Cuba has issued a Tropical Storm Watch for several central and eastern provinces (Ciego de Avila, Camaguey, Las Tunas, Holguin and Guantanamo), notes the latest report from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) on TS Erika, issued at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) on Friday.
Read MoreTropical Storm Erika remains relatively stable with 50 mph winds as it reaches the Dominican Republic on Friday morning. The effect of the storm’s center with land will determine its future intensity and course.
Read MoreIn Guatemala, a judge has ordered that former Vice President Roxana Baldetti must remain in prison while her corruption trial takes place. The ruling comes on the heels of the Guatemalan Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday to lift the immunity from prosecution for President Otto Pérez Molina, clearing the way for his impeachment.
Read MoreThere are currently favorable conditions over western Cuba for moderate convection and the occurrence of showers and thunderstorms. High temperatures are expected between 32 and 33° C (90 and 91 F) and the lows will range around 25° C (77 F).
Read MoreThe latest projection cone from the National Hurricane Center in Miami shows Cuba off the path of tropical storm Erika, which is currently moving in the eastern Caribbean.
Read MoreA photo showing the dry bed of Cuba’s second largest river drove home just how chillingly severe our drought has become, to the point that I began to hope a tropical storm would come our way.
Read MoreTropical Storm Erika is within 24 hours of entering the eastern Caribbean and Cuba’s Forecast Center (INSMET) issued its second warning with information on the potential path of the storm.
Read MoreHurricane Danny has weakened to a Tropical Storm and is expected to downgrade further to a tropical depression on Monday. The good news for Cuba is that Danny, while not being a very large storm, could bring some much needed rain to the island’s draught plagued eastern provinces sometime on Wednesday and Thursday.
Read MoreIn yet another shameful spectacle for the defenders of the Cuban Adjustment Act (CAA), 14 people stood before a Miami federal court this Thursday on charges of contracting false marriages and committing immigration fraud.
Read MoreVenezuela closed its borders on Thursday with Colombia for 72 hours following an alleged attack by Colombian paramilitary groups that left three Venezuelan soldiers wounded, DPA reported.
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