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Ex-US ambassador arrested for allegedly being secret Cuban spy

Manuel Rocha, 73, was taken into custody in Miami on Friday in what marked the culmination of a long-running FBI counterintelligence investigation

The Independent UK

Former US ambassador arrested in Florida, accused of serving as an agent of Cuba, AP source says

The Associated Press has learned that a former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested in a long-running FBI counterintelligence investigation and is accused of secretly serving as an agent of the Cuban government

The Independent UK

The best holidays to book for January, from Cuban winter sun to ski breaks in the French Alps

Start planning your first trip for 2024 with these January getaways, including cosy Cotswolds walks and a chance to experience the highlights of Vietnam

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A Surge In Migrant Charter On Mexican Airline Flights to Nicaragua Triggers US Sanctions

Several Cuban migrants said that they had traveled with Viva Aerobus on flights chartered by small travel agencies.

Latin Times

Booming Migrant Charter Flights To Nicaragua Prompt US Crackdown

Cuban and Haitian migrants are increasingly taking chartered flights to Nicaragua from where they seek to travel overland to the United States, prompting Washington to impose sanctions this week on the operators of the aircraft.

International Business Times

Thousands led by Cuba's president march in Havana in solidarity with Palestinian people

Thousands of people led by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel have marched along Havana’s iconic boardwalk in solidarity with the Palestinian people and demanding an end to the war between Israel and Hamas

The Independent UK

Cuba's Food, Energy Shortage Worsens As Economy Deteriorates

Senior officials said in televised prime-time appearances that the economy of Cuba continued to fall due to food and fuel shortages.

Latin Times

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4 out of 5 Mexicans who got a flu shot this year turned down Cuban and Russian COVID-19 vaccines

Four out of five people in Mexico who got influenza shots so far this year turned down the government's recommendation they get Russian or Cuban COVID-19 boosters at the same time

The Independent UK

"We’d build our own pyro - there was a lot of smoke and chaos": Dave Lombardo talks Cuban heritage, befriending Mike Patton and why Slayer were the greatest thrash metal band

One of thrash metal's architects, Dave Lombardo recounts a life in music from Slayer to Dead Cross, Testament to Empire State Bastard

Metal Hammer

Cuba to be the country in focus at IFFK

Cuba will be the country in focus at the 28th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) to be held in the capital from December 8 to 12.

The Hindu

Biden and Mexico's leader will meet in California. Fentanyl, migrants and Cuba are on the agenda

President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador are two strong allies who don’t always get along personally

The Independent UK

Cuban private grocery stores thrive but only a few people can afford them

Dozens of tiny grocery stores have sprung up around Cuba in recent months

The Independent UK

‘I don’t think most Americans realize what a coup is’: Edel Rodriguez takes on Trump

The cartoonist’s memoir, Worm, considers his life in Cuba, how he came to the US and the dangers of political extremes

The Guardian - US

Diana Nyad’s epic swim from Cuba to Florida isn’t even the most astounding part of the story

Annette Bening plays the swimmer in a new Netflix biopic; but as her coach, Jodie Foster also achieves something remarkable, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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The controversial story behind Diana Nyad’s epic Cuba to Florida swim

New Netflix film tells the incredible story of Diana Nyad’s quest to swim 110 miles over open water without the use of a shark cage

The Independent UK

Caravan of 3,000 migrants blocks highway in southern Mexico

About 3,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti have blocked traffic on one of Mexico’s main southern highways to demand transit or exit visas to reach the U.S. border

The Independent UK

Nyad: The controversial story behind Diana Nyad’s epic Cuba to Florida swim

New Netflix film tells the incredible story of Diana Nyad’s quest to swim 110 miles over open water without the use of a shark cage

The Independent UK

Book Review: Edel Rodriguez shows Cuban history as a warning for the US in new graphic memoir 'Worm'

In his new graphic memoir, “Worm,” Edel Rodriguez mixes historical context and personal stories to recount his harrowing journey growing up under — then escaping — Communism and authoritarianism in Cuba, as well as the warning signs he sees in America decades later

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Is NYAD a true story? Diana Nyad's long-distance swim

The extraordinary story has viewers wanting to know what NYAD is based on

The Independent UK

Some 5,000 migrants set out on foot from Mexico's southern border, tired of long waits for visas

About 5,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti have set out on foot to reach the U.S., walking north from Mexico's southern border

The Independent UK

What to stream this week: Annette Bening, Jason Aldean, Awkwafina, NKOTB and 'Blue Eye Samurai'

This week’s new entertainment releases include a studio album from Jason Aldean and a posthumous release from Jimmy Buffett, a new Hulu series inspired from Charmaine Wilkerson’s novel “Black Cake” and Annette Bening portrays a real-life hero who swam the treacherous passage from Cuba to Key West in 2013

Reason

(Republican) War Is Over

Plus: Extra credit at Berkeley, 4 percent of Cuba has migrated to the U.S. in the last two years, 20 hours in a kibbutz safe room, and more...

The Independent UK

Nicaragua is weaponizing US-bound migrants as Haitians pour in on charter flights, observers say

Flight data shows that more than 260 charter flights believed to be carrying migrants from Haiti have touched down in Nicaragua in recent months

The Guardian - UK

Nyad review – Annette Bening pulls out all the stops in engaging swimming drama

Bening gives it her all as Diana Nyad, who set out aged 60 to swim from Cuba to Florida, but the film skims over Nyad’s backstory

The Independent UK

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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