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Fire at Cuban Oil Facility Leaves Dozens Injured, Hundreds Evacuated
Six-hundred people have been evacuated after an oil storage tank base caught fire in the western Matanzas Province.
A Year After Mass Protest, Cubans Face Stark Choice: ‘Prison or Exile’
Thousands of Cubans took to the streets last July protesting economic misery. A year later, hundreds are in jail and the financial crisis has only worsened.
Mexico’s President Obrador Will Not Attend Americas Summit
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico said he made the decision because Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela were not invited.
Tropical Storm Alex Drifts Into the Atlantic After Flooding Florida
The storm brought rain and strong winds to Bermuda before becoming a post-tropical cyclone.
Cuba Allows Its Boxers to Fight Professionally
A move to allow boxers to fight professionally is a big shift for Cuba’s communist government.
Biden Administration Lifting Some Trump-Era Restrictions on Cuba
The changes include an expansion of flights to the country and the restarting of a family reunification program.
Hotel Saratoga Explosion Updates: Multiple Dead in Apparent Gas Leak
A blast caused by an apparent gas leak left dozens injured and destroyed parts of a luxury hotel in Havana. Others were possibly trapped inside the rubble.
Ricardo Alarcon, Diplomat and Castro Confidant, Dies at 84
As Havana’s go-between with the U.S., he negotiated Elián González’s return to Cuba. He was also the country’s U.N. representative on two occasions.
Cuban Migrants Arrive to U.S. in Record Numbers, on Foot, Not by Boat
Political repression and escalating economic difficulties on the island, along with a new visa-free travel policy in Nicaragua, are some of the factors driving the change.