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Trump to use Guantanamo Bay prison to hold 30,000 migrants
The US detention facility on the coast of Cuba was set up in 2002 to detain terrorism suspects following the 9/11 attacks.
- Max Rivera
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It’s OK to have a tearful goodbye, but there’s a limit to my patience
It was the longest, most overwrought farewell I’ve ever witnessed, played out through a bus window like a scene from a telenovela.
- Julie Miller
How a country of 10 million people was left without power
The entire population of Cuba was plunged into a countrywide blackout on Friday. But how did it get to this point?
- Dave Sherwood
‘Nightmare’ hurricane Helene leaves trail of destruction, dozens dead
At least 43 deaths have been reported, and officials fear more bodies will be discovered across several states.
- Kate Payne and Heather Hollingsworth
Former US ambassador, a double agent for Cuba, jailed for 15 years
Manuel Rocha incriminated himself in a series of secretly recorded video conversations with “Miguel”, an FBI agent posing as a Cuban spy.
- Gisela Salomon and Jim Mustian
The sister Fidel Castro called a ‘counter-revolutionary worm’
Juanita Castro concealed documents in cans of food and set up a code system using a clandestine radio and the opening tune of Madame Butterfly.
Cuba identifies traffickers luring citizens into Russia’s war in Ukraine
The government says it has initiated criminal proceedings against those involved in “mercenarism”.
- Sarah Dadouch and Mary Beth Sheridan
US confirms China has a spy base in Cuba
An official in the Biden administration said the US intelligence community has been aware of China’s spying and its efforts to set up intelligence-gathering operations worldwide.
- Aamer Madhani
‘Spreading rumours’: China hits back at claims it’s building a spy station in Cuba
China has hit out following US media reports that it is paying billions of dollars to Cuba to build an eavesdropping facility on the island.
Bali bombers must wait another two years for day in Guantanamo court
Defence lawyers protested the timeline was too long for the three men – an Indonesian known as Hambali and two Malaysians – who have been held for 20 years.
- Carol Rosenberg
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