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Cuba Opens Most Of The Country To Tourism As It Enters A “New Normality”

HAVANA — Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero said late on Thursday that most of the Caribbean island nation would open to international tourism starting next week as it moved towards…

VI Free Press October 9, 2020

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Archaeologists Determined The Step-By-Step Path Taken By The First People To Settle The Caribbean Islands

For the millions of people around the world who live on islands today, a plane or boat can easily enough carry them to the mainland or other islands. But how…

VI Free Press September 29, 2020

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Cash-Strapped Caribbean Slowly Recovers From Deadly Tropical Storm Laura

HAVANA — Caribbean islands already reeling from the economic impact of coronavirus started recovering on Tuesday from the damage wrought by Tropical Storm Laura, which left at least 24 dead…

Bro Bot August 29, 2020

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Due To COVID-19 Concerns, Cuba Will Isolate Visitors From Main Island Population

HAVANA -— With the coronavirus waning in Cuba, the government plans to restart its tourism industry by sending visitors to five narrow islands that will offer all-inclusive vacations and keep…

VI Free Press July 5, 2020

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COVID-19 Claims 8,000 Lives In The Caribbean, Latin America

BOGOTA — Coronavirus cases topped 170,000 in Latin America and the Caribbean and caused the deaths of more than 8,000 people in the region, according to data from Johns Hopkins…

VI Free Press April 29, 2020

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Empty Resorts Spell Long Crisis For Caribbean As Coronavirus Hits Home

VARADERO, Cuba — No one is swimming in the turquoise Caribbean waters of Cuba’s Varadero beach resort, nor lounging on its white, palm-fringed beaches. Its hundreds of hotels, shops and…

VI Free Press April 21, 2020

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U.S. Veterinary Students Evacuated From St. Kitts; SKN Takes Help From Cuba

BASSETERRE — Students at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine (RUSVM) St. Kitts and Nevis returned to the United States via a chartered World Atlantic Airlines MD83 aircraft on Saturday.…

Bro Bot April 1, 2020

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USA Hits Cuba With New Sanctions Over Human Rights, Venezuela

HAVANA — The United States is imposing new sanctions on Cuba over its human rights record and its support for Venezuela’s government, the U.S. Commerce Department said this weekend. In…

VI Free Press October 19, 2019

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What’s An Advanced Russian Warship Doing in Havana Harbor?

HAVANA — One of the Russian navy’s most advanced warships entered Havana’s harbor Monday and docked at the port used until this month by U.S. cruise lines. Meanwhile, the Arleigh…

VI Free Press July 28, 2019

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Cuba Hopes For Slight Growth as Trump ‘Paper Towels’ The Big Island

HAVANA — Communist-run Cuba put on a brave face Saturday at a mid-year session of the National Assembly, the government insisting it would not let a growing financial crisis and…

VI Free Press July 14, 2019