A Retiring Castro to Bring Younger Face to Cuba’s Communists
This week’s Communist Party congress could be the last with a Castro at the helm of Cuba’s all-powerful political institution.
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Biden Will Try to Close Guantanamo After ‘Robust’ Review
President Joe Biden will seek to close the prison on the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay following a review process, resuming a project begun under the Obama administration, the White House said Friday.
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Trump Hits Cuba With New Terrorism Sanctions in Waning Days
The Trump administration on Monday re-designated Cuba as a “state sponsor of terrorism,” hitting the country with new sanctions that could hamstring President-elect Joe Biden’s promise to renew relations with the communist-governed island.
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North American Sugar Industries has accused DSV Air & Sea of using property and equipment confiscated by the Cuban government in the late 1950s to build a wind farm project for a Cuban entity.
Read moreCuban Doctors
A federal court in Washington, D.C., ruled that it has jurisdiction over the Pan American Health Organization as to some of the claims brought against it by four Cuban physicians now living in the U.S. who claim it provided or benefited from their forced labor in Brazil.
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11th Circuit Upholds Convictions of Men Who Smuggled Cuban Baseball Players into US
An 11th Circuit panel Thursday upheld the convictions of baseball agent Bartolo Hernandez and trainer Julio Estrada, who smuggled Cuban baseball players into the U.S. and profited off their major league contracts.
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Online Shopping a Steep Learning Curve for Cuba
Cuba’s catch-up with the world of e-commerce, encouraged by its communist rulers during the coronavirus lockdown, has left many users angry.
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Shooting at Cuban Embassy Is Suspected Hate Crime
A man armed with an assault rifle was arrested after shooting at the Cuban Embassy in Washington early Thursday, his bullets tearing holes into the walls and pillars near the front entrance in what authorities suspect was a hate crime.
Read moreCuban Assets
A lower court improperly ordered a bank to turn over money from the Republic of Cuba to the families of victims tortured and killed in 1959 and 1960 by the revolutionary state, the Second Circuit ruled, finding that jurisdiction was lacking and the families must return any money already received.
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5 Years After Detente With US, Cubans’ Hope Has Dwindled
On Dec. 17, 2014, church bells echoed in Havana as presidents Barack Obama and Raúl Castro announced that the United States and Cuba would reestablish diplomatic relations and end 55 years of hostility. Five years later, it feels almost as if that historic moment never happened.
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Cuba Accuses US of Violating Vienna Conventions
Cuba’s foreign minister on Tuesday accused the United States of violating the Vienna Convention and the deal re-establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Read moreUnited Nations Condemns US Embargo on Cuba: 187 to 3
The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Thursday to condemn the American economic embargo of Cuba for the 28th year, rejecting U.S. criticism of human rights violations there and criticizing the Trump administration’s increasingly tough enforcement measures.
Read moreAmazon Sued for Selling Charcoal Made on Land Taken by Cuba
Amazon was hit with a federal lawsuit Thursday claiming its online sales of Cuban charcoal violate federal law because the retail giant is profiting off property seized by the country’s communist government in the 1950s.
Read moreWhite House Caps Amount of Money Relatives Can Send to Cuba
The Trump administration on Friday rolled out more sanctions against Cuba, limiting the amount of money Cuban-Americans can send to family members on the island nation.
Read moreImaging Shows Brain Changes in US Embassy Personnel Serving in Cuba
First U.S. Embassy personnel in Cuba heard a noise, then they became dizzy and had trouble concentrating. The State Department described the event as a sonic attack, but conflicting evidence surrounding Havana Syndrome has led others to question this conclusion – and the results of brain imaging released Tuesday only deepen the mystery.
Read moreUS Says Expedia Pays $325,000 Over Cuban Travel Allegations
Expedia has agreed to pay more than $325,000 to settle U.S. government allegations that it improperly helped people travel inside Cuba or between the island and places other than the United States.
Read moreTrump Administration Halts Cruises to Cuba Under New Rules
The Trump administration on Tuesday ended the most popular forms of U.S. travel to Cuba, banning cruise ships and a heavily used category of educational travel in an attempt to cut off cash to the island’s communist government.
Read moreLawsuit Filed Over Plane Crash That Killed All But One
Seeking recompense for the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed her husband and 111 others in Cuba, a lawsuit filed in Florida blames the disaster on poor pilot training and a botched takeoff from a Havana airport.
Read moreExxon Files Suit Over Cuban Revolution Land Grab
In a federal lawsuit filed Thursday, ExxonMobil alleged that Cuban entities have been using and profiting off of its property in Cuba, which was seized by Fidel Castro’s regime in 1960.
Read moreUnder Trump Change, Cuba Business Partners Can Now Be Sued
Thanks to the Trump administration’s decision to activate a provision of the U.S. embargo on Cuba, Americans and Cuban-Americans are set Thursday to begin filing lawsuits against European and American companies doing business on their former properties, a shakeup with the potential to affect foreign investment in Cuba for many years to come.
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