President Trump moved on Monday to toss out a Biden-era program that allowed migrants fleeing four troubled nations to fly into the United States and remain in the country temporarily, part of a sweeping first-day crackdown on immigration. The program, known as humanitarian parole and introduced by the Biden administration in early 2023, allowed migrants…
A Washington, D.C.-based think tank last week released a report detailing facilities in Cuba that it says may be being used by China to gather signals intelligence (SIGINT) on the United States. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) analyzed nearly a dozen “sites of interest” in Cuba and last week released a report…
By Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) – A Trump administration proposal to deport mass numbers of immigrants residing in the U.S. illegally, presumably including some Cubans, is both unrealistic and unfair, Cuba’s Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio told reporters on Wednesday. De Cossio, who made the comments following routine migration talks in Havana with…
STORY: Sugar cane has long been “king” in Cuba. However, while the island nation once produced millions of tons of sugar, next year local media say it’s only expecting a fraction of that, some 300,000 tons. It’s a bitter symbol of agriculture’s decline in Cuba. Supply shortages plague the country’s farms, and have hit sugar…
When earthquakes shook Cuba on Sunday, a few people in Miami felt them. Social media users quickly shared videos showing the local effects of the earthquake, but a city of Miami spokeswoman stated on Monday that there was “nothing of concern” to report regarding damages or injuries. Kenia Fallat, a spokeswoman for the city of…
Two powerful earthquakes rocked southern Cuba in quick succession on Sunday, US geologists said, just days after the island was struck by a hurricane that knocked out power nationwide. The quakes cracked walls and damaged homes, but did not appear to have caused any deaths, according to preliminary reports. They left many residents running into…
HAVANA (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 shook eastern Cuba on Sunday, after weeks of hurricanes and blackouts that have left many on the island reeling. The epicenter of the quake was located about 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of Bartolome Maso, Cuba, according to a report by the U.S. Geological…
Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 4 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “light,” though the earthquake may be felt outside the areas shown. The New York Times A moderately strong, 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea near Cuba on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor…
Tropical Storm Oscar is making its way toward the Bahamas following its recent landfall in Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane that resulted in at least six fatalities so far. The storm unleashed heavy rains on an island already grappling with a large power outage. Oscar made history as the smallest recorded hurricane, with a…
The US Justice Department on Monday proposed new rules to protect federal government data or Americans’ bulk personal data from getting into the hands of countries such as China, Iran and Russia by placing new limits on certain business transactions. The proposal, which was previewed in March, implements an executive order issued earlier this year…