Brian Armitage2 days agoForced Labor, Forced Exile: The Cuban Professionals Sent Abroad To Work, Never To Returnworldcrunch.com - Laura Valentina Cortés SierraDaniela* was just one year old when she last played with her father. In a video her mother recorded, the two can be seen lying on the floor, making …
Brian Armitage3 days agoA Florida Dem engaging with Cuba is a ‘communist,’ but a Republican doing same becomes Speaker | Opinionmiamiherald.com - By Fabiola SantiagoIf Miami-Dade politics were guided by fact and ethics — and not, as they are, by the exploitation of exile pathos to win elections — the rise of …
Brian Armitage4 days agoWelcome to the Little Cuba of the Sahara Desertverified_publisherAtlas Obscura - Andrea Prada BianchiThe surprising story of how Spanish, baseball, and arroz cubano came to permeate some desert camps in Africa. Out in a flat plain of reddish sand …
Brian Armitage4 days agoWhy Cubans are fighting for Russia in Ukraineverified_publisherCNN - Patrick OppmannSanta Clara, Cuba CNN — For months, hundreds of Cubans have quietly left the island to fight for Russia in its war in Ukraine, chasing promises of money and Russian citizenship from shadowy online recruiters, family members told CNN. Across much of Cuba, the economy has ground to a standstill as the …
Brian Armitage5 days agoHow Russia Is Recruiting Cubans to Fight in UkraineTIME - By Vera BergengruenAlex Vegas Díaz was surprised to find himself sleeping next to Russian soldiers in a trench in Ukraine, more than 6,000 miles from home. In his telling, the skinny 19-year-old Cuban accepted an offer posted on WhatsApp to make good money doing “construction work” for the Russian military. Instead, …
Brian ArmitageSep 15Cuban diplomat says island will not stop citizens from fighting for Russia in Ukraineamericanmilitarynews.com - Nora Gamez TorresIn an apparent policy reversal, Cuba