Climate
Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 5, expected to make landfall in Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa now has maximum sustained winds of 160 mph
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How Cuban intelligence exploited sister cities partnerships in an attempt to influence public officials
According to previous reports, Cuban Intelligence has engaged in a long-time campaign to exploit Sister City programs between Cuba and the United States to influence U.S. politics and policy. However, an ADN investigation sheds light on how most of the cities with a standing partnership with the Cuban regime have often passed resolutions and declarations calling for an end to the U.S. embargo at city council levels or remove Cuba from the terrorist list.
Climate
Hurricane, tropical storm watches for Gulf of Mexico as Tropical Cyclone 9 heads for Cuba and Mexico
The system could quickly strengthen into a formidable hurricane as it accelerates toward the northeastern Gulf Coast, including parts of the Panhandle and Florida's Big Bend
Human Rights
Hero: Cuban activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara given 2024 Rafto Prize for human rights
The institution's ruling highlights that the 36 year-old Cuban, currently in prison, “has been arrested countless times for his activism”
Human Rights
Assembly of the Cuban Resistance calls upon European democracies to end economic aid to Castro military dictatorship
“We are in Spain raising our voices for a free Cuba and to ask for the end of the European Community subsidy to the Castro dictatorship,” Dr. Gutiérrez-Boronat told ADN Cuba
Autos
Cuba imported $36 million worth of automobiles from the U.S. in first six months this year
Of the $36 million worth of automobiles, $34,587,077 were used car exports
Politics
House to expose TSA's airport fiasco with Cuban agents as Latino vote up for grabs
Cuban agents were allowed to visit the Miami airport, TSA headquarters despite the country being on the state sponsor of terrorism list.
Politics
Images show apparent expansion of Chinese spy bases in Cuba
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) identified four possible bases in Bejucal, El Salao, Wajay and Calabazar
Human Rights
U.S. accuses Cuban dictatorship of human trafficking, deploys workers to foreign countries using "deceptive and coercive tactics"
The 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report) was released Monday by the U.S. Department of State
Politics
U.S. stands ready after Russian fleet leaves Cuba, waits to see if naval warships sail to Venezuela
A Russian warship fleet departed Havana after a five-day visit to the communist island where it executed military drills
Politics
Russia to deploy warships and jets to Latin America with expected destinations in Cuba and Venezuela, says U.S.
The upcoming Caribbean drills are part of an effort to flex Moscow’s power in the wake of losing several warships in its continued invasion of Ukraine, all part of a larger strategy to escalate the Kremlin’s military presence throughout the world
