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Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Republican who became a liberal favorite, dies at 85

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Lawsuit says migrants endure isolation and intimidation at US' Guantanamo detention center

Read full article: Lawsuit says migrants endure isolation and intimidation at US' Guantanamo detention center

Civil rights advocates have renewed concerns that immigrants detained at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base on Cuba are being held in extreme isolation, cut off from meaningful access to legal counsel or candid communication with relatives.

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3 House Republicans from Florida with Cuban roots carefully navigate Trump's immigration policies

Read full article: 3 House Republicans from Florida with Cuban roots carefully navigate Trump's immigration policies

Three House Republicans from Florida with Cuban roots are carefully navigating President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

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Remembering Pope Francis’ historic visit to Cuba

Read full article: Remembering Pope Francis’ historic visit to Cuba

Pope Francis’ visit to the United States in September of 2015 was part of a larger trip to North America.

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ICE announces arrest of alleged member of Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior

Read full article: ICE announces arrest of alleged member of Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Monday that it had arrested a Cuban national who was in the U.S. illegally. The FBI and U.S. Customs and Border Protection assisted in the arrest.

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Judge in Miami sentences woman who pleaded guilty in case of 16 Cubans dead at sea

Read full article: Judge in Miami sentences woman who pleaded guilty in case of 16 Cubans dead at sea

A judge in Miami federal court Friday sentenced a 26-year-old woman who admitted to helping smuggle a group of Cuban migrants -- including a 9-month-old baby, children, and teenagers -- who died at sea.

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Cuban human smugglers await sentencing after caught in boat with 18 Ecuadorians, feds say

Read full article: Cuban human smugglers await sentencing after caught in boat with 18 Ecuadorians, feds say

After a U.S. Coast Guard crew reported a suspicious go-fast boat in the Bahamas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers joined a pursuit.

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Hialeah businessman likely sent cash from $41 million Medicare fraud to Cuba, feds say

Read full article: Hialeah businessman likely sent cash from $41 million Medicare fraud to Cuba, feds say

A man used his Hialeah companies to launder nearly $2 million as part of a larger, $41 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a federal criminal complaint.

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Pentagon reviews plans to cut troops handling migrants at GuantƔnamo by as much as half

Read full article: Pentagon reviews plans to cut troops handling migrants at GuantƔnamo by as much as half

The Associated Press has learned that military officials are reviewing plans that would cut the number of U.S. troops deployed to the GuantƔnamo Bay naval base in Cuba to handle detained migrants by as much as half.

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This Week in South Florida: Carlos Gimenez

Read full article: This Week in South Florida: Carlos Gimenez

In the last 48 hours, the Trump administration cuts slashed into communications and info wars including the government-run pro-democracy Radio and TV Marti that broadcasts to Cuba from South Florida.

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Trump administration to cut funding for Radio and TV Marti

Read full article: Trump administration to cut funding for Radio and TV Marti

A major move by the Trump administration, now ordering the shutdown of the parent agency of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, which operates Radio and Television Marti.

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US transfers immigrants out of Guantanamo Bay to Louisiana as court weighs legality

Read full article: US transfers immigrants out of Guantanamo Bay to Louisiana as court weighs legality

Authorities have removed U.S. immigrants from detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay as a federal court in Washington weighs a challenge by civil rights advocates to holding immigrants at the offshore military station.

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Feds arrest Broward resident accused of being a former spy for Cuba

Read full article: Feds arrest Broward resident accused of being a former spy for Cuba

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday that a group of federal agents had arrested a man in Broward County who was accused of formerly spying for Cuba.

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Immigration officials defend authority to hold migrants at Guantanamo Bay

Read full article: Immigration officials defend authority to hold migrants at Guantanamo Bay

U.S. immigration and military authorities say that immigrants from 27 countries were being held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba, while revealing new details of conditions of confinement and defending the government’s authority to transfer and hold immigrants to the military base.

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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen grieves Lincoln Diaz-Balart: ā€˜The oppressed people of Cuba had no greater advocate’

Read full article: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen grieves Lincoln Diaz-Balart: ā€˜The oppressed people of Cuba had no greater advocate’

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen was traveling out of Miami when she learned that Lincoln DĆ­az-Balart died on Monday. He was 70.

