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Author Archives: Anthony Brenner
Trump restricts travel from several countries, including Cuba and Venezuela
Washington, June 4 (Prensa Latina) President Donald Trump signed a proclamation today to prohibit and restrict travel from several countries to the United States, including Cuba and Venezuela, citing alleged security risks. The Proclamation completely restricts and limits entry from … Continue reading
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Proclamation in Richmond, California calls for Cuba to be removed from the U.S. terrorist list
Washington, June 4 (Prensa Latina) The Richmond, California, City Council approved a Proclamation urging the United States government to remove Cuba from the arbitrary list of state sponsors of terrorism and to lift all economic sanctions. Issued in a solemn … Continue reading
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Cuba Barred from Basketball Tournament after U.S. Visa Denial
June 3, 2025 — Belly of the Beast Cuba’s national men’s basketball team was supposed to play their final game of the FIBA AmeriCup qualifiers last February in Puerto Rico. But the players never made the flight. Cuba had to … Continue reading
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‘The Sea Rejuvenates You’: Cuban Seniors Defy Aging By Diving In
By Jordane BERTRAND – Barron’s June 03, 2025 It’s never too late to make a splash, as Orestes Quintana, one of the doyens of the Juventud Acumulada (Forever Young) swimming club in Cuba’s capital Havana discovered. The 87-year-old former revolutionary, who … Continue reading
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Cuba thanks Iran for its support in the face of the US blockade
Havana, June 3 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Díaz-Canel today thanked Iran for its support of Cuba’s struggle to end the U.S. blockade and its exclusion from the list of countries allegedly sponsoring terrorism. Upon receiving the president of Iran’s Islamic … Continue reading
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‘It’s changed us all’: CSULB vocal jazz students reflect on transformative Cuba tour
Published June 2, 2025 California State University, Long Beach — LB News By Richard Chang – Boundless Opportunity Cal State Long Beach’s Pacific Standard Time vocal jazz ensemble recently took the trip of a lifetime, traveling to Cuba during spring break. The … Continue reading
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Revolution resilient: May Day in Havana showed Cubans’ resolve to survive
June 2, 2025 4:13 By Ike Nahem — People’s World Editor’s Note: Though May Day is now more than a month past, People’s World presents these impressions of the mass May 1 march in Havana from Ike Nahem, a Cuba solidarity activist in … Continue reading
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Cuba’s Van Van will play at the Concert of Hope in Bogotá
Bogotá, June 2 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban popular dance music orchestra Los Van Van is today among the groups that will perform in this capital as part of the Concert of Hope, organized by the Colombian Public Media System. The … Continue reading
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Charles Rangel, longtime proponent of U.S.-Cuba normalization, dies
May 30, 2025 — Belly of the Beast Former Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) died this week at 94. A member of Congress for almost half a century representing Harlem, Rangel advocated for the normalization of relations with Cuba for decades. … Continue reading
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Venezuela and Cuba reviewed their health cooperation agenda
Caracas, June 1 (Prensa Latina) The governments of Venezuela and Cuba reviewed their health cooperation agenda in Caracas, official sources reported today. “We had a pleasant meeting with the Cuban Minister of Health, José Ángel Portal Miranda, with whom we … Continue reading
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