Climate
Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 5, expected to make landfall in Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa now has maximum sustained winds of 160 mph
Cuba
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Lifestyle
275 Cubans stranded in Dominican Republic after Nicaragua denied aircraft landing
"When we were arriving in Nicaragua, the pilot of the plane made an announcement that we were returning to Santo Domingo for operational reasons that did not allow us to land"
Human Rights
Expelled University of Havana student spots woman he says reported him—celebrating July 4th in Miami
Cuban filmmaker Eliecer Jiménez Almeida claims that Marta María Mariño, who he says was partially responsible for his expulsion from the University of Camagüey, is now celebrating the Fourth of July in the U.S.
Human Rights
Cuban scientist and opposition member Ariel Ruiz Urquiola on hunger strike in front of the United Nations
The Cuban scientist and opposition leader demands that the United Nations denounce the human rights violations against him and his sister, professor Omara Ruiz
Politics
One of Cuba's most powerful men, General Rodriguez Lopez-Calleja, dies at 62
The head of the GAESA business monopoly and one of the most powerful men of the Castro regime died of cardiorespiratory arrest
Immigration
Coast Guard finds Cuban rafter that bled to death off Florida Keys
A Cuban migrant died last week after she was injured in a makeshift boat that the U.S. Coast Guard found near the Florida Keys
Immigration
Biden administration sends another 45 Cuban escapees back to communism
U.S. officials said the “rustic vessels” were hovering in Caribbean waters about 20 miles outside the small Florida islands and pursued reports of possible trouble by other boaters
Human Rights
Cuban mother Amelia Calzadilla whose cries went viral receives death threats
Amelia Calzadilla, whose complaints went viral on social networks, faced intimidation via WhatsApp, according to her father-in-law
Politics
'An insult to the exiles': Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar on the Cuban ambassador's visit to Miami
"It is an insult to the exile community that the Castro ambassador has walked the streets of Miami," said U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar
Human Rights
Cuban mother's cry for help goes viral, illustrates crumbling economy and infrastructure
Since July 2021 when the government arbitrarily raised the electricity rates in the country, Calzadilla, who works as a professional translator, has struggled to pay a bill that goes as high as 6,000 Cuban pesos, much more than what she earns.
Sports
Cuban umpire Angel Hernandez accuses MLB of discrimination
The Cuban umpire claimed that MLB manipulates the internal evaluations of umpires of racial minorities in order not to give them opportunities as team managers
