Cuba
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…