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US deports immigrants to Venezuela after judge blocked transfer to Guantanamo Bay

Read full article: US deports immigrants to Venezuela after judge blocked transfer to Guantanamo Bay

Three immigrants who won a restraining order against the U.S. government to avoid transfer to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba have been deported on direct flights to Venezuela.

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Court grants request to block detained Venezuelan immigrants from being sent to Guantanamo

Read full article: Court grants request to block detained Venezuelan immigrants from being sent to Guantanamo

A federal court has blocked the Trump administration from sending three Venezuelan immigrants held in New Mexico to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba as part of the president’s immigration crackdown.

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Newly unsealed documents reveal more details of prosecutors' evidence in 9/11 attacks

Read full article: Newly unsealed documents reveal more details of prosecutors' evidence in 9/11 attacks

Newly unsealed documents give one of the most detailed views yet of the evidence gathered on the accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, including how prosecutors allege he and others interacted with the hijackers who carried out the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

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First military flight lands in Guantanamo Bay with migrants deported from the US

Read full article: First military flight lands in Guantanamo Bay with migrants deported from the US

The first U.S. military flight deporting migrants from the United States to Guantanamo Bay has landed in Cuba.

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South Florida Coast Guard crew repatriates 12 migrants to Cuba

Read full article: South Florida Coast Guard crew repatriates 12 migrants to Cuba

A South Florida-based Coast Guard crew repatriated 12 Cuban migrants back to the island Wednesday following two migration attempts, Coast Guard officials confirmed in a news release.

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This Week in South Florida: Linda Osberg-Braun

Read full article: This Week in South Florida: Linda Osberg-Braun

Among the major orders from the Trump Administration late last week, the end of the Biden Administration's very specific parole program that could now leave countless people from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela and Nicaragua in limbo or suddenly deportable.

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Freed Cuban activist Ferrer urges dissidents to be fearless

Read full article: Freed Cuban activist Ferrer urges dissidents to be fearless

After Cuban officials released him from prison, JosƩ Daniel Ferrer asked his fellow dissidents during an interview with Marti Noticias Thursday to remain fearless.

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The Biden administration succeeds in temporarily blocking a plea deal for accused 9/11 mastermind

Read full article: The Biden administration succeeds in temporarily blocking a plea deal for accused 9/11 mastermind

The Biden administration has succeeded in temporarily blocking accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed from entering a guilty plea that would spare him the risk of execution for al-Qaida’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

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Biden administration asks court to block plea deal for alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks

Read full article: Biden administration asks court to block plea deal for alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks

The Biden administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that would spare him the risk of the death penalty.

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US transfers 11 Guantanamo detainees to Oman after more than two decades without charge

Read full article: US transfers 11 Guantanamo detainees to Oman after more than two decades without charge

The U.S. has transferred 11 Yemeni men to Oman after holding them for more than two decades without charge at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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US repatriates 3 Guantanamo Bay detainees, including one held 17 years without charge

Read full article: US repatriates 3 Guantanamo Bay detainees, including one held 17 years without charge

The Pentagon has transferred two Malaysian detainees at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. military prison to their home country.

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Hemingway look-alikes visit Cuba and some of the late writer's favorite places

Read full article: Hemingway look-alikes visit Cuba and some of the late writer's favorite places

Eighteen white-bearded men who resemble the late U.S. author Ernest Hemingway have arrived in Havana for the weekend to visit some of the his favorite places when he lived on the island decades ago.

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A major power plant fails in Cuba, plunging the island into darkness — again

Read full article: A major power plant fails in Cuba, plunging the island into darkness — again

A new, widespread power outage has plunged Cuba into darkness after one of the island’s major power plants failed.

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Judge sets date for 9/11 defendants to enter pleas, deepening battle over court's independence

Read full article: Judge sets date for 9/11 defendants to enter pleas, deepening battle over court's independence

The U.S. military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has scheduled hearings in early January for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants to enter guilty pleas in exchange for life sentences.

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Earthquake near Cuba sparks worry in South Florida

Read full article: Earthquake near Cuba sparks worry in South Florida

The emotional shockwaves of a 6.8 magnitude earthquake near Cuba are being felt in South Florida.

