Barack Obama will make no exception for Cubans en route to the United States caught by surprise by the immediate end to the “dry feet, wet feet” policy that would have given them a new future in the USA, said a top presidential adviser.
Read MoreThe problem of garbage along the Havana coastline and even reaching to the beaches to the east of the city is becoming ever more apparent. This all to frequent scene was captured facing the Flores neighborhood between el Náutico and el Palco on the west side of Havana.
Read MoreA moderate earthquake struck off the south east coast of Cuba early Tuesday (4:08 a.m.) and was felt in the eastern cities of Santiago de Cuba, Palma Soriano, Bayamo, and Guantanamo, reports earthquaketrack.com.
Read MoreThe governments of Cuba and the United States signed an agreement Monday to cooperate in the fight against terrorism, human trafficking and cybercrime, dpa news reported.
Read MoreAn article published this week in the Russian publication Sputnik has some people thinking that Vladimir Putin may be ready to provide Cuba with cheap oil to pick up the slack from Venezuela, its current supplier. Such a move by Russia would be a modified version of the former Soviet Union’s subsidizing the entire Cuban economy from the 60s until its demise in 1991.
Read MoreCuban migrants in Mexico still hope to cross into the United States, despite yesterday’s reversal of a decades-old migration policy which effectively granted residency to any Cuban who touched US soil.
Read MoreThe US Border Patrol officer checked the documents of a 32-year-old Cuban electrical engineer and his 7-year-old son, for the last time. He welcomed them to the United States, but before Yuniesky Marcos Roque left, the officer told him that he was the last Cuban to be allowed to enter the US legally at this immigration checkpoint, reported the McClatchy newspapers.
Read MoreFor at least a week, Cuban emigrants without a US visa will be treated in the same way as the rest of the “illegals” who try to enter that country, according to the Obama White House. After that, Donald Trump will have the last word.
Read MoreUS President Obama has just issued a surprise statement on Cuban Immigration Policy that eliminates the “wet-foot/dry foot” provision that has favored immigrants from the island for decades. Cubans, said Obama, will now be treated like immigrants from other countries. (INCLUDES FOLLOW-UP PRESS CALL)
Read MoreUncertain about the process of dialogue between the OAS general secretary Luis Almagro and the government of Daniel Ortega – a dialogue that culminated with an accord based on a report that has thus far been kept secret – the Group of 27 laid out its concerns Tuesday, Jan. 10, in a letter.
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