Cuba says a 2nd boat on mission from U.S. failed
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Cuba has accused 10 people aboard a US-registered speedboat it intercepted off its coast on Wednesday of planning "an infiltration with terrorist aims". Border guards shot dead four people and injured the other six on the boat, the Cuban interior ministry said, alleging that those on the Florida-registered vessel had fired first.
After blocking foreign oil shipments, the Trump administration is now allowing small amounts of oil to enter Cuba — as long as they circumvent government hands.
Michael Ortega Casanova is one of four people who were killed after people aboard a U.S.-registered speedboat allegedly opened fire on Cuba's border patrol.
Cuban authorities allege the men departed from Marathon in two boats, and piled everything onto one vessel after the other broke down at sea.
A fatal shooting on a boat traveling to Cuba is bringing fresh attention to a deep-rooted movement in Florida against the island’s government
In a wide-ranging press gaggle, President Donald Trump spoke about the ongoing tensions with Iran and said the U.S. could engage in a "friendly takeover" of Cuba. Trump also lamented that he didn't like seeing former President Bill Clinton deposed in Congress' Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
Russia is warning against "provocative actions" towards Cuba following a deadly shootout between the country’s coast guard and U.S.-registered speedboat.
HAVANA, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Havana residents are pulling old bicycles out of storage, patching up threadbare tires, and, in some cases, learning to cycle as fuel becomes increasingly scarce in Cuba following the U.S. takeover of Venezuela's oil exports.