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Cubans size up new hurdles, avenues for migration after U.S. policy shift

Cubans frantic to escape economic crisis at home weighed up options this week on how to move to the United States after the Biden administration rolled out a new set of rules at the U.S.-Mexico border that dramatically change the landscape for the island´s would-be migrants.

Reuters

The U.S. is reopening visa and consular services at embassy in Cuba

The U.S. Embassy confirmed this week it will begin processing immigrant visas, with a priority placed on permits to reunite Cubans with family in the U.S., and others like the diversity visa lottery.

WEKU

An influx of 300 migrants forces closure of a national park in the Florida Keys

The U.S. National Park Service estimated that some 300 migrants arrived in the Dry Tortugas National Park over the past couple days. The park is about 100 miles north of Havana, the Cuban capital.

WEKU

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Cruise lines ordered to pay more than $400 million for ‘trafficking’ in confiscated property in Cuba

A federal judge ordered four Florida-based cruise lines that sailed to Cuba to pay more than $400 million in damages to the American company that had the concession to some of the port piers in Havana that had been unlawfully expropriated by Fidel Castro in 1960, the first of its…

Miami Herald

New details: Cuba spy soon to be freed was willing to divulge US war plans in Afghanistan

Ana Belén Montes, the convicted Cuba spy who is set to be released from prison in January, was willing to pass military secrets about the U.S. war in Afghanistan if requested by her spymasters in Havana, even if that resulted in the death of American soldiers on the ground, she…

Miami Herald

Latin American leftist bloc closes ranks behind deposed Peruvian president

A bloc of left-wing countries meeting in Havana on Wednesday closed ranks in support of the ousted former president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, amid protests and roadblocks in the South American nation that have left at least eight dead.

Reuters

Cuban Coast Guard rescues would-be migrants adrift off of Havana

A makeshift boat loaded with Cubans drifted just off Havana's seaside drive on Monday before those aboard were rescued by the Cuban Coast Guard as hundreds of spectators looked on.

Reuters

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Cuban curiosity: Raft with US flag caught in plain view

An incident involving the Cuban coast guard in plain sight of the U.S. embassy in Havana had people scratching their heads on Monday

The Independent UK

Boxing powerhouse Cuba lets women boxers compete

Cuban officials say women boxers will be able to compete officially after decades of restrictions, though they didn't yet confirm if that would be taken to a professional level like Cuban male boxers.

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Boxing-Cuba to allow female boxers to compete for first time in six decades

Boxing powerhouse Cuba has given the green light to women who wish to partake in tournaments for the first time since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution, sports officials said on Monday.

Reuters

Cuba's Pablo Milanes, songwriter and social crusader, dies at 79

Pablo Milanes, a Cuban singer-songwriter and one of the founders of the "Nueva Trova" musical movement that emerged after Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution, died early on Tuesday in Spain at the age of 79, according to the artist's official Facebook page.

Reuters

Cuba and U.S. make progress in migration talks, but more is needed, Cuba says

By Dave Sherwood

Reuters

US, Cubans will meet again in Havana: State Department

U.S. and Cuban officials plan to meet in Havana on Tuesday to discuss migration policy

The Independent UK

Cuba and U.S. to hold second round of migration talks in Havana

Cuba and the United States will hold another round of migration talks on Tuesday in Havana, Cuba´s vice minister of foreign affairs said on Monday, as the two countries grapple with a growing crisis.

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High-level U.S. delegation visits Havana amid migration crisis

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Miami Herald

High-ranking Biden administration officials traveling to Havana amid migration crisis

Two high-ranking Biden administration officials will travel to Havana this week to discuss migration issues, just days after survivors of a speedboat with Cuban migrants heading to the United States said the Cuban Coast Guard rammed their vessel, killing seven passengers including a 2-year-old girl.

Al Jazeera

UN General Assembly rebukes US embargo on Cuba

Resolution condemning embargo on Cuba passes 185-2, marking 30th time the UN has rebuked the decades-old US policy.

France 24

Cuba embargo: Why does the US continue to reject UN moves to end it?

Now 60 years old, the trade embargo on Cuba has been perpetuated primarily at the behest of Washington. When it was imposed in 1962, John F. Kennedy was US president and Fidel Castro was the revolutionary leader of Cuba: a Communist too close for comfort for Washington at the height…

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Miami Herald

Child among 5 dead in collision of boat with migrants and Cuban Coast Guard

A young child is among five dead after a speed boat carrying Cubans collided with a Cuba Coast Guard vessel, Cuban authorities said. The Cubans were trying to make it to the United States when the Cuban Coast Guard vessel tried to stop it and it turned over.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Measure for Measure’: Transplant to Havana brings out the passions in Shakespeare’s ‘problem play’

Chicago Shakespeare Theater production highlights the story’s troubling power.

Reuters

Cuba calls U.S. trade embargo a 'hurricane' that never ends

Cuba on Wednesday said the decades-old U.S. trade embargo has been causing record financial losses and untold human suffering in recent months, at a time when Cuba was also battling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and Hurricane Ian.

The Guardian - US

US will give $2m to Cuba in emergency relief funding for Hurricane Ian victims

The money will be used in work with independent organizations like the Red Cross and not go through the Cuban government

Reuters

U.S. approves Delta, United bids to delay restart of Havana flights

The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) on Tuesday said it would allow Delta Air Lines and United Airlines to temporarily delay resuming flights to Cuba as they work to address logistical issues.

Miami Herald

USAID sent firefighter equipment to Cuba after devastating oil fire. Where is it?

MIAMI — Frequently accused by Cuban government officials of supporting dissidents and plotting to overthrow the regime, the U.S. Agency for International Development recently took what seems an unprecedented step and sent personal protective equipment for firefighters to Cuba following a devastating fire at an oil storage facility in August.

Los Angeles Times

Attempting to reassert its once-dominant influence, US has a tough sell in Latin America

LIMA, Peru — When Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken was meeting with Pedro Castillo in Lima, the Peruvian president was facing impeachment for a litany of charges — and not for the first time.

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