Cuba

Cuba was plunged into darkness for the second time in less than a week on Saturday after its national power grid collapsed again, buckling under the strain of aging infrastructure and a worsening fuel shortage linked to the US oil blockade.…
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Authorities in Cuba reported a nationwide blackout on Monday affecting the island’s roughly 11 million residents, as the country’s deepening energy and economic crises continue to strain its crumbling power grid. The Cuba Ministry of…
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Cuban officials say a speedboat carrying a heavily armed group of Cuban exiles was intercepted in Cuban waters this week, revealing that those on board were equipped with nearly 13,000 rounds of ammunition, 13 rifles and 11…
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Canada announced on Monday that it is preparing an aid package for Cuba, which is struggling with critical fuel shortages and widespread power outages after a tightened Donald Trump-led oil embargo and blockade cut off key supplies.…
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Tens of thousands of Cubans rallied Friday in Havana outside the U.S. Embassy to protest a U.S. military strike in Venezuela that killed 32 Cuban officers and to demand the release of former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. The mass…
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Ahead of a crucial vote at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) condemning the U.S.-imposed economic and financial blockade of Cuba, the Cuban envoy in New Delhi described the sanctions enforced during the Trump administration as “the…
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According to U.S. official media reports, on 15 May 2024, the country’s State Secretary submitted to the Congress one more of the arbitrary reports that normally describe countries without any international mandate or recorgnition. This…
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On November 2, the General Assembly of the United Nations approved for the thirty-first time the resolution “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”. 187…
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Cuban authorities have arrested 17 people in connection with what they described as a network to recruit Cuban nationals to fight for Russia in Ukraine. The head of criminal investigations for Cuba’s Interior Ministry, César Rodríguez,…
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Rossiya Airlines, part of Russia’s Aeroflot group, on Saturday resumed scheduled flights to Cuba, which had been suspended since Western countries shut Russia out of their airspace in response to its invasion of Ukraine. The first flight…
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