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Thirty-two reasons not to kneel
They are home, the mortal remains of those men who did not hesitate to risk their lives for principles and so many reasons. Beyond what military specialists and the ever-present…
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Cuba 2026: An economy under siege, a nation still standing
Cuba’s predicament is not simply the result of economic mismanagement; it is the cumulative result of sustained external coercion.
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Cuba vows to defend itself against Trump to ‘the last drop of blood’
President Donald Trump was ripped by humanitarians and anti-war voices on Sunday after he again threatened Cuba by saying the US military would be used to prevent oil and other…
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32 Cubans killed during Venezuela invasion
Cuba’s government said Sunday that 32 Cubans, including military and police officers, were killed by U.S. forces during President Donald Trump’s illegal invasion of Venezuela and…
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Cuba in 2025: Resilience amid crisis — a year in review
Cuba entered 2025 facing one of the most challenging periods in its recent history. Yet despite economic contraction, energy blackouts, and rising food insecurity, ordinary Cubans and…
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Alejandro Gil case concludes with life sentence
Cuba’s Supreme Popular Tribunal has handed former Economy and Planning Minister Alejandro Gil Fernández a life sentence, concluding one of the most consequential political and judicial…
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Cuba’s mosquito-borne health emergency
Cuba is confronting one of its most severe public-health crises in decades as simultaneous outbreaks of Dengue and Chikungunya sweep across the island. What began as a seasonal rise in…
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Cuban homes and hurricanes
By the time Hurricane Melissa left Santiago de Cuba Bay, almost no houses on Cayo Granma had roofs, and dozens had been completely destroyed.
Many residents spent that night sheltering…
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The Alejandro Gil case: The fall of Cuba’s finance czar
When Alejandro Gil Fernández — once Cuba’s public face of economic reform, a deputy prime minister, and the architect of a significant 2021 monetary overhaul — disappeared from the…
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Melissa strikes eastern Cuba
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba early on October 29, 2025, with a ferocity that alarmed even seasoned meteorologists and emergency managers. Having already ravaged…
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