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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Business
Castro's communist Cuba is now the poorest country in Latin America, says report
"Since January 2022, the Cuban peso has lost 61% of its value against the USD," said an expert
Immigration
U.S. sends first flight of deported migrants to Cuba: 40 rafters and 83 border crossers
Cuba receives 123 migrants from the US on the first deportation flight in two years
Politics
Kim Jong-Un congratulates Cuba's Díaz-Canel on "re-election,” in show of terrorist state solidarity
The leaders of Venezuela and Nicaragua also extended congratulations to Díaz-Canel for his "re-election" in Cuba's Communist-controlled Parliament
Human Rights
"I'm going to take my life": Painful message sent by disabled Cuban political prisoner to his mother
“Mom, I'm sorry. I love you with all my heart, but if they keep me here one more day without having done anything, I'm going to take my own life. I can't take it anymore," confessed the 25-year-old
Human Rights
Congressional leaders ask Pan American Health Organization to punish Cuba for doctors' forced labor
"International organizations should focus on stopping this abuse, not encouraging it," said Rep. Salazar
Human Rights
Humanitarian visa granted to Cuban child with rare disease
At three years old, the little boy does not crawl or walk and presents symptoms of a rare disease that could not be diagnosed on the island
Human Rights
Cuban priest calls for urgent change and transition in the Island
As a clear example of the economic, social and political crisis in the country, the Camagüey parish priest, Alberto Reyes, lamented the massive exodus of Cubans in the last two years
Human Rights
One Cuban mother's struggle against communist indoctrination
Every member of the opposition is committing the so-called crime of 'counterrevolution'
Politics
Cuban regime convenes National Assembly to "elect" its president
As usual for the Cuban regime, it is the deputies who appoint the president, vice president, secretary and other members of the Council of State
Entertainment
American rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine records music video working in the Cuban countryside
The American rapper visited the western part of the island and recorded with Cuban locals clad in peasant garb