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Rafael enters the Gulf after striking Cuba as a major Category 3 hurricane

Read full article: Rafael enters the Gulf after striking Cuba as a major Category 3 hurricane

Rafael strengthened into a major Category 3 hurricane with 115 mph winds shortly before striking the southern coast of western Cuba at 4:15 PM ET Wednesday near Playa Majana in Artemisa Province.

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Cuba left reeling after Category 3 hurricane ravages island and knocks out power grid

Read full article: Cuba left reeling after Category 3 hurricane ravages island and knocks out power grid

Cuba has been left reeling after a fierce Category 3 hurricane ripped across western portions of the island, knocking out the country’s power grid, downing trees and damaging infrastructure.

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Plea deals revived for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others

Read full article: Plea deals revived for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others

A military judge has ruled that plea agreements struck by alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants are valid.

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Miami professor warns Trump’s deportation plans could impact Florida immigrants

Read full article: Miami professor warns Trump’s deportation plans could impact Florida immigrants

A Miami-based professor is warning that heightened deportation efforts under potential Trump administration policies could impact over a million immigrants in Florida alone, with local communities and families facing serious consequences.

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Rafael rapidly strengthens on approach to Cuba, to pass west of the Florida Keys tonight

Read full article: Rafael rapidly strengthens on approach to Cuba, to pass west of the Florida Keys tonight

Rafael took advantage of a deep reservoir of warm water south of Cuba to rapidly intensify since yesterday and is expected to be a major (Category 3) hurricane before striking western Cuba later today.

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Rafael organizing, tropical storm warning issued for Lower, Middle Florida Keys

Read full article: Rafael organizing, tropical storm warning issued for Lower, Middle Florida Keys

Tropical Storm Rafael formed on Monday in the Caribbean – the 17th named storm of the busy 2024 Atlantic hurricane season – and is on track to impact the Cayman Islands on Tuesday and parts of western Cuba on Wednesday as a hurricane.

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Disturbance forecast to become a hurricane, threaten the Caymans and western Cuba this week

Read full article: Disturbance forecast to become a hurricane, threaten the Caymans and western Cuba this week

On Sunday, the National Hurricane Center initiated advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone Eighteen, a tropical disturbance in the southwestern Caribbean forecast to develop into a named storm in the coming hours, possibly reaching hurricane status before impacting western Cuba by Wednesday.

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Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean and could hit Cuba as a hurricane

Read full article: Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean and could hit Cuba as a hurricane

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Rafael has formed in the Caribbean and will bring heavy rain to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands before strengthening to a hurricane and likely hitting Cuba.

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Severe storm watches issued for Jamaica and Caymans, Patty becomes a tropical storm near Azores

Read full article: Severe storm watches issued for Jamaica and Caymans, Patty becomes a tropical storm near Azores

A hurricane watch for the Cayman Islands and a tropical storm warning for Jamaica have been issued as a weather system in the Caribbean is expected to strengthen.

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Oscar on the way out, tropical Atlantic takes a breather

Read full article: Oscar on the way out, tropical Atlantic takes a breather

After taking a slow, horseshoe-shaped dip across eastern Cuba over the past 36 hours and dumping over a foot of heavy rain – causing pockets of significant flooding – poorly-organized Oscar is picking up the pace and accelerating through the southeastern Bahamas and toward the western Atlantic.

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Tropical Storm Oscar disintegrates en route to the Bahamas after killing 7 people in Cuba

Read full article: Tropical Storm Oscar disintegrates en route to the Bahamas after killing 7 people in Cuba

Tropical Storm Oscar has disintegrated as it heads toward the Bahamas after making landfall in Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane, killing at least seven people.

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October surprise: Oscar rapidly forms, stuns forecasters over the weekend

Read full article: October surprise: Oscar rapidly forms, stuns forecasters over the weekend

It’s not often we see a colossal failure in hurricane forecasting, but over the weekend the sudden formation of Hurricane Oscar on Saturday near the Turks and Caicos off the southeastern Bahamas was a reminder why we watch every system carefully, especially those close to land during the peak months of the hurricane season.

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What to know about the electrical grid failure that plunged Cuba into darkness

Read full article: What to know about the electrical grid failure that plunged Cuba into darkness

A few things to know after millions of people in Cuba were left without electricity for two days when the nation's electrical grid collapsed.

