Clouds and rain will continue in the Cuban capital throughout the weekend, with occasional lightning storms. The high temperatures will be between 31 and 33° C (88 and 91 F), while the lows will be around 24° C (75 F). The relative humidity will hover around 90%.
Read MorePolice arrested four activists earlier today inside the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, D.C. The activists from CodePink, ANSWER Coalition and Popular Resistance had spent weeks inside the building at the invitation of Venezuela’s government in order to prevent it from being taken over by Venezuela’s U.S.-backed opposition.
Read MoreMarti and Flag, Havana, Cuba. By Jeanette Besosa, USA. Camera: Samsung SM-G950U
Read MoreColombia’s former guerrilla group FARC on Wednesday accused President Ivan Duque’s government of not protecting the lives of ex-rebels, saying more than 140 of them have been killed since a peace deal was signed in 2016.
Read MoreUS authorities will suspend all passenger and cargo flights from the country to Venezuela, citing unrest in the Latin American country. The move was ordered by the US Department of Transportation on Wednesday, saying unrest appeared to be taking place around airports and threatened the safety of crews.
Read MoreAmnesty International on Tuesday said the Venezuelan government may have committed crimes against humanity and called for it to be taken before “an independent and impartial judicial body.”
Read MoreBaseball in Havana. By Mikael Krummel, USA. Olympus OMD EM-5ii
Read MoreVenezuelan security forces on Tuesday prevented lawmakers from entering the parliament building, after the Supreme Court placed several of the legislators under investigation on treason charges last week.
Read MoreMother’s Day in Centro Habana. By Ken Alexander, USA. Camera: Sony a7r III
Read MoreCuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez has subscribed to criticism by his colleague Vicente Feliu about the “absurd, shameful, dangerously evocative repression” of the LGTBI march Saturday in Havana by independent activists and without permission from the authorities, reports the EFE news agency.
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