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May 14, 2019

Cuban authorities arrest LGBT activists after banning march over grounds foreign powers could use it to criticize human rights

Cuban authorities arrested LGBT activists on Saturday after holding a Pride parade in Havana, the country’s capital.

May 13, 2019

Faced with economic and food shortage crisis, Cuba ramps up rationing

In the midst of a growing economic and shortage crisis – in which Cubans are having to line up for hours to purchase basic food supplies in supermarkets – the Cuban government has introduced comprehensive rationing of staple products.

May 5, 2019

Bond girl Ana de Armas fled Cuba to become a movie star

Ana de Armas, who stars in the upcoming "Bond 25," fled Communist Cuba to become a movie star.

May 3, 2019

Mexico begins deporting members of migrant caravan after shelter riot

In a week that has seen the latest migrant caravans largely stalled in southern Mexico, there are further signs that Mexico is honoring a commitment to crack down on those attempting to reach the U.S. border.

April 30, 2019

Matthew Continetti: 'Russia is clearly trying to overthrow the Monroe Doctrine'

Matthew Continetti, editor in chief of the Washington Free Beacon, said on Tuesday that Russia was the "key player" in the Venezuelan crisis and that it showed no interest in following the 19th-century U.S. doctrine discouraging interference in Western nations' affairs.

April 29, 2019

Guantanamo Bay prison commander fired over 'loss of confidence in his ability to command'

The commander of the task force that runs the prison at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been fired, according to military officials.

April 26, 2019

More than 1,000 Cuban migrants break out of Mexican immigration facility

Hundreds of Cuban migrants are reported to be on the run Friday in Mexico after a crowd of more than 1,000 burst out of a troubled immigration detention center on its southern border.

April 24, 2019

Bernie Sanders seen in unearthed 1986 video recalling excitement over Castro's revolution in Cuba

Unearthed video footage showed 2020 hopeful and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., recalling his excitement surrounding the Cuban revolution in the 1950s. 

April 17, 2019

Trump reverses slew of Obama-era Cuba policies in new crackdown

The Trump administration on Wednesday rescinded several Obama-era policies toward Cuba, while imposing tough sanctions against Venezuela and Nicaragua – as part of a new crackdown on what National Security Adviser John Bolton dubbed the “three stooges of socialism."

April 17, 2019

US permits lawsuits against companies using property seized by Castro's Cuba, Pompeo announces

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Wednesday that the Trump administration will not suspend a previously revoked provision in a 1996 law that allows Cubans who fled Fidel Castro’s regime to sue companies that have used their former property on the island – marking a sharp departure from previous administrations and opening the door for a windfall of legislation against foreign firms operating in the island nation.