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Cuba gets some electricity back after major power outage left millions in the dark

Read full article: Cuba gets some electricity back after major power outage left millions in the dark

Cuba’s government says some electricity has been restored on the island after one of the country’s major power plants failed and left millions without electricity for two days.

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Cuba’s grid goes offline with massive blackout after a major power plant fails

Read full article: Cuba’s grid goes offline with massive blackout after a major power plant fails

Cuba’s electrical grid went down after one of the island’s major power plants failed, leaving millions without power.

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Cubans searching for a better future leave their pets behind

Read full article: Cubans searching for a better future leave their pets behind

Although there are no official figures or estimates of how many pets have been left behind by their owners who leave Cuba, the number of abandoned cats and dogs has spiked in the last two years as Cubans migrate in record numbers, animal activists say.

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View photos of Helene’s aftermath: Cuba

Read full article: View photos of Helene’s aftermath: Cuba

Photos of Helene's aftermath show the flooding and destruction left behind in Cuba and Florida.

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Police: Miami-Dade money laundering scheme had links to Venezuela, Cuba, Panama, Spain

Read full article: Police: Miami-Dade money laundering scheme had links to Venezuela, Cuba, Panama, Spain

A 39-year-old man in Miami-Dade County stands accused Wednesday of money laundering millions as part of a scheme with links to Venezuela, Cuba, Panama, and Spain.

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Tropical Storm Helene forms in Caribbean; State of emergency issued for 61 Florida counties

Read full article: Tropical Storm Helene forms in Caribbean; State of emergency issued for 61 Florida counties

Florida residents are already evacuating and filling sandbags days ahead of anticipated flooding from Tropical Storm Helene.

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Cubans frustrated, struggling as food shortage continues

Read full article: Cubans frustrated, struggling as food shortage continues

A stricter rationing of bread is happening in Cuba where an ongoing food shortage continues.

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43 Cuban migrants detained after making landfall in Florida Keys

Read full article: 43 Cuban migrants detained after making landfall in Florida Keys

A group of 43 migrants from Cuba were detained early Tuesday morning after they came ashore in the Florida Keys, authorities confirmed.

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U.S. State Department avoids addressing concerns about ā€˜Cuban communist party operative’ in Miami-Dade

Read full article: U.S. State Department avoids addressing concerns about ā€˜Cuban communist party operative’ in Miami-Dade

The U.S. State Department did not address the concerns that several outraged lawmakers in South Florida had about a ā€œCuban communist party operativeā€ who was legally allowed to be in the United States.

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Local lawmakers upset over high-ranking ā€˜Cuban communist party operative’ allowed to enter US

Read full article: Local lawmakers upset over high-ranking ā€˜Cuban communist party operative’ allowed to enter US

Several South Florida lawmakers are outraged after a former high ranking leader of the communists party was recently allowed to migrate to the Unites States.

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Nicaragua closes US Chamber of Commerce and 150 other organizations

Read full article: Nicaragua closes US Chamber of Commerce and 150 other organizations

Nicaragua’s government has closed another 151 nongovernmental organizations, among them some of the most important trade organizations, including the American Chamber of Commerce.

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Same storm, different names: How Invest 97L could graduate to Hurricane Debby

Read full article: Same storm, different names: How Invest 97L could graduate to Hurricane Debby

It’s an area of low atmospheric pressure, thunderstorms and wind sloshing out of the Caribbean Sea into the Gulf of Mexico.

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Debby threat: Depression becomes tropical storm, hurricane watches hoisted for Florida’s Big Bend

Read full article: Debby threat: Depression becomes tropical storm, hurricane watches hoisted for Florida’s Big Bend

Late on Friday, the strong disturbance dubbed Potential Tropical Cyclone Four earlier in the day by the National Hurricane Center finally gained enough organization south of Cuba to be classified as a Tropical Depression. By Saturday morning, hurricane watches had been issued for Florida’s sweeping Big Bend, from just west of Apalachicola to near Crystal River.

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Tropical depression moves slowly over Cuba, turns northwestward to the Gulf

Read full article: Tropical depression moves slowly over Cuba, turns northwestward to the Gulf

Tropical Depression Four is likely to strengthen into Tropical Depression Debby on Saturday, and later into a hurricane.

