Cuba

Trump on Cuba: May or may not be a “friendly takeover”

U.S. President Donald Trump said Cuba is in "deep trouble" on a humanitarian basis and ‌that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was dealing with the issue which may or…

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Canada plans to assist Cuba while Washington squeezes the island

Canada said it plans to provide assistance to Cuba while the island grapples with fuel shortages after Washington moved to choke off Cuba's oil supplies. Washington has escalated a pressure…

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Trump says ‘Cuba will be failing pretty soon’

U.S. President Donald Trump said that "Cuba will be failing pretty soon," adding that Venezuela, once the island's top supplier, has not recently sent oil or money to Cuba. Emboldened…

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32 Cubans killed during US attack on Venezuela, Cuban government says

The Cuban government said the 32 people who were killed were members of the Cuban armed forces and intelligence agencies, with two days of national mourning declared. A government statement…

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Cuba hit by magnitude 5.9 earthquake, EMSC says

An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Cuba on Monday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 25 km (15.53 miles), EMSC said.

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Russian warships leave Cuba after five days

A fleet of Russian warships has left the port of Havana after a five-day visit to Cuba, following planned military drills. The vessels, which included a nuclear-powered submarine and a…

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UPDATED: Kremlin says no need for U.S. to worry about Russian warships in Cuba

The Kremlin said on Thursday there was no reason for any country, including the United States, to be worried about the presence of Russian warships in Cuba on an exercise.…

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Molotov cocktails thrown at Cuban embassy in Washington

An assailant attacked the Cuban embassy in Washington with two Molotov cocktails on Sunday night, Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said on X, adding that nobody was hurt.The attack…

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EU to send human rights envoy to Cuba, but will not ‘impose’ demands

AVANA (Reuters) - The European Union will send a special human rights envoy to Cuba this year to discuss the aftermath of anti-government protests in July 2021, but the EU's…

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Cuban influx forces U.S. Park Service to close Florida islands

The U.S. National Park Service closed Dry Tortugas National Park off the Florida Keys for several days starting after 300 immigrants had arrived on the islands in recent days, overwhelming…

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Cuba calls U.S. trade embargo a ‘hurricane’ that never ends

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba said the decades-old U.S. trade embargo has been causing record financial losses and untold human suffering in recent months, at a time when Cuba was also…

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Havana protests flare as govt scrambles to turn on lights

HAVANA, (Reuters) - Crews restored power to more neighbourhoods across Havana on Saturday after a second day of protests over ongoing blackouts in Cuba's capital, including some of the largest…

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UPDATED: Cuba slowly begins to restore power after Hurricane Ian knocks out grid

HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Cuba had slowly begun to restore power across the eastern end of the island, the state electricity provider said early on Wednesday, after Hurricane…

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Hurricane Ian rips into western Cuba, with Florida in its sights

Hurricane Ian slammed into western Cuba on Tuesday, forcing evacuations, cutting power to hundreds of thousands of people and swamping fishing villages as it tracked northward toward Florida, where residents…

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Cuba to send hundreds of doctors to Italy’s Calabria region

Cuba will send nearly 500 doctors to the Calabria region of southern Italy, Cuban state media reported this week, part of a broader program that sends surplus medics from the…

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Cuba confirms first monkeypox case in visitor from Italy

Cuba confirmed its first case of monkeypox late on Saturday, the country's Public Health ministry said, after detecting the viral disease in a tourist who had arrived from Italy this…

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

HAVANA,(Reuters) - A massive oil-fed fire continued to burn near Cuba's supertanker port in Matanzas, as Mexico and Venezuela sent teams to help fight the inferno and Cuba accepted a…

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Major fire spreads at Cuban fuel storage facility hit by lightning

HAVANA, Aug 6 (Reuters) - A second fuel storage tank near Cuba's supertanker port in Matanzas exploded on Saturday morning following a blaze which burned through the night after lightning hit another…

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Havana announces blackouts, cancels carnival as crisis deepens

HAVANA, July 30 (Reuters) - The Cuban capital of Havana will begin electricity blackouts in August, has canceled carnival and is taking other measures as the country’s energy crisis worsens, state media…

