Cuban dissident artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara reaches US
Why it matters: His exile after a five-year sentence adds to US-Cuba tensions over political prisoners and the 2021 protest crackdown.
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#Cuba
Cuba restores only part of grid after islandwide blackout hits 10 million
What’s new: About one-third of Havana had power back Tuesday, but the island’s east and west remained offline.
US sanctions 5 Cuban firms, Castro family member in pressure push
What's new: The measures freeze any US-based assets and cut the listed companies and individual off from the US financial system.
The Straits Times, Fox News
Supreme Court lets ExxonMobil pursue $3 billion Cuba property case
Why it matters: The ruling broadens a 1996 law Trump activated in 2019, opening more claims over property Cuba seized after the revolution.
Bloomberg, The New York Times +2
US sanctions 5 Cuban state firms tied to military-run GAESA
Why it matters: Companies that serve the targeted firms risk losing access to the US financial system, raising pressure on Cuba's import network.
Bloomberg, PBS NewsHour
Cuba’s assembly set to vote on economic overhaul as sanctions bite
Why it matters: The package could widen private investment and shrink the state as blackouts, inflation and shortages deepen.
Bloomberg, The Straits Times +1
US sanctions Cuba oil firm CUPET, tightening pressure on fuel imports
Why it matters: The move targets the state company handling Cuba’s fuel imports as blackouts and shortages deepen across the island.
Bloomberg, The Straits Times +1
Hegseth visits Guantanamo as Trump ratchets up pressure on Cuba
What's new: The trip follows visits by the CIA director and the top US Latin America commander as Washington hardens its stance toward Havana.
The New York Times, Bloomberg +2
US firm plans 250,000-barrel fuel cargo for crisis-hit Cuba
Why it matters: The shipment would be the largest US fuel delivery to Cuba since 1960 and could ease blackouts for private businesses.
Bloomberg, The Straits Times
6.1 earthquake off Cuba rattles Florida and Mexico, no major damage
What's new: US and Cuban authorities reported no tsunami threat and no major injuries as officials checked western Cuba.
UN links tighter US sanctions on Cuba to rise in infant deaths
What's new: The UN said infant mortality doubled to 9.9 per 1,000 births and childhood cancer survival fell to 65% after fuel restrictions tightened.
Bloomberg, The Straits Times
Raul Castro resurfaces in Havana after US murder indictment
What's new: The 95-year-old former Cuban leader made his first public appearance since last month's US charges over the 1996 shootdown case.
The Straits Times, Fox News