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Legendary Cuban spy chief Ramiro Valdes dies at 94

HAVANA - The founder of Cuba's feared intelligence services, Ramiro Valdes, one of the last commanders of Fidel Castro's revolution, has died at the age of 94, President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Sunday.

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‘Cuba is a hopscotch’: Trump hints at Venezuela-style operation

US President Donald Trump suggested that any future US operation in Cuba could resemble Washington’s swift January intervention in Venezuela, arguing that the Caribbean island would be easier to project military power against than Iran because of its proximity to the United States.

The Times of India

Trump Says Cuba Invasion Akin To Maduro Capture By US Possible

The US president has been flaunting the US dominance in the Western Hemisphere in his second term. Cuba's Ambassador to the US Lianys Torres Rivera said earlier in June that recent sanctions against the country's leadership are a "pretext" to conduct a military intervention.

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Cuba pushes through sweeping free-market reforms in biggest economic shift since the revolution

Observers are calling Cuba's new free-market reforms the most sweeping economic overhaul on the island's communist economy since the Cuban revolution while the grandson of former President Raúl Castro says in an interview that Cuba must seek to move its economy forward

AAP

Cuba unveils historic package of free-market reforms

In a landmark speech to National Assembly, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero detailed 176 measures aimed at rolling back the state's role in the economy and attracting investment in everything from banking to tourism and agriculture. These huge changes come as the United States exerts strong pressure on Cuba aside from…

The Economic Times

Cuba unveils historic free-market reforms amid US pressure

Cuba’s government has approved a sweeping package of economic reforms aimed at opening up its struggling economy and attracting foreign investment, in what officials are calling one of the most significant policy shifts in recent history. Facing its worst economic crisis in decades, Cuba is grappling with widespread shortages of…

France 24

What to know about Cuba's economic measures aimed at opening up the island's economy

Cuba's Communist Party has approved an emergency economic package featuring unprecedented free-market measures to open up the struggling island's economy

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Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel admits 'urgent changes' needed to overcome crisis

The oil blockade imposed by President Donald Trump in January has brought the island's already moribund economy to the brink of collapse, marked by power cuts sometimes lasting over 30 hours.

Euronews

Cuba's Communist Party approves emergency economic plan opening to private enterprise

Cuba's Communist Party has approved an emergency economic package with unprecedented free-market measures

AAP

Cuban economy needs 'urgent changes' to overcome crisis: president

HAVANA - Cuba's economy needs "urgent changes" to overcome a major crisis intensified by a US oil blockade, President Miguel Diaz-Canel said in a speech to Communist Party leaders broadcast on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

'One Meal a Day': UN Slams Brutal US Fuel Blockade Pushing 40% of Cubans into Immediate Starvation

Cuba faces a deepening humanitarian crisis, with US sanctions and fuel shortages exacerbating food insecurity and healthcare challenges.

International Business Times UK

Cuba places drastic restrictions on public transport

HAVANA - Drastic restrictions on cross-country travel took effect on Thursday in cash-strapped Cuba, with spaces on ever scarcer trains and buses now reserved for the sick, people travelling for funerals and other emergencies.

Bangkok Post

Raul Castro backs sweeping Cuba reforms to revive struggling economy

Cuba's former president Raul Castro on Wednesday backed sweeping economic reforms proposed by the government to revive the crisis-hit economy amid a longstanding US embargo. The measures would expand private investment, attract capital from Cubans abroad and reduce the state's role, with lawmakers expected to approve key changes this week.

France 24

Cuba Eyes China, Vietnam Models for Major Economic Overhaul Amid Crippling

President Díaz-Canel details a sweeping, market-oriented reform package to slash Cuba's bureaucracy, invite diaspora investment, and reverse a tourism collapse.

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Sanctions Ripple Through Cuba: EnviosCuba Halts Operations Over 'Reasons Beyond Control'

EnviosCuba abruptly suspends its delivery operations to the island as tightening U.S. secondary sanctions target military-run retail conglomerate GAESA.

Bangkok Post

Cuba's historic homes teeter on brink as economy collapses

HAVANA - In Havana's old town, to walk on the pavement rather than the middle of the street is to take your life into your hands.

The Independent UK

Online portal used to send US deliveries to Cuba stops taking orders

A key platform that Cubans in the U.S. use to send money and goods to relatives in Cuba has stopped operations

The Independent UK

Cuba quantifies impact of US oil blockade on children's health and daily life

Cuba says its healthcare system is struggling due to a U.S. energy blockade

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Bitter communion: Cuban priests ordered to ration mass wafers

HAVANA - To the never-ending list of scarcities in Cuba comes a new addition: communion for the Catholic faithful.

The Guardian - US

Living in fear of a knock at the door: the Cubans being deported under Trump

The US president has deported far more Cuban nationals during his second term than the entirety of his first

The Guardian - UK

Freedivers, leftover cables and bits of clay: Cuba gets inventive to save its pristine reefs amid US blockade

With limited resources and sanctions tightening, conservationists are forced to find new ways to protect the coral reefs of Ciénaga de Zapata national park

Euronews

Cuban president announces economic reforms to 'liberalise' the embargo-hit and blockaded island

Díaz-Canel announced a slew of reforms in key sectors such as tourism, foreign trade and private business, amid new US sanctions designed to cripple the island nation into submission.

AAP

Díaz-Canel announces economic reforms to attract investment and involve Cubans abroad

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has announced economic reforms to attract investment and involve Cubans abroad in the economy

The Independent UK

Ship from Colombia laden with food and other goods docks in Cuba to help ease crises

A ship carrying nearly 100 tons of food and essential goods from Colombia has arrived in Cuba as part of the humanitarian aid that several countries have sent to the island in recent months as a U.S. energy embargo persists

Latin Times

Díaz-Canel Promises Market-Oriented Reforms. What Would They Actually Mean for Cuba?

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has announced what state media describes as a broad package of economic reforms with a more liberalizing and decentralizing character, arguing that "these are times when change is necessary."

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