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A vintage car passes near powerboats docked at Havana’s bay during a national electrical grid collapse. Photo: Reuters
Energy

Cuba reconnects electrical grid, restores power in Havana after outage

Cuba blames the country’s mounting energy crisis on a Cold War-era US trade embargo.

Fame and celebrity

SNL50: Who is Marcello Hernández’s youthful Cuban mum Isabel Cancela?

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Fame and celebrity

Who is Al Cárdenas, lawyer husband of Ana Navarro from TV talk show The View?

Americas and the Caribbean

Rubio tells Panama that China threatens canal, changes needed

Trump made a preliminary determination that ‘control of the Chinese Communist Party’ over canal is a threat, the US state department said.

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Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino, left, and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, centre, arrive for a meeting at the presidential palace in Panama City on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Americas and the Caribbean

Havana luxury hotel ‘unforgivable’ amid Cuba’s economic woes

The Selection La Habana hotel, managed by Spanish chain Iberostar, has yet to be inaugurated but it is already the target of criticism.

Americas and the Caribbean

Cuba to free over 550 prisoners after removal from US terror list

US President Joe Biden’s Cuba decision faces an uncertain future with Donald Trump returning to the White House next week.

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US-China relations

Trump’s pick of Rubio as top US diplomat leaves Latin America bracing

Long-time outspoken China critic raises concerns in region he might press governments to choose sides between Washington and Beijing.

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Donald Trump and Marco Rubio share the stage at a campaign rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, on November 4, a day before the former US president won a second term. Photo: AP
Americas and the Caribbean

Cuba suffers third nationwide blackout in 2 months

Cuba’s power grid collapses again, leaving the entire island in the dark.

Americas and the Caribbean

Cuba’s president warns against unrest over nationwide blackout

Cubans struggled with an extended power outage and a new tropical storm.

Americas and the Caribbean

Cuba suffers third major setback in restoring power, millions still in dark

Residents were already suffering from food, medicine and fuel shortages. Most have also been unable to charge phones and get online.

Residents pass the time during a blackout following the failure of a major power plant in Havana, Cuba. Photo: AP
Russia

Russian warships make the journey to Cuba despite tensions with US

Havana residents watched from shore as Russian warships arrived for the second time in as many months, in a visit that Cuba called routine.

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Fishermen watch as a ship from Russia’s Baltic Fleet arrives in Havana on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
Russia

US military worries Russian submarines will stalk coasts

Russia’s deployment of a naval flotilla to Cuba was generally consistent with routine military posturing by Moscow – with one exceptional detail, according to America’s national security adviser.

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Russia

Russia’s formidable Kazan submarine arrives in Cuba under watchful US eyes

The vessel will take part in military drills, along with the Admiral Gorshkov frigate, which can carry Zircon hypersonic missiles.

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Tourism

Cuban tourism has hit ‘rock bottom’. Will Chinese, Russians save it?

Cuba is trying to make up for the sharp decline in US and European visitors with arrivals from allies China and Russia. While the strategy has paid early dividends, one expert calls it ‘a long shot’.

A horse-drawn carriage waits for tourists in a square in Havana, Cuba. The country has seen a sharp decline in visitors from the US and Europe and is trying to make up for this by wooing Chinese and Russian tourists. Photo: Reuters
United States

Former US envoy Rocha who spied for Cuba sentenced to 15 years

Rocha, whose espionage activities continued until his arrest, was also given a US$500,000 fine.

People protest demanding the “maximum sentence” for former US diplomat Victor Manuel Rocha outside a courthouse in Miami, Florida, on April 12. Photo: AFP
US-Russia relations

Kremlin dismisses report Russia is behind Havana Syndrome affecting US spies

Latvia-based media group reported that members of a Russian intelligence unit had been placed at scene of reported health incidents involving US staff. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said report was baseless.

United States

New US study finds no brain injuries among ‘Havana Syndrome’ patients

The mystery of so-called Havana Syndrome, which struck down dozens of US diplomats, deepened after new research offered no explanation for symptoms including headaches, balance problems and difficulties with thinking.

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United States

Cuba summons top US diplomat, accuses US of stoking protests

Cuba’s government protested as interventionist comments from the US following demonstrations against power blackouts and food shortages by hundreds of people in eastern Cuba.

Cuban-Americans in Miami, Florida gather to support the protests of their compatriots in Cuba. Photo: EPA-EFE
Espionage

US accuses former ambassador of spying for Cuba over decades

US calls it ‘one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations of the United States government by a foreign agent’.

Diplomacy

Cuban PM seeks Chinese tourism support to ease post-pandemic slump

Manuel Marrero Cruz tells Chinese tourism representatives in Beijing the US embargo on Cuba is dampening an already dire economy.

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Marshall Islands

My Take | How Cuba defied US subversion playbook and paid the price

The UN has again voted overwhelmingly to condemn the United States’ embargo against the island, with only America and Israel voting against.

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The Cuban flag flutters in the wind after being raised at the Cuban Embassy reopening ceremony in Washington July 20, 2015. Photo: Reuters
United Nations

UN votes to end US embargo on Cuba. US and Israel oppose

The UN General Assembly called for the 31st time on the United States to end its decades-long trade embargo against Cuba. The non-binding resolution was approved by 187 countries.

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The US embassy in Havana, Cuba. File photo: Reuters
US-China relations

China’s rising clout in Latin America setting off alarm bells: US general

Washington at risk of being ‘out-competed’ by Beijing’s aggressive investment in the region, particularly in critical infrastructure like 5G.

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US-China relations

Reports of Chinese spy base in Cuba met with shrugs in Latin America

Latin American nations are strengthening relations with China amid a belief that Washington’s focus turned to the Middle East and now the Indo-Pacific.

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US-China relations

US says it had to declassify information to confirm Chinese spy base in Cuba

White House worked to ‘get some context downgraded’ before revealing that the Cuban base has existed since 2019.

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Beijing has operated an intelligence-gathering base in Cuba since 2019, the US says. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

US confirms China has had a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019

A Biden administration official said the US intelligence community has been aware of China’s spying from Cuba and a larger effort to set up intelligence-gathering operations around the globe for some time.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel in Beijing on November 25, 2022. On Saturday, a Biden administration official said China has been operating a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019. Photo: Xinhua
US-China relations

Reports of China plan to build spy facility in Cuba ‘not accurate’: US

Denials of imminent threat to national security cap a day marked by fresh calls in Washington for tougher stance against Beijing.

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Obituaries

Bolivian general who captured communist Che Guevara dies 84

Gary Prado Salmon was in charge of a patrol in southwestern Bolivia on October 8, 1967, that captured the Argentine revolutionary and Bolivia’s Congress declared him a national hero.

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