/tags/cuba-embargo Cuba embargo en-US WLRN Thu, 12 Jan 2023 17:30:00 GMT /latin-america/2023-01-12/western-union-resumes-limited-money-transfers-to-cuba Western Union says it has resumed remittance services between the U.S. and Cuba in a limited capacity after two years of the essential economic lifeline being severed. Thu, 12 Jan 2023 17:30:00 GMT /latin-america/2023-01-12/western-union-resumes-limited-money-transfers-to-cuba Megan Janetsky | Associated Press /commentary/2022-04-21/immigration-incoherence-havana-keeps-pouring-the-whine-miami-keeps-fermenting-it COMMENTARY Cuba blames the U.S. embargo for immigration surges but gives no reason to lift it. The U.S. faults Cuba but gives it the embargo to scapegoat. Thu, 21 Apr 2022 09:59:00 GMT /commentary/2022-04-21/immigration-incoherence-havana-keeps-pouring-the-whine-miami-keeps-fermenting-it Tim Padgett /commentary/2022-02-17/yes-cruise-lines-screwed-up-in-cuba-but-engagement-built-up-cubans-sense-of-control COMMENTARY: The positive effects of U.S. travel to Cuba — especially strengthening private entrepreneurs — helped bring Cubans out to protest last summer. Thu, 17 Feb 2022 11:00:00 GMT /commentary/2022-02-17/yes-cruise-lines-screwed-up-in-cuba-but-engagement-built-up-cubans-sense-of-control Tim Padgett /2021-08-24/gun-laws-in-florida-u-s-vet-reflects-on-afghanistan-through-poetry-and-the-cubans Local officials don't have any say in changing gun laws in Florida. Why? A U.S. vet shares his poetry and reflects on the situation in Afghanistan. Plus, Sundial's book club pick for August tells stories of Cubans on the island. Tue, 24 Aug 2021 21:32:01 GMT /2021-08-24/gun-laws-in-florida-u-s-vet-reflects-on-afghanistan-through-poetry-and-the-cubans Leslie Ovalle Atkinson /2021-08-10/the-biden-administrations-response-to-cuba-surfside-investigation-and-save-the-bay What role should the U.S. play as protesters continue to defy the Cuban government? A new investigation of the Surfside tower tragedy and the design flaws in buildings that are decades old. Plus, a PSA campaign to save Biscayne Bay. Tue, 10 Aug 2021 22:05:13 GMT /2021-08-10/the-biden-administrations-response-to-cuba-surfside-investigation-and-save-the-bay Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Chris Remington /commentary/2021-07-29/cuban-exiles-want-the-world-on-their-side-not-cubas-try-persuasion-not-petulance COMMENTARY Cuban-Americans want countries to join an anti-apartheid-style front against Cuba. Do they recall how they dissed the anti-apartheid movement? Thu, 29 Jul 2021 13:32:33 GMT /commentary/2021-07-29/cuban-exiles-want-the-world-on-their-side-not-cubas-try-persuasion-not-petulance Tim Padgett /2021-07-20/cubas-historic-protests-the-role-of-artists-and-the-diasporas-solidarity The latest on Cuba's historic uprising. The role artists are playing to inspire change. Plus, the diaspora in South Florida and their efforts to get aid to those on the island. Tue, 20 Jul 2021 22:51:02 GMT /2021-07-20/cubas-historic-protests-the-role-of-artists-and-the-diasporas-solidarity Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Kristin Moorehead /2021-07-12/cuba-protests-building-around-climate-change-and-college-athletes-get-paid Cuba’s rising dissent. Climate change and building safety. Plus, college athletes can now bank on their names. Mon, 12 Jul 2021 21:45:17 GMT /2021-07-12/cuba-protests-building-around-climate-change-and-college-athletes-get-paid Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Kristin Moorehead /local-news/2021-07-12/freedom-thousands-of-cubans-take-to-the-streets-to-demand-the-end-of-dictatorship Thousands of Cubans across the island country took to the streets to protest against the current dictatorship as people grapple with a shortage of basic necessities amid rising COVID-19 cases. Mon, 12 Jul 2021 09:38:17 GMT /local-news/2021-07-12/freedom-thousands-of-cubans-take-to-the-streets-to-demand-the-end-of-dictatorship Adriana Brasileiro, Nora Gámez Torres | The Miami Herald /2020-10-28/cuban-government-announces-closure-of-western-union-offices-and-suspension-of-remittances Embargo regulations imposed by the Trump Administration will result in the closure of more than 400 Western Union offices in Cuba and the suspension of remittances. Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:13:13 GMT /2020-10-28/cuban-government-announces-closure-of-western-union-offices-and-suspension-of-remittances Nora Gámez Torres | The Miami Herald