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Cuban dissident artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara flew Saturday to exile in the US after serving a five-year sentence on the island, as Washington urged Havana to release political prisoners.
African entrepreneurs with only an idea may soon access guaranteed funding, opening doors for innovators long locked out of capital markets that traditionally demanded proof of concept first.
The charges against Castro have fuelled speculation that Trump will try to topple the crisis-hit island
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Thursday his country was "ready" for a possible US attack on the communist island following months of mounting pressure from President Donald Trump.
Cuba’s national grid collapsed on Monday, leaving millions without electricity as chronic fuel shortages and halted Venezuelan oil shipments worsen the island’s ageing power infrastructure.
A power outage struck the entire island of Cuba on Monday, the state-owned electric company said, the latest blackout as the United States pursues its oil blockade.
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