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Defense secretary overrides plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind and two other defendants

Read full article: Defense secretary overrides plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind and two other defendants

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has overridden a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, reinstating them as death penalty cases.

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10 Cuban migrants apprehended after being found in Key West

Read full article: 10 Cuban migrants apprehended after being found in Key West

Thirty Cuban migrants are now in the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol after making landfall Wednesday on the Marquesas Keys -- uninhabited islands west of Key West.

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Over 30 suspected Cuban migrants come ashore in Key West

Read full article: Over 30 suspected Cuban migrants come ashore in Key West

Authorities responded to a migrant landing on Tuesday morning in Key West.

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A North Korean diplomat in Cuba defected to South Korea in November, a possible blow to leader Kim

Read full article: A North Korean diplomat in Cuba defected to South Korea in November, a possible blow to leader Kim

South Korea’s spy agency says a North Korea diplomat based in Cuba has defected to South Korea.

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Officials seek help IDing man found dead in Florida Straits after escaping Cuba

Read full article: Officials seek help IDing man found dead in Florida Straits after escaping Cuba

Officials need the public's help identifying a man who died in the Florida straits after escaping Cuba on a homemade vessel.

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15 Cuban migrants come ashore in Key West

Read full article: 15 Cuban migrants come ashore in Key West

Fifteen people from Cuba were taken into custody overnight by the U.S. Border Patrol after coming ashore in Key West, authorities confirmed Monday morning.

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Ex-intelligence officer in Miami says ā€˜most consequential’ espionage case in U.S. history ā€˜isn’t over’

Read full article: Ex-intelligence officer in Miami says ā€˜most consequential’ espionage case in U.S. history ā€˜isn’t over’

The federal government will not seek restitution from a former career American diplomat who acted as a spy for the Cuban government for decades.

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Federal government will not seek restitution from convicted Cuban spy

Read full article: Federal government will not seek restitution from convicted Cuban spy

The federal government will not seek restitution from a former career American diplomat who acted as a spy for the Cuban government for decades.

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11 Cuban migrants apprehended after being found on Key West beach

Read full article: 11 Cuban migrants apprehended after being found on Key West beach

Nearly a dozen Cuban migrants are now in the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol after making landfall Monday at a beach in Key West, authorities confirmed.

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Raul Masvidal, a Cuban-American banker and developer, dies at 82

Read full article: Raul Masvidal, a Cuban-American banker and developer, dies at 82

Raul Masvidal, a banker and real estate developer who The New York Times referred to as a Cuban-American civic leader and The Miami Herald as ā€œthe most powerful Cuban in Miamiā€ in the 1980s, died on Tuesday. He was 82.

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ā€˜Totally inexcusable’: GOP electeds weigh in on MIA Cuban delegation flap

Read full article: ā€˜Totally inexcusable’: GOP electeds weigh in on MIA Cuban delegation flap

The controversy over a group of Cuban officials given a tour of Transportation Security Administration facilities at Miami International Airport continues to resonate, with three elected Republicans adding to the uproar.

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Local officials outraged over Cuban government delegation visiting MIA

Read full article: Local officials outraged over Cuban government delegation visiting MIA

A delegation from the Cuban government toured TSA facilities at Miami International Airport on Monday.

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Canadian family receives wrong body after father died on Cuban vacation

Read full article: Canadian family receives wrong body after father died on Cuban vacation

A family in Quebec is searching for answers after discovering that their father’s remains didn’t make it to Canada from Cuba, where he died while on vacation, and instead received the remains of another man.

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DeSantis signs law ensuring accurate teaching of communism’s ā€˜evil’ history in Florida schools

Read full article: DeSantis signs law ensuring accurate teaching of communism’s ā€˜evil’ history in Florida schools

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 1264 on the 63rd anniversary of the ā€œBay of Pigsā€ which will now require Florida public schools to educate students on the history and ā€œevil accuraciesā€ of communism and socialism.

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Ex-US diplomat accused of spying for Cuba sentenced to 15 years in prison

Read full article: Ex-US diplomat accused of spying for Cuba sentenced to 15 years in prison

A former career American diplomat was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday after authorities say he served as a secret agent for communist Cuba going back decades in what prosecutors portrayed as one of the most brazen and long-running betrayals in the history of the U.S. foreign service.

