Cuba’s electrical grid collapses for third time, millions remain without power
Citizens form lines for subsidised rations as Hurricane Oscar bears down on northeast of country
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Cuba hit by mass blackout as main power plant fails
Government had earlier announced it would be ‘paralysing’ key industries and canceling official activities to prioritise electricity for the residential sector
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Making extensive use of archives, the author gives fresh details of what was going on behind the scenes during pivotal moments in 20th-century history
Russian warships enter Havana harbor under Washington’s watchful eye
A Russian frigate and submarine conducted missile drills in the Atlantic en route to Cuba
Serial season four: A stomach-churning account of a brutal, malfunctioning Guantánamo Bay prison camp
Podcast review: The award-winning Serial team have found an astonishing number of sources ready to share their stories of life at the camp
Cuba turns off some public lighting as energy crisis worsens
Havana government seeks help from World Food Programme to guarantee supply of subsidised powdered milk for children
Juanita Castro obituary: Entrepreneur and counter-revolutionary
With many of the characteristics of her famous brothers, if not their politics, Juanita had a good nose for business
As Cuba’s economic crisis deepens, citizens scramble to migrate by any means
Havana’s airport has become a launch point for Cubans making their way to Nicaragua and then overland to the US, often attempting illegal entry
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Extraordinary Emigrants: Dublin-born journalist James O’Kelly reported from Cuba on an uprising against Spanish colonial rule
‘I got permission to paint a wall across from the Museum of the Revolution in Cuba, which had two Soviet tanks in front’
Corkwoman Fiona Murphy has travelled the world teaching and creating art
Dark clouds over Mar-a-Lago as Trump returns to Florida to appear in court
Prosecutors and national security experts concerned guests at former US president’s club were walking around close to stored top-secret files
Castro’s Spies: Excellent Irish chronicle of Cuban spies in the US
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