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Trump Declares Emergency Over Cuba, Targets Oil Exports, Cites Hamas, Hezbollah Ties

This is Beirut, 30/01 02:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Trump issued an executive order on Thursday declaring a national emergency over Cuba and detailing a policy of implementing secondary sanctions on countries exporting oil to Cuba. In the executive order, the Trump administration claims that Cuba hosts and cooperates with “dangerous adversaries” on its territory: ...

Hurricane Melissa Batters Jamaica, Touches Down in Cuba

This is Beirut, 2025-10-29 20:12 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Cubans waded through flooded houses Wednesday, and authorities in Haiti reported 20 dead as Hurricane Melissa blasted across the Caribbean after devastating swaths of Jamaica. The storm made landfall in Cuba overnight, with the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) describing it as "extremely dangerous" even as it started to ...

Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall in Cuba After Roaring Across Jamaica

This is Beirut, 2025-10-29 10:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Hurricane Melissa picked up strength as it bore down on Cuba, where it made landfall Wednesday after ripping a path of destruction through Jamaica as one of the most powerful hurricanes on record there, lashing the island nation with brutal winds and torrential rain. The monster storm was still 110 miles (175 kilometers) away from Guantanamo late ...

US Sanctions Cuban President Four Years After Historic Protests

This is Beirut, 2025-07-12 05:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The United States announced its first sanctions on Friday against Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel for his role "in the Cuban regime's brutality toward the Cuban people." It is the latest in a series of measures by US President Donald Trump's administration to increase pressure on the Cuban government. The United States was ...

Millions of Cubans Spend Second Night Without Electricity

This is Beirut, 2025-03-16 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Millions of Cubans were without electricity for a second night Saturday after a widespread blackout hit the island, the fourth in less than six months. Cubans have been facing a serious economic crisis marked by widespread food, fuel, and medicine shortages, and the island's aging and often failing power system has made things worse. The latest ...

US Removes Cuba From State Sponsors of Terror List

This is Beirut, 2025-01-14 23:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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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. The move will likely be overturned after the return to office next week of Republican Donald Trump, who reinstated the designation in the last ...

Iran and Cuba Strengthen Ties Against U.S. Sanctions

This Is Beirut, 2023-12-04 12:56 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran and Cuba announced their intention to strengthen relations and jointly resist U.S. sanctions during the visit of the Cuban President to Tehran on Monday, December 4, as both nations face economic challenges. Iran and Cuba vowed Monday to strengthen relations and stand together against sanctions imposed on them by the United ...

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