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Cuban FM calls new tightening of US sanctions ‘criminal policy’
Mexico City: US President Donald Trump’s memorandum on tightening Washington’s policy towards Havana demonstrates a criminal policy that violates the rights of the entire Cuban people, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said. “The...
Latin regional bloc condemns U.S. policy against Cuba
CARACAS, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) on Tuesday strongly condemned the U.S. policy to reinforce economic aggression and blockade against Cuba. In a statement, the bloc...

Cuban Journalist Henry Constantín Arrested in the City of Camagüey
The political police are increasing their repressive actions as the anniversary of 11J approaches. Constantín was arrested while accompanying Iris Mariño to a police summons. / Facebook / Henry Constantín 14ymedio, Havana, 30 June 2025 —...
'Deceitful': York-area Haitians left in legal limbo by Trump travel ban
An estimated 10,000 Haitian immigrants live in York City and the surrounding area. Most of them came here legally. The Trump administration enacted a travel ban affecting Haiti and 11 other countries, halting nearly all immigration and travel to...

Cuba’s top diplomat slams Trump’s latest anti-Cuban move as criminal conduct
HAVANA, July 1. /TASS/. The memorandum strengthening the US policy toward Cuba signed by US President Donald Trump on Monday reinforces the aggression and economic blockade against the island country, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez...

Trump reinstates hardline Cuba policy, reverses Biden-era measures
The new policy tightens oversight of American leisure travel to Cuba through audits and requires travel-related records to be kept for at least five years. US President Donald Trump signed on Monday a memorandum reimposing a hardline US stance...
Cuba Denounces Donald Trump Action to Tighten US Blockade against Cuba
Havana, June 30 (ACN) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez denounced on Monday that a Memorandum signed by President Donald Trump further tightens the US aggressive policy of Cuba and strengthen the economic blockade, with damaging effects on...
Cuba salutes 49th anniversary of the independence of Seychelles
HAVANA, Cuba, June 29 (ACN) Cuban authorities congratulated the government and people of Seychelles on the 49th anniversary of its independence and wished them progress and prosperity. According to the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Cuban...

From steel mills to solar panels: China is quietly supplanting Russia as Cuba’s main benefactor
China is financing 55 new solar electricity projects across Cuba in 2025 Chinese ships arrive at Mariel port carrying solar panels, parts and fuel Meanwhile Russia’s promises of development go mainly unfulfilled JATIBONICO (Cuba), July 2 — Hours...

Cuba denounces criminal conduct by Washington for strengthening maximum pressure policy against the island
The foreign minister asserted that the measure reinforces the aggression and blockade against the island. Photo: CubaMinrex Havana, June 30 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez denounced this Monday the criminal conduct and violation of...

ALBA-TCP condemns strengthening of aggression and blockade against Cuba
Caracas, July 1 (RHC)-- The ALBA-TCP member states strongly condemned this Tuesday the strengthening of the U.S. government's aggression and economic, commercial, and financial blockade against the Republic of Cuba. The Bolivarian Alliance for the...

Trump Freezes Cash Flows to Cuba’s Most Lucrative Regime-Run Companies
President Donald Trump on Monday signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) implementing a tougher U.S. policy against Cuba’s communist regime and reversing concessions granted by former U.S. President Joe Biden. The memorandum...

Nine things to know about the 2025 travel ban and new challenges for immigrants in Minnesota
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Trump Moves to Reinstate Tough Cuba Sanctions and Ban U.S. Tourist Travel
Trump has ordered senior administration officials to review existing sanctions on Cuba and propose ways to strengthen them within 30 days. In a memorandum sent on Monday to the Departments of State, Treasury, Commerce, Interior, Agriculture, and...

Venezuela Condemns Trump’s New Memo Targeting Cuba
The sign reads, “Down with the blockade.” X/ @GabyDeCuba1994 July 1, 2025 Hour: 11:20 am On Tuesday, Venezuela categorically rejected a a new National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, which seeks to...

Sri Lanka spreads Cuba’s denunciation against US memorandum
The newspaper highlights the publication of Cuban foreig minister, Bruno Rodriguez, in the social network X, denouncing the new action of the US president to tighten the economic, commercial and financial blockade of Washington with harmful...

Dallas native named Motivator of the Month while serving with Navy Medicine in Cuba
Courtesy story by Megan Lemly, Navy Office of Community Outreach MILLINGTON, Tenn. – Hospitalman Alondrea McNeill, a native of Dallas, Texas, was recently named Motivator of the Month while serving aboard U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training...

Cuban citizen dies in ICE custody in Florida
Video above: News and weather headlines for June 30The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Sunday that a man from Cuba died in its custody.ICE said that 75-year-old Isidro Perez was pronounced dead on Thursday, June 26 at HCA...
Enile, Theodore finish 18th in Honduras beach vball
T&T's Stephen Enile and Joel Theodore endured a tough campaign and placed 18th when the third stop of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour ended at Playa Municipal El Porvenir in Puerto Cortés, Honduras on Sunday. Competing in the...

Laura Dominguez campaign reports double the required signatures to qualify for Miami Beach race
Miami Beach Commissioner Laura Dominguez needed to collect only 984 verified petition signatures to qualify for the city’s November election. As of this week, her campaign said, she has amassed roughly double that sum. Dominguez’s campaign...