Cuba
Iranian feminists understood the revolution better than Europe’s intellectuals - opinion
While Foucault praised Iran’s 1979 revolution as spiritual, Iranian women warned it would mean coercion, veiling, and the erasure of their rights.
Jewish woman once held up by Nazis as ideal Aryan baby dead at 91
Trump says no more Venezuelan oil or money to go to Cuba, pushes for deal
Venezuelan Interior Minister: One hundred people killed in US operation to capture Maduro
Mexican authorities rescue 22 foreigners kidnapped in a hotel
Mexican authorities rescued on Tuesday 22 foreigners, most of them Cuban and Haitian, who were earlier in the day kidnapped when gunmen stormed a hotel in the central state of San Luis Potosi.
US issues new Cuba sanctions, Biden promises more to come
Targets of the sanctions are two Cuban police force leaders, as well as the Cuban interior ministry's national police force, the department said.
Jewish activist praises Cuban protesters' courage: 'People are fed up'
"Participation in demonstrations grew very quickly because people learned what was happening through social media," said Alan Gross, an American Jew who had previously been imprisoned in Cuba.
'Cuba Libre' message painted outside Cuba's US embassy in Washington
In the United States, and especially in Florida which has a large community of Cuban exiles, demonstrators also staged protests, waving Cuban flags and calling for change.
Thousands of Cubans join biggest anti-government protests in decades
The protests erupted amid Cuba's worst economic crisis since the fall of the Soviet Union, its former ally, and a record surge in coronavirus infections.
Blinken says US still probing 'Havana syndrome' attacks on diplomats
If Washington would have suspicions that a state actor including Russia or others are involved in this, it would bring it up with them, Blinken said.
Cuba develops own COVID vaccine in hopes of slowing spread of the virus
Throughout 2020, the number of coronavirus patients in Cuba totaled at around 12,200, though that number has risen by 124,000 in 2021, with a total of 912 deaths.
Superman taught me how to be a Cuban Jew - opinion
In 2021, I know there are other Cuban Jews like me, but I didn’t know that when I was a kid
Pentagon may tell troops to look for suspected 'Havana Syndrome' cases
The State Department has already issued a memo on the issue, asking staff to immediately report any symptoms.
The end of the Castro era provides new opportunities on Cuba - opinion
As Raúl Castro exits the scene, ending 62 years of Castro tyranny, many questions abound. One thing, however, is perfectly clear: Decades of US sanctions have failed. And miserably.
