Latin American Leaders to Skip Summit of the Americas If Cuba, Venezuela,...
Several Latin American leaders have signaled they will not attend this year's 9th Summit of the Americas if Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua are not invited. "Nobody should exclude anyone," Mexican...
View ArticleChaos in Cuba After Hotel Explosion (OPINION)
The cleanup from last Friday’s blast, which killed 44 and injured nearly 100 more, is continuing. The Cuban people deserve our compassion and empathy, not more lies and deceit by outsiders and...
View ArticleWhite House Moves to Loosen Remittance, Flight Rules on Cuba
The Biden administration says it will expand flights to Cuba, take steps to loosen restrictions on U.S. travelers to the island, and lift Trump-era restrictions on remittances that immigrants can send...
View ArticleBiden Administration Deserves Praise for Easing Restrictions Against Cuba...
Cuban families will now have an easier time visiting relatives on the island by restoring flights to cities other than Havana. This is great news for U.S.-based Cubans who have family in provinces and...
View ArticleRenewed Hopes But More Delays for Cubans Seeking US Visas
The Biden administration has said it will reactivate the long-stalled Family Reunification Program, which lets Cubans legally in the U.S. bring close relatives. But while separated families see hope in...
View ArticleFrom EL FARO ENGLISH: Summit in LA Showcases Biden’s Central America Problem
Four days before the Summit of the Americas begins on June 6 in Los Angeles, the U.S. is short on friends in the Northern Triangle. Even Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei, once President Joe...
View ArticleAnniversary of Cuba Protests Met With More US Hypocrisy (OPINION)
As Cuban Americans celebrated the first anniversary of protests in Cuba while incessantly provoking an all-out uprising, President Biden flew to meet with leaders in the Middle East, stopping in...
View ArticleRaging Fire Consumes 4th Tank at Cuba Oil Storage Facility
Flames engulfed a fourth tank at an oil storage facility in western Cuba on Tuesday as the raging fire consumes critical fuel supplies on an island grappling with a growing energy crisis. The post...
View ArticleCuban Government Starts Selling Dollars, With Limits
The new policy announced Monday night comes almost three weeks after the communist government began buying hard currency from the public at 110.40 pesos per dollar, a rate similar to that of the black...
View ArticleIn Cuba, Where There’s Fire, There’s Anti-Government Propaganda (OPINION)
In the months since an explosion at the Saratoga Hotel in Havana killed 47 people, and weeks after 14 firefighters died fighting the oil fire at the port in Matanzas, recent fires at state-owned and...
View ArticleCuba Approves Same-Sex Marriage in Unusual Referendum
Cubans have approved a sweeping "family law" code that would allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt, as well as redefine rights for children and grandparents, officials said Monday, though...
View ArticleHurricane Ian Strikes Cuba, Florida Braces for Category 4 Damage
Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba on Tuesday as a major hurricane, with nothing to stop it from intensifying into a catastrophic Category 4 storm before it hits Florida on Wednesday. The post...
View ArticleProtests and Crackdown in Cuba After Hurricane Ian (OPINION)
In the wake of Hurricane Ian last week, a series of protests have broken out in the country beginning on Thursday. Fragmented demonstrations were held in traditionally poor and marginalized...
View ArticleCuba Requests Emergency Assistance From United States After Ian
In a seemingly unprecedented move, the Cuban government has asked the United States for assistance with recovery efforts after Hurricane Ian struck the island on September 27, according to the Wall...
View Article10 Days Later, Recovery From Hurricane Ian Continues in Cuba
Ten days after the storm left still unquantified devastation across western Cuba and knocked out the power grid nationwide, many Cubans are still without electricity, water, or basic goods. The...
View ArticleWhy Venezuelans and Cubans Are Coming to Texas in Record Numbers
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol figures show that 110,061 Cubans crossed the border into Texas from October 2021 through September 2022. During that same time period, 109,106 Venezuelans crossed the...
View ArticleUS Offers Hurricane Assistance to Cuba Amid Blackouts
The United States said Tuesday it has offered critical emergency humanitarian assistance to the people of Cuba to recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Ian, an unusual but not unprecedented...
View ArticleGay Couples in Cuba Marry Under New Law
Same-sex couples are getting married in Cuba, three weeks after the island's new Family Code, which opened up everything from equal marriage to surrogate mothers, came into effect. The post Gay Couples...
View ArticleUS, Cubans Will Meet Again in Havana: State Department
U.S. and Cuban officials plan to meet in Havana on Tuesday to discuss migration policy, the latest in a series of sessions between two governments with a historically icy relationship and amid one of...
View ArticlePuerto Rico Towns Sue Oil Companies for Climate Denial
A group of 16 municipalities filed a lawsuit on November 22 against multiple Big Oil companies for downplaying the risks of their fossil-fuel products on climate change. The post Puerto Rico Towns Sue...
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