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Cuba Expects To Resume U.S. Deportation Flights This Month

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba plans to resume accepting deportation flights from the United States this month, a Cuban official said, echoing U.S. concerns about the highest levels of Cuban migration in six…

John McCarthy April 15, 2023

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Venezuela To Ship Fuel To Cuba On U.S.-Blacklisted Supertanker

CARACAS (Reuters) — Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA today was loading a supertanker with crude and fuel for Cuba, maritime documents showed, an unusually large volume to help its political…

John McCarthy March 13, 2023

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Cuba Tobacco Farmers Recuperate After Ruinous Hurricane Ian

SAN LUIS, Cuba (AP) — A neighbor lent him a house to dry leaves, and he had a little fertilizer saved, so he plucked up the courage to plant. Now,…

John McCarthy March 8, 2023

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Cuban Pet Lovers Struggle To Care For Island’s Silky-Haired Native Lapdog

HAVANA (Reuters) — Maylin Amador breeds and styles one of Cuba's most attractive dogs — the Havanese bichon, a small but lively lapdog with abundant waves of tobacco-colored hair, and…

John McCarthy March 5, 2023

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Cuba’s Internet Slows To Crawl As More Island Residents Connect

HAVANA (Reuters) — Cubans suffering long lines for food, fuel and medicine now have a new problem: painfully slow internet. Internet service, never speedy in a country that first authorized…

John McCarthy February 16, 2023

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Cubans Want Lechon For Christmas This Holiday Season … But Can’t Get It

HAVANA (AP) — As Belkis Fajardo, 69, walks through the dense streets of downtown Havana with a small bag of lettuce and onions in hand, she wonders how she’ll feed…

John McCarthy December 24, 2022

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Cuban Scientists Work To Save Rare Crocodile

CIENAGA DE ZAPATA — Shirtless and waist-deep in the dark waters of Cuba's palm-speckled Zapata Swamp, researcher Etiam Perez releases a baby crocodile confiscated from illegal hunters back into the…

John McCarthy September 6, 2022

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2nd Firefighter Dies as Cuba Controls Big Oil Facility Fire

HAVANA — Officials said that a second firefighter has died in Cuba, where crews have controlled a massive blaze that began last week at a key oil storage facility amid…

John McCarthy August 13, 2022

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Cuba Brings Oil Depot Fire Under Control, Worst In Island’s History

HAVANA — Firefighters on Tuesday finally overcame what officials described as the worst fire in Cuba's history that over five days destroyed 40 percent of the Caribbean island's main fuel…

John McCarthy August 10, 2022

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Oil Facility Fire Jeopardizes Cuba’s Frail Electric System

HAVANA — A deadly fire that began at a large oil storage facility in western Cuba spread today, threatening to plunge the island into a deeper energy crisis as it…

John McCarthy August 8, 2022