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Focus 14 Jan 2024 | 11:00 PM

Elite tertiary assault

The real reasons US Republicans are suddenly pretending to care about Harvard.

World 16 May 2022 | 01:13 AM

Cuban lawmakers pass new penal code critiqued by rights, media groups

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban lawmakers on Sunday approved a new penal code for the country that is being critiqued by some rights groups who say its clause on foreign funding may be used to unjustly stifle dissent and independent journalism in the wake of widespread anti-government protests last July.

World 18 Aug 2021 | 09:15 AM

Rare doctors' outcry highlights Cuba's COVID crisis, growing dissent

HAVANA (Reuters) - Several doctors in Cuba have taken to social media to decry shortages of medicine, oxygen and other materials needed to battle a dire COVID-19 outbreak, in a rare public denunciation of conditions in the island's hallowed healthcare system.

World 18 Apr 2021 | 10:26 PM

Cuban dissidents decry harassment, as congress denounces 'counterrevolution' attempts

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban dissidents accused authorities of cutting their web access and preventing them from leaving their homes during the Cuban Communist Party Congress where leaders denounced renewed U.S.-backed attempts at "counterrevolution" using online platforms.

World 2 Aug 2021 | 08:38 PM

Latin America's resurgent left and Caribbean spurn U.S. policy on Cuba

HAVANA (Reuters) - The United States doubled down on its tough stance and sanctions on Cuba after historic protests in the Communist-run island last month and said it would seek to support protesters.

World 16 July 2021 | 01:13 PM

Cuban president rejects U.S. 'failed state' accusations

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Friday the United States, not Cuba, was a failed state, reacting to comments made the previous day by U.S. President Joe Biden in the wake of unprecedented protests on the island.

World 17 Jan 2020 | 08:36 PM

Cuba wants nine years in prison for leading dissident Ferrer

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban prosecutors are asking for a nine-year prison sentence for one of the country's top opposition leaders Jose Daniel Ferrer on charges of assault, his wife Nelva Ortega said.

World 3 Apr 2020 | 08:57 PM

Leading Cuban dissident released from jail on house arrest

HAVANA (Reuters) - Leading Cuban dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer said he was released from jail on Friday, six months after his arrest, but sentenced to 4-1/2 years of house arrest after a court ruled him guilty of assault - a charge he denies.

World 27 Feb 2020 | 11:06 PM

Cuba to deliver verdict in closely eyed dissident case next month

HAVANA (Reuters) - Communist-run Cuba will deliver its verdict in a closely watched case against Jose Daniel Ferrer, one of the country's leading dissidents, on March 12, his wife told Reuters on Thursday, the day after his trial.

World 5 Feb 2022 | 04:42 PM

U.S. Republicans vow to probe GoFundMe decision halting Canada trucker donations

(Reuters) -Some U.S. Republicans on Saturday vowed to investigate GoFundMe's decision to take down a page accepting donations in support of protesting truckdrivers in Canada, although GoFundMe early Saturday already said it would simply refund all donations.

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