HAVANA (AP) — Alejandro Fonseca stood in line for several hours outside a bank in Havana hoping to withdraw Cuban pesos from an ATM, but
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Former career US diplomat to admit working for decades as a Cuban intelligence agent
MIAMI (AP) — A former career U.S. diplomat told a federal judge Thursday he will plead guilty to charges of working for decades as a
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Cuba struggles to shore up subsidized milk supply for children
HAVANA (Reuters) — Cuba is struggling to secure enough milk for children, a minister said, in the latest shortage putting strain on a decades-old subsidies
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