Tag: Cuba
Cuban-born Yarisel Ramirez named 10th US boxer for Tokyo
LAS VEGAS — Featherweight Yarisel Ramirez was added to the Tokyo Olympics boxing tournament Saturday, becoming the 10th member of the U.S. team to...
Guantanamo prosecutor retires as 9/11 trial remains elusive
WASHINGTON — The Army general who spent the past decade leading an oft-stalled effort to prosecute five men held at the Guantanamo Bay detention...
Coast Guard: 13 Cubans rescued, 7 missing off Key West
KEY WEST, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard and a good Samaritan rescued 13 people after their boat capsized off of Key West as...
Tropical Storm Elsa, back over water, takes aim at Florida
HAVANA — Tropical Storm Elsa, back over water but still producing heavy rains over Cuba, was expected to move near the lower Florida Keys...
Tropical Storm Elsa headed to landfall on central Cuba coast
HAVANA — Tropical Storm Elsa swept along Cuba's southern coast early Monday, and forecasters said it could make landfall on the island's central shore...
Tropical Storm Elsa nears Cuba amid fears of flooding
HAVANA — Cuba prepared to evacuate people along the island’s southern region on Sunday amid fears that Tropical Storm Elsa could unleash heavy flooding...
Hurricane Elsa races toward Haiti amid fears of landslides
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Elsa raced toward Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday, where it threatened to unleash flooding and landslides...
USA wrestlers to push Russian men, Japan women for Gold
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In Cuba, novels and news accompany rolling of cigars
HAVANA — Every morning Odalys de la Caridad Lara Reyes gets to work, takes her seat and starts to read out loud. Usually there's...
Delia FIallo, mother of telenovelas, dies in Florida, age 96
MIAMI — Delia Fiallo, a native of Cuba who was considered the mother of Latin America's telenovelas and wrote dozens of the popular television...