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Boxing powerhouse Cuba approves women's competitive fights

Cuban officials have announced that women boxers will be able to compete officially after decades of restrictions

The Independent UK

Boxing-Cuba to allow female boxers to compete for first time in six decades

Boxing powerhouse Cuba has given the green light to women who wish to partake in tournaments for the first time since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution, sports officials said on Monday.

Reuters

US adds Wagner mercenaries to blacklist for religious persecution

US State Department says it ‘will not stand by’ in the face of a crackdown on religious freedoms.

Al Jazeera

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What happens to people who die at sea trying to migrate? It falls to the Florida Keys

MIAMI — When people from Haiti and Cuba take to the sea in desperation to reach U.S. shores, they often end up in the Florida Keys, arriving on overloaded or homemade vessels.

Miami Herald

Human rights groups criticize Cuba’s new criminal code

Cuba enacted a new penal code this week that activists and human rights organizations worry could further limit free expression and snuff out protests at a time of deepening discontent on the island

The Independent UK

Cuba slams U.S. rejection of undersea telecoms connection to island

Cuba´s Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio on Thursday accused long-time rival the United States of doublespeak after the Biden administration proposed to scrap a plan to install a new undersea telecommunications cable to Cuba.

Reuters

Cuba says its allies have pledged help to end its economic crisis

China, Russia, Algeria and Turkey have pledged to restructure Cuba's debt, provide new trade and investment financing, and help ease an energy crisis, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel told state-run media following a rare trip abroad last week.

Reuters

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Cuba municipal elections see lowest turnout in 40 years

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Reuters

Cuba's informal market finds new space on growing internet

Ever-widening access to the internet is offering a new opportunity for Cubans looking for hard-to-obtain basic goods: online shopping

The Independent UK

Cuba wins China debt relief, new funds

China has agreed to restructure Cuban debt and provide new trade and investment credits to the beleaguered Caribbean Island nation after a meeting in Peking between the two Communist countries’ leaders.

Reuters

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More than 50 people from Cuba land in Florida Keys as Coast Guard stops others at sea

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More than 50 people from Cuba land in Florida Keys as Coast Guard stops others at sea

MIAMI — U.S. Border Patrol and Coast Guard crews were kept busy on Thanksgiving intercepting people from Cuba attempting to enter the country through the Florida Keys.

Miami Herald

China's Xi pledges support for Cuba on 'core interests'

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Cuban counterpart have pledged mutual support over their fellow communist states' “core interests.”

The Independent UK

Group of Cubans land in Key Colony Beach on a boat. Migrant numbers soaring at record clip

MIAMI — The steady arrival of migrants continued in the Florida Keys on Wednesday with a group of 19 people from Cuba in Key Colony Beach, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.

Miami Herald

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Cuba's opposition calls on voters to abstain from Sunday's local elections

Cuba's political opposition has accused the government of blocking or spooking its candidates for local elections this Sunday, and is calling on Cubans to abstain from voting.

Miami Herald

Coast Guard halts search off Florida for missing Cuban migrants, raising death toll to 10

MIAMI — The search for people from Cuba attempting to migrate to the U.S. in a boat that capsized 50 miles off Little Torch Key has been suspended, the U.S. Coast Guard announced Monday night.

The Guardian - US

Pablo Milanés, legendary Cuban singer-songwriter, dies aged 79

Internationally famous musician known for hits such as Yolanda, was a supporter of Cuban revolution

Reuters

Evoking Castro, Putin and Cuban leader pledge to deepen ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel unveiled a monument in a north Moscow square on Tuesday to Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, pledging to deepen their friendship in the face of U.S. sanctions against both countries.

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Alina De Cuba Producer John Martinez O’Felan Talks Latino Representation In Hollywood

John Martinez O’Felan spoke about Latin representation in the film industry, unity among Latinos, John Leguizamo and James Franco

The Independent UK

Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés dies at 79

Grammy-winning Cuban balladeer Pablo Milanés has died in Spain at age 79

Reuters

Cuba's Pablo Milanes, songwriter and social crusader, dies at 79

Pablo Milanes, a Cuban singer-songwriter and one of the founders of the "Nueva Trova" musical movement that emerged after Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution, died early on Tuesday in Spain at the age of 79, according to the artist's official Facebook page.

Reuters

Cuba's president to visit China Nov 24-26

Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel will visit China from Nov. 24-26, Chinese state media reported on Monday.

Reuters

At least one dead after Cuban migrant vessel capsizes off Florida coast, Coast Guard says

The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday said it has recovered the body of one person after a vessel carrying Cuban migrants capsized off Florida's Little Torch Key, adding it rescued nine people and was searching for five others.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Algeria, Cuba Discuss Boosting Ties

Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune discussed Thursday with President of Cuba Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez at the presidential palace aspects of developing bilateral ties on economic and commercial levels. The discussions came six months after the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The Algerian presidency…

The Independent UK

Parents of Cuba protesters blocked from meeting US officials

Activist groups and U.S. officials say at least six parents of Cubans serving harsh prison sentences after they participated in protests last year were temporarily detained and prevented from visiting an American delegation

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