HAVANA — Russia’s Admiral Gorshkov frigate and the nuclear-powered submarine Kazan, accompanied by a tug boat and a fuel ship, have arrived in Cuba for
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Russian warships to arrive in Havana next week but pose no threat, Cuba says
HAVANA — Cuba said this week that Russian warships would arrive in Havana next week, but that the four navy ships carried no nuclear weapons
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US expecting Russian naval exercises in Caribbean this summer
WASHINGTON — Russia plans to send combat vessels into the Caribbean region this summer as part of naval exercises that will likely include port calls
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Russian warships headed to Caribbean for drills as tensions rise over Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has been tracking Russian warships and aircraft that are expected to arrive in the Caribbean for a military exercise in
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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