Storm causes at least 6 deaths in Cuba, where a long power outage is raising tempers The Associated Press Cuba Faces Hurricane Oscar After Nationwide Blackout. How Much Can the Island Endure? The New York Times Cuba power outage: Entire island goes dark, 10 million affected after electrical grid fails NBC News What happens when a country goes […]
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Across Latin America, Roman Catholic faithful commemorated Good Friday with processions and ceremonies re-enacting the crucifixion of Jesus. In the Guatemalan town of Antigua, devotees wearing purple and white carried a three-ton religious float with a 300-year-old, life-size statue of Jesus bearing the cross during a procession. Brazilians lined the streets in the Complexo do […]
By Agence France-Presse U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday criticized Cuba for barring a prominent activist, Martha Beatriz Roque, from visiting the White House to receive an award. The State Department named Roque, who has been outspoken in her criticism of the communist-run island’s repression of dissent, one of its “International Women of […]