Cuba

The magnitude of the impact remained unclear through the early hours of the day, but forecasters warned that Hurricane Rafael could bring “life-threatening” storm surges, winds and flash floods to Cuba after ravaging parts of the Cayman Islands and Jamaica.

The US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an earlier decision that found major cruise companies had illegally engaged in tourism to Cuba between 2015 and 2019.

There are pockets of electricity on the island Saturday after Cuba’s main power plant failed twice, plunging its 10 million residents into the dark.

The Cuban government had tried to stave off the outage, but by 11 a.m., the largest power plant in the country had gone offline.

The electricity went out Friday in Cuba, affecting the entire island’s population of 10 million after one of its main power plants failed, according to Cuba’s energy ministry.

Former U.S. diplomat Victor Manuel Rocha was taken into custody in Miami on charges of secretly working for the Cuban government for decades.

The former U.S. ambassador accused of being a mole for Cuba’s intelligence services is a longtime diplomat who served throughout Latin America.

The incident remains under investigation by the Washington D.C. police, the Secret Service and the State Department.

A video shared by Cuba’s foreign minister on X shows the moment a man lights and throws at least one Molotov cocktail at the Cuban Embassy in Washington on Sunday.

A Little League International spokesperson said Monday that Cuban coach Jose Perez left the Little League International Grove late Saturday night and did not return.

A statement from Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the submarine was at the U.S. naval base on the island from July 5 to July 8. It gave no more details.

China has been operating a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019, part of a global effort by Beijing to upgrade its intelligence-gathering capabilities, according to a Biden administration official.