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    • Sunday, 7 August, 2022
      Firefighters battle inferno at Cuban oil facility

      Matanzas lightning strike triggers blaze at installation critical to island’s electricity system

    • Friday, 3 June, 2022
      Fashion accessories
      For men, summer hats are a tricky thing

      How to keep shaded and stylish — without looking like ‘holiday dad’

    • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
      US eases Cuba policy to allow more travel and remittances

      Biden administration softens aspects of Trump’s hardline approach to island’s communist government

    • Friday, 13 May, 2022
      News in-depth
      ‘Now it will only get worse’: Cuba grapples with impact of Ukraine war

      Russia’s longtime ally is already struggling with food and fuel shortages and a collapse in tourism

    • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
      ReviewDance
      Zeleidy Crespo steals the show in Carlos Acosta’s 100% Cuban

      The troupe’s training is showcased at Sadler’s Wells despite a frustratingly uneven programme

    • Thursday, 25 November, 2021
      HTSI
      Cult Shop: Tomtom Cigars is smoking hot

      Step inside a haven for connoisseurs of Cuba’s finest

    • Thursday, 7 October, 2021
      Travel
      Havana’s new breed of boutique retreats

      When Cuba reopens to foreign tourists next month, a new type of high-end ‘casa particular’ awaits

    • Friday, 27 August, 2021
      ObituaryArturo Cuenca
      Arturo Cuenca, Cuban conceptual artist, 1955-2021

      The free speech champion who once angered Castro was an inspiration for street protesters

    • Sunday, 8 August, 2021
      News in-depth
      Cuba regime ‘backed into corner’ by shortages, protests and US embargo

      President Miguel Díaz-Canel faces biggest threat to Communist party’s authority in decades

    • Tuesday, 27 July, 2021
      Global InsightMichael Stott
      Crises make Latin America an unwelcome guest for Biden

      Migration and China’s vaccine diplomacy force US president to turn his attention to region

    • Monday, 26 July, 2021
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      International reaction to Cuba, strong stock picks of 2021

      US, Russia take differing approaches when it comes to Cuba’s protests and military crackdown

    • Thursday, 22 July, 2021
      US places sanctions on head of Cuban military over protest crackdown

      Measures to increase pressure on Havana also target ‘Black Berets’ unit deployed to curb unrest

    • Sunday, 18 July, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Cuba and Haiti must find their own way forward

      Foreign intervention in the Caribbean has a long and inglorious history

    • Friday, 16 July, 2021
      The Big Read
      ‘There is no food, money or work’: how shortages fuelled Cuba protests

      Pandemic devastated tourism industry and cut state’s ability to finance food imports, leading to higher prices

    • Wednesday, 14 July, 2021
      Instant InsightMichael Stott
      Cuba needs fresh thinking to prevent further protests

      Tired policies in Havana and Washington fail to address the country’s myriad problems

    • Tuesday, 13 July, 2021
      Cuba cracks down on internet in attempt to quell protests

      US calls on communist government to ease restrictions imposed after large demonstrations

    • Monday, 12 July, 2021
      Biden calls on Cuban government to listen to protesters

      Havana blames US sanctions after thousands demonstrate in anti-government protests

    • Sunday, 20 June, 2021
      Covid-19 vaccines
      Cuba’s homegrown Covid vaccine shows promise

      Three-jab Soberana 2 has 62% efficacy after two doses, interim trial data show

    • Thursday, 13 May, 2021
      Covid-19 vaccines
      Cuba deploys homegrown Covid jabs before regulators give go-ahead

      Abdala and Soberana 2 vaccines rolled out early as Havana declares health emergency

    • Sunday, 2 May, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The perils of leaving Cuba out in the cold

      Departure of the Castro brothers is no guarantee of rapprochement with the US

    • Tuesday, 27 April, 2021
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      Nuclear Folly by Serhii Plokhy — terrifying truth of Cuban missile crisis

      Packed with archival research and driven by a powerful narrative, this new work shows how close we came to Armageddon in 1962

    • Tuesday, 20 April, 2021
      FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
      Future of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccines, Cuba in a post-Castro era

      Blood clot concerns in J&J’s Covid vaccine risk damaging confidence in other vaccine programmes

    • Monday, 19 April, 2021
      Cuba emphasises continuity as it exits the Castro era

      Retiring party boss Raúl Castro, 89, will continue to be consulted on strategic decisions

    • Friday, 9 April, 2021
      Exit of Cuba’s last Castro brings curtain down on revolutionary era

      Retirement of Fidel’s brother Raúl as party chief comes as country faces severe economic crisis

    • Friday, 5 March, 2021
      News in-depth
      Dissident rappers trigger lyrical battle for Cuban hearts and minds

      Communist government fires back at criticism with salsa counter-offensive

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