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Melissa strikes eastern Cuba

Melissa may serve as yet another reminder that island nations face significant costs from a climate change curve they did little to cause.

Foreign hotel chains to lease Cuban-owned properties

The government has approved a new policy that allows international hotel chains to lease—not just operate—state-owned hotels.

Groceries in Cuba and the empty bottle of oil

For decades, the standard food basket served as a safety net during times of economic turmoil like this.

Cuba’s lights continue to flicker

Amid the bleakness, Cuba has pushed ahead with new solar energy projects in a bid to diversify away from fossil fuels.

Cuba Study Group issues report on Cuba’s private sector

Is Cuba’s private sector merely a safety valve during times of crisis, or can it become the driving force of deeper transformation?

Cuba plunges into darkness again

The blackout, confirmed by Cuba’s state-run Unión Eléctrica (UNE), is the latest chapter in a deepening energy and economic crisis.

Blowing up fishing boats won’t win the drug war

Concerns grow in Washington about Trump’s (illegal?) Venezuela operations

Inside the GOP’s generational divide on Israel

‘Trump’s gestapo’: Chicago marches to resist ICE, National Guard

The thing that could do Trump in isn’t Epstein. It’s THIS.

The new DEI: Discrimination, exclusion, and intolerance