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The Latest Breaking News from Fidel Castro

Sister of Fidel and Raúl Castro who turned against her brothers and their regime, became a CIA informer and sought exile in the US

The Guardian - UK

Fidel Castro's Sister Who Worked For The CIA Dies At 90

Juanita Castro lived in exile in Miami for decades after a family row in the 1960s.

International Business Times UK

Juanita Castro, anti-communist sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul, dies in Miami at 90

The anti-communist sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul Castro has died in Miami at age 90

The Independent UK

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Unpack the past: Mandela, the keffiyeh and South Africa’s Palestine embrace

Ten years after Mandela passed away, his keffiyeh moment remains a symbol of South African warmth for Palestine.

Al Jazeera

Former US diplomat charged with spying for Cuba over 40 years

Attorney general alleges ‘one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations’ of US government by foreign agent

The Guardian - US

‘I don’t think most Americans realize what a coup is’: Edel Rodriguez takes on Trump

The cartoonist’s memoir, Worm, considers his life in Cuba, how he came to the US and the dangers of political extremes

The Guardian - US

Book Review: Edel Rodriguez shows Cuban history as a warning for the US in new graphic memoir 'Worm'

In his new graphic memoir, “Worm,” Edel Rodriguez mixes historical context and personal stories to recount his harrowing journey growing up under — then escaping — Communism and authoritarianism in Cuba, as well as the warning signs he sees in America decades later

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Far-Left Support for Hamas is not an Aberration

It's rooted in a long history of defending horrific mass murder and other atrocities.

Reason

The US invaded the island of Grenada 40 years ago. The legacy of revolution lives on

Why we must remember Maurice Bishop and the Grenadian revolution

The Guardian - US

The splendid life of Jimmy Carter – 5 essential reads

In Mark 8:34-38 a question is asked: “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”

The Conversation

Both parties want to win South Florida. Here's one Cuban activist's view of the political fight

Soon after Felix Llerena arrived in Miami in 2017, the Cuban activist was drawn to then-President Donald Trump by the Republican's aggressive approach toward Cuba’s communist government

The Independent UK

Six unforgettable UN General Assembly moments

Al Jazeera looks back at key UN General Assembly speeches as world leaders and top diplomats gather for 78th session.

Al Jazeera

Seven things to read and watch on the 70th anniversary of the movement that sparked the Cuban revolution

It’s been 70 years since the moment that sparked the Cuban revolution. On July 26 1953, an attack on army barracks in eastern Cuba heralded the consolidation of a Cuban national resistance movement against the dictatorship of General Batista. A group of 111 young rebels attacked the army barracks, the…

The Conversation

Ted Cruz has a message for the Cuban government and he wants to send it by street sign

WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is pushing to rename the street in front of the Cuban embassy for Oswaldo Payá, a political activist who fought against one-party communist rule of the island nation.

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The Independent UK

Elián González two decades on: From focus of international tug-of-war to member of Cuba’s congress

Elián González has the same big, expressive eyes he did 23 years ago when an international custody battle transformed him into the face of the long-strained relations between Cuba and the United States

The Independent UK

Trump, other Republicans conjure a familiar enemy in attacking Democrats as 'Marxists,' 'communists'

Former President Donald Trump's arraignment in federal court has highlighted a popular strategy among Republicans: likening their opponents to “Marxists” and “communists.”

Miami Herald

Fabiola Santiago: Always the con man, Trump didn’t pay for anyone’s meal at Versailles like he promised

Cuban Americans who don’t support disgraced ex-president Donald Trump — and there are many of us — are disgusted and furious with his post-arraignment host, the landmark restaurant-bakery Versailles.

Miami Herald

In unprecedented move, Cuba will let Russians lease land as the two countries get closer

In a clear signal of their strengthened alliance, Cuba will grant preferential treatment to investors from Russia, allowing them to lease land for 30 years, an unprecedented step in the history of the island’s communist government, a Russian official told Russian business representatives in Havana.

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Cubans, waylaid by weather and fuel shortage, march for May Day five days late

Cubans rallied on Havana's Malecon waterfront boulevard to celebrate International Worker's Day on Friday, five days after the planned May 1 event was called off due to foul weather and a fuel crisis that has crippled public transport on the island.

The Guardian - UK

Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and tireless activist, dies aged 96

Chart-topping calypso singer who supported US civil rights movement and African initiatives dies of congestive heart failure

Reuters

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel re-elected by lawmakers

Cuban lawmakers on Wednesday easily re-elected Miguel Diaz-Canel as president for a second term as the country faces one of the biggest social and economic crisis since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution.

Reuters

Cuban President Diaz-Canel expected to win second term despite crises

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel is widely expected to be chosen this week by assembly lawmakers to lead the country for another five years, despite a rocky first term marked by the coronavirus pandemic and a near-unprecedented economic crisis.

Miami Herald

US and Cuba discuss migration as thousands of Cubans arrive under new parole program

American and Cuban officials met Wednesday in Washington to discuss migration for the first time this year following significant changes in how Cuban immigrants are allowed to come to the United States as part of an effort by the Biden administration to curtail a massive exodus from the island.

Foreign Affairs

Blundering on the Brink

The secret history and unlearned lessons of the Cuban missile crisis.

The Conversation

Cuban election: high turnout despite opposition call for boycott

Results of the five-yearly Cuban national assembly elections on March 26 will have disappointed opposition figures, who had called for a boycott to signal unhappiness with the government’s performance.

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