Electricity is slowly returning to Havana, Cuba after a nationwide blackout plunged the country of 10 million into total darkness on Friday. The power grid collapsed due to a heavy police presence and a recent outage sparked an outburst of unprecedented public anger in 2021. The island is in the midst of its worst economic crisis since the collapse of …
Santa Clara, Cuba CNN — For months, hundreds of Cubans have quietly left the island to fight for Russia in its war in Ukraine, chasing promises of money and Russian citizenship from shadowy online recruiters, family members told CNN. Aboard the plane Miguel told her he saw dozens of other young military age men who had been recruited, including two …
Editor’s Note: Frida Ghitis, a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist. CNN — The Cuban regime is deploying its much-practiced playbook in response to Sunday’s breathtaking eruption of protests across the island. He blamed the United States’ sanctions for the country’s difficulties, accusing Washington and “the Cuban Mafia” in Miami – regime shorthand for exiled Cubans …