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Cuba to deepen ties with Russia as Ukraine tensions mount

Russia and Cuba will deepen ties and explore collaboration in transportation, energy, industry and banking, Cuba's Foreign Ministry said following a visit from Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov. In…

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Cuba reopens doors to tourism as threat of protests looms

Cuba reopened schools and its borders to international tourism on Monday as opposition groups urged supporters to protest for greater political freedoms, setting up a tense showdown between the government and…

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EP concerned with human rights situation in Kenya, Cuba and the UAE

The European Parliament has adopted three resolutions on the human rights situation in Kenya, the United Arab Emirates and Cuba expressing concern on developments in these countries on three different…

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Regular power cuts plague island of Cuba

Cuban state media said on Friday that the intermittent blackouts that have plagued the island since June are caused by an aging power infrastructure and lack of proper maintenance and…

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Cuba authorizes and seeks to regulate cryptocurrency use

Cuba said this week it would authorize and regulate the use of cryptocurrency, a move that could help the Communist-run country skirt U.S. sanctions that have complicated transactions through the…

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Latin America’s resurgent left and Caribbean spurn U.S. policy on Cuba

The United States doubled down on its tough stance and sanctions on Cuba after historic protests in the Communist-run island last month and said it would seek to support protesters.…

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Cuban Embassy in Paris attacked with petrol bombs, France beefs up security

Cuba's embassy in Paris said on Tuesday it had been attacked overnight with petrol bombs that caused some damage but no injuries to its staff, in an incident that prompted French authorities…

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Pro-democracy Cuban-American protesters pressure Biden to do more for Cuba

Thousands of Cuban-Americans descended on the White House to call on President Joe Biden to do more for Cuba saying the sanctions he imposed last week are not enough after…

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U.S. calls for calm in Cuba, concerned by images of violence

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Tuesday called for calm in Cuba and said it was concerned by images of violence it had seen in the past few…

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Cuban president claims unrests pushed by US as Biden backs protests

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Monday accused Cubans of stirring up trouble through a social media campaign that he said increased over the last few weeks, leading to mass anti-government protests…

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UPDATED: Thousands of protesters take to the streets in Cuba

Chanting "freedom" and calling for President Miguel Diaz-Canel to step down, thousands of Cubans joined street protests from Havana to Santiago on Sunday in the biggest anti-government demonstrations on the…

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Cuba says second COVID-19 vaccine Soberana 2 boasts 91.2% efficacy

Cuba said its two-shot Soberana 2 vaccine, delivered with a booster called Soberana Plus, had proven 91.2% effective in late stage clinical trials against the coronavirus, following similar news about…

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China becomes top market for Cuba’s legendary cigars

Cuba’s state cigar monopoly, Habanos S.A., said that China had displaced Spain last year as its top market but rising demand in the Asian giant could not compensate for declines…

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Climate change shrinks marine life richness near equator: study

During some summers, as the Caribbean water temperatures climb, the luminous coral colonies of gold, green and blue that ring the island nation of Cuba give way to patches of…

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Cuba approves second homegrown COVID vaccine for late phase trials

Cuba’s drug regulatory authority approved a second COVID-19 vaccine candidate for late-stage clinical trials as the country races to secure a homegrown shot to quell its worst outbreak since the…

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Telecommunications blackout in Cuba

Cuba’s telephone and internet connections were knocked out on Friday in a nationwide failure, though there was no general power outage, witnesses said. All internet service and international communications crashed…

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U.S. expected to return Cuba to state sponsors of terrorism list-source

WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is expected to return Cuba to the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, a person familiar with the matter said on…

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Cuba tightens COVID-19 measures after irresponsible partying over year-end fuelled a surge in infections

Cuba's top epidemiologist said irresponsible partying over year-end, often with relatives from abroad, fuelled a surge in coronavirus infections and he warned of a crackdown to prevent the spread of…

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Cuba to start clinical trials of potential coronavirus vaccine

Cuba kicks off clinical trials next week of a potential coronavirus vaccine called “Soberana 01” (“Sovereign 01”) developed by its state-run Finlay Institute, with results due in February, state-run media…

