Nyad’s coach and BFF, is movie magic in rousing biopic.

Chicago Sun-Times

Havana’s once stately homes crumble as their residents live in fear of an imminent collapse

The housing situation in Cuba is critical, with buildings partially or completely collapsing under the weight of storms, lack of maintenance and years of neglect

The Independent UK

Who is Diana Nyad? Controversial career of Netflix’s new biopic subject

Nyad first came to public attention in 1975, when she swam around Manhattan in 28 mile course

Evening Standard

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The Conversation

The splendid life of Jimmy Carter – 5 essential reads

In Mark 8:34-38 a question is asked: “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”

WEKU

MacArthur 'genius' makes magical art that conjures up her Afro-Cuban roots

One of this year's MacArthur fellows — the so-called 'genius grant' — the artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons is inspired by her family's African roots, her Cuban childhood and modern American life.

The Independent UK

Mexico's president says 10,000 migrants a day head to US border; he blames US sanctions on Cuba

Mexico’s president says that about 10,000 migrants per day are heading to the U.S. border, and he blames U.S. economic sanctions on countries like Cuba and Venezuela for the influx

France 24

How Russia is recruiting Cuban mercenaries

Pro-Ukrainian hackers posted images of the passports of 192 people on September 6 – all Cuban except for one Colombian – on Telegram. They also posted documents showing that these men had been recruited by a Russian army officer to fight for the Russian Army in Ukraine. The FRANCE 24…

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The Independent UK

Mexico's president slams US aid for Ukraine and sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba

Mexico's president has slammed U.S. aid for Ukraine and sanctions on Venezuela, Cuba and other nations

The Independent UK

Cuba's ambassador to the US says Molotov cocktails thrown at Cuban embassy were a 'terrorist attack'

Cuba's ambassador to the United States says an incident in which at least one incendiary device was thrown into the Cuban embassy compound was a “terrorist attack.”

Al Jazeera

Cuban Embassy in Washington, DC attacked with Molotov cocktails

Two Molotov cocktails were thrown at embassy in the second attack since shots were fired at diplomatic compound in 2020.

The Independent UK

A Molotov cocktail is thrown at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, but there are no injuries

At least one Molotov cocktail has been thrown at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, but there was no significant damage and no one was injured

The Independent UK

Both parties want to win South Florida. Here's one Cuban activist's view of the political fight

Soon after Felix Llerena arrived in Miami in 2017, the Cuban activist was drawn to then-President Donald Trump by the Republican's aggressive approach toward Cuba’s communist government

The Guardian - UK

Ballet v machismo: the male Latin American dancers challenging old-fashioned ideas of manhood

From Cuba to Peru and beyond, Santiago Barreiro captures the dancers who have upended their countries’ ideas of masculinity while pursuing their dreams

The Independent UK

Brazilian leader Lula rekindles ties with Cuba at G77 summit in Havana

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has met with his Cuban counterpart in Havana

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