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Blair defends decision to send a Canadian warship to Cuba

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National Defence Minister Bill Blair responds to reporters' questions about why Canada accepted an invitation to send a patrol ship to Cuba while the Russian navy was there.
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Video shows Russian nuclear submarine sailing into Havana, Cuba

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The Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kazan sailed into the port of Havana, just 160 km from the United States.
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Russian navy vessels to dock in Havana, Cuba insists no threat

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Havana says fleet does not have nuclear weapons, but arrival comes amid rising tensions between Russia and the United States over Ukraine.
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Russian navy fleet, including frigate, nuclear-powered sub, arrives in Cuba

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US downplays deployment, which comes amid rising tensions over Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Cuba food crisis: Havana turns to world food programme for help

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Cuba's economic crisis is causing severe shortages, increasing child malnutrition, and prompting a historical request for UN aid.
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Cuban tourism downturn: New hotels being built despite visitor numbers

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Despite the downturn, the state-run tourism body is building more hotels -- while the homes of many ordinary people collapse.
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G77+China summit: Leaders call for shake-up of global economy

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Government officials from more than 100 countries have ended a two-day summit of the Group of 77 and China in Cuba.
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All these heat waves are the new normal, scientists say

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Climate change experts are warning that extreme weather and climate-related disasters could increase as punishing heat waves continue across much of the northern hemisphere.
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Cuba-Russia relations: Nations have had a decades-long relationship

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The Caribbean island nation is strengthening relations with Russia.
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Aging Cuban infrastructure means water shortages for Havana

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Thousands are without water in the Cuban capital as summer heat rises.
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Cuban-Canadians accuse Havana of intimidation campaign

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Thirteen Cuban-Canadian Montrealers say the Cuban government has been targeting them through an online misinformation campaign. They say the government is spreading dangerous lies about them, and that law enforcement in Canada is not...
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Canadian woman barred from Cuba over Facebook posts

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A Cuban-born Canadian recently learned she’s no longer welcome in her homeland. Glenda Corella Cespedes says she was barred from getting off a recent flight to Holguin over Facebook posts critical of Cuba’s Communist Party.
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Of Flowers and Men: Cuban photographer questions 'macho' perceptions with new portraits

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Say it with flowers. Cuban photographer Monik Molinet examines 'hegemonic masculinity' with portraits of men posing with petals in support no-violence against women campaigns.
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Cuba: Havana residents struggle with crumbling houses

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Dilapidated buildings in old Havana have become an example of the severe economic crisis in Cuba.
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Cuba faces worst economic crisis in decades

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The last time Cuba felt this strain was when subsidies from the former Soviet Union ended.
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Explosion rocks downtown Havana hotel, with many fatalities, injuries

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Several people were killed and more injured after an explosion at Hotel Saratoga in Havana, Cuba. The blast tore a hole several floors high into the side of the building.
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22 dead, dozens injured after explosion at historic Havana hotel

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Cuban president’s office says a preliminary investigation indicates blast at Hotel Saratoga was caused by a gas leak.
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‘This is a new wave’: Hundreds of Cubans seek refuge in Greece

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Cubans say having fled economic crisis and political repression at home, applying for asylum in Greece is fraught with challenges.
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Cuban forces siege government critic's home before Monday’s march

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Trapped at home. Cuban security forces surround the home of an outspoken government critic to stop him protesting - but others say they will not be deterred.
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As Cuba turns page on Castro era, economic reform gains urgency

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Why Cuba's youth are looking outside the country, unless there are major changes within it.
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Cuba has a new leader and it is not a Castro

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Miguel Díaz-Canel becomes head of the Communist Party, and retains the title of president.
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Cuba to test COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Iran

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Havana has signed a technological transfer agreement to soon begin carrying out 150,000 phase three clinical trials of the vaccine in Iran, where unlike in Cuba, covid-19 infections are rampant.
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Cuba's COVID success story

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Latin America in the region with the highest The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Latin America harder and longer than any other region, but there is one country that has been the exception.