(Reuters) – Coastal residents in low-lying areas of Louisiana and Cuba were evacuated on Sunday as roads turned into rivers in Haiti’s capital as twin hurricanes threatened the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf Coast. Marco, which intensified after a hurricane on Sunday and is expected to hit the Louisiana coast …
Read More »Marco becomes hurricane en route to U.S. Gulf Coast
PORT-AU PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Marco was hit by a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday en route to the coast of Louisiana, when Tropical Storm Laura killed at least seven people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Laura went over Cuba before his path probably took him …
Read More »Havana back on lockdown as coronavirus rebounds
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba on Saturday put Havana back on a strict lockdown after a rebound in cases of coronavirus, ordering restaurants, bars and swimming pools once again to close, stopping public transport and banning access to the beach. FILE PHOTO: People usually wait to buy food in the midst …
Read More »Democrats grimace at Castro’s comments from Biden’s vice president contender
Some Democrats were dizzy a little after learning that Florida Rep. Karen Bass is on Joe Biden’s list of potential roommates. The Los Angeles Democrat raised her eyebrows in 2016 after Fidel Castro’s death, when she referred to the Cuban autocrat as “Commander in Chief,” an honorific roughly translated as …
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