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Mijaín López makes greatness look easy with Greco-Roman gold

Mijaín López walked away from his sixth Games as arguably the greatest Olympian of all time, after winning yet another gold in Greco-Roman wrestling

The Guardian - UK

Cuban Wrestler Mijaín López Retires in Cool Fashion After Fifth Straight Gold Medal

The icon of his sport needed no words Tuesday.

Sports Illustrated

Cuban Wrestler Mijaín López Makes Olympic History With Fifth Gold

Cuban wrestler Mijaín López makes history with 5th Olympic gold in Tokyo, retiring in an emotional final match. Acosta wins silver, and global talent shine...

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How do you read a poem? Embrace the sound, the strangeness and the ambiguity

A word is dead When it is said, Some say, I say it just Begins to live That day. – Emily Dickinson If someone asked you how you felt and you said you had “a sense sublime of something far more deeply interfused, whose dwelling was the light of setting…

The Conversation

How Chávez's Socialist Revolution Created the Venezuelan Dictator Nicólas Maduro

Under collectivism, "a man must be prepared to break every moral rule," F.A. Hayek observed in 1944.

Reason

Father with pins and needles told by doctors he has huge deadly brain tumour

When Rob and Alison went on a trip to Cuba he started complaining about feeling pins and needles in his fingers and face

The Independent UK

Mijaín López wrestles with the prospect of becoming the greatest Olympian of the modern era

The Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler moved one fight away from an unrivalled fifth consecutive gold in a single event in Paris on Monday

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Mijaín López aims for unparalleled glory in race against the clock

Only foe of Cuban is time itself as 41-year-old bids for fifth consecutive Olympic gold in Greco-Roman wrestling

The Guardian - UK

My Cuban family fled a dictator. Now I’m scared they’ll elect Trump

Democrats are finding it increasingly difficult to connect with Latino voters — especially Cubans, who associate left-wing politics with the communism that tore their country apart. Jesus Maria Alvarez reports on the deep rifts within his community in the battleground state of Florida

The Independent UK

Tropical Depression Expected To Bring Heavy Rain To Florida

Tropical depression intensifying over Cuba to bring heavy rainfall and coastal flooding to Florida's Gulf Coast. Hurricane Carlotta weakening off Mexico's ...

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Forecasters expect depression to become Tropical Storm Debby as it nears Florida's Gulf Coast

Forecasters say a tropical depression over Cuba is growing better organized and is likely to bring drenching rain and coastal flooding to much of Florida’s Gulf Coast

The Independent UK

Plea deal for accused 9/11 plotters revoked by US defence secretary

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday overrode a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, reinstating them as death-penalty cases. The cases against the 9/11 defendants have been delayed in pre-trial maneuverings for years, while the…

France 24

Biden Administration Suspends Permits For Four Nationalities

Biden administration suspends permits for individuals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela due to concerns about financial sponsor fraud. Efforts to ...

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U.S. freezes humanitarian parole for Venezuelans, Haitians, Cubans amid fraud allegations

The Department of Homeland Security said it temporarily paused the issuing of advance travel authorizations for the program "out of an abundance of caution"

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The Independent UK

Florida braces for flooding from a possible tropical storm

A storm system brewing over Cuba on Friday could likely bring torrential rain and flooding to the Florida peninsula this weekend

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Biden Administration Pauses Controversial Migrant Program Due To Fraud

Biden administration pauses program for Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan migrants due to fraud concerns.

The Independent UK

North Korea's former No.2 diplomat in Cuba recalls dramatic, swift defection in likely blow to Kim

Ri Il Gyu, North Korea’s former No.2 diplomat in Cuba, who has resettled in South Korea, says he fled to South Korea with his family last November in frustration over his highly repressive, corrupt homeland

Latin Times

Almost 9 in 10 Cubans live in 'extreme poverty' amid spiraling crisis, study shows

Seven in ten respondents have cut meals due to lack of money or shortages

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The Conversation

Cuba’s Olympic delegation is the smallest in decades — and it reveals the country’s socioeconomic crisis

Cuba is often expected to punch above its weight at the Olympics. Cuban boxers, for example, have won the second-highest amount of medals in Olympic history at 78, with 41 of them gold.

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Russian Warships Arrive In Cuba, Deepening Ties

Russian warships make a second visit to Cuba, showcasing military strength and strategic alliances in response to U.S. and Western support for Ukraine.

The Independent UK

In a show of growing ties, Russian warships make a new visit to Cuban waters

Three Russian warships have arrived in Cuban waters, Moscow’s second such maritime voyage in as many months in a reflection of deepening ties between Russia and Cuba

The Independent UK

Lammy urged to drop ‘ludicrous’ financial aid to Cuba over concerns troops are fighting for Russia in Ukraine

Britain needs to rethink financial support, a leading US congressman has told The Independent

Reason

Over 1 Million People Flee Cuba in Just Two Years

That amounts to some 10% of the nation's total population. The surge highlights flaws in both right and left-wing positions on Cuba.

International Business Times

With No Money Or Fuel, Cuban Fishermen Improvise On Floating Rafts

Small white squares dot the ocean off Havana, an unlikely fleet of fishermen bobbing on makeshift polystyrene rafts they use to make up for a lack of fuel or money to buy a proper boat.

Latin Times

Cuban President admits 'very difficult' crisis is causing a spike in 'social violence, addictions'

Miguel Díaz-Canel acknowledged that the government can't effectively provide "the few" goods Cubans can get through ration cards

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