Cuba reconnects electrical grid, restores power to much of Havana
Havana, Cuba Reuters Cuba reconnected its national electrical grid and restored power to the majority of the capital Havana by late on Sunday, energy officials said, nearly two days after an island-wide outage knocked out power to 10 million people. Havana´s electric company said late on Sunday that approximately two-thirds of its clients in the […]
Cuba struggles to restore power to millions as night falls
Havana, Cuba Reuters Cuba’s capital Havana plunged into darkness for a second night on Saturday as efforts to restore power proceeded in fits and starts, with setbacks slowing progress and leaving several million still without electricity across the island. Cuba’s grid collapsed on Friday evening after a transmission line at a substation in Havana shorted, […]
Cubans turn to cooking with charcoal as energy crisis worsens
San Nicolas de Bari, Cuba Reuters For Maria Elena Veiga, a 60-year-old Cuban housewife living on the outskirts of Havana, charcoal has become the go-to fuel for cooking due to frequent blackouts from the island’s failing power grid. “We have opted to cook with charcoal, which is what we can do, because otherwise we are […]
As Cuba-US relations sour, the island needs dollars more than ever
Havana, Cuba Reuters Cash-starved Cuba this month opened the first grocery store to accept hard US currency on the island in nearly two decades, the latest sign in a trend towards dollarisation in the Communist-run country. The store, open just a few weeks, garners praise from the lucky few with dollars on an island where, […]
Trump order leaves Cuba prisoner deal in limbo
Havana, Cuba Reuters Karen Vasquez, 44, walked out of jail in Cuba on Sunday, part of a deal brokered by the Vatican under which the Biden administration would loosen sanctions on the communist-run island, while Havana would release more than 500 people from its jails who are considered political prisoners by Washington. Vasquez was still […]
Pope welcomes Cuba’s prisoner release following talks with Vatican as part of long-standing dialogue
Rome, Italy AP Pope Francis on Sunday hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a “gesture of great hope” that he prayed would be undertaken elsewhere, as he welcomed an agreement the Vatican helped facilitate as part of a three-way dialogue with Washington and Havana that dates back to the Cuban missile crisis. Cuba said this […]
Cuba begins releasing prisoners following Biden announcements
La Guinera, Cuba Reuters Cuba on Wednesday began releasing prisoners jailed following anti-government protests in 2021, making good on a deal with the Catholic Church that prompted the Biden administration to say it would loosen sanctions on the communist-run nation. Outgoing US President Joe Biden on Tuesday removed Cuba from a blacklist of nations that sponsor […]
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Report ranks countries where religion faces highest government and social persecution
United States RNS A report by Pew Research Center on international religious freedom named Egypt, Syria, Pakistan and Iraq as the countries where both government restrictions and social hostility most limit the ability of religious minorities to practice their faith. Governmental attacks and social hostility toward various religions usually “go hand in hand”, said the […]
Millions of people in Cuba without power after grid collapse
Havana, Cuba Reuters Cuba said it had begun restoring power after the island’s electrical grid collapsed, the latest in a string of nationwide blackouts that underscore the increasingly frail state of the country’s power generation system. Cuba`s energy minister Vicente de la O’Levy said the government had prioritised hospitals and water pumping facilities as it […]