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Welcome to today’s Morning Brief, where we’re looking at the reopening of the U.S. embassy in Cuba, a Russian blame game, and a scrapped cease-fire in Colombia. U.S. Embassy in Cuba Reopens for Visa Services The United States reopened its embassy in Havana, resuming all visa services. Consular services are reopening, too. Welcome to today’s […]
A classic American convertible car passes beside the United States embassy as Cuban flags fly at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune, a massive stage on the Malecon seaside promenade in Havana, Cuba, July 26, 2015. Desmond Boylan/AP hide caption toggle caption Desmond Boylan/AP A classic American convertible car passes beside the United States embassy as Cuban flags […]
HAVANA — The United States Embassy in Cuba is reopening visa and consular services Wednesday, the first time it has done so since a spate of unexplained health incidents among diplomatic staff in 2017 slashed the American presence in Havana. The Embassy confirmed this week it will begin processing immigrant visas, with a priority placed […]
HAVANA, Dec 24 (Reuters) – Cuba said on Saturday the United States had granted permission for some of its top ballplayers to participate in the World Baseball Classic on the national team. Juan Reinaldo Perez Pardo, president of the Cuban Baseball Federation, said in a statement that organizers of the event scheduled for March had […]
HAVANA/WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Cuba´s Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio on Thursday accused long-time rival the United States of doublespeak after the Biden administration proposed to scrap a plan to install a new undersea telecommunications cable to Cuba. The administration of U.S. president Joe Biden said after widespread protests on the island […]
HAVANA, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Cuba and the United States will hold another round of migration talks on Tuesday in Havana, Cuba´s vice minister of foreign affairs said on Monday, as the two countries grapple with a growing crisis. Migration talks between the two long-time rivals resumed in April, the first such conversations in four […]
Comment on this story Comment HAVANA — A boat off northern Cuba traveling toward the United States sank Saturday after a collision with a Cuban coast guard ship, and at least five people died, Cuban officials said Saturday. The craft reportedly flipped over after the crash near Bahía Honda, about two hours from the capital […]
HAVANA, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Cuba on Wednesday said the decades-old U.S. trade embargo has been causing record financial losses and untold human suffering in recent months, at a time when Cuba was also battling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and Hurricane Ian. Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez made the comments at the launch of […]
Oct 18 (Reuters) – The United States will provide $2 million to Cuba for emergency relief efforts following Hurricane Ian, the State Department said on Tuesday. The United States will work with independent organizations to provide the aid, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement. Hurricane Ian killed three people on the island […]
The Biden administration is having “ongoing conversations” with the Cuban government on “the humanitarian needs of the Cuban people” in the wake of the devastation on the island caused by Hurricane Ian, a senior State Department official said Wednesday. The talks follow a rare request for emergency aid last week from the Havana government after […]