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After weeks of hurricanes and blackouts have left many in Cuba reeling, an earthquake has left people shaken as rumbling was felt across the eastern stretch of the island, including in bigger cities like Santiago de Cuba, as well as Holguin and Guantanamo. CBC | World News
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Tropical storm Rafael predicted to strengthen, likely hit Cuba as hurricane
Tropical storm Rafael formed Monday in the Caribbean and will bring heavy rain to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands before strengthening into a hurricane and likely hitting Cuba, forecasters said. CBC | World News
Read More »Cuba readies for arrival of Rafael, expected to reach island as hurricane
Tropical storm Rafael was chugging past western Jamaica on Tuesday and was expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it headed toward Cuba. CBC | World News
Read More »Power restored in much of Cuba, including most of Havana, after grid failures
Cuba made fast progress restoring power to swaths of the Caribbean island nation on Tuesday, both in Havana and outlying provinces, even as emergency and grid workers struggled to reach areas ravaged by Tropical Storm Oscar. CBC | World News
Read More »After multiple blackouts, Cuba restoring power once again
Cuba’s power-grid operator said it had restored electricity to parts of the capital of Havana on Monday following a fourth major grid failure in 48 hours, while Tropical Storm Oscar lashed the island’s eastern end. CBC | World News
Read More »Cuba suffers 3rd setback in restoring power, millions still without electricity
Cuba’s efforts to restore power to the island were derailed for a third time late on Saturday, Cuban authorities said shortly before midnight, leaving millions in the dark and raising fresh questions over the viability of the government’s bid to reestablish electrical service. CBC | World News
Read More »A virus spread by tiny insects is on the rise in Brazil and Cuba. Here’s how to protect yourself
A small number of deaths, geographic spread and potential effects in pregnancy are sparking alerts about the spread of Oropouche virus. CBC | World News
Read More »Canadian warship sharing an anchorage with Russian vessels in Cuba
The Royal Canadian Navy now finds itself in the unusual position of both shadowing Russian warships as a threat in the Caribbean and sharing an anchorage with them as a guest in the port of Havana — because Canada accepted an invitation to send a patrol ship to Cuba while the Russian navy is in town. CBC | World News
Read More »Putin’s Cuba stunt threatens to escalate as ex-KGB agent warns of ‘accidental launch’
A fleet of Russian warships reached Cuban waters this week ahead of planned military exercises in the Caribbean. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Russia reignites Cold War diplomacy as Putin sends nuclear submarine and warships to Cuba
The Russian navy is conducting an “exercise on the use of high-precision missile weapons in the Atlantic Ocean”, according to the country’s Defence Ministry. Daily Express :: News Feed
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