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Afro-Cuban drums, Muslim prayers, Buddhist mantras: Religious diversity blooms in once-atheist Cuba
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

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
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

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
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

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
Posted inArt News Breaking News Caribbean News

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
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

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
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

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
LGBTQ-inclusive church in Cuba welcomes all in a country that once sent gay people to labor camps
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

LGBTQ-inclusive church in Cuba welcomes all in a country that once sent gay people to labor camps

MATANZAS (AP) — Proudly wearing a rainbow-colored clergy stole and a rainbow flag in her clerical collar, the Rev. Elaine Saralegui welcomed all to her LGBTQ+ inclusive church in the…
Posted by John McCarthy April 12, 2024
Morocco hosts one of Africa’s first exhibitions of Cuban art, a milestone for Afro-Cuban painters
Posted inArt News Breaking News Caribbean News

Morocco hosts one of Africa’s first exhibitions of Cuban art, a milestone for Afro-Cuban painters

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — When Morocco ‘s King Mohamed VI visited Havana in 2017, Cuban-American gallery owner Alberto Magnan impressed him with a “full immersion” in the Caribbean island’s art and culture,…
Posted by John McCarthy April 12, 2024
Rationed food kept Cubans fed during the Cold War. Today an economic crisis has them hungry
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Humanitarian News

Rationed food kept Cubans fed during the Cold War. Today an economic crisis has them hungry

HAVANA (AP) — Like millions of other Cubans, María de los Ángeles Pozo thinks back fondly to when a government ration book fed her family everything from hamburgers, fish and…
Posted by John McCarthy March 28, 2024
Revered by Hemingway and visited by popes, why Cuba’s small patron saint is such a huge symbol
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Revered by Hemingway and visited by popes, why Cuba’s small patron saint is such a huge symbol

HAVANA (AP) — One religious icon unites Cubans: The Virgin of Charity of Cobre. Cuba’s patron saint is venerated by observant Catholics and followers of Afro-Cuban Santeria traditions as well…
Posted by John McCarthy March 15, 2024

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