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Cuba slowly begins to restore power after Hurricane Ian knocks out grid

Cuba had restored power to at least some consumers in the majority of its provinces, the state electricity provider said Wednesday, after Hurricane Ian caused the country's grid to completely collapse, turning off the lights for 11 million people.

Reuters

CIA doctor investigating Havana syndrome was a victim of it himself: ‘I couldn’t believe it’

Injuries were first reported in 2016

The Independent UK

Cuba votes to legalise same-sex marriage, surrogacy

HAVANA: Cubans voted to legalize same-sex marriage and adoption as well as surrogate pregnancies in a referendum over the weekend, the communist country's electoral officials said Monday.

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Hurricane Ian begins to lash Cuba with heavy winds, rain

The first strong winds ahead of Hurricane Ian began to pound Cuba's south coast late on Monday as officials rushed to evacuate residents, secure boats and batten down homes amid warnings of a life threatening storm surge.

Reuters

Cubans head to polls to vote on govt-sponsored code to legalize gay marriage, adoption

Cubans headed to the polls on Sunday to vote on a package of measures that would upend the island's long-held "machista" culture and legalize gay marriage even as the country wrestles with a deepening economic crisis.

Reuters

Cuba uses media blitz to promote 'yes' vote on new LGBT-friendly laws

By Marc Frank and Dave Sherwood

Reuters

U.S. to resume full immigrant visa processing in Havana in early 2023

The United States plans to resume full immigrant visa processing in Havana for the first time since 2017, a move that follows high-level talks earlier this year between the two countries, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

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Colombia´s ELN rebel group favors bilateral ceasefire if peace talks resume

By Dave Sherwood

Reuters

Frustration mounts as Cuba grapples with food crisis

Cubans are increasingly feeling the pinch of the country's worst economic crisis in 30 years. In the capital Havana, people wait for hours in long queues to find something to eat for the day. The pandemic has played a major role in the food shortages, which are compounded by rising…

France 24

Cubans juggle exchange rates, soaring prices as peso plunges to 30-year low

By Dave Sherwood

Reuters

Cuba quietly releases from prison a Cuban American teacher convicted of espionage

The Cuban government has quietly commuted the sentence of Alina López Miyares, a Cuban American teacher in Miami who was sent to prison after she was accused of espionage in 2017, in an unusual gesture that might signal Havana’s willingness to remove a diplomatic roadblock to further engagement with the…

Miami Herald

Cuban entrepreneurs hope for room to grow as the government ponders reform

For those seeking proof that even modest foreign investment can help propel Cuba's fledgling entrepreneurs, look no further than Oscar Fernandez's Havana-based dried fruit business.

Reuters

Cuba authorises foreign investment in wholesale, retail

HAVANA - The Cuban government has announced it will allow foreign investment in domestic wholesale and retail trade for the first time in 60 years, in a move aimed at addressing critical shortages of goods.

Bangkok Post

Colombian government and ELN rebels meet in Havana to restart peace talks

Government pledges ‘judicial and political steps’ to enable talks to resume with nation’s last guerrillas broken off three years ago

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Havana plans blackouts as Cuban economy reels

HAVANA: The Cuban capital Havana will begin electricity blackouts in August, has cancelled its annual carnival and is taking other measures as the country’s energy crisis worsens, state media reported on Saturday.

Reuters

Havana announces blackouts, cancels carnival as energy crisis deepens

The Cuban capital of Havana will begin electricity blackouts in August, has canceled carnival and is taking other measures as the country’s energy crisis worsens, state media reported on Saturday.

Miami Herald

Washington names migration expert as new chief of embassy in Havana

The U.S. State Department has named Benjamin Ziff, a career diplomat who was in charge of the agency’s migration policies for Latin America and the Caribbean, as the new chief of mission for the American Embassy in Havana.

ABC News

As fuel shortages wreak havoc in Cuba, Havana's young people turn to electric scooters

There are now 300,000 "motorinas" in the island nation — but they're posing their own challenges.

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The Independent UK

US approves American Airlines flights to more cities in Cuba

The U.S. government is giving American Airlines permission to resume flights to five cities in Cuba outside the capital of Havana

The Independent UK

Cuba travel guide: Everything you need to know before you go

Many picture the faded pastel streets of vintage-feel Havana, but beyond the capital there’s a wild side to Cuba, plus more elegant old cities and dreamy beaches

Al Jazeera

Cuba slams US ‘involvement’ on anniversary of anti-gov’t protests

Havana accuses Washington of helping to ‘subvert law and order’ after Blinken hails determination of Cuban protesters.

Tribune News Service

American Airlines wants to restart flights to five more Cuban cities

American Airlines wants to resume flying to five cities in Cuba after the Biden administration reversed a Trump-era policy limiting flying to the country.

Miami Herald

American Airlines wants to restart Miami flights to five cities in Cuba

American Airlines, the biggest flier from Miami International Airport, asked the U.S. Department of Transportation this week for clearance to resume flights to five destinations in Cuba, outside Havana where it already flies six daily flights from here.

France 24

Ana Carla Maza: Cuban cellist brings rock energy to life and music

Cuban cellist Ana Carla Maza sees every song as a journey. Born in Cuba to jazz musician parents, her innovative style mixes classical jazz with Latin American rhythms. Her latest album "Bahia" – named after the neighborhood in Havana where she grew up – transports listeners through Latin America and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cuba Zookeepers Celebrate Birth of Rare Baby White Rhino

The zookeepers at Cuba's National Zoo are especially proud of Ale, a pudgy, gray-brown baby white rhinoceros born earlier this month on the outskirts of capital Havana. For starters, he's cute.

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