Yearly Archives: 2015
2015 Marked by vast new wave of Cuban immigrants to U.S.
Q24N (EFE) Cuban immigration to the United States grew by almost 80 percent in 2015 out of fear that the thaw in relations between Washington and Havana might at any time put an end to the advantages Cubans currently enjoy the minute they set foot on U.S. territory.
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Heirs of mobster Meyer Lansky hope to reclaim hotel in Cuba
TODAY CUBA (EFE) The family of late U.S. mobster Meyer Lansky is seeking to recover the Habana Riviera hotel, which was nationalized during the Cuban Revolution in 1959, or at least receive compensation for it, Florida's Sun Sentinel newspaper reported Thursday.
Gary Rapoport, Lansky's 60-year-old grandson, is hoping to take...
More than 100 arrests in Cuba on Human Rights Day
TODAY CUBA (EFE) More than 100 dissidents were arrested around Cuba to prevent demonstrations on U.N. Human Rights Day.
The dissident group Ladies in White on Thursday called for different opposition groups to join together in the "We're All Marching" initiative to stage a demonstration in downtown Havana, but only...