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Immigration

Biden administration extending Title 42 migrant expulsions, says Mexican government

Dan Katz, Texas Public Radio / Yvette Benavides, Texas Public Radio

Posted on October 12, 2022 · Numbers have been increasing; up to 660 Venezuelans have been crossing every day in El Paso alone.

Tags cuba migrants Nicaragua title 42 Venezuala

Hurricane Ida

Hurricane Ida Strikes Louisiana; New Orleans Hunkers Down

Kevin McGill, AP / Jay Reeves, Associated Press

Posted on August 26, 2021 · The Category 4 storm hit Sunday with winds of 150 mph. It was the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier.

Tags 2021 Atlantic hurricane season cuba gulf of mexico Houston area hurricane Hurricane Katrina Ida Louisiana Tropical Depression tropical storm

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UPDATE: Cuba: 3 Survivors ‘Critical’ After Crash Of Jet Carrying 110

Associated Press

Posted on May 18, 2018 · Relatives of those who died gathered at a morgue in the capital, as investigators tried to piece together why the aging Boeing 737 went down and erupted in flames shortly after takeoff early Friday afternoon

Tags Crash cuba Cuba Plane Crash havana plane

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Diaz-Canel Is Cuba’s New President, The First Non Castro In 60 Years

Associated Press

Posted on April 19, 2018 · Cuba is now being led by some one outside of the Castro family for the first time in six decades

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Cuba Prepares For a Change In Leadership, New President

Associated Press

Posted on April 18, 2018 · A two-day session of the Cuban legislature has started with some bureaucratic business as lawmakers prepare to elect the country's new president

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Lorenzo Martinez

Houston Matters

Cuban Native Lorenzo Martinez Discusses What Being American Means To Him

Abner Fletcher

Posted on March 1, 2018 · The Houstonian was evacuated from Cuba as a young man when Castro came to power.

Tags cuba Cuba Adios immgration Lorenzo Martinez

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Cuba State Media: Fidel Castro’s Son Has Killed Himself

Associated Press

Posted on February 1, 2018 · The eldest son of Cuba’s former leader was known for his distinctive beard and resemblance to his father

Tags cuba Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart

Classical Music

Houston Music Highlight – Imágenes de Cuba

Catherine Lu

Posted on November 17, 2017 · Apollo Chamber Players perform a piece inspired by, and recorded in, Cuba – from their new CD

Tags apollo chamber players Arthur Gottschalk classical music cuba Houston Music Highlight

Photo of street in Cuba

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US Tourist Fears He Was Hit In Cuba, Years Before Diplomats

Josh Lederman, Associated Press

Posted on October 19, 2017 · The State Department has received reports of several citizens who visited Cuba and say they've developed symptoms similar to what embassy victims experienced

Tags cuba diplomats havana Tourist U.S. US government

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Trump: Cuba ‘Is Responsible’ For Attacks On US Personnel

Josh Lederman, Associated Press

Posted on October 16, 2017 · The U.S. and Cuba re-opened diplomatic relations in 2015 after a half-century of estrangement, but the attacks on Americans and steps taken by Washington in response have started to unravel those budding ties

Tags cuba Government workers President Donald Trump Raul Castro Trump

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US Urges No Travel To Cuba, Cuts Embassy Staff

Associated Press

Posted on September 29, 2017 · The United States is warning Americans against visiting Cuba and ordering more than half of its Havana embassy personnel to leave the island, senior officials said Friday.

Tags cuba Cuban diplomats tourism travel US embassy Washington

The U.S. Embassy in Havana in December 2015.

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At Least 16 U.S. Embassy Staff In Cuba Treated After ‘Health Attacks’

James Doubek, NPR

Posted on August 25, 2017 · Investigators are probing why staff at the U.S. Embassy in Havana have experienced symptoms including hearing loss. Some experts think it could have been accidentally caused by surveillance equipment.

Tags cuba health attacks US Embassy Cuba

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Hearing Loss Of U.S. Diplomats In Cuba Blamed On Covert Device

Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press / MATTHEW LEE, AP

Posted on August 10, 2017 · The two-year-old U.S. diplomatic relationship with Cuba was roiled Wednesday by a string of bizarre incidents that left a group of American diplomats in Havana with severe hearing loss.

Tags cuba US diplomats US diplomats in Cuba

A member of the Cuban honor guard stands next to a new plaque at the front door of the newly reopened Cuban embassy in Washington, Monday, July 20, 2015. Cuba's blue, red and white-starred flag was hoisted Monday at the country's embassy in Washington in a symbolic move signaling the start of a new post-Cold War era in U.S.-Cuba relations.

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US Expels 2 Cuban Diplomats After Incidents In Cuba

MATTHEW LEE, AP

Posted on August 9, 2017 · The State Department has expelled two diplomats from the Cuban Embassy in Washington following a series of unexplained incidents in Cuba that left U.S. officials there with physical symptoms.

Tags cuba Cuban Embassy US diplomats in Cuba

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Trump Adopts Harder Line On Cuba

Scott Horsley, NPR

Posted on June 16, 2017 · President Trump is imposing new restrictions on travel and trade with Cuba. Individual travelers may have to join tour groups. And business ties with the Cuban military will be sharply curtailed.

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U.S. Supreme Court allows rapid removal of migrants to continue as legal challenge plays out

URIEL J. GARCÍA, Texas Tribune / Alex Nguyen, Texas Tribune

Posted on December 20, 2022 · Title 42, an emergency health order invoked at the start of the pandemic, allows immigration agents to quickly remove migrants from the country. It was scheduled to be lifted on Wednesday.

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Immigration

Border congressmen urge Biden to extend a controversial migrant expulsion policy

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on December 14, 2022 · The bipartisan group wants to see Title 42, imposed during the pandemic, continue to avoid "complete loss of operational control" of the border.

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LULAC raises reward amount for information on woman who allegedly lured migrants away from Texas

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on October 5, 2022 · The Latino advocacy groups also announced it will ask the U.S. Department of Justice to look into the flights that immigrants’ rights groups claimed were nothing more than political stunts.

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