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Cubans stage rare protests amid blackouts, persisting economic crisis
9 months, 1 week ago

Cubans stage rare protests amid blackouts, persisting economic crisis

Al Jazeera  

President points finger at US after hundreds of people demonstrate against food shortages and blackouts. President Miguel Diaz-Canel called for calm on Monday after hundreds of people gathered in Santiago, Cuba’s second largest city, to demonstrate against power blackouts and food shortages a day prior. Social media videos showed crowds in the communist-governed country chanting, “Power and food.” Diaz-Canel blamed …

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US offers hurricane assistance to Cubans amid blackouts
2 years, 2 months ago

US offers hurricane assistance to Cubans amid blackouts

Associated Press  

MIAMI — 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 move after years of bilateral tensions. The assistance includes $2 million in provisions and supplies that will be delivered through independent non-governmental organizations that have experience and …

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In Cuba, caution and confusion meet eased US sanctions
2 years, 7 months ago

In Cuba, caution and confusion meet eased US sanctions

Associated Press  

HAVANA — Marylín Álvarez seemed to be just the sort of person that eased American sanctions on Cuba were meant to help. It was one of myriad small private businesses blossoming on the Communist-led island as U.S. President Barack Obama’s opening to Cuba led to more money and visitors from the north. Former President Donald Trump tightened the six-decade-old embargo …

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The US embargo on Cuba has failed
3 years, 5 months ago

The US embargo on Cuba has failed

Al Jazeera  

If Biden truly wants to put principles, and effectiveness, ahead of politics, he should make a bold choice and end the embargo. The White House admitted earlier this year that “a Cuba policy shift is not currently among President Biden’s top priorities.” However, the protests that have been rocking Cuba for the past week – some of the largest since …

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Cuba protests: The economic woes driving discontent
3 years, 5 months ago

Cuba protests: The economic woes driving discontent

Al Jazeera  

Soaring global food prices and the island’s devalued currency — coupled with longtime shortages of basic goods and the decades-long United States embargo — helped spark the recent demonstrations. Since 1960, the US — Cuba’s neighbour 145km to the north and once major trading partner — has maintained a trade embargo against the island in an effort to force its …

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U.S. votes against U.N. resolution condemning U.S. embargo on Cuba
3 years, 6 months ago

U.S. votes against U.N. resolution condemning U.S. embargo on Cuba

The Hindu  

The United States voted against a U.N. resolution on June 23 that overwhelmingly condemned the American economic embargo of Cuba for the 29th year, maintaining the Trump administration’s opposition and refusing to return to the Obama administration’s 2016 abstention. Before the vote, the U.S. Mission’s political coordinator, Rodney Hunter, told the assembly that the Biden administration voted “no” because the …

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Why is Biden following in Trump's footsteps on Cuba? (Opinion)
3 years, 6 months ago

Why is Biden following in Trump's footsteps on Cuba? (Opinion)

CNN  

Jorge Dávila Miguel is a columnist for El Nuevo Herald, on the McClatchy network, and a political analyst and columnist for CNN en Español. In 2016, under President Barack Obama's policy of engagement with Cuba, the US and Israel abstained from voting against the embargo. But in 2017 President Donald Trump reversed Obama's policy and became the most aggressive American …

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What will Cuba’s new single currency mean for the island?
3 years, 11 months ago

What will Cuba’s new single currency mean for the island?

Al Jazeera  

Cuba is devaluing its peso for the first time since the 1959 revolution with profound consequences for its people. The Cuban government formally ended its dual currency system on Friday, devaluing its peso for the first time since the 1959 revolution that swept the late Fidel Castro to power. The government has set the exchange rate at 24 Cuban pesos …

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