Nora Gámez Torres | The Miami Herald
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The Cuban government is taking the unprecedented step of authorizing foreign investment in its emerging private sector and will resume an official exchange market for the dollar.
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The Biden administration finally confirmed it did not invite the authoritarian governments of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to participate at the Ninth Summit of the Americas that starts Monday in Los Angeles over concerns about human rights in those countries.
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The policy changes come after a months-long review that began in earnest after a series of protests roiled the island nation on July 11, prompting a new round of U.S. sanctions on Cuban officials.
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U.S. immigration authorities will increase expulsions of Cubans and Nicaraguans arriving at the southern border back to Mexico under Title 42.
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The Cuban government has not been accepting deportations of Cuban nationals from the U.S. for more than six months, at a time when tens of thousands are leaving the island to reach the U.S. in the largest exodus since the 1980s Mariel boatlift.
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Cuba is dropping all of its COVID-19 restrictions for foreign travelers in a move to boost tourism in the island nation.
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Between October and the end of February, tens of thousands of Cubans arrived at the Mexico-U.S. border, according to the latest U.S. Customs and Border Protection statistics.
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A Miami federal judge said four major cruise lines with South Florida ties engaged in “prohibited tourism” and “trafficking activities” by carrying passengers to Cuba and profiting from the use of Havana port facilities.
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About 100,000 Cubans are affected by a backlog of immigrant visas due to the closure of the consular office at the embassy in Havana.
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The increase in staffing will help address a years-long visa backlog affecting thousands of Cuban American families.
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The airline did not allow Anamely Ramos, an art professor and member of the opposition group San Isidro Movement, to board a flight at MIA because the Cuban government was denying her entry into the country.