Uruguay’s migrant population grows for first time in a century, driven by Venezuelans, Cubans
By Lucinda Elliott MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – For the first time since mass European migration to the Americas at the turn of the 20th century, the number of foreigners living in Uruguay is on…
Cubans struggle as peso loses half its value in a year on informal market
By Nelson Acosta and Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) – The Cuban peso was trading on the informal market at an all-time low of 230 to the dollar on Wednesday, slumping to half…
Cubans, waylaid by weather and fuel shortage, march for May Day five days late
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cubans rallied on Havana’s Malecon waterfront boulevard to celebrate International Worker’s Day on Friday, five days after the planned May 1 event was called off due to foul weather…
CBP Takes Custody of Cubans Illegally Seeking U.S. Entry
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Port of New Orleans processed eight Cubans who were rescued nearly 400 miles off the coast of Mobile, Alabama, Feb.…
Cubans size up new hurdles, avenues for migration after U.S. policy shift
By Dave Sherwood and Anett Rios HAVANA (Reuters) – Cubans frantic to escape economic crisis at home weighed up options this week on how to move to the United States after the…
U.S. plans to expand border expulsions for Cubans, Nicaraguans and Haitians – sources
By Ted Hesson and Mica Rosenberg WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration is planning to use pandemic-era restrictions to expel many Cuban, Nicaraguan and Haitian migrants caught at the southwest border back…
Cubans juggle exchange rates, soaring prices as peso plunges to 30-year low
By Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) – Rider Gonzalez helps run a small cafe in touristy downtown Havana, a challenge in a country where coffee-shop staples like milk and flour are scarce, sometimes…
Cubans split over more liberal family code as referendum nears
By Marc Frank HAVANA – Cuba’s communist government is seeking to rally support for a new family code that would open the door to gay marriage and boost women’s rights, but experts…
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