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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

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Decades After Failed Invasion, Cuba Still Eyes Venezuela As A Prize

MACHURUCUTO, Venezuela – For all the heated talk coming from Washington about President Nicolás Maduro being a Cuban puppet, there was a time when Cuban troops really did try to take…

VI Free Press May 17, 2019

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Cuba Orders Further Cuts To Electricity Generation: Newspaper

HAVANA —The Cuban government has ordered its state-run power system to further reduce electricity generation in the latest sign that a cash crunch exacerbated by new U.S. sanctions is taking…

VI Free Press April 22, 2019

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POMPEO: U.S. Planning to Allow Lawsuits Over Properties Seized By Castro’s Cuba … EU Does Not Approve

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration today opened the door for lawsuits against foreign firms operating on properties Cuba seized from Americans after the 1959 revolution. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo…

Bro Bot April 17, 2019

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Ostrich, Rodent On The Menu as Cuba Seeks Food Miracle

HAVANA — From breeding miniature cows to importing water buffalo, Cuban leaders have long gotten creative in their effort to remedy food shortages. Now, they are proposing ostrich and rodent…

John McCarthy April 12, 2019

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Obama’s Detente Becomes History as Trump Threatens Cuba

HAVANA — Cuba has jettisoned rhetorical restraint toward the United States and is broadcasting footage of military defense exercises in the face of threats and new sanctions from the administration…

VI Free Press March 21, 2019

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Cuba Sees Sweet Economic Recovery Through Raw Sugar Exports in 2019

HAVANA -- After suffering from weather damage last year and into 2018, Cuban sugar production is expected to increase significantly in the current season now getting underway, a government minister…

John McCarthy December 25, 2018

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Three Days After Worst Crash Since 1989, Cuba Has Identified 20 of 110 ‘Corpses’

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] HAVANA -- Cubans in eastern Holguin province held a funeral on Sunday for an art instructor and her small child, the first of 67 Holguin…

John McCarthy May 21, 2018