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Suspected Cuban migrants come ashore in upper Florida Keys

Read full article: Suspected Cuban migrants come ashore in upper Florida Keys

Authorities responded to a migrant landing on Thursday morning in the Florida Keys.

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Car chase in Florida Keys reveals potential link between espionage and ā€˜Havana syndrome’

Read full article: Car chase in Florida Keys reveals potential link between espionage and ā€˜Havana syndrome’

A recent report by CBS’ ā€œ60 Minutesā€ into cases of ā€œHavana syndromeā€ revealed that a suspected Russian spy — who some believe is linked to the mysterious illness — was involved in a high-speed South Florida police chase back in 2020.

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Over 20 migrants claiming to be from Cuba come ashore in Florida Keys

Read full article: Over 20 migrants claiming to be from Cuba come ashore in Florida Keys

Approximately two dozen migrants landed in the Florida Keys Monday night, prompting a response from multiple agencies.

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ā€˜Dismantle the dictatorship’: Local activists demand change amid economic crisis in Cuba

Read full article: ā€˜Dismantle the dictatorship’: Local activists demand change amid economic crisis in Cuba

In a news conference hosted by U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Florida, local leaders and activists voiced their concerns Monday amid ongoing street protests sparked by power outages and food shortages in Cuba.

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New study finds no brain injuries among 'Havana syndrome' patients

Read full article: New study finds no brain injuries among 'Havana syndrome' patients

An array of advanced tests found no brain injuries or degeneration among U_S_ diplomats who suffer mysterious health problems once dubbed ā€œHavana syndrome.ā€.

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US center's tropical storm forecasts are going inland, where damage can outstrip coasts

Read full article: US center's tropical storm forecasts are going inland, where damage can outstrip coasts

The National Hurricane Center will add inland predictions to its forecast of the location and ferocity of tropical storms.

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30 Cuban migrants apprehended after being found on uninhabited island near Key West

Read full article: 30 Cuban migrants apprehended after being found on uninhabited island near Key West

Thirty Cuban migrants are now in the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol after making landfall Wednesday on the Marquesas Keys -- uninhabited islands west of Key West.

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Afro-Cuban Santeria priests release 2024 predictions

Read full article: Afro-Cuban Santeria priests release 2024 predictions

The high priests of the Afro-Cuban religion of SanterĆ­a announced on Tuesday that the new year will have more violence, new financial problems, and a risk of cerebrovascular diseases.

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US delegation is meeting with Mexico's government for talks on the surge of migrants at the border

Read full article: US delegation is meeting with Mexico's government for talks on the surge of migrants at the border

A top U.S. delegation is meeting with Mexico's president about a surge of migrants reaching the U.S. southwestern border.

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This Week in South Florida: Emilio Gonzalez

Read full article: This Week in South Florida: Emilio Gonzalez

The narrative reads like a spy novel. A decades-long double life, a trusted highly-placed state department diplomat with security clearance, accused of allegiance instead to Cuba and its revolution.

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3 detained, others sought after migrant landing on Key Biscayne

Read full article: 3 detained, others sought after migrant landing on Key Biscayne

Authorities detained three migrants and were seeking more who landed on Key Biscayne Monday morning.

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Heavy Rains Likely To Produce Life-Threatening Flash Flooding And Mudslides Across Southeastern Cuba And Hispaniola This Weekend

Read full article: Heavy Rains Likely To Produce Life-Threatening Flash Flooding And Mudslides Across Southeastern Cuba And Hispaniola This Weekend

At 1000 PM EST (0300 UTC), the disturbance was centered near latitude 20.0 North, longitude 76.5 West. The system is moving toward the northeast near 22 mph (35 km/h), and a faster northeastward...

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Diana Nyad marks anniversary of epic Cuba-Florida swim, freeing rehabilitated sea turtle in the Keys

Read full article: Diana Nyad marks anniversary of epic Cuba-Florida swim, freeing rehabilitated sea turtle in the Keys

A decade after swimming nonstop for more than two straight days from Cuba to Florida, Diana Nyad has returned to the Key West beach where she completed her epic journey.

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Kenya ends arrangement to swap doctors with Cuba. The deal was unpopular with Kenyan doctors

Read full article: Kenya ends arrangement to swap doctors with Cuba. The deal was unpopular with Kenyan doctors

Kenya’s government has announced that it won’t renew a deal that saw Cuban doctors employed in Kenya while those from the East African country travelled to Cuba for specialized training.

