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Cuba begins public consultation on marriage equality law

Cuba’s leaders have launched an unusual series of neighborhood meetings across the island to debate a measure that would legalize same-sex marriage and adoption, a measure that pits the daughter of former President Raul Castro against a growing evangelical movement

The Independent UK

Despite ban, US cruise lines hired Cuban agencies to provide ‘tourism services’ to passengers

At the height of the enthusiasm sparked by President Barack Obama’s historic restoration of relations with Cuba, several cruise lines rushed to secure a piece of the island’s untapped market under newly eased regulations promoting “people-to-people” engagement.

Miami Herald

Carmen Herrera obituary

Cuban-American painter and sculptor who concentrated on geometric abstraction and whose big break came at the age of 89

The Guardian - UK

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Havana syndrome's mystery may lie in how we treat conditions of the mind

Brains are powerful, complex, and only partially understood. The evidence points to Havana syndrome being a poorly named, well-documented stress response. Here's why.

Inverse

Dragon slams Morrison's Ukulele rendition

New Zealand band Dragon says Scott Morrison's ukulele rendition of its hit song "April Sun in Cuba" was a cynical move ahead of the election.

AAP

Scott Morrison’s ukulele rendition of April Sun in Cuba labelled ‘cynical’ by band behind 1977 hit

The New Zealand band Dragon said ‘Maybe if his trip to Hawaii had not been cut short, he could have learn[ed] the lyrics to the rest of the chorus’

The Guardian - AU

Carmen Herrera, Cuban-born abstract artist, dies at 106

Cuban-born artist Carmen Herrera, whose radiant color and geometric paintings were overlooked for decades before the art world took notice, has died

The Independent UK

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Bez looks back: ‘I was a nightmare, even as a baby’

The Happy Mondays dancer/percussionist recreates a photo taken in Cuba after his band were booted out of the US and talks about his wild youth

The Guardian - UK

Colombia presidential candidate says talks with ELN rebels possible but not in Cuba

Colombian right-wing presidential candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga said renewed peace talks with leftist National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels could be possible in his administration, but they cannot take place in erstwhile host Cuba.

Reuters

Time to close the book on ‘Havana Syndrome’

Dr Robert Bartholomew takes apart the theory US and Canadian diplomats were the target of a mysterious new weapon in Cuba and lays out a much more likely explanation.

Newsroom.co.nz

Acosta Danza: 100% Cuban review – Carlos’s mesmerising movers

The company mix worldwide influences into Cuban dance and though not all these cocktails hit the mark, they make for an intoxicating evening

The Guardian - UK

Acosta Danza: 100% Cuban at Sadler’s Wells review: A mixed bag of a mixed bill

The dancers are superb but are sometimes let down by the variable quality of the work

Evening Standard

10 migrants arrive in a Florida Keys neighborhood on a boat that looks like a bed

Ten Cuban migrants landed in a canal-front neighborhood in the Florida Keys Tuesday morning, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.

Miami Herald

Cuban migrants rescued from sinking vessel off coast of Florida

‘If the air crew hadn’t found them on the patrol, these people would not have survived the night’

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6 Cuban migrants rescued from sinking vessel off Florida

A half dozen Cuban migrants in a sinking vessel were rescued off the Florida coast

Miami Herald

Consular services in Havana to increase in 'the not too distant future,' US diplomat says

A year after announcing a review of U.S. policy toward Cuba, a top State Department official hinted the Biden administration was readying to move to increase visa processing in Havana.

The Guardian - US

Cuba has been under US embargo for 60 years. It’s time for that to end

The US embargo impacts every aspect of life on the island – and that is the precisely the point

Miami Herald

Cubans who arrived through ‘Operation Peter Pan’ oppose DeSantis’ immigration orders

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A group of Florida business leaders and immigration advocates, including some who came to the U.S. from Cuba as unaccompanied children under “Operation Pedro Pan,” are asking Gov. Ron DeSantis to reverse a new rule that targets shelters licensed to house unaccompanied migrant children.

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Commentary: Give Putin what he wants to prevent war — bar Ukraine from NATO

I just got back from my third scuba diving “live-aboard” with 22 people from Russia. The Russians call these “safaris,” and I much prefer that term for traveling on a boat for a week or two in remote places to scuba dive. We’ve gone diving together in the Sea of…

The Guardian - US

Cuba leads the world in vaccinating children as young as two against Covid

With confidence in public health system high, 95% of kids aged 2-18 are fully vaccinated and Omicron infection rates are low

Reuters

Cubans bundle up against cold as temperatures plunge, winds roar

Cubans bundled up in heavy jackets, hats and gloves and shuttered their homes on Monday as near-record cold and strong winds slammed the balmy Caribbean island more accustomed to bright sun and sultry trade winds.

Miami Herald

Coast Guard stops boat overloaded with migrants off the Florida Keys

MIAMI — Federal agents say a man borrowed his friend’s boat on Jan. 21 and used it to pick up 27 migrants from Cuba to bring them back to the United States.

Zenger

Morocco Challenges Russia And China On COVID Vaccine Production, King Unveils New $448 Million Plant

America's oldest ally reveals plan to produce 20 million vaccine doses by years' end, becoming the biomedical center of Africa.

Reuters

Russia and Cuba will keep developing technical military cooperation -RIA

Russia and Cuba will continue developing their cooperation in the technical military sphere, the RIA news agency cited Moscow's ambassador in Havana as saying on Friday.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Who uses Florida-Caribbean smuggling routes?

Little is known about the 40 people believed to have been aboard a boat that capsized and was found this week near the Florida coast with just one survivor

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