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Cuba’s government says an attempted attack last week was carried out by a group of exiles dubbed Autodefensa del Pueblo, 10 of whom who set out from Florida in two speedboats. At least one of the dead crew members and one of the survivors were U.S. citizens. “The men were not sophisticated mercenaries, relatives said, but poorly trained activists who wanted to send a message,...


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Cuba’s government vowed to defend itself against any “terrorist and mercenary aggression,” a day after border guards said they had killed four exiles on a Florida-registered speedboat that opened fire on a patrol. (See yesterday’s post...


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Brazil’s Supreme Court found a former congressman and his brother, a statelawmaker, guilty of ordering the 2018 murder of Marielle Franco, the human rights activist and city council member.

João Francisco Inácio Brazão, the former congressman known as Chiquinho, and the former adviser to Rio’s court of auditors Domingos Inácio Brazão were sentenced to 76 years and three...


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CARICOM leaders spotlighted U.S. interventions, particularly against Cuba, in speeches at a summit yesterday in St. Kitts and Nevis. Many voiced concern over the humanitarian situation in Cuba, as the U.S. Trump administration has implemented a de facto blockade on oil and pressured other countries in the region to terminate Cuba’s medical missions, a key source of income for...


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Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) violence appears to have subsided after exploding on Sunday. But its traces were visible everywhere across Guadalajara, the capital of Jalisco state, reports the New York Times. (See


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