HAVANA—The elegant Hotel Saratoga was supposed to reopen in Havana on Tuesday after a two-year pandemic break. Instead, it was a day of mourning for the 43 people known to have died in an explosion that ripped the building apart. Emergency workers continued to hunt through the ruins for other victims as experts began to…
Havana Hotel Toll Rises to 30; Search for Survivors Continues
HAVANA—Search crews with dogs on Sunday hunted through the ruins of a luxury hotel in Cuba’s capital for survivors of a devastating explosion while officials raised the number of known dead to 30. The Hotel Saratoga, a five-star 96-room hotel in Old Havana, was preparing to reopen after being closed for two years when an…
Explosion at Luxury Havana Hotel Kills 22, Injures Dozens
HAVANA—A powerful explosion apparently caused by a natural gas leak killed at least 22 people, including a child, and injured dozens Friday when it blew away outer walls from a luxury hotel in the heart of Cuba’s capital. No tourists were staying at Havana’s 96-room Hotel Saratoga because it was undergoing renovations, Havana Gov. Reinaldo…
US Coast Guard Returns 49 Migrants to Cuba Following Interceptions Off Florida Keys
By Omar Rodríguez Ortiz From Miami Herald MIAMI—The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday returned 49 people to Cuba after stopping four vessels off the Florida Keys. Three of the four boats carrying Cubans were spotted in the span of half an hour on Sunday morning, the Coast Guard said in a news release. At 10:30…
US Coast Guard Stops a Total of 84 Cuban Migrants at Sea Over a 3-Day Span
April 29, 2022
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By David Goodhue From Miami Herald MIAMI—The U.S. Coast Guard stopped a total of 84 people from Cuba migrating by sea off the Bahamas and the Florida Keys last week. A Coast Guard cutter, the Paul Clark, returned the people to Cuba on Wednesday, the agency said. They were stopped on the ocean between Sunday,…
US Says It Repatriated a Guantanamo Bay Detainee to Algeria
WASHINGTON—The United States has repatriated to Algeria a man who was held at Guantanamo Bay for nearly two decades after being accused of conspiring with al Qaeda, the Department of Defense said on Saturday. The department identified the man as Sufiyan Barhoumi, a native of Algeria, and said his detention at the U.S. military base…
Cuban Authorities Sentence Teenagers to 10 Years and More for Protesting Last July
By Nora Gámez Torres From Miami Herald Cuban authorities continued their crackdown on domestic opposition, handing down sentences of up to 30 years to 128 anti-government protesters, including two underage teenagers. Thirty-one people were sentenced to more than 20 years in prison, and the majority will spend more than 10 in prison, the Cuban Supreme…
Cuba’s Anti-Communist Movement Stays Strong Despite Hundreds of Demonstrators ‘Disappearing’: US Army Veteran
Cuba’s anti-communist movement is staying strong despite hundreds of people “disappearing” or being thrown in jail for protesting against the government’s strict communist dictatorship, according to Johnny Lopez de la Cruz. Lopez de la Cruz is a retired colonel in the U.S. Army and a veteran of the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion where he joined thousands…
From Bay of Pigs to the New Cuban Protest: Cuba’s Anti-Communist Movement Stays Strong
An anti-communist movement is growing in Cuba, with large-scale grassroots protests calling for an end to the regime. Protesters are now on trial, but the spirit of the movement is growing despite the government response. According to Johnny Lopez de la Cruz, a retired colonel in the U.S. Army and a veteran of the Bay…
PREMIERING NOW: From Bay of Pigs to the New Cuban Protest: Cuba’s Anti-Communist Movement Stays Strong
An anti-communist movement is growing in Cuba, with large-scale grassroots protests calling for an end to the regime. Protesters are now on trial, but the spirit of the movement is growing despite the government response. According to Johnny Lopez de la Cruz, a retired colonel in the U.S. Army and a veteran of the Bay…
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