American diplomat arrested: suspected of spying for Cuba

A former U.S. diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia was arrested as part of a long-running FBI counterintelligence investigation on charges of secretly serving as an agent of the Cuban government. ABC News reported in more detail. 73-year-old Manuel Rocha was arrested in Miami (Florida) on December 2...

Traffickers stole Cubans and sent them to fight in Ukraine on the side of the Russian Federation

Cuba has uncovered a human trafficking network. Cubans were forced to fight on Russia's side in the war in Ukraine, Reuters reports. The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced this on September 4, adding that Cuban authorities are working to “neutralize” this network. In a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

Cuba has not accepted its citizens deported from the United States for six months

The Cuban government has not accepted deported Cuban citizens from the US for more than six months, while tens of thousands are leaving the island to reach the US. Miami Herald writes about it. In fiscal year 2022, which began on October 1st, 20 Cubans volunteered…

Illegals from Cuba sailed to Florida on a fishing boat: this is not the first time

According to the US Border Patrol, 1 Cuban migrants arrived in Florida on March 12, according to MiamiHerald. This was the second landing of migrants this week in the Keys, and the second when people arrived on a wooden fishing boat, not a makeshift boat...

'Sonic weapon': diplomats from the US and Canada could be hurt in Cuba due to pesticides

The so-called sonic attacks, which have affected nearly 40 American and Canadian diplomats in Cuba, may have been caused by a neurotoxic substance used to kill mosquitoes. The strange incidents began in late 2016 when US and Canadian embassies began to apply for ...

The source of acoustic attacks on American diplomats in Cuba could not be people

Scientists believe that the trills of crickets could have been the source of the "acoustic attacks" on American diplomats in Cuba in 2016-2017. A study about this appeared on the BioRxiv website, on January 7, CNN drew attention to it. According to RTVi, according to scientists, the sound of "acoustic attacks" resembles trills ...

In Florida, detained a boat, which sailed dozens of illegal immigrants

27 Cuban migrants, who went to the Florida coast in an improvised wooden boat with the hope of a better life, were detained several hours after going ashore. The US Coast Guard reported that 27 migrants, including children, made it to the Virginia Keys ...

The only survivor in a plane crash in Cuba told her story

On May 18, a passenger Boeing 737 crashed in Cuba - almost immediately after taking off from Havana Airport. He made a domestic flight to the city of Holguin, located 670 kilometers from the capital. The plane managed to fly 20 kilometers from the airport, after which the pilots began to make a U-turn, probably intending to return to the airport, but they did not have time: the liner fell on a sown field, writes ...

In Cuba, going to endorse gay marriage

The Cuban Parliament has approved a draft of the country's new constitution, according to which marriage is a union of two people, regardless of their gender. Now the draft basic law of the country is approved by the residents in a referendum. Before that, legislators will consult with them for three months. The previous constitution...

Plane crashes in Cuba killing more than XNUMX people

A passenger plane crashed in Cuba. There were 104 people on board, according to the BBC, citing local media. Over a hundred people died. At the same time, there are survivors of the disaster, writes RBC with reference to the Associated Press. The agency cites an unnamed…

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