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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.
Aside from the weight of US policy, the Cuban state has become increasingly sclerotic and unable to meet the growing demands of its population.
To be sure, Cuba is not Venezuela. Its security forces remain disciplined. Tourism and remittances still bring in dollars that Caracas can only envy. Emigration keeps anger from boiling over. And the Communist Party has survived so many shocks that it is always risky to forecast its collapse.
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After 65 years of socialist control, Cuba’s private sector has become the island’s most unexpected victory for freedom.
*Everybody wants to go to Cuba now that the opportunity to do so has happened because political relations with that island nation and the US have thawed out somewhat. You’ve probably heard that lots of companies are just itching to get access to the ...
For seven years, while the Torre K23 hotel was under construction in Havana, the locals complained furiously. They said that the building—the “tower of arrogance,” as some called it—would spoil the neighborhood, a leafy district near the city’s ...
On Saturday a Boeing 737 Charter flight from Cuba had problems on the runway after landing causing it to leave the runway and become disabled on the taxiway according to The Lee County Port Authority.
Elián González, once known as the young boy who fled Cuba by raft, has now become a deputy and staunch advocate for the Cuban regime. He recently