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Russia is defeated in its bid to regain a seat on the UN's top human rights body

Read full article: Russia is defeated in its bid to regain a seat on the UN's top human rights body

Russia has been defeated in its bid to regain a seat in the United Nations premiere human rights body by a significant majority in an election in the General Assembly, which voted last year to suspend Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine.

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Cuban describes ā€˜desperate’ ultralight flight from island to South Florida

Read full article: Cuban describes ā€˜desperate’ ultralight flight from island to South Florida

Ismael Hernandez flew a motorized hand glider in March from Cuba to the United States. The 29-year-old pilot said he made the final decision to leave it all behind a day before the flight.

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A building collapse in Havana leaves 1 person dead and at least 2 injured

Read full article: A building collapse in Havana leaves 1 person dead and at least 2 injured

A building in the historic center of Havana that housed 13 families has collapsed, leaving one person dead and at least two injured.

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2 Molotov cocktails thrown at Cuban Embassy in Washington, DC

Read full article: 2 Molotov cocktails thrown at Cuban Embassy in Washington, DC

Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs says the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C. was ā€œthe target of a terrorist attackā€ Sunday night when two Molotov cocktails were thrown at the building, ABC News reported.

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Many Venezuelans no longer have to live in fear of deportation

Read full article: Many Venezuelans no longer have to live in fear of deportation

Sigmund Garcia, who was born in Venezuela and moved to South Florida about a year ago, said in Spanish that he lives with the fear of deportation.

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Cuba calls for ā€˜more just global contract’ at United Nations

Read full article: Cuba calls for ā€˜more just global contract’ at United Nations

Miguel DĆ­az-Canel, Cuba’s president, used his time at the United Nations General Assembly to criticize the United States’ ā€œcoercive measuresā€ and ā€œmerciless economic warfare.ā€

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Activist worries Russians are recruiting Cuban mercenaries to fight against Ukrainians

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On Monday, the Cuban government reported that law enforcement on the island was working to ā€œneutralize and dismantleā€ a human trafficking ring related to the Russian war in Ukraine.

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Coast Guard repatriates 2 Cuban migrants found off Florida coast

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The U.S. Coast Guard took 2 Cuban migrants on Tuesday back to Cuba after recent interdictions off Florida’s coast.

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Hurricane Idalia: Watch live Florida beach cams as storm hits region

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Take a look below at some of the live cameras in cities throughout Florida as the state prepares for Idalia to strike.

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Idalia to make landfall as strong hurricane in Florida

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Tropical Storm Idalia is set to strengthen into a Category 3 hurricane and make landfall in Florida, so President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration and Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency in 46 counties.

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Growing threat to Florida’s Gulf Coast as forecasts come into focus

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An area of low pressure between Cuba and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula – designated Invest 93L by the National Hurricane Center – has steadily organized since Friday and is expected to become a tropical depression or storm by later today or Sunday.

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Cuban Little League coach Jose Perez goes missing at World Series

Read full article: Cuban Little League coach Jose Perez goes missing at World Series

A Little League World Series coach with Cuba’s first-ever team in the series has gone missing.

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Official: 6 Cuban migrants land in Keys on makeshift boat inscribed with ā€˜USA USA’

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Six Cuban migrants landed in the Florida Keys early Tuesday morning, according to a top official with the U.S. Border Patrol.

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Immigration parole program: Cuban mother dreams of family reunion in Miami-Dade

Read full article: Immigration parole program: Cuban mother dreams of family reunion in Miami-Dade

Odamyis Gomez, a married mother of two in Cuba, said she dreams of a family reunion in Miami-Dade County, and she had put her hope on President Joe Biden’s parole program. But in January, a group of 20 states challenged the case-by-case basis program to help Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans.

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Cuban exile Ramón Saúl SÔnchez appears in court on immigration case over militant past

Read full article: Cuban exile Ramón Saúl SÔnchez appears in court on immigration case over militant past

Ramón Saúl SÔnchez was 12 years old when his family in Cuba sent him to the United States, and he was 15 when he joined a Miami-based paramilitary organization formed by Cuban exiles to fight Communism, and he went on to engage in decades of non-violent resistance.

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