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Cuba's deputy foreign minister says U.S. memorandum is an intimidating political platform
Radio Habana Cuba
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July 3, 2025
Fernández de Cossío affirms that Cuba has the capacity, organization, wisdom, and experience to overcome this new U.S. aggression Photo taken from Archive/Cubadebate Havana, July 3 (RHC)-- The Presidential Memorandum on National Security, issued...
This LGBTQ+ travel company’s mission of inclusivity is radical & ‘You’re more than welcome’
The Advocate
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July 3, 2025
As the Trump administration escalates its attacks on transgender people’s rights, revoking “X” gender markers on passports (something a federal court has halted), instructing consular officials to deny visas based on gender presentation, and...
When and Why Recent University Graduates Leave Cuba
Havana Times
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July 3, 2025
Raining in Havana. Photo: Lazaro By Amado Viera HAVANA TIMES – In recent weeks, Michel has spent much of his free time preparing to apply for a master’s program abroad. He’s not doing it out of a mere desire for self-improvement. If that were the...
Trump announces new measures to stifle Cuba: More restrictions on tourism and obstacles to foreign investment
El País
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July 2, 2025
While Cuba is not exactly a foreign policy front that keeps anyone in Washington awake at night — since it is more focused on making the United States great again — the White House recalled this week a phrase Donald Trump said during his electoral...
Travel Bag: Just Back from Miami with Elaina Verhoff
Phoenix Magazine - Arizona
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July 2, 2025
Dream South Beach Mother and daughter set up camp in the quintessential Miami hotel – this Hyatt property set in two Art Deco buildings by the beach. “Right next to the Versace mansion,” Verhoff says. She dug the “Liberace vibe” of their room,...
Beaches International Jazz Festival this July will feature concerts, workshops and the always popular StreetFest
Beach Metro Community News
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July 2, 2025
The 37th annual Beaches International Jazz Festival will feature a full line-up of events next month including the always popular Queen Street East StreetFest which is slated for the nights of July 24, 25 and 26. The photo above shows the crowds...
The global fallout of Trump’s travel bans
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 3, 2025
President Donald Trump’s sweeping orders banning citizens of 12 countries, international students, and his threats to ban Nigeria and 35 other countries from travelling to the United States—whether anchored under the guise of national security,...
Cuba appreciates Nicaragua and Bolivia’s denunciations of US measures
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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July 2, 2025
Through the social media platform X, the foreign minister expressed his gratitude to co-presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, as well as to the Government of National Unity and Reconciliation and its revolutionary people for their...
Cuba rejects the US Presidential Memorandum tightening the economic blockade
Diario Granma
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Photo: Ricardo López Hevia The anti-Cuban document released by the US government on June 30, 2025, is a reissue and amendment of Presidential National Security Memorandum No. 5, which the US government itself had issued on June 16, 2017, at the...
Russia Deploys Foreign Intel Director to Cuba
Breitbart
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July 2, 2025
Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergey Naryshkin on Tuesday met in Havana with Cuban figurehead “President” Miguel Díaz-Canel, who described the Russian official as a “good friend” of Cuba. Although details of the encounter...
With Half-Empty Hotels and Deserted Restaurants, Varadero, Cuba is Bleeding
14ymedio
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July 3, 2025
Many workers return to their hometowns, Cárdenas and Matanzas, to seek alternatives outside the tourism sector. After the shock of the Covid pandemic, Varadero is experiencing its worst crisis in decades / EFE] 14ymedio, Pablo Padilla Cruz,...
Cuban women's volleyball team denied US visas and forced to miss huge tournament
Irish Star
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July 2, 2025
Rich Jones Assistant Sports Editor 21:59 ET, 01 Jul 2025Updated 22:00 ET, 01 Jul 2025 The Cuban women's national volleyball team was barred from participating in a tournament in Puerto Rico due to new visa restrictions implemented by U.S....
Trump reinforces Cuba travel ban
Dominican Today
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July 2, 2025
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Washington, D.C.- U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a new memorandum reinforcing the ban on tourism to Cuba and tightening...
Cuba categorically rejects the U.S. Presidential Memorandum tightening the economic blockade
Radio Habana Cuba
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July 2, 2025
Cuba categorically rejects the U.S. Presidential Memorandum tightening the economic blockade The anti-Cuban document released by the U.S. government on June 30, 2025, consists of a reissue and amendment of National Security Presidential Memorandum...
Cuban President Denounces New US Anti-Cuba Move
Cuban News Agency
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July 2, 2025
Havana, July 1 (ACN) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel denounced the new US plan strengthening Washington’s economic, commercial and financial blockade of the island. In an X message, Diaz-Canel described the new US Presidential Memorandum...
Cuba Condemns U.S. Presidential Memorandum Tightening Economic Blockade: A Renewed Assault on Sovereignty
teleSUR
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Cuba rejects renewed U.S. measures tightening the economic siege.Photo:EFE. July 1, 2025 Hour: 9:45 pm Cuba vehemently rejects the U.S. Presidential Memorandum of June 2025 that intensifies the economic blockade, denouncing it as an imperialist...
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel denounces new U.S. plan against the island
Radio Habana Cuba
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July 2, 2025
Collage taken from CubaMinrex Havana, July 1 (RHC)-- The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, denounced on the social network X the adoption of a new plan by the...
The White House is Enforcing a Cuba Travel Ban—Can Americans Visit?
Travel Awaits
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July 2, 2025
Back in 1962, when President John F. Kennedy enforced a trade embargo between the US and Cuba, travel between the countries became illegal. Videos by TravelAwaits It was a travel ban that would remain in place for almost half a century until, in...
Trump Tightens U.S. Embargo on Cuba and Bans American Tourism, Reversing Biden’s Policy
teleSUR
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June 30, 2025
Trump tightens U.S. embargo on Cuba, bans American tourism in harsh policy reversal.Photo:EFE. June 30, 2025 Hour: 6:52 pm In a sharp policy reversal, President Donald Trump signed a memorandum reinforcing the U.S. embargo on Cuba and banning all...
Trump once again tightens the US blockade on Cuba
Liberation News
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July 2, 2025
This article is reprinted from Peoples Dispatch. US President Trump’s June 30 executive order reinstated all the sanctions against Cuba that Biden had lifted, and implemented new measures against Cuban companies with alleged ties to the socialist...