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Cuba may import sugar, rum industry pressed amid disastrous harvest
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Cuba may import sugar, rum industry pressed amid disastrous harvest

HAVANA — The Cuban sugar harvest is winding down at the lowest tonnage since 1900, forcing the government to import and putting more pressure on its domestic rum, soft drink…
Posted by John McCarthy June 2, 2024
US opens up banking to private Cuban businesses as it aims to boost private sector
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US opens up banking to private Cuban businesses as it aims to boost private sector

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. lifted some financial restrictions against Cuba this week, in a move designed to boost private businesses on the island. The measures will allow independent entrepreneurs to open and access…
Posted by John McCarthy June 1, 2024
Cuba loses body of Canadian man who died on tropical vacation
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Cuba loses body of Canadian man who died on tropical vacation

LAVAL, Quebec (AP) — A family in Quebec is searching for answers after discovering that their father’s remains didn’t make it to Canada from Cuba, where he died while on…
Posted by John McCarthy May 20, 2024
State Department removes Cuba from short list of countries deemed uncooperative on counterterrorism
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State Department removes Cuba from short list of countries deemed uncooperative on counterterrorism

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken removed Cuba Wednesday from the State Department’s short list of countries that it deems less than fully cooperative against violent groups. In a statement,…
Posted by John McCarthy May 17, 2024
Afro-Cuban drums, Muslim prayers, Buddhist mantras: Religious diversity blooms in once-atheist Cuba
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Afro-Cuban drums, Muslim prayers, Buddhist mantras: Religious diversity blooms in once-atheist Cuba

HAVANA (AP) — The 1959 Castro-led revolution installed an atheist, Communist government that sought to replace the Catholic Church as the guiding force in the lives of Cubans. But 65…
Posted by John McCarthy May 16, 2024
Desperate Cubans lured to Russian army by high pay and passports
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Desperate Cubans lured to Russian army by high pay and passports

KYIV — Russia has been recruiting Cuban nationals to fight in its army in Ukraine, research by the BBC has shown. In September and October 2023, passport details belonging to…
Posted by John McCarthy May 7, 2024
Long lines form and frustration grows as Cuba runs short of cash
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Long lines form and frustration grows as Cuba runs short of cash

HAVANA (AP) — Alejandro Fonseca stood in line for several hours outside a bank in Havana hoping to withdraw Cuban pesos from an ATM, but when it was almost his…
Posted by John McCarthy April 30, 2024
Writer Leonardo Padura chronicles life in Cuba as his detective ‘alter ego’ solves gripping crimes
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Writer Leonardo Padura chronicles life in Cuba as his detective ‘alter ego’ solves gripping crimes

HAVANA (AP) — His novels recount gruesome murders, thefts, scams, bribes and humiliating secrets. But those are not even the most important themes in the stories told by award-winning Cuban writer…
Posted by John McCarthy April 23, 2024
Russia’s prosecutor general arrives in Cuba for bilateral talks
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Russia’s prosecutor general arrives in Cuba for bilateral talks

HAVANA — Russia's Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov arrived in Havana for bilateral talks with his Cuban counterpart and other officials, the prosecutor's office said today. Russia's full-scale invasion in Ukraine…
Posted by John McCarthy April 16, 2024
Former US ambassador sentenced to 15 years in prison for serving as secret agent for Cuba
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Former US ambassador sentenced to 15 years in prison for serving as secret agent for Cuba

MIAMI (AP) — A former career U.S. diplomat was sentenced Friday to 15 years in federal prison after admitting he worked for decades as a secret agent for communist Cuba,…
Posted by John McCarthy April 15, 2024

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