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Havana back on lockdown as coronavirus rebounds

Cuba placed Havana back on a strict lockdown following a rebound in coronavirus cases, ordering restaurants, bars and pools once more to close, suspending public transportation and banning access to…

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5.1 earthquake jolts Cuba

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 79 km SW of Niquero, Cuba at 19:11:48 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of…

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Cuba to test all international visitors for coronavirus

Cuba will test all visitors for coronavirus when it reopens to international tourism, which will be limited at first to the beach resorts at the keys of the Caribbean’s largest…

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Trump administration orders Marriott to cease Cuba hotel business

The Trump administration has ordered Marriott International to wind down hotel operations in Communist-run Cuba, a company spokeswoman told Reuters, extinguishing what had been a symbol of the U.S.-Cuban…

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Strong earthquake rattles Cuba

A 4.5 magnitude earthquake occurred near Cuba today, according to Reuters, citing the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center. An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 has struck 41 kilometres (25 miles) southeast of Baracoa…

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Photo Story: The Cuban technique to block the coronavirus…fishing for patients

Several doctors talk outside a medical office during a work of 'fishing' for patients in the town of Zaragoza, in the municipality of San Jose de las Lajas, Mayabeque province,…

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Photo Story: More Cuban doctors travel to Italy to help

Doctors and nurses, members of the 'Henry Reeve' Contingent of Doctors Specialized in Disaster Situations and Serious Epidemics, participate in an act before leaving for the Italian region of Piedmont,…

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Photo Story: Doctors from Cuba arrive in Milan

The Cuban doctors on their arrival to help Italian healthcare for the Coronavirus emergency in Milan, Malpensa airport. Cuban doctors were on the front lines in the fight against cholera…

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Cuban doctors head to Italy battle coronavirus

Communist-run Cuba said it dispatched a brigade of doctors and nurses to Italy for the first time this weekend to help in the fight against the novel coronavirus at…

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Tsunami warning issued after strong 7.3 earthquake struck Jamaica

A huge earthquake has struck parts of Jamaica, the US Geological Survey says. A tsunami warning was issued for Jamaica, Cuba and the Cayman islands after the 7.3-magnitude quake hit…

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U.S. blacklists six oil tankers in new Venezuela-related sanctions

The American government blacklisted six oil tankers involved in the shipment of Venezuelan oil to Cuba, the latest in a series of sanctions aimed at pressuring Havana to abandon its…

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Photo Story: Havana celebrates its 500th birthday

Fireworks explode over the National Capitol Building during the celebration of the 500th anniversary of Havana's foundation, in Havana, Cuba, on the night of the 16 November 2019. Cuba celebrated…

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The US bans former Cuban President Raul Castro from entry

The State Department banned travel to the US by Cuban Communist Party head and former President Raul Castro, the younger brother of the late revolutionary and longtime leader Fidel Castro.…

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Cuba considering introduction of cryptocurrency

Cuba’s Communist government announced that it was studying the potential use of cryptocurrency as part of a series of measures to boost its economy amid a deepening crisis exacerbated by…

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Trump’s administration reintroduces travel restrictions to Cuba

President Donald Trump's administration is restricting travel to Cuba, the US State Department said on Tuesday. The Trump administration is ending an educational travel program and banning "passenger and recreational…

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Tense atmosphere in Venezuela in the wake of new protests

Juan Guaidó has appealed for his supporters to take to the streets of Venezuela again on Wednesday, after a day of violent clashes on Tuesday. His call followed a…

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Reports of meteorite hitting Cuba

There were two strong explosions reported over of Vinales, and the Pinar del Rio area in western Cuba on Friday afternoon before small black stones fell to the ground, witnesses…

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Havana hit by freak tornado

A large-scale clean up began in Havana, Cuba after a freak tornado ripped through the city on Sunday night. At least three people died and more than 170 were injured.…

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Tuesday Morning Briefing

Good morning Your morning briefing with the latest news from around the globe, a newspaper review from Malta and a headline digest of the main news chosen in the past…

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