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Jellyfish sting ends Australian woman’s record swim from Cuba to U.S.

August 24, 2021 at 11:41 a.m.

HAVANA (Reuters) - Australian long-distance swimmer Chloe McCardel abandoned her quest to become the first person to make the 103 mile (166 km) swim from Cuba to Florida without a...

Australian woman to brave sharks on swim from Cuba to U.S.

August 24, 2021 at 11:40 a.m.

HAVANA (Reuters) - With favourable weather predicted and a team of scientists on her side, Australian Chloe McCardel will set out on Wednesday to become the first person to make...

Australian woman to brave sharks on swim from Cuba to U.S.

May 13, 2019 at 11:51 p.m.

HAVANA (Reuters) - With favorable weather predicted and a team of scientists on her side, Australian Chloe McCardel will set out on Wednesday to become the first person to make...

Australian woman to brave sharks on swim from Cuba to U.S.

August 24, 2021 at 11:39 a.m.

HAVANA (Reuters) - With favorable weather predicted and a team of scientists on her side, Australian Chloe McCardel will set out on Wednesday to become the first person to make...

Cuban agent who renounced U.S. citizenship now just a ‘Cuban patriot’

August 24, 2021 at 11:24 a.m.

HAVANA (Reuters) - A Cuban agent who served 13 years behind bars in the United States for his role in an espionage ring showed off a certificate renouncing his U.S....

After tour abroad, dissident blogger Sanchez returns to Cuba

August 24, 2021 at 11:11 a.m.

HAVANA (Reuters) - Dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez, wearing a brightly colored dress and a big smile, returned on Thursday to the homeland she both loves and lambastes, after more than...

Cuba says inclusion on U.S. terrorist list ‘shameful’

August 24, 2021 at 10:53 a.m.

HAVANA (Reuters) - In what has become an annual ritual, the United States on Thursday kept Cuba on its list of "state sponsors of terrorism" and Havana reacted angrily, calling...

Cuba to increase unrestricted Internet access at new outlets

August 24, 2021 at 10:45 a.m.

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba will begin offering broader Internet access next month through 118 outlets around the country, according to a decree in the government's Official Gazette on Tuesday, in...

Colombia, FARC rebels reach agreement on agrarian reform

August 24, 2021 at 10:34 a.m.

HAVANA (Reuters) - Colombia and the Marxist-led FARC rebels have reached agreement on the critical issue of agrarian reform, the two sides said on Sunday in a major step forward...

Cuban agent who renounced U.S. citizenship now just a ‘Cuban patriot’

August 24, 2021 at 9:47 a.m.

HAVANA (Reuters) - A Cuban agent who served 13 years behind bars in the United States for his role in an espionage ring showed off a certificate renouncing his U.S....

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