Republic of Cuba – Virgin Islands Free Press

A letter demanding data on Cuban medical missions roils the Caribbean and the Americas

HAVANA (AP) — An unusual request from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about Cuban medical brigades that operate worldwide and provide much needed help has roiled countries in the Caribbean and…

John McCarthy June 14, 2025

Caribbean News Consumer News Education News

Cuban students seek concessions as frustration grows over internet rate hikes

HAVANA (Reuters) — Cuban students clamored for further concessions to roll back a rate hike on internet data, saying a decision on Monday to offer them discounted access did not…

John McCarthy June 9, 2025

Breaking News Caribbean News International News

Trump banned citizens of 12 countries from entering the U.S. Here’s what to know

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Citing national security concerns, President Donald Trump on Wednesday banned citizens of 12 countries, primarily in Africa and the Middle East, from entering the United States and restricted access…

John McCarthy June 5, 2025

Breaking News Business News Caribbean News

Cuban families devise ingenious solutions to endure frequent power shortages

HAVANA (AP) — For Marylín Álvarez and her family, like countless other Cubans, the question is no longer if the power will go out, but when — forcing them to…

John McCarthy June 4, 2025

Breaking News Business News Caribbean News

Blackouts – and temperatures – on rise in Cuban capital Havana

HAVANA (Reuters) — Daily blackouts averaging four hours or more have become the new normal across Cuba's capital of Havana, an unsettling sign of a still-unresolved energy crisis as the…

John McCarthy May 20, 2025

Breaking News Caribbean News National News

Pope Leo XIV’s Creole heritage highlights complex history of racism and the church in America

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the archives and discovered the pope had deep roots in…

John McCarthy May 11, 2025

Breaking News Caribbean News Humanitarian News

Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from 4 countries

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to end humanitarian parole for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from four countries, setting them up…

John McCarthy May 9, 2025

Breaking News Caribbean News Humanitarian News

Cuban mother deported from US pleads with Trump to reunite with her family

HAVANA (AP) — Ten times a day for the past two weeks, Heidy Sánchez has made the same two-block trek from her parents’ home in Havana looking for an internet signal to…

John McCarthy May 8, 2025

Breaking News Caribbean News International News

We’ve deported nursing mother to Cuba, child with cancer goes to Honduras. America, wake up

Somebody please explain to me why a mother of a nursing baby, whose husband is a U.S. citizen, was snatched from her family and sent back to Cuba. Or why…

John McCarthy May 2, 2025

Breaking News Caribbean News Humanitarian News

Lawsuit says migrants endure isolation and intimidation at US’ Guantanamo detention center

HAVANA (AP) — Immigration and civil rights advocates have renewed concerns that immigrants detained at Guantanamo Bay are being held in extreme isolation, cut off from meaningful access to legal…

John McCarthy April 27, 2025