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The US president wants to talk and so does Havana. They both have things the other needs and we all want to avoid a hostile overthrow. Lee Schlenker Feb 05, 2026 Last week, President Trump declared a national emergency regarding Cuba and threatened to impose 30% tariffs on countries supplying Havana with oil. The move made clear that Washington … Continue reading A deal that Cuba (and Trump) cannot refuse?
Photo by Social Soup Social Media on Pexels.com News release November 12, 2025 - Ottawa, Ontario - Global Affairs Canada Today, the Honourable Randeep Sarai, Secretary of State (International Development), announced that Canada will match donations made to the Canadian Red Cross’s Hurricane Melissa Appeal. Every donation made by individuals to the Canadian Red Cross’s appeal … Continue reading Canada announces additional assistance and launches matching fund in response to Hurricane Melissa
St. Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica, suffered intense damage from both Hurricane Melissa in October 2025 and Hurricane Beryl a year earlier. Ivan Shaw/AFP via Getty Images This is an excellent look at the huge challenge confronting the Caribbean. November 12, 2025 by Farah Nibbs Assistant Professor of Emergency and Disaster Health Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County … Continue reading No time to recover: Hurricane Melissa and the Caribbean’s compounding disaster trap
Media ReleaseFor Immediate Release Canada–Caribbean Institute Urges Swift Canadian Relief Response Following Hurricane MelissaToronto, Canada — October 29, 2025 The Canada–Caribbean Institute (CCI) expresses deep concern for the people of Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba and other Caribbean nations devastated by Hurricane Melissa. As communities face the destruction of homes, infrastructure, and livelihoods, the Institute stands in … Continue reading Canada–Caribbean Institute Urges Swift Canadian Relief Response Following Hurricane Melissa
Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled onto roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa came ashore as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record. Landslides, fallen trees and numerous power outages were reported as Melissa came ashore with 295 km/h winds near New … Continue reading Eye of Melissa moves past Jamaica after hitting as strongest hurricane in the region in 174 years
Note: we will update this message over the next several days as further information becomes available. Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba are being hit with a potentially Category 5 hurricane. Headlines suggest this could be Jamaica's most powerful storm in history. They are going to need more than thoughts and prayers to recover from the effects. … Continue reading Hurricane Melissa: How to help
by Daniel Allott, opinion contributor - 10/13/25 Rolling blackouts. A worthless currency. A once-mighty industry on life support. Doctors, engineers and students leaving in droves in search of a future. That all sounds like Venezuela, but I’m talking about Cuba. As Venezuela’s crisis deepens, another — quieter but just as dangerous — is unfolding just … Continue reading Venezuela is collapsing — and don’t look now, but so is Cuba
The former will contract by 1.5% and the latter by 2.3%, amid modest regional progress. Latin America and the Caribbean will experience moderate growth in 2025, with two exceptions: Cuba and Haiti. According to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), they will be the only national economies in the region to … Continue reading Cuba and Haiti, only two regional economies set to decline in 2025, according to ECLAC
Cuban doctors arrive at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, June 8, 2020, after traveling to Italy to help with the COVID-19 emergency response. (Ismael Francisco/Pool via AP, File) By DÁNICA COTOUpdated June 13, 2025 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An unusual request from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about Cuban … Continue reading A letter demanding data on Cuban medical missions roils the Caribbean and the Americas