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Antony Blinken is the current Secretary of State. Photo: Flickr

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Antony Blinken in LATAM

Blinken criticized Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.

October 8th, 2022

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Ernesto Mestre-Reed holding the book.

Cuban-American novel

October 6th, 2022

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The mural "Cuban and Qatari friends" was created by Máisel López. Photo: Cuban Embassy in Qatar

Heritage and History

Cuban mural in Qatar

October 4th, 2022

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Currently, the Cuban government does not make public the figures of male violence, the most recent data of this are from 2016. Twitter of @YoSiTeCreoCuba.

Femicides increase in Cuba

September 5th, 2022

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Gerardo Alfonso presented his recording project "La ruta del esclavo". Twitter of @escalonaegrem.

New from Gerardo Alfonso

August 31st, 2022

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A man carries a baby in Havana, Cuba, Jun. 25, 2015.

Cuba's infant mortality…

December 29th, 2017

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Cuban President Raul Castro (2L), First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel (C), Second Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party Jose Ramon Machado (2R), Vice President Ramiro Valdes (R), and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez (L), attend a plenary session of the National Assembly of Popular Power in Havana, Cuba on Dec. 21, 2017.

The end of the Castro's era

December 22nd, 2017

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The historic announcement of the normalization of relations between Cuba and the U. S. after almost six decades of enmity marks three years today with a bleak picture of the hostility of U. S. President Donald Trump, who Russia has taken advantage of to return to the island with impetus. EFE

December 19th, 2017

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A man cleans an old US car in Havana, Cuba, on Dec. 17, 2017.

Heritage and History

Russia Approaching Cuba

December 18th, 2017

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Goldberg nada de diplomático

December 12th, 2017

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Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez did not waste time in responding to what he called Haley’s “disrespectful sense of interfering statements.” And added: “She is reflecting the tenor of U.S. politics today.” The U.S., Rodríguez continued, has no moral authority to condemn Cuba since it is in “flagrant violation of human rights.” EFE

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[OP-ED]: The World Rejects…

November 2nd, 2017

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Benicio del Toro as DJ. Photograph originally for Vanity Fair.

Latinos in Space

October 12th, 2017

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View of the facade of the Cuban embassy in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, October 3, 2017. The United States ordered the departure of 15 Cuban Embassy officials in Washington in response to alleged "acoustic" attacks against at least 22 US diplomats in Cuba that have led the State Department to reduce its personnel on the Caribbean island. EFE / Jim Lo Scalzo

Increased tension with Cuba

October 3rd, 2017

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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (R), Director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn (C) and White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders (L) exit at the conclusion of a joint press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, Sept. 26, 2017. EPA-EFE/SHAWN THEW

Tillerson meets with Cuban…

September 27th, 2017

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Foto tomada el 10 de septiembre de 2017, de habitantes que caminan por una calle inundada tras el paso del huracán Irma, en La Habana (Cuba). EFE

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[OP-ED]: Despite the Horror…

September 14th, 2017

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Sandy Stolzman by Samantha Laub/AL DÍA News

Heritage and History

Cuba: Beauty and Sadness

September 11th, 2017

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Three children pose for a photo during the start date of the 2017-2018 school year, in Havana, Cuba on Sept. 4, 2017. EPA-EFE/Alejandro Ernesto

Cuba begins school year…

September 4th, 2017

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ELIÁN: A Boy Caught Between Two Worlds, made its original debut at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival.

Caught Between Two Worlds

August 25th, 2017

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Spokesman for the citizen platform # Otro18 Manuel Cuesta Morua and Boris Gonzalez Arenas (R), manager of the project, hold a press conference in Havana, Cuba, Aug. 24, 2017. EFE/Alejandro Ernesto

August 25th, 2017

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A waitress serves several daiquiris at the Floridita bar/restaurant in Havana, Cuba, 16 August 2017. The daiquiri attracts thousands to its birthplace, Floridita, which is marking its 200th anniversary, each year, but perhaps the establishment is best known as having been a frequent hangout of late Nobel literature laureate Ernest Hemingway during his long stays in Cuba. EFE/Alejandro Ernesto

Heritage and History

World's Best Daiquiri?

August 17th, 2017

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US President Donald J. Trump shows the National Security Presidential Memorandum on Cuba, he signed after giving remarks at Manuel Artime Theater in Miami, Florida, USA. EFE

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[OP-ED]: The Trump Circus…

June 21st, 2017

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President Donald J. Trump announced in Miami today that he will overturn the Obama administration's policy on Cuban relations.

Trump to overturn Obama…

June 16th, 2017

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When visiting Cuba, Ernest Hemingway used to stay in Hotel Ambos Mundos, in Havana. EFE/Ernesto Mastrascusa

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Will Hemingway survive to…

June 16th, 2017

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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, 'Review of the FY2018 State Department Budget Request', on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, 13 June 2017. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

White House wants Cuba to…

June 14th, 2017

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A file picture showing a classic car with the flag of the USA passing by the Office of US interests in Cuba, in Havana, Cuba, July 20, 2015. EPA/ERNESTO MASTRASCUSA

"I used Venezuela as a…

June 13th, 2017

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Retired Bolivian Army Gen. Gary Prado Salmon gives an interview to EFE on June 3, 2017, to discuss his theory - as discussed in his book "La Guerrilla Inmolada" - that the Cuban leadership sent iconic guerrilla leader Ernesto "Che" Guevara to Bolivia in 1967 "to die," so that they could get rid of him. EFE/Javier Aliaga

Gen. Gary Prado Salmon"I…

June 12th, 2017

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Elián nació en Cárdenas, una tranquila ciudad costera tres horas al este de La Habana. Y yo también. Solo para sumar otro elemento de coincidencia, mi hermano menor, que vive en Miami y es médico, también se llama Elián. Foto: Cibercuba

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[OP-ED]: Documentary ‘Elián…

June 6th, 2017

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with heads of international news agencies on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, outside St. Petersburg, Russia, 01 June 2017. EPA/ALEXEI DRUZHININ / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN / POOL

Putin: "We Are Ready to…

June 2nd, 2017

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the US embassy in Havana, Cuba on Nov. 8, 2016. EFE/Ernesto Mastrascusa

Trump to announce…

May 31st, 2017

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A worker at a tobacco factory in Havana, Cuba. EFE/Alejandro Ernesto

Good Times for Cuban Tobacco

May 30th, 2017

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La figura casi mítica de José Martí está presente en la idiosincracia del pueblo cubano. Aquí su estatua en el Parque Central de La Habana. Foto: Eli Siegel.

Heritage and History

An American in Cuba: Taking…

May 18th, 2017

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Musicians Chucho Valdes (C), from Cuba; Esperanza Spalding (L) and Dhafer Youssef (R), from Tunisia, perform on stage, during the commemoration of the International Jazz Day in Havana, Cuba, 30 April 2017. EPA/ Alejandro Ernesto

"A city without music is a…

May 1st, 2017

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The Museum of the American Revolution is set to open to the public April 19th in Center City. Photo: Peter Fitzpatrick/AL DIA News

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[OP-ED]: “Latino Patriots”…

April 14th, 2017

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Two people filling containers with water at a neighbor's house, in the province of Ciego de Avila, Cuba on Apr. 3, 2017. EFE/Alejandro Ernesto

Heritage and History

How Cubans deal with the…

April 10th, 2017

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Heritage and History

Life in a Cuban Jail

March 19th, 2017

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Photos from left to right: Richard Negrin, Rene Fuentes, Ray Yabor

Prominent Cuban Americans…

November 29th, 2016