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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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Foreign hotel chains to lease Cuban-owned properties
In a surprising move for one of the world’s most heavily controlled economies, Cuba is making a bold effort to attract foreign investment into its struggling tourism industry. The…
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Groceries in Cuba and the empty bottle of oil
A year ago, the Ministry of Domestic Trade (MINCIN) responded to predictions about the removal of products from the regulated basket with a tweet in which it declined to take…
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Cuba’s lights continue to flicker
Two months into the fall of 2025, Cubans are enduring one of the worst energy crises in decades. From Santiago to Pinar del Río, long-lasting blackouts have plunged communities into…
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The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk
The assassination of Charlie Kirk presages a new, deadly stage in the disintegration of a fractious and highly polarized United States. While toxic rhetoric and threats are lobbed…
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Cuba plunges into darkness again
For the fourth time in less than a year, Cuba has been plunged into complete darkness. On the evening of September 10, 2025, the island’s electrical grid collapsed once again, cutting…
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Maduro says U.S. pointing ‘1,200 missiles’ at Venezuela after Trump sends more warships
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said the United States was pointing "1,200 missiles" at his country during a news conference Monday, and issued a stark warning that he was prepared…
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Trump’s ‘imperialist’ saber-rattling against Venezuela condemned
China and members of an alliance of Latin American and Caribbean nations in recent days joined countries including Brazil and Colombia and anti-war voices around the world in denouncing…
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Federal judge orders closure of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the shutdown of the so-called "Alligator Alcatraz" immigrant detention facility in the Florida Everglades, leading to cheers from local environmental…
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A tyrant is trying to scare us. Do we let him?
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” ––Mark Twain
Sometimes I hear from ordinary people who wish to do something about the multiplying threats to…
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