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Spanish hotel chain Meliá has joined a growing list of companies with long-standing operations in Cuba that are withdrawing from or limiting their business on the island after the U.S. announced new sanctions while maintaining an oil embargo. Meliá will cease operations at 15 of the 34 hotels it manages …
Read More »Raul Castro participating in talks with U.S., Cuba’s president says
Former Cuban president Raul Castro is involved in talks between the island and the United States, current President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Wednesday. The talks, which Diaz-Canel said are in the early stages, come at a time of increasing tension between the two nations, with Cuba plagued by nationwide blackouts resulting …
Read More »Cuba’s president lashes out at Trump’s threats to take the island as regional support weakens
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel lashed out after U.S. President Donald Trump said he could do “whatever …
Read More »Ecuador draws Cuba’s ire after declaring its ambassador and his staff ‘persona non grata’
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Ecuador declared Cuba’s ambassador, Basilio Antonio Gutiérrez, and his diplomatic staff “persona non grata” on Wednesday …
Read More »Uncertainty looms in Cuba after the capture of president of Venezuela, Cuba’s closest ally
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Cuban officials on Monday lowered flags before dawn to mourn 32 security officers they say were …
Read More »Biden to lift Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terror
U.S. President Joe Biden intends to lift Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House announced Tuesday, as part of a deal facilitated by the Catholic Church to free political prisoners on the island. Senior U.S. administration officials, who previewed the announcement on the condition of anonymity, …
Read More »Millions in the dark after Cuba’s electric grid collapses following power plant failure
Cuba’s national electrical system collapsed early on Wednesday morning after the country’s largest power plant failed, the government said, the latest of several such failures as the island’s grid falls into disarray amid fuel shortages, natural disaster and economic crisis. The country’s energy and mines ministry said the Antonio Guiteras …
Read More »Hurricane Rafael knocks out Cuba’s power grid, slows to Category 2
Hurricane Rafael pushed into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday night after plowing across western Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane with winds so powerful it knocked out the entire country’s power grid. Massive waves lashed at the shores of Havana as sharp winds and rain whipped at the city’s …
Read More »Cuba’s power grid suffers yet another collapse as Hurricane Oscar makes landfall
Cuba’s electrical grid collapsed again on Sunday, the fourth such failure in 48 hours, as Hurricane Oscar makes landfall and threatens to wreak further havoc on the island’s decrepit infrastructure. Earlier on Sunday, Cuba had said it was making headway restoring service after multiple false starts, though millions of people …
Read More »Cuba’s electrical grid collapses for 2nd time, prolonging countrywide blackout
Cuba’s electrical grid collapsed again early on Saturday morning, state-run media reported, plunging the entire country into blackout for a second time just hours after authorities announced they had begun re-establishing service. CubaDebate, one of the island’s state-run media outlets, said Cuba’s grid operator, UNE, had reported at 6:15 a.m. …
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