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Departamento de Estado de EEUU advierte sobre "represión sistémica y violenta" en Cuba

Apr. 14—El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos dijo que había recibido pruebas creíbles de homicidios ilegítimos, desapariciones forzadas y torturas de activistas políticos en una dura evaluación del historial del gobierno cubano publicada esta semana como parte del informe anual de la agencia sobre prácticas de derechos humanos.

Tribune News Service

Fabiola Santiago: A Cuba propaganda fail: Swooning wife calls Miguel Díaz-Canel what he is — a dictator

“Dictator of my heart.”

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.

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Cuba not accepting deportations of its nationals, ICE says

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Cuba has stopped accepting deportations of its nationals from the US, ICE says

MIAMI — The Cuban government has not been accepting deportations of Cuban nationals from the U.S. for more than six months, at a time when tens of thousands are leaving the island to reach the U.S. in the largest exodus since the 1980s Mariel boatlift.

Miami Herald

Nearly 90 Haitian migrants returned 4 days after they were stopped at sea

MIAMI — A U.S. Coast Guard cutter returned 89 people to Haiti on Tuesday who were stopped at sea days earlier aboard an overloaded sailboat off the southeastern coast of Cuba.

Miami Herald

In Cuba, crabs embark on perilous migration to Bay of Pigs

Every year in Cuba, millions of crabs emerge from the forest at the beginning of the spring rains and head for the waters of the Bay of Pigs, crossing streets and highways on a perilous journey to mate and reproduce there

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Take a trip through Cuban history and culture in tropical Key West

At 8 a.m. in Key West, a rooster is crowing somewhere, shouting at the top of its lungs. At 5 Brothers, the hole-in-the-wall corner grocery store not far from the Key West Cemetery, a man with thick white hair and a big belly brews a buchi espresso while chatting with…

Tribune News Service

Camila Cabello finds joy in her roots for new studio album

For her third studio album, Camila Cabello immersed herself in the Cuban and Mexican music she listened to while growing up

The Independent UK

Surfers Chase Freedom in Cuba

Havana Libre tells the story of Cuba’s underground surfers struggling to practice their sport.

Reason

América Latina y el Caribe divididos en voto para expulsar a Rusia del Consejo de Derechos Humanos

Apr. 8—Cuba y Nicaragua votaron este jueves en contra de expulsar a Rusia del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas por las atrocidades cometidas por sus fuerzas durante la guerra en Ucrania, pasando de sus más cautos votos de abstención a señalar su abierto apoyo a Rusia.

Tribune News Service

Meet the trader who will be selling her homemade Cuban food at the St Nicholas Night Market

You can enjoy her delicious tamales along with other traditional Cuban food

Bristol Post

Cuba elimina restricciones sobre el COVID para los viajeros para promover el turismo

Apr. 7—Los viajeros que vayan a Cuba ahora podrán ingresar al país sin mostrar prueba de vacunación contra el COVID-19 o una prueba de PCR negativa, un levantamiento repentino, anunciado por el gobierno cubano el miércoles, de las restricciones que apunta a impulsar el turismo.

Tribune News Service

Russia is sparking new nuclear threats – understanding nonproliferation history helps place this in context

During the 1960s, the Soviet Union and the United States came close to war over the Soviet’s attempt to install nuclear weapons in Cuba, 90 miles off the Florida coast.

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Fabiola Santiago: Want to end new Cuban mass migration? Clamor for Cuba’s freedom like you do for Ukraine’s

A new generation of Cubans is dying in the Florida Straits in a bid to flee a brutally repressive regime — and poverty, too. They’re bedfellows.

Miami Herald

Cuba drops all COVID restrictions for foreign travelers in a bid to boost tourism

Travelers going to Cuba will be able to enter the country without showing proof of COVID-19 vaccinations or a negative PCR test, a sudden lifting of restrictions the government announced Wednesday that aims to boost tourism to the island.

Miami Herald

US appeals court rules WHO unit can be sued by Cuban doctors claiming forced labor

A federal appeals court has ruled that the World Health Organization branch for the Americas is not immune from being sued for its alleged role in a scheme to traffic Cuban doctors for the benefit of the island’s communist government, the first decision of its kind upholding a suit against…

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:

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The Independent UK

Cuba's new private companies show off products at trade fair

A trade fair in Cuba's capital is a commercial milestone for the country

The Guardian - UK

Your life is under threat. You might have to run any second. What do you take?

From those at risk of wildfires to activists facing death threats – thousands of people around the world keep a bag ready to flee. What do they pack?

Miami Herald

1 Cuban migrant dead and several others missing off Florida Keys

MIAMI — One person is dead and several others are missing among a group of people attempting to migrate to South Florida from Cuba on Thursday night, according to federal and local officials.

Reason

Buy Cuban Minerals To Mess With Russia

The U.S. government's continued insistence on criminalizing trade with Cuba is self-destructive.

The Independent UK

Russia war sanctions mean a struggle for Cuban car owners

Lots of Cubans are starting to have a car problem

Reuters

Cuba authorizes import of outboard motors, gives fishermen a boost

By Dave Sherwood

Miami Herald

Coast Guard makes a different kind of rescue — and 2 turtles are now at a Keys hospital

MIAMI -- The U.S. Coast Guard has been busy on the waters this year as the agency deals with a surge in migration to Florida from Cuba and Haiti.

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