Andrea Rodríguez
The Associated Press
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Cubans respond with zeal to new US migration policy
Overwhelmed by thousands of Cubans crowding its southern border after making the dangerous trip through Central America and an increase in makeshift boats crossing the Florida Straits, the United States → Read More
Cubans protest in Havana for 2nd night over lack of power
Groups of Cubans have protested in the streets of Havana for a second night, decrying delays in fully restoring electricity three days after Hurricane Ian knocked out power across the island → Read More
Cubans suffer as hurricane-caused power outage drags on
Ivette Garrido hurried last week to get the 6 kilograms (13 pounds) of subsidized chicken allotted to her family by Cuba’s government and put it in the freezer, → Read More
Cuba in the dark after hurricane knocks out power grid
Cuba remains in the dark after Hurricane Ian knocked out the power grid and devastated some of the country’s most important tobacco farms when it hit the island’s western tip → Read More
Cuba without electricity after hurricane hammers power grid
Hurricane Ian has knocked out power across all of Cuba and devastated some of the country’s most important tobacco farms when it slammed into the island’s western tip as a → Read More
Cuba without electricity after hurricane hammers power grid
Hurricane Ian has knocked out power across all of Cuba and devastated some of the country’s most important tobacco farms when it slammed into the island’s western tip as a major hurricane → Read More
Cuba without electricity after Hurricane Ian hammers power grid
Hurricane Ian knocked out power across all of Cuba and devastated some of the country's most important tobacco farms Tuesday. → Read More
Firefighters battle big blaze at Cuba tank farm for 2nd day
Cuban firefighters have been joined by special teams sent by Mexico and Venezuela as they battle for a second day to control a fire blazing at a big oil tank farm → Read More
17 missing, 121 hurt, 1 dead as fire rages in Cuban oil tank farm
Officials say firefighters and other specialists are still trying to quell the blaze at the Matanzas Supertanker Base, where the fire began during a storm Friday. → Read More
17 missing, dozens hurt as fire rages in Cuban oil tank farm
Cuban authorities say a fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility is raging uncontrolled in the city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames injured nearly 80 people and left 17 firefighters missing. → Read More
17 missing, dozens hurt as fire rages in Cuban oil tank farm
HAVANA (AP) — A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged uncontrolled Saturday in the city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames injured nearly 80 people and left… → Read More
Lightning strike sets off massive fire at Cuban oil tank farm, injuring dozens
A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged uncontrolled Saturday in the city of Matanza. → Read More
Lightning sets off fire at Cuban oil tank farm, dozens hurt
Cuban authorities say lightning struck a crude oil storage tank in the city of Matanzas, causing a fire that led to four explosions which injured more than 50 people → Read More
Diesel lacking for Cuba drivers as fuel used for electricity
Some drivers have been lining up for days — occasionally even more than a week — to fill up with diesel in Cuba → Read More
'Historic' Cuban official, José Ramón Balaguer, dies at 90
A longtime member of Cuba’s communist leadership has died at age 90 → Read More
A year after protests, Cuba struggles to emerge from crisis
A year after the largest protests in decades shook Cuba’s single-party government, hundreds of people who participated are in prison and the economic and political factors that caused the demonstrations largely remain → Read More
In Cuba, caution and confusion meet eased US sanctions
HAVANA (AP) — Marylín Álvarez seemed to be just the sort of person that eased American sanctions on Cuba were meant to help. With the aid of money sent by a cousin living in the United States, she began transforming the entrance to her ground-floor apartment into a tiny cafe about four years ago. It was one of myriad small private businesses blossoming on the Communist-led island as U. S.… → Read More
Cuba hotel explosion badly damaged major Baptist church
HAVANA (AP) — Alejandro Clemente González was talking with an electrician while preparing for weekend services at Cuba's most important Baptist church when an enormous explosion shook the building and shattered the 19th century dome towering far above the pews. → Read More
Cuba hotel blast toll rises to 42
Searchers on Tuesday continued to hunt through the ruins for people who remain missing — including two maids and a cook — as experts began to consider the fate of → Read More
Death toll climbs in Havana hotel explosion
Three workers remain missing, believed to be buried under the debris. → Read More