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fromConsequence
4 days ago

Kneecap Join Humanitarian Aid Convoy to Cuba: "It's Time to Break the Siege"

Irish hip-hop group Kneecap will join a humanitarian convoy delivering aid to Cuba, which faces a severe crisis after losing Venezuelan oil supplies due to U.S. sanctions.
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fromAxios
4 weeks ago

Scoop: Cuba hardliners ask Trump's DOJ to indict Raul Castro

U.S. sanctions and Cuban government mismanagement have pushed Cuba toward collapse while U.S. lawmakers seek Raul Castro's indictment over the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shoot-down.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

They just call it the virus': mosquito-borne illnesses heap misery on Cubans affected by Hurricane Melissa

Maidel Jorge, a 36-year-old farmer, sweats as he chops down a tree to collect wood for cooking: the early November weather in eastern Cuba is still as hot as summer. The tree was young, so the wood is green, which means it will take longer to burn and their meal will take longer to prepare. Jorge, his pregnant wife and their six-year-old son are among 300 people staying in a school turned into an evacuation centre in Grito de Yara, Granma province.
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