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Falling off the map: how Cuba has vanished from travellers’ itineraries
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Falling off the map: how Cuba has vanished from travellers’ itineraries

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a handsomely one-sided commodity deal, the Soviet Union sold oil to the island at well above the market rate, …

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Catholic leaders raise concerns over judicial reform pushed by Mexico’s president
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Catholic leaders raise concerns over judicial reform pushed by Mexico’s president

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Catholic leaders said Monday that the judicial reform pushed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador might not necessarily bring justice for victims of the crime wave that is rampant across the country. “May they contemplate the benefit of the nation beyond unnecessary partisanship, so we can move towards a comprehensive reform that includes prosecutors’ offices, local …

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Harvey Milk’s legacy: The gay rights icon was remarkable for a very specific reason.
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Harvey Milk’s legacy: The gay rights icon was remarkable for a very specific reason.

Slate  

When Harvey Milk was elected 47 years ago this November, he became one of the first openly gay people in public office. One night in 1956, when Milk was 25, he was arrested in Miami along with seven other gay men in what a local police sergeant called a “routine crackdown on perverts.” He got a job teaching, but quit …

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The Carretera Granma: One of the most spectacular drives in Cuba
8 months, 1 week ago

The Carretera Granma: One of the most spectacular drives in Cuba

BBC  

The Carretera Granma: One of the most spectacular drives in Cuba Claire Boobbyer Cuba's seldom-travelled Carretera Granma is a rugged mix of beauty, brawn and history Few travellers venture to Cuba's south-eastern corner, but a little-known road offers a fascinating – and stunning – glimpse of the nation's revolutionary past. Tracing the edge of eastern Cuba's foot-shaped Granma province, this …

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An Arizona church known for feeding migrants now says the city is blocking its work
9 months ago

An Arizona church known for feeding migrants now says the city is blocking its work

NPR  

An Arizona church known for feeding migrants now says the city is blocking its work Enlarge this image toggle caption Jose Manuel Castro Jose Manuel Castro For the past 23 years, Gethsemani Baptist Church in San Luis, Ariz., made it its mission to offer food to anyone who wanted it. Sponsor Message The suit alleges that starting in 2022, the …

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Al Pacino, Diego Boneta and more to star in ‘Killing Castro’
1 year ago

Al Pacino, Diego Boneta and more to star in ‘Killing Castro’

The Hindu  

A new film on Fidel Castro titled Killing Castro has been announced with a star-studded cast featuring Al Pacino, Diego Boneta, Xolo Maridueña, KiKi Layne, Alexander Ludwig, Ron Livingston, Kendrick Sampson, Nicole Beharie, Logan Marshall-Green and Titus Welliver. “Shortly after winning the Cuban revolution, Fidel Castro travels to New York City to deliver his first speech to the United Nations. …

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Braga grabs late 3-2 Champions League win at Union Berlin’s unloved home from home
1 year, 2 months ago

Braga grabs late 3-2 Champions League win at Union Berlin’s unloved home from home

Associated Press  

BERLIN — André Castro scored in the very last minute for Braga to snatch a 3-2 win in Union Berlin’s first home game in the Champions League, though not at the home stadium Union fans wanted. Sheraldo Becker scored twice Tuesday to give dominant Union a two-goal lead, but Sikou Niakaté scored before the break, Bruma equalized soon after it, …

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El Paso ‘at breaking point’ amid surge in refugee, migrant arrivals
1 year, 3 months ago

El Paso ‘at breaking point’ amid surge in refugee, migrant arrivals

Al Jazeera  

Border city in Texas pleads for help amid a dramatic increase in asylum seekers crossing into the US from Mexico. Thousands of refugees and migrants are continuing to cross the United States border from Mexico, pushing the city of El Paso in the state of Texas “to a breaking point” and leaving President Joe Biden’s administration scrambling to stem the …

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Mildred García, champion of college access, is named CSU chancellor amid system crisis
1 year, 5 months ago

Mildred García, champion of college access, is named CSU chancellor amid system crisis

LA Times  

Mildred García, a longtime higher education leader who previously served as president of Cal State Dominguez Hills and Cal State Fullerton, was named chancellor of the California State University on Wednesday, trustees announced, stepping into the top position at a fraught time for the nation’s largest public four-year university system. García’s predecessor, Joseph I. Castro, was forced to resign last …

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Loved or hated, lawmaker Scott Wiener is a lightning rod who could make history
1 year, 7 months ago

Loved or hated, lawmaker Scott Wiener is a lightning rod who could make history

LA Times  

State Sen. Scott Wiener stands in front of a mural at Oasis, a drag club he helped the owners launch in San Francisco. Wiener shrugs off such critiques, noting he supports rent control and has “Scott was the first to call the question on these big topics,” said San Francisco City Atty. But few public figures would relish their names …

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‘$250,000 cash in a brown paper bag.’ How legal weed unleashed corruption in California
2 years, 3 months ago

‘$250,000 cash in a brown paper bag.’ How legal weed unleashed corruption in California

LA Times  

In the San Gabriel Valley, a city councilman demanded bribes from businesses seeking cannabis licenses, according to a source cooperating with the FBI. In another small L.A. County city, a cannabis industry group offered $15,000 to council candidates who would pledge to support changes to city regulations that weed businesses wanted — an exchange one legal expert said “flirted at …

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Column: Cancer patients need options to survive. Poor Californians often have none
2 years, 5 months ago

Column: Cancer patients need options to survive. Poor Californians often have none

LA Times  

Primo Castro’s mother died of gallbladder cancer in 2004. Because it’s a comprehensive cancer center, one of eight in California with the designation from the National Cancer Institute, we had access not just to cutting-edge medicine and best-of-the-best doctors, but to a community of people who understood what we were going through even when we didn’t ourselves. Currently in California, …

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Brazil mudslides kill at least 94, with dozens still missing
2 years, 10 months ago

Brazil mudslides kill at least 94, with dozens still missing

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rio de Janeiro state’s government …

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JFK assassination files: What we’ve learned so far from the 1,500 documents
3 years ago

JFK assassination files: What we’ve learned so far from the 1,500 documents

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On 1 October, CIA agents in Mexico intercepted …

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US releases new batch of documents about JFK assassination
3 years ago

US releases new batch of documents about JFK assassination

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The National Archives on Wednesday made public nearly 1,500 documents related to the U.S. government’s investigation into the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The documents include CIA cables and memos discussing Oswald’s previously disclosed but never fully explained visits to the Soviet and Cuban embassies in Mexico City as well as discussion, in the days after …

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What to do before, during and after a power outage
3 years, 4 months ago

What to do before, during and after a power outage

LA Times  

Judy Aquiline has a drink by candlelight at the Reel and Brand restaurant in Sonoma, Calif., during a planned Pacific Gas & Electric Co. power outage in 2019. If you use your car to charge your phone or other electronics, make sure you aren’t doing it in a closed garage and risking carbon monoxide poisoning. Every time you open them, …

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Biden Supports Cease-fire In Call To Netanyahu As Israel-Hamas Violence Escalates
3 years, 7 months ago

Biden Supports Cease-fire In Call To Netanyahu As Israel-Hamas Violence Escalates

NPR  

Biden Supports Cease-fire In Call To Netanyahu As Israel-Hamas Violence Escalates Enlarge this image toggle caption Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images The White House said that when President Biden talked to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, he "expressed his support for a cease-fire and discussed U.S. engagement with Egypt and other partners towards …

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