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The Latest Breaking News from Cuba

Cuba has been under US embargo for 60 years. It’s time for that to end

The US embargo impacts every aspect of life on the island – and that is the precisely the point

The Guardian - US

Cubans who arrived through ‘Operation Peter Pan’ oppose DeSantis’ immigration orders

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A group of Florida business leaders and immigration advocates, including some who came to the U.S. from Cuba as unaccompanied children under “Operation Pedro Pan,” are asking Gov. Ron DeSantis to reverse a new rule that targets shelters licensed to house unaccompanied migrant children.

Miami Herald

Commentary: Give Putin what he wants to prevent war — bar Ukraine from NATO

I just got back from my third scuba diving “live-aboard” with 22 people from Russia. The Russians call these “safaris,” and I much prefer that term for traveling on a boat for a week or two in remote places to scuba dive. We’ve gone diving together in the Sea of…

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Cuba leads the world in vaccinating children as young as two against Covid

With confidence in public health system high, 95% of kids aged 2-18 are fully vaccinated and Omicron infection rates are low

The Guardian - US

Cubans bundle up against cold as temperatures plunge, winds roar

Cubans bundled up in heavy jackets, hats and gloves and shuttered their homes on Monday as near-record cold and strong winds slammed the balmy Caribbean island more accustomed to bright sun and sultry trade winds.

Reuters

Coast Guard stops boat overloaded with migrants off the Florida Keys

MIAMI — Federal agents say a man borrowed his friend’s boat on Jan. 21 and used it to pick up 27 migrants from Cuba to bring them back to the United States.

Miami Herald

Morocco Challenges Russia And China On COVID Vaccine Production, King Unveils New $448 Million Plant

America's oldest ally reveals plan to produce 20 million vaccine doses by years' end, becoming the biomedical center of Africa.

Zenger

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Russia and Cuba will keep developing technical military cooperation -RIA

Russia and Cuba will continue developing their cooperation in the technical military sphere, the RIA news agency cited Moscow's ambassador in Havana as saying on Friday.

Reuters

EXPLAINER: Who uses Florida-Caribbean smuggling routes?

Little is known about the 40 people believed to have been aboard a boat that capsized and was found this week near the Florida coast with just one survivor

The Independent UK

News briefs

San Francisco eases mask, vaccination proof rules as omicron recedes

Tribune News Service

4 House Republicans propose new State Department position to combat communism

WASHINGTON — Four Republican members of Congress introduced legislation this week to establish a new State Department position that would be tasked with combating communism and authoritarianism.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Cuba defends trials of protesters as fair, rejects accusations of rights violations

By Dave Sherwood

Reuters

Cuban prosecutors say 790 people charged for July protests

Some 790 people who participated in anti-government protests in Cuba last year face prosecution for sedition, violent attacks, public disorder, theft and other crimes

The Independent UK

White Sox reach a deal with coveted Cuban outfielder Oscar Colas

The 6-1, 210-pounder — ranked No. 5 among international prospects by MLB Pipeline — played in Cuba’s top-level league from 2016 to 2020 and in Japan’s minor leagues.

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Miami Herald

Putin discusses ‘strategic partnership’ with Cuban leader amid fears of military threat

Following recent threats of a potential military deployment to Cuba earlier this month, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin discussed the “strategic partnership” and further coordination of “actions in the international arena” with Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel in a call disclosed Monday by the Kremlin.

The Canadian Press

Canada flags unexplained illnesses for overseas staff to meet 'duty of care'

OTTAWA — Canada's foreign ministry has advised staff serving around the world to watch for mysterious illness symptoms following unexplained health incidents among diplomats in Cuba and U.S. personnel in various countries.

inkl Originals

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 22 January 2022

We've got quite a bit to get through this week so please keep your questions for the end. Biden racked up a year in office. Another keystone piece of his legislative agenda floundered in the Senate. And, you can rebook your winter holiday to Cuba now.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

If ‘Havana syndrome’ isn’t a global, coordinated attack as CIA now says, then what is it?

WASHINGTON — The CIA doesn’t believe that a foreign adversary is engaged in a global campaign targeting U.S. personnel wielding a secret weapon, intelligence officials revealed this week. But the agency still cannot explain a core group of over two dozen cases — including those in Cuba that drove the…

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Wales Online

CIA releases report on mystery 'Havana Syndrome' illness

The illness first came to public attention in 2016 after dozens of diplomats became unwell while working at the US Embassy in Havana, Cuba

Salon

Trump's foreign policy continues: Why?

Biden promised a new era of diplomacy, stability and American leadership — but has doubled down on Trump's failures

Al Jazeera

How real is Russia’s threat to deploy missiles to Latin America?

Dismissed by some as propaganda ‘nonsense’, Moscow’s warning evokes memories of the Cuban missile crisis.

Miami Herald

Crackdown against July 11 protesters and their families continues in Cuba despite outcry

The mass trials against July 11 protesters continue this week in Cuba despite the outcry of family members, local activists and international organizations, as the communist government has signaled it won’t budge on its intention to snuff other attempts at a popular rebellion.

Bangkok Post

Will Russia opt to play the 'Cuban card'?

After a week of intense discussions about "security" between Russia and the Nato countries, this is the week when the Western allies will send their written replies to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Various pundits, some of whom have actually been to Russia, warn us that there will be "War in…

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