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Can Cuba and Venezuela help rescue Haiti? Head of U.S.-backed transition is asking

MIAMI — In Cuba the population is fighting shortages of food, fuel and medicine while a collapsing electrical grid that resulted in three nationwide blackouts this year continues to leave…

John McCarthy December 22, 2024

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Cassava in Haiti, Cuba and three other nations placed on UNESCO cultural heritage list

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Finally, some good news for Haiti courtesy of the United Nations cultural organization and its annual list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity. The group, which previously recognized…

John McCarthy December 6, 2024

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Cuba’s contestant stuns in her national costume during Miss Universe 2024

MEXICO CITY — Miss Universe Cuba caused a splash in her national costume on the preliminary night of Miss Universe 2024 in Mexico. Marianela Ancheta wore an outfit inspired by…

John McCarthy November 30, 2024

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Presidents have used immigration ‘parole’ since the 1950s. Now it could disappear under Trump

MIAMI (AP) — Cuba’s at one of its lowest points since the 1959 revolution, with nationwide scarcity fueling massive emigration, occasional protests and government crackdowns. Gangs control the streets of Haiti’s capital, firing on arriving jets and forcing delays…

John McCarthy November 28, 2024

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Mexican fuel flows to Cuba as the island faces blackouts and the loss of Russian and Venezuelan oil

HAVANA (AP) — As Cuba grapples with blackouts and a deepening economic crisis, Mexico has sent nearly half a million barrels of crude oil and diesel in just a span of days,…

John McCarthy November 2, 2024

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Venezuelan top court orders arrest of Argentina’s president for seizure of Maduro’s jet

CARACAS — The Venezuelan Supreme Court ordered on Monday the arrest of Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, along with other members of his government for alleged crimes related to the seizure…

John McCarthy September 24, 2024

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US seizes Venezuelan president’s plane in Dominican Republic

SANTO DOMINGO — The United States has seized a plane used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and flown it from the Dominican Republic to Florida after determining that its purchase…

John McCarthy September 2, 2024

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Federal government restarts parole program for Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela and Nicaragua

MIAMI — The Biden administration has relaunched a humanitarian parole program for Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti and has strengthened the process’ security measures after the government found some fraudulent…

John McCarthy September 1, 2024

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Venezuelan gets nearly 4 years in prison for smuggling 70 pounds of cocaine

CHRISTIANSTED — A native of Venezuela got 3.8 years in prison for smuggling at least 70 pounds of cocaine into the Caribbean. Jose Reinoza, 33, of Caracas, was sentenced to…

John McCarthy August 31, 2024

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Oil spill reported off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast

CARACAS — An oil spill, which appeared to originate from Venezuela's El Palito refinery several days ago, has contaminated a bay off the country's north-central coast in the Caribbean Sea,…

John McCarthy August 19, 2024