Tag: #Cuba
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39 missing after boat capsizes off Florida’s Atlantic coast
U.S. Coast Guard rescue workers are searching for 39 people in Florida’s Atlantic Ocean waters who have been reported missing for days after a human trafficking boat capsized
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Michel Parra reveals his rights were violated: Cuba
Michel Parra joined the march for Human Rights in Cuba, which was later attacked by the Cuban security arrests were made. The hospital employee, Michel Parra, stated: “Without precedent for my life, I was walking.” Yet, invigoration went to fear when men in non military personnel garments grabbed Parra and his sister from the dissent…
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Cuba’s digital revolution
The internet is fast turning into a thorn in the side of Cuba’s one party state
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Miguel Diaz-Canel to officially assume office as Cuba’s first civilian leader
Cuba gets new leader as last Castro officially retires
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New era beckons for Cuba, without a Castro in power
Cuba will emerge from the April congress of its all-powerful Communist Party without a Castro at the helm
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Dissident leader Ferrer arrested in Cuba: supporter
Havana, Feb 27 (AFP/APP):Leading Cuban dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer was arrested on Friday at his home in Santiago de Cuba, one of his supporters said. “They arbitrarily detained Jose Daniel Ferrer, leader of Unpacu, and until now he is missing,” Zaqueo Baez, deputy national coordinator of the group, told AFP by telephone, referring to the…
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Squeezed by sanctions, pandemic, Cuba finally opens up economy
Havana, Feb 12 (AFP/APP):Cuba is undergoing a paradigm shift: after decades of tight, centralized control, the communist government is opening up the bulk of its economy to the private sector. While economic decline and spiralling unemployment are the main drivers, analysts say the liberalization measures can also be seen as an overture to a new…
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New Year & New Economic Woes for Cubans as Prices Surge
The New Year brings new economic woes for Cubans as prices surge.
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Pompeo Says that ‘Cubas Evil Hand’ is in so Many Places!
Washington, Jan 5 (AFP/APP): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has hinted that he wants to re-designate “evil” Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, a late-term move that would pile pressure on the communist island. In an interview released Tuesday, Pompeo confirmed that the State Department was looking at taking the major step before…
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Somali Government Denies Cuban Doctors Have Been Freed
The Somali government has denied that the Cuban doctors have been freed.