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6.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Cuba after hurricanes and blackouts
Read full article: 6.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Cuba after hurricanes and blackoutsAn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has shaken eastern Cuba after weeks of hurricanes and blackouts that have left many on the island reeling.
Cuba fights to come back from a nationwide blackout, then a storm that killed six
Read full article: Cuba fights to come back from a nationwide blackout, then a storm that killed sixA small town in far eastern Cuba is recovering from flooding that killed at least six people after Hurricane Oscar crossed the island’s eastern coast as a tropical storm with winds and heavy rain.
Cuba fights to come back from a nationwide blackout, then a storm that killed 7
Read full article: Cuba fights to come back from a nationwide blackout, then a storm that killed 7A small town in far eastern Cuba is recovering from flooding that killed at least seven people after Hurricane Oscar crossed the island’s eastern coast as a tropical storm with winds and heavy rain.
Cubans struggle as power not fully restored days after blackout and hurricane hits island
Read full article: Cubans struggle as power not fully restored days after blackout and hurricane hits islandMany Cubans are waiting in anguish as electricity on much of the island has yet to be restored days after an island-wide blackout.
Exiles protest in Little Havana to show solidarity with SOS Cuba dissenters
Read full article: Exiles protest in Little Havana to show solidarity with SOS Cuba dissentersCuban-American activists met on Thursday in Miami to commemorate the third anniversary of the 2021 demonstrations on the island, as their dissent over a lack of human rights, food shortages, and power outages on the island continues.
Activists mark 3rd anniversary of ‘SOS Cuba’ protests with prayer in Coconut Grove
Read full article: Activists mark 3rd anniversary of ‘SOS Cuba’ protests with prayer in Coconut GroveCuban-American activists met on Thursday in Miami to commemorate the third anniversary of the 2021 demonstrations on the island, as their dissent over a lack of human rights, food shortages, and power outages on the island continues.
2 sisters, protestant pastor among those who remain jailed a year after protests in Cuba
Read full article: 2 sisters, protestant pastor among those who remain jailed a year after protests in CubaLorenzo Rosales Fajardo is a protestant pastor who remains in jail in Cuba after being sentenced to seven years in prison for simply participating in the historic July 11 protests a year ago Monday.
Center of Fred moves through eastern Florida Panhandle; Grace producing heavy rainfall over Hispaniola
Read full article: Center of Fred moves through eastern Florida Panhandle; Grace producing heavy rainfall over HispaniolaTropical Storm Fred intensified in the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall Monday afternoon in the eastern Florida Panhandle and hours later, Tropical Depression Eight strengthened into Tropical Storm Henri.
Miami nonprofit’s team of volunteer lawyers advocates for SOS Cuba detainees, prisoners
Read full article: Miami nonprofit’s team of volunteer lawyers advocates for SOS Cuba detainees, prisonersA Miami nonprofit organization is trying to help some of the Cubans who continue to be arrested for demonstrating against an ongoing crisis on the communist-run island. Cubans are facing shortages of food and medicines, power outages, COVID deaths, and repression.
3 dead as Elsa speeds through Caribbean, aims for Cuba
Read full article: 3 dead as Elsa speeds through Caribbean, aims for CubaTropical Storm Elsa is battering the southern coasts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, downing trees and blowing off roofs as it speeds through the Caribbean, killing at least three people.
Florida remains in Hurricane Elsa’s long-range forecast path
Read full article: Florida remains in Hurricane Elsa’s long-range forecast pathHurricane Elsa was moving toward the west-northwest near 30 mph through the eastern Caribbean Friday evening, and the National Hurricane Center’s long-range forecast path still included Florida.
30 Cubans began hunger strike on March 20 to protest human rights violations, activists say
Read full article: 30 Cubans began hunger strike on March 20 to protest human rights violations, activists sayIn a pre-recorded message from Cuba, José Daniel Ferrer said he and others started a hunger strike on March 20. The prominent opposition leader said about 30 people are involved in the protest. That was down from 47 on Thursday.
Laura Continues West-Northwestward Over The Far Northwestern Caribbean Sea.
Read full article: Laura Continues West-Northwestward Over The Far Northwestern Caribbean Sea.Location 65 miles ESE of Cayo Largo Wind 60 mph Heading WNW at 20 mph Pressure 29.59 Coordinates 80.6W, 21.2NDiscussionAt 1100 AM EDT (1500 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Laura was located near latitude 21.2 North, longitude 80.6 West. Laura is then forecast to move over the central and northwestern Gulf of Mexico Tuesday night and Wednesday, and approach the northwestern coast of the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday night. WIND: Tropical storm conditions are expected to spread westward within the warning area in Cuba through today. Tropical storm conditions are expected in Little Cayman and Cayman Brac today. Tropical storm conditions are also expected within the warning area in the middle and lower Florida Keys and the Dry Tortugas this afternoon and tonight.
British alcoholic beverages company to market Santiago de Cuba Rum
Read full article: British alcoholic beverages company to market Santiago de Cuba RumHAVANA, Cuba - Despite U.S. efforts to limit trade, Cuba's state-run company is continuing to make deals with major alcoholic beverages market players in U.S.-allied countries to sell its premium brands of rum. Diageo's new deal will allow the multinational to exclusively market Santiago de Cuba Rum around the world, but like Cuba's Havana Club, the Santiago de Cuba Rum brand will not be distributed in the United States. "More than just a rum, Santiago de Cuba was born in the city where the history and tradition of Cuban light rum originated," said Juan Gonzalez, Corporacin Cuba Ron's president. Decades after Fidel Castro's government confiscated their assets, Pernord Ricard and Corporacin Cuba Ron co-founded Havana Club International in 1993. Corporacin Cuba Ron launched the Santiago de Cuba Rum Extra Aejo Oscuro in 2012.