Hurricane Melissa Evacuees Return to Guantánamo Base

The storm and the government shutdown halted court sessions and deportation operations at the outpost in Cuba for weeks.

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Hurricane Melissa Has Arrived in Cuba

The storm hit Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes ever.

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Live Updates: Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall in Cuba After Lashing Jamaica

The storm caused widespread damage in Jamaica to infrastructure and cut internet access for most people. Cuba evacuated about 750,000 people ahead of the storm.

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Trump Official Says U.S. Can House Migrants at All of Its Overseas Bases

A Justice Department lawyer made the claim in response to a challenge to the administration’s use of the base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to hold detainees designated for deportation.

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‘Brother Wang,’ Accused of Being Drug Cartel Fixer, Is Arrested in Cuba

Zhi Dong Zhang, who escaped house arrest in Mexico this summer, is accused of supplying cartels with fentanyl from China, smuggling and money laundering millions under the alias “Brother Wang.”

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Vietnamese Are Helping Cuba With 38-Cent Donations. A Lot of Them.

Cuba sent doctors and food to Vietnam during the war. Now ordinary Vietnamese are sending cash to struggling Cubans.

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Cuban Minister Resigns After Accusing Beggars of Faking Poverty

The labor and social security minister drew public outrage when she said “there are no beggars” in Cuba, where many people struggle to afford food.

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Florida Republicans Break With Trump Over Venezuelan Deportations

Three G.O.P. members of Congress whose families fled Cuba are objecting to the Trump administration’s move to strip hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans of deportation protections.

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Court Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Shuttering of Migrant Entry Program

The Biden-era program has allowed hundreds of thousands of migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti to enter the United States and work legally.

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Trump Cracks Down on Cuba and Its Medical Missions Around the World

The administration has begun to pull the U.S. visas of foreign officials in countries that pay the Cuban government for doctors and nurses.

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