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While Hollywood ignored stories of Black resistance, Cuban filmmakers celebrated Black power

In recent years, there has been an increased push for more diversity and representation on our entertainment screens. The #OscarsSoWhite campaign of 2015 and the enduring social justice movement it generated increased public awareness of the longstanding problematic issues of discrimination and exclusion in Hollywood.

The Conversation

Cuba releases a prominent dissident as part of plan to free more than 500 prisoners

Cuba has released prominent dissident José Daniel Ferrer from jail, as part of a Cuban government decision to gradually free more than 500 prisoners as part of talks with the Vatican

The Independent UK

Cuba Releases Prisoners After U.S. Announces Lifting of Sanctions, But Rubio Has Already Hinted At a Backtrack Under Trump

Havana denies the releases are linked to U.S. plans to lift Cuba's state sponsor of terrorism designation, framing the move as Vatican-driven.

Latin Times

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‘This wasn’t on my bingo card’: surprise at Biden’s last-gasp Cuba sanctions deal

Hundreds of prisoners set to be released as part of agreement that removes Cuba from terrorism-sponsor list

The Guardian - UK

Cuba starts freeing prisoners a day after the US said it would lift terror designation

Cuba has started releasing some prisoners as part of talks with the Vatican, a day after President Joe Biden’s administration announced his intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism

The Independent UK

Biden’s move to remove Cuba from terror list continues ‘yo-yo’ policy likely to be reversed by Trump

The Biden administration has signaled to Congress its intention to remove Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism.

The Conversation

Marco Rubio Promises Ultimatum For Cuban Regime: 'Open Up Or Be The Owners Of a 4th World Country'

"Cuba is literally collapsing, both generationally in terms of all the young people leaving but it's also collapsing economically" said Rubio

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Cuba Starts Freeing Prisoners After US Terror List Deal

Cuba on Wednesday began releasing prisoners under a deal with departing US President Joe Biden to remove the communist island from a list of terror sponsors, the detainees' relatives told AFP. In his final days in office, Biden has rushed through a series of actions designed to cement his legacy,…

International Business Times

Rubio Says China Cheated Its Way To Power, Rejects 'Liberal World Order'

Marco Rubio, Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state, charged Wednesday that China cheated its way to superpower status and vowed to cast aside the "liberal world order" long promoted by the United States.

International Business Times

Rubio Jokes About Getting 'Bilingual Protesters' After Being Interrupted During Hearing: 'That's a First Here'

Several protesters were forcibly removed from the hearing during Rubio's opening statement

Latin Times

Hegseth on Defense

Plus: Who's on deck for the next round of confirmation hearings, Trump wants to create a second IRS, Cuba is no longer doing terrorism, and more...

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Florida Democrats Blast Biden Over Lifting Of Cuba Sanctions: 'Literally Sinking The Party In The State'

The Biden administration said the decision to remove the country from the list of states sponsoring terrorism was part of a deal in return for the release of over 500 prisoners

Latin Times

Biden pulls Cuba from terrorism list, reversing Trump decision

The president notified Congress of its intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Biden administration expected to lift ‘terror’ designation for Cuba: Report

The decision would reverse a move during Donald Trump’s first term to re-name Cuba a ‘state sponsor of terrorism’.

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The Guardian - US

Biden to remove Cuba from list of state sponsors of terrorism

Deal negotiated through Catholic church will involve ‘gradual’ release of 553 political prisoners, says Havana

International Business Times

US Removes Cuba From State Sponsors Of Terror List

President Joe Biden is removing the US designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House said Tuesday, in a deal that will see imprisoned protesters released in the communist country.

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Biden Administration Expected To Lift Cuba's Terrorism Designation

The Biden administration is set to reverse the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, a move anticipated by various stakeholders.

Latin Times

Biden Admin To Lift Cuba's State Sponsor Of Terrorism Designation In Final Week In Office

The decision is likely to be reversed as early as next week once Donald Trump, a harsh critic of Cuba's communist regime, takes office

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Maduro Signals Readiness for Armed Conflict Amid Global Opposition: 'We Will Fight the Battle'

The Venezuelan leader highlighted support from Nicaragua and Cuba as the United States and European Union back opposition leaders.

The Conversation

How the U.S. could in fact make Canada an American territory

“We take nothing by conquest…Thank God,” wrote the National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser, an influential Washington newspaper, in February 1847.

International Business Times

New Twist In US-Cuba Trademark Fight Over Havana Club Rum

One rum, two owners: the decades-long legal battle between the Cuban government and spirits giant Bacardi over the popular Havana Club rum brand has entered a new phase with the enactment of a new US trademark law.

The Guardian - UK

Zilia Sánchez obituary

Cuban artist who moved to Puerto Rico in the 1970s and manipulated flat canvases into ‘erotic topographies’

The Independent UK

Who owns the Gulf of Mexico? What to know about Trump renaming it

The Gulf of Mexico is a major economic center for the US, Mexico and Cuba

The Guardian - US

US transfers 11 Yemeni prisoners from Guantánamo to Oman

Major resettlement reduces population in US detention facility in south-eastern Cuba to just 15 people

International Business Times

'You Need To Be Happy': Graffiti Encourages Cuban Self-reflection

Graffiti on walls around Havana telling Cubans "you need to be happy" has encouraged introspection and inspiration in a country where censorship has forced many street artists to emigrate or abandon their work.

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