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Cubans said yes to same-sex marriage, but referendum results sent a message to the government

Six decades after Fidel Castro imprisoned gay men in forced labor camps and later sent them to Florida during the Mariel boatlift, Cuban same-sex couples will be able to marry and adopt children, after voters on the island ratified a new family code with 67% of the vote in a…

Miami Herald

Cuba approves same-sex marriage in unusual referndum

Cuban voters have approved a sweeping “family law” code that would allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt as well as redefining rights for children and grandparents

The Independent UK

Marking 75 years, the CIA opens a new museum and launches a podcast

The CIA rarely seeks publicity, but has opened up a bit as it marks its anniversary. Director William Burns told the inaugural podcast that he wanted to "demystify" some of the agency's work.

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Cuba holds unusual vote on law allowing same-sex marriage

Cuba is holding a rare referendum on an unusually contentious law — a government-backed code that would allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt

The Independent UK

Democrats in Florida seek to win over Latinos on gun control

Democrats in Florida are trying to make inroads with Latino voters by focusing on gun safety

The Independent UK

GOP's hard-line tactics on migrants refocus midterm debate

The Republican governors of Florida and Texas have delivered migrants on planes and buses to Washington, D

The Independent UK

Fabiola Santiago: More than ever, Cuba — and by proxy, Miami — need a change-agent like Mikhail Gorbachev

RIP, Mikhail Gorbachev, a leader who spoke, as he described it, “the language of practical politics” and ended the Cold War — albeit, not in Cuba or Miami.

Miami Herald

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Fabiola Santiago: You thought Fidel Castro was dead? Nope, he’s rocking the race for Florida governor

Greetings from Florida’s gubernatorial campaign trail, Hialeah edition.

Miami Herald

Puerto Rican ‘solidarity’ group says it’s been targeted by the FBI for visiting Cuba

Members of a Puerto Rican anti-embargo group that spent a month in Cuba and were VIP guests at the recent official July 26 celebration say that FBI agents contacted them seeking information about their trip.

Miami Herald

Cuba cracks open door to foreign investment in domestic trade

Cuba plans to allow some foreign investment in local wholesale and retail trade for the first time since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution, the government said late on Monday, in a bid to dig out of the island nation's worst economic crisis in decades.

Reuters

Commentary: Dear Hollywood, if you’re gonna whitewash the Fidel Castro biopic, just go all the way

In Hollywood, truth is stranger than fiction.

Los Angeles Times

Cuban crisis: The surprise supporter defending James Franco as revolutionary leader Fidel Castro

As producers are criticised over the casting of James Franco as Castro in Alina of Cuba, one surprise ally has come to the defence of the film.

The New Daily

Fidel Castro’s daughter approves of James Franco’s casting as her father despite John Leguizamo criticism

Decision to cast American actor as Cuban leader has received backlash

The Independent UK

John Leguizamo clarifies comments criticising James Franco playing Fidel Castro: ‘Don’t get it twisted’

‘Appropriating our stories? No more of that. I’m done with that,’ actor said

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John Leguizamo says casting James Franco as Fidel Castro in new biopic is ‘F’d up’: ‘He ain’t Latino!’

‘How is Hollywood excluding us but stealing our narratives as well?’ actor wrote

Tribune News Service

James Franco to play Fidel Castro in upcoming film

James Franco is working his way back into the spotlight.

Evening Standard

James Franco cast as Fidel Castro in new indie film Alina Of Cuba, all the details

He will act alongside Imagen Award winner Mía Maestro who is set to play Natalia “Naty” Revuelta

Miami Herald

Rubio urges FBI to investigate Cuba’s ties to US-based anti-embargo group Bridges of Love

MIAMI — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is urging the FBI to open an “immediate” investigation into a U.S. anti-embargo group whose members recently met Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel, claiming that they are acting as unregistered foreign agents of the Cuban government.

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Salon

Time to remove Cuba from terror list

Pointless sanctions based on an outmoded list are creating immense hardship for the Cuban people. Time to move on

WEKU

At 75, the CIA is back where it started - countering the Kremlin

As the CIA's marks its 75th anniversary, Russia's war in Ukraine is giving the spy agency a new direction after dark periods during the U.S. conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Independent UK

'Historic' Cuban official, José Ramón Balaguer, dies at 90

A longtime member of Cuba’s communist leadership has died at age 90

Miami Herald

The killing of a Black youth in Cuba sparks criticism of police brutality and racism

The recent killing of a Black teenager by the police in Cuba, and the disturbing details caught on video, have drawn rare attention to police brutality and racial discrimination on the island.

The Independent UK

From Trump to Prince Andrew: All the famous names embroiled in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial

Maxwell’s accusers testified they found her famous connections both alluring and intimidating

Reuters

Cubans sweat in the dark as government scrambles to end blackouts

When the lights go out, Cuban mother of two Nilde Viera, 39, of the small interior city of Guanajay, sees her life turned upside down.

Bristol Post

Che Guevara and Fidel Castro's personal property up for auction in Bristol

The auction closes on June 23, 2022

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