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Did the CIA use Cuban exiles in plot involving Oswald? Questions remain as Biden withholds JFK records

Almost six decades after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination while he was riding in a motorcade in downtown Dallas, questions linger about who else, besides Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused gunman, might have been involved in what a 1979 congressional investigation report called a “conspiracy” to kill the American president.

Miami Herald

Cuba sees mass exodus to US amid blackouts, shortages

Cuba is seeing its biggest exodus since Fidel Castro took power in 1959. According to US government data, over the past year nearly 250,000 Cubans have emigrated to the United States. The figure represents more than 2 percent of the island's population and more than 4 percent of its working…

France 24

Book discussion at FIU turns into emotional rebuke of claims that Cubans are not exiles

MIAMI — It was supposed to be another routine event in the series of regular book presentations organized by Florida International University’s Cuban Research Institute: on the podium, a respected scholar authoritatively presenting her most recent research. In the audience, a few attendants asking polite questions.

Miami Herald

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Pablo Milanés obituary

Cuban singer, songwriter and guitarist who was one of the founders of the nueva trova musical movement

The Guardian - UK

JFK assassination expert says CIA has proof Lee Harvey Oswald was involved in secret operation in 1963

“This is an extraordinarily serious claim and it has profound implications for the official story,” JFK assassination expert Jefferson Morley claims

The Independent UK

Green light for female Cuban boxers

Boxing powerhouse Cuba have given the green light to women who wish to partake in tournaments for the first time since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. The

The New Daily

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

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Rory Cormac's How to Stage a Coup is an entertaining critique, not a how-to manual

In Katie Kitamura’s brilliant novel Intimacies (2022), the story of a former African dictator being tried in the International Criminal Court, there is a summary of the case against the accused:

The Conversation

Puffy faced Vladimir Putin’s hand turns purple as he clutches chair in meeting

Fresh rumours over the health of Vladimir Putin have been sparked after a clip shows him gripping a chair with a purple-looking hand while he also looked bloated in the face

Daily Mirror

Pablo Milanés, legendary Cuban singer-songwriter, dies aged 79

Internationally famous musician known for hits such as Yolanda, was a supporter of Cuban revolution

The Guardian - US

Evoking Castro, Putin and Cuban leader pledge to deepen ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel unveiled a monument in a north Moscow square on Tuesday to Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, pledging to deepen their friendship in the face of U.S. sanctions against both countries.

Reuters

Alina De Cuba Producer John Martinez O’Felan Talks Latino Representation In Hollywood

John Martinez O’Felan spoke about Latin representation in the film industry, unity among Latinos, John Leguizamo and James Franco

Zenger

Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés dies at 79

Grammy-winning Cuban balladeer Pablo Milanés has died in Spain at age 79

The Independent UK

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.

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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…

Reason

With Lula's Win in Brazil, the Left Dominates Latin America

The question now is whether Bolsonaro’s coalition can remain in place once the man himself is out of power.

Miami Herald

Fabiola Santiago: Miami’s radicalization is astonishing: Cuban Americans won’t get off the Trump train

Cuban Americans in Miami are proving Donald Trump right on one issue.

The Guardian - US

Cuba’s top ballerina takes reins amid crumbling theatres and talent exodus

Viengsay Valdés, 44, has the difficult task of renewing the Cuban National Ballet’s reputation as country finds itself mired in crisis

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WEKU

60 years after the Cuban missile crisis, Russia's threats reignite Cold War fears

Over 13 days beginning on Oct. 16, 1962, the U.S. and Soviet Union were at the brink of a nuclear conflict. But since the Cold War ended, some historical assumptions about the crisis have changed.

The Guardian - US

Cuban missile crisis, 60 years on: what the Russians left behind

Villagers became enmeshed in a battle for nuclear dominance – with the showdown leading Cuba to become one of the most militarised states in the world

The Guardian - UK

Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 by Max Hastings review – the eve of destruction

The historian’s incisive account of the standoff between the US and Russia has chilling and timely lessons 60 years on

The Guardian - UK

Lula: the rise and fall and rise again of Brazil’s president-elect

Former shoe-shine boy who became country’s first working-class president in 2002 sealed an astonishing comeback on Sunday

Reuters

Havana protests flare for second night as govt scrambles to turn on lights

Crews restored power to more neighborhoods across Havana on Saturday after a second day of protests over ongoing blackouts in Cuba's capital, including some of the largest demonstrations since widespread anti-government rallies in July 2021.

WEKU

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.

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…

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