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Hurricane Oscar dumps heavy rain across Cuba amid power outage

Deluge causes landslides and tears house roofs as engineers try to get country’s electricity grid up and running again

The Guardian - US

Cuban President admits 'very difficult' crisis is causing a spike in 'social violence, addictions'

Miguel Díaz-Canel acknowledged that the government can't effectively provide "the few" goods Cubans can get through ration cards

Latin Times

Protests In Cuba Over Power Outages And Food Shortages

Protests in Santiago, Cuba, triggered by power outages and food shortages, spread across the island, prompting responses from Cuban authorities and the U.S...

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Cuban government defends plans to either cut rations or increase prices

The Cuban government said Friday it will have to either increase prices for fuel and electricity, or reduce rations for basic supplies.

WEKU

Thousands led by Cuba's president march in Havana in solidarity with Palestinian people

Thousands of people led by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel have marched along Havana’s iconic boardwalk in solidarity with the Palestinian people and demanding an end to the war between Israel and Hamas

The Independent UK

Live Updates: World leaders convene for Day 1 of the UN General Assembly high-level meeting

Welcome to the United Nations

The Independent UK

UNGA Briefing: Biden, Zelenskyy and what else is going on at the United Nations

It’s Day 1 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York

The Independent UK

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Eyes on abstention as Cubans vote for National Assembly

Cubans are voting in National Assembly elections with attention focused on voter turnout amid a deep economic and migratory crisis

The Independent UK

Cuba holds national elections with no opposition candidates

Cuba holds National Assembly elections Sunday, but there are only 470 candidates running for the 470 seats, with no opposition challengers and no campaigning

The Independent UK

Cuban catcher defects in Miami after World Baseball Classic game

MIAMI — Just hours after playing in the World Baseball Classic in Miami, Cuba’s national baseball team took an early-morning flight back to the island on Monday — a quick return home in line with the Cuban government’s desire to prevent defections by its athletes.

Miami Herald

Commentary: As Cubans flee, US travel operators peddle a tone-deaf, pastel view of an island paradise

MIAMI — I believe in Americans’ right to travel anywhere in the globe we wish.

Miami Herald

Cuban president to get Mexico's highest medal for foreigners

In the latest chapter in Mexico's love-fest with Cuba, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel will be awarded Mexico's highest medal when he visits the southern Mexico city of Campeche on Saturday

The Independent UK

Cuba wants Russia’s advice on market reforms as Putin seeks more trade with the island

After much hesitation about how to deal with small and medium-size private enterprises it authorized in 2021, the Cuban government is turning to Russia for help with market reforms on the island through a partnership with a Russian think tank headed by sanctioned oligarch Oleg Deripaska, as the two countries…

Miami Herald

Desperation is driving latest surge of Cuban rafters arriving in the Florida Keys

In an end-of-year video message for social media, Cuba’s leader, Miguel Díaz-Canel, recently acknowledged that 2022 was “one of the most challenging of Cuba’s revolutionary history.” He then admitted that 2023 “could be even more difficult,” but that, he added, would be “an attractive challenge for all who feel revolutionary.”

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Cubans search for holiday food amid deepening crisis

Scarcity and economic turmoil are nothing new to Cuba, but soaring inflation and deepening shortages have made holiday shopping even more difficult for Cubans this year

Reuters

Cuba's president to visit China Nov 24-26

Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel will visit China from Nov. 24-26, Chinese state media reported on Monday.

Miami Herald

As Cubans demand freedom, President Díaz-Canel says he will not tolerate ‘illegitimate’ protests

As residents in Havana and other cities continue demonstrating against the government and its response to Hurricane Ian, security forces have beaten and arrested some protesters, and Cuba’s handpicked president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, warned the population that “counterrevolutionary” behavior like blocking the streets will be punished.

Miami Herald

Protests continue in Cuba after days without power in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian

Cubans in several neighborhoods in Havana and other cities took to the streets again on Friday, banging pots and pans and demanding the restoration of electrical service as they had done Thursday, after a failure in Cuba’s dilapidated power grid left the country in near total darkness since Tuesday.

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Cuba approves same-sex marriage in a referendum

Cubans have approved a sweeping "family law" code that will allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt as well as redefining rights for children and grandparents, officials said.

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Miami Herald

Cubans said yes to same-sex marriage, but referendum results sent a message to the government

Six decades after Fidel Castro imprisoned gay men in forced labor camps and later sent them to Florida during the Mariel boatlift, Cuban same-sex couples will be able to marry and adopt children, after voters on the island ratified a new family code with 67% of the vote in a…

Miami Herald

Even as storm Ian approaches, Cuba focuses on controversial referendum on gay marriage

Cuba, which is holding a high-stakes, islandwide referendum on gay marriage and other family rights on Sunday, has downplayed preparations as Tropical Storm Ian approaches, even as projections for the storm have it hitting the western tip of the island as a major Category 3 hurricane Monday night into Tuesday.

Miami Herald

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

Cuba has not officially requested US help to put out oil fire, State Department says

U.S. firefighting experts have provided technical advice to Cuban officials regarding the fire at an oil storage facility at the port of Matanzas, but that is as far as the cooperation has gone because the Cuban government has not requested other types of assistance from the United States, the State…

Miami Herald

Rubio urges FBI to investigate Cuba’s ties to US-based anti-embargo group Bridges of Love

MIAMI — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is urging the FBI to open an “immediate” investigation into a U.S. anti-embargo group whose members recently met Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel, claiming that they are acting as unregistered foreign agents of the Cuban government.

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