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LGBTQ-inclusive church in Cuba welcomes all in a country that once sent gay people to labor camps
Read full article: LGBTQ-inclusive church in Cuba welcomes all in a country that once sent gay people to labor campsAfter the 1959 revolution, Cuba repressed gay people and many were sent to labor camps.
A Molotov cocktail is thrown at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, but there’s no significant damage
Read full article: A Molotov cocktail is thrown at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, but there’s no significant damageAt least one Molotov cocktail has been thrown at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, but there was no significant damage and no one was injured.
Cuba's parliament ratifies President Díaz-Canel for new term
Read full article: Cuba's parliament ratifies President Díaz-Canel for new termCuba’s National Assembly has ratified President Miguel Díaz-Canel for a new five-year term, in a decision to maintain continuity as the island faces a deep economic crisis.
In blow to Biden, Mexico president to skip Americas Summit
Read full article: In blow to Biden, Mexico president to skip Americas SummitMexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has confirmed that he will not attend the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles this week, dealing a blow to the event hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden.
Biden scrambles to avoid Americas Summit flop in Los Angeles
Read full article: Biden scrambles to avoid Americas Summit flop in Los AngelesWhen leaders gather this week in Los Angeles at the Summit of the Americas, the focus is likely to veer from policy issues like migration, climate change and inflation and instead shift to something Hollywood thrives on: the drama of the red carpet.
Cubans in Miami don’t expect Castro’s decision to change much
Read full article: Cubans in Miami don’t expect Castro’s decision to change muchCuban Americans at Versailles in Little Havana said they didn’t expect Raul Castro’s announcement on Friday to make a difference on the single-party politics of the communist island.
Era ends as Raul Castro steps down as Communist Party chief
Read full article: Era ends as Raul Castro steps down as Communist Party chiefRaul Castro says he is stepping down as Cuban Communist Party leader, leaving the island without a Castro guiding affairs for the first time in more than six decades and handing control of the party to a younger generation.
Raul Castro, long a sidekick, finally the face of his nation
Read full article: Raul Castro, long a sidekick, finally the face of his nationFor most of his life, Raul Castro played second-string to his brother Fidel — first as a guerrilla commander, later as a senior figure in their socialist government.
Absence of Castro brothers could test Cuba’s Communist structure, experts say
Read full article: Absence of Castro brothers could test Cuba’s Communist structure, experts sayExperts in Miami agree that even though Raul Castro will no longer officially lead the Cuban Communist Party, he still remains the most powerful man on the island. His partial absence will likely test the current structure.
Raul Castro, long a sidekick, finally the face of his nation
Read full article: Raul Castro, long a sidekick, finally the face of his nationFor most of his life, Raul Castro played second-string to his brother Fidel — first as a guerrilla commander, later as a senior figure in their socialist government.
Raul Castro resigns as Communist chief, ending era in Cuba
Read full article: Raul Castro resigns as Communist chief, ending era in CubaRaul Castro says he is stepping down as head of Cuba’s Communist Party, ending an era of formal leadership by he and his brother Fidel Castro that began with the 1959 revolution.
Cuba transitions to ‘unification’ of double currency system
Read full article: Cuba transitions to ‘unification’ of double currency systemMIAMI – Raul Castro and his protege, Miguel Diaz Canel, the president of Cuba, announced Thursday night they are unifying the island’s double currency system to get rid of the Cuban Convertible Peso, or CUC, which was pegged to the U.S. dollar. Starting Jan. 1, the Cuban peso will be the island’s only valid currency and it will have an exchange rate of 24 pesos for every U.S. dollar. This is after more than 25 years of having two national currencies. Castro, the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, and Diaz Canel made the announcement on the government’s national TV and radio stations. Diaz Canel said the “unification” is not a magic solution to the island’s economic problems, but it will address inefficiencies.
US imposes sanctions on Cuba’s Raul Castro’s son-in-law
Read full article: US imposes sanctions on Cuba’s Raul Castro’s son-in-lawWASHINGTON – The Trump administration is targeting the son-in-law of retired Cuban leader Raul Castro with sanctions as it steps up its campaign against the communist island’s government ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November. The move freezes any assets he may have in U.S. jurisdictions and bars Americans from doing business with him. On Monday, Pompeo announced that FINCIMEX, a Cuban state company that processes remittances and issues the American International Services debit card, had been added to the sanctions list. Trump is seeking votes from anti-Castro Cuban-Americans in Florida and elsewhere, and has sought to paint Biden as soft on the Cuban government. Biden was vice president when former President Barack Obama and Raul Castro initiated a rapprochement in U.S.-Cuban relations.
New photo of Fidel Castro surfaces on Instagram
Read full article: New photo of Fidel Castro surfaces on InstagramHAVANA – A new photo has surfaced of former Cuban president Fidel Castro meeting with the daughter of the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. Maria Gabriel Chavez posted the picture on her Instagram account Monday. Castro, 87, is wearing his famous tracksuit at his home in Havana. Castro did not attend his funeral in Venezuela, but his brother and current Cuban leader Raul Castro did. Castro retired as leader of the communist island in 2008 after falling ill in 2006, and is rarely seen in public.