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Hurricane Kills at Least 20 in One Haitian Town

'It was terrible,' Cuban says after destructive night

(Newser) - More than 30 deaths have been reported as Hurricane Melissa works its way Wednesday across Cuba and toward the Bahamas, a day after making landfall in Jamaica as one of the region's strongest storms on record. Officials in Haiti said at least 25 people were killed as waters rose...

Hurricane Melissa Moves On to Cuba
Hurricane Melissa
Hits Cuba
Oct 29, 2025 3:00 AM CDT

Hurricane Melissa Hits Cuba

Landslides are likely, forecasters warn as Category 3 storm hits

(Newser) - Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba near the city of Chivirico early Wednesday as a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record , the US National Hurricane Center said. Hundreds of thousands of people had been evacuated to shelters in Cuba. Early...

Melissa Nears Jamaica as Category 5
Melissa Nears Jamaica
as Category 5
Oct 27, 2025 6:01 AM CDT

Melissa Nears Jamaica as Category 5

Hurricane to pass over island Tuesday before expected landfall in Cuba

(Newser) - Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches of rain and a life-threatening storm surge, per the AP . Melissa is forecast to make landfall on the island Tuesday and cross Cuba and the Bahamas through Wednesday. Melissa was centered about 130...

Wanted in US and Mexico, 'Brother Wang' Nabbed in Cuba

Alleged money launderer, drug trafficker Zhi Dong Zhang was captured after global manhunt

(Newser) - A suspected Chinese fentanyl trafficker accused of running a global money-laundering operation and wanted by both the US and Mexico has been arrested in Cuba after fleeing house arrest in Mexico, officials confirmed Wednesday. The suspect, Zhi Dong Zhang—aka "Brother Wang"—is alleged to have collaborated with...

She Escaped From Jail, Hid Out in Cuba for Decades

Assata Shakur, Black activist and godmother to rapper Tupac, is dead at 78 after years in Cuba

(Newser) - Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a US prison where she'd been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has died at the age of 78. She was also the godmother to the late rapper...

Cuban Minister Says 'There Are No Beggars,' Now an Ex-Minister

Labor Minister Marta Elena Feito Cabrera suggested poverty-stricken people were pretending

(Newser) - A Cuban minister who sparked criticism after saying there are no beggars in Cuba, only people disguised as such, resigned on Tuesday. Cuba's Presidency said in a post on X that Minister of Labor and Social Security Marta Elena Feito Cabrera "acknowledged her errors and submitted her resignation....

Critics Decry 'Cruel' DHS Move Against 532K Immigrants

Homeland Security to revoke legal protections for Cubans, Haitians, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans

(Newser) - The Department of Homeland Security said Friday it will revoke legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans, setting them up for potential deportation in about a month. The order applies to about 532,000 people from the four countries who came to the United States...

Biden Removing Cuba From 'State Sponsor of Terrorism' List

Biden is moving to lift the designation as part of a deal to free prisoners

(Newser) - President Biden will remove Cuba from the US list of states that sponsor terrorism, US officials announced Tuesday. The removal of the designation is part of a deal expected to free political prisoners jailed in Cuba in 2021 during a crackdown on dissent, the New York Times reports. The Catholic...

US Hemingway Look-Alikes Descend on Havana

18 bearded men visited some of author's favorite sites

(Newser) - Ernest Hemingway has returned to Cuba ... in a way. Eighteen white-bearded men who resemble the late US author went to Havana over the weekend to visit some of his favorite places when he lived on the island decades ago, the AP reports. The members of the Hemingway Look-Alike Society on...

Cuba, Once Again, Is Plunged Into Darkness
Cuba: Power Is Back,
Blackouts Can Resume
UPDATED
Dec 5, 2024 3:55 PM CST

Cuba: Power Is Back, Blackouts Can Resume

Country's power grid collapsed early Wednesday

(Newser) - Cuban authorities say an unscheduled nationwide power blackout is over and regularly scheduled blackouts can resume. Authorities said Thursday that the country's power grid was back up, a day after a power plant failure caused a collapse, though Reuters reports that generation remained well below demand. The nationwide blackout...

Cuba Loses Power Again as Hurricane Makes Landfall

Forecasters warn of high winds, storm surges, flash floods

(Newser) - Hurricane Rafael made landfall in Cuba on Wednesday as a powerful Category 3 hurricane, shortly after powerful winds knocked out the country's power grid. Forecasters warned Rafael could bring life-threatening storm surges, winds, and flash floods to western swaths of the island after it knocked out power and dumped...

Cuba's Massive Blackout Is Entering Its 4th Day

Hurricane Oscar hits island amid ongoing blackouts, later becomes tropical storm

(Newser) - Many Cubans waited in anguish and some took to the streets in protest as widespread blackouts stretched into their third day Sunday. Their concerns were heightened as Hurricane Oscar hit Cuba's eastern coast with winds and heavy rain. In Santo Suárez, part of a populous neighborhood in southwestern...

Cuba Sinks Into Darkness After Power Grid Fails Again

Second nationwide outage takes place as utility was working on fixing the first

(Newser) - Hours after officials said power was in the process of being restored following Friday's nationwide power outage, "a new total outage occurred," according to a statement from the Cuba Electrical Union. The second nationwide blackout took place Saturday morning, and the union said it was working on...

Intelligence Agencies: Efforts to Influence Elections Go Lower

Foreign adversaries are targeting congressional, state legislative contests, officials say

(Newser) - It's not just the presidential election: Foreign governments are targeting House and Senate races around the country in their effort to meddle with American democracy this election year, intelligence officials warned Monday. Russia, China, and Cuba have all launched influence operations designed to help or hurt candidates in specific...

Florida's Gulf Coast Is About to Get Very Wet

Tropical depression that may turn into Tropical Storm Debby will likely bring rain, wind, flooding

(Newser) - A tropical depression over Cuba is growing better organized and is likely to bring drenching rain and coastal flooding to much of Florida's Gulf Coast, forecasters said Saturday. The storm strengthened into a tropical depression late Friday and is expected to become a tropical storm by Saturday night, once...

Pentagon Announces Plea Deal With 9/11 Plotter
Austin Revokes 9/11
Plea Deals After Backlash
UPDATED
Aug 3, 2024 7:00 AM CDT

Austin Revokes 9/11 Plea Deals After Backlash

Defense chief places himself in charge of case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, others

(Newser) - The death penalty may be back on the table for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accused accomplices after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday revoked their deals to plead guilty made earlier this week, following backlash from some families of 9/11 victims, GOP lawmakers, and the New...

More Russian Warships Dock in Port of Havana

Cuban officials and onlookers call the visit a sign of friendship

(Newser) - Fishermen watched and authorities fired shots into the air as Russian warships again sailed into the Port of Havana on Saturday—the second such deployment in two months. The Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces described the arrival of the patrol ship Neustrahimiy, training vessel Smolniy, and support vessels from the Baltic...

North Korea Suffers Another High-Level Defection: Seoul

Diplomat Ri Il Kyu, stationed in Cuba, fled to South Korea

(Newser) - South Korea's spy agency said Tuesday that a senior North Korea diplomat based in Cuba has fled to South Korea, the latest defection by a member of the North's elite, reports the AP . The National Intelligence Service confirmed the defection of a North Korean counselor of political affairs...

Russian Warships Dock in Havana Bay
Russian Warships
Dock in Havana Bay
Jun 12, 2024 4:23 PM CDT

Russian Warships Dock in Havana Bay

Nuclear-capable vessels are included, though Cuba and US say the visit poses no threat

(Newser) - Cubans gathered at Havana's harbor Wednesday to welcome a Russian convoy of four warships and a nuclear submarine arriving for a five-day show of solidarity between Cold War allies. The frigate Admiral Gorshkov fired a 21-gun salute as it sailed in, CNN reports, which drew a response of cannon...

Cuba, Once the Land of Sugar, Now Must Import It

Production has plummeted, and the decline may be permanent

(Newser) - "It's a disaster. Today the sugar industry in Cuba almost doesn't exist." Juan Triana of the Centre for Studies of the Cuban Economy didn't mince words when he spoke to the BBC about the status of the crop that was once at the center of...

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