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Boise Cascade Acquires Coastal Plywood Operations For $512M

Boise Cascade Co (NYSE:BCC) has agreed to acquire Coastal Plywood Company, including two manufacturing locations, from Coastal Forest Resources Company for $512 million. Coastal Plywood provides quality plywood, lumber, and treated wood products throughout the eastern U.S. The purchase agreement includes locations in Havana, Florida, and Chapman, Alabama, which employ ~750 people.…

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Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela are not at the Summit of the Americas — but their dissidents are

LOS ANGELES — It took two Cuban intelligence officers to carry art historian and activist Carolina Barrero, her hands and feet cuffed, from the protest she was staging this year outside the Culture Ministry in Havana.

Los Angeles Times

With Cubans leaving en masse, much of Cuba's real estate is up for sale

Cubans are fleeing because of a steep economic downturn. Immigration is a big issue as leaders meet at this week's Summit of the Americas — but communist-controlled Cuba isn't invited.

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U.S. lifts Cuba flight restrictions imposed under Trump

The administration of President Joe Biden on Wednesday revoked a series of restrictions on flights to Cuba imposed by his predecessor, including ending a prohibition on U.S. airline flights to Cuban airports other than Havana.

Reuters

U.S. embassy says trial of Cuban artist-activists 'neither free nor fair'

The U.S. Embassy in Havana on Wednesday criticized the trial of two Cuban artist-dissidents as neither "free nor fair" on social media, fueling a growing standoff over human rights just weeks after Washington moved to ease sanctions on the island nation.

Reuters

Cuba lifts mask mandate as vaccination rate soars and deaths plummet

Cuba on Tuesday lifted a mask mandate in place for two years following a successful vaccination drive that health officials say has contributed to a sharp drop in cases and nearly three weeks without a single death from COVID-19.

Reuters

Cuba dissident leaders face trial in tightly held proceedings

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Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua condemn exclusion from U.S. summit

A bloc of leftist countries meeting in Havana on Friday condemned the exclusion of certain nations from next month's Summit of the Americas, after the United States said that it only wanted the leaders of governments that respect democracy to attend.

Reuters

Afro-Cuban Discriminated Against for Being Hispanic, Not Black

Here's a curious case described in the Washington Post in 1980, one that didn't make it into my forthcoming book on racial classifications: Miguel Sandoval arrived in Harlem in 1959 from Havana, where he'd been an outspoken advocate of better civil rights for black Cubans. Sandoval was Cuban, but he…

Reason

U.S. appears set to deem Cuba not cooperating fully against terrorism-document

The Biden administration on Thursday appeared set to renew its assessment that Cuba is among a handful of countries "not cooperating fully" with the United States in the fight against terrorism, according to a government document.

Reuters

U.S. accuses Cuba of using Americas summit controversy as propaganda ploy

The Biden administration on Thursday accused Cuba of fueling controversy over its possible exclusion from the U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas next month to portray Washington as the “bad guy” and distract attention from Havana’s human rights record at home.

Reuters

Cuba brands U.S. rollback of curbs as light on detail, heavy on hostility

By Dave Sherwood

Reuters

White House moves to loosen remittance, flight rules on Cuba

The Biden administration says it will expand flights to Cuba and lift Trump-era restrictions on remittances that immigrants can send to people on the island

The Independent UK

Reversing Trump measures, US will expand flights to Cuba and resume family reunifications

The Biden administration is restoring flights to Cuban cities other than Havana and reestablishing a family reunification program suspended for years, following recommendations of a long-anticipated review of U.S. policy toward Cuba, senior administration officials told McClatchy and the Miami Herald on Monday.

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Reuters

U.S. revises Cuba policy, eases restrictions on remittances, travel

The United States on Monday announced a series of steps to revise its policy toward Cuba, including easing some Trump-era restrictions on family remittances and travel to the island and sharply increasing the processing of U.S. visas for Cubans.

Miami Herald

Cuba decrees a day of official mourning for the death of 45 people in hotel explosion

The Cuban government decreed one day of official mourning starting Friday morning after search and rescue efforts at the site of a powerful explosion in the Saratoga Hotel in Old Havana ended, bringing the death toll to 45.

The Guardian - AU

Cuba explosion: last body recovered from Havana hotel ruin, taking toll to 45

Rescuers believe no more victims in debris of the Saratoga after blast that also badly damaged Cuba’s most important Baptist church

Reuters

Cuban rescuers recover body of last missing person after hotel blast; 45 dead

Cuban rescue officials said late on Thursday they had recovered the body of the last person believed to be missing following an explosion last week that blew the sides off a luxury hotel in historic Havana.

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Miami Herald

Havana explosion: Search continues for 3 Hotel Saratoga workers trapped in the rubble

Three employees who were at the Hotel Saratoga in Havana at the time of a strong explosion that destroyed much of the building and killed at least 42 people are still missing, tourism ministry officials said Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Cuba hotel blast toll rises to 42 -- most hotel workers

Fifty-one people were working to get the Hotel Saratoga ready for its scheduled Tuesday reopening in Havana after a two-year pandemic break

Miami Herald

Havana hotel explosion: 4 more bodies found, a dozen people still missing

Four more bodies have been found during the ongoing search-and-rescue operation at the scene of a blast that killed at least 35 people and destroyed much of the luxury Hotel Saratoga in Havana on Friday, Cuban officials said Monday.

The Independent UK

Death toll from Havana hotel blast rises to 31 as rescuers and dogs scour for survivors

Burials for victims have begun while some people still waiting for news of missing friends and relatives

Reuters

Rescuers in Cuba hotel blast hold hope of survivors as death toll climbs

By Dave Sherwood

ABC News

Desperate search for survivors in Cuba hotel blast with at least 27 dead

Relatives of the missing people in Cuba's capital are desperately searching for victims of an explosion at one of Havana's most luxurious hotels that killed at least 27 people and left 81 injured.

Miami Herald

Authorities release names of the 26 dead in explosion in Cuban hotel

Efforts to find victims trapped by the rubble of the Hotel Saratoga in Havana, which was rocked by a powerful explosion Friday, continued throughout the day Saturday, bringing the death toll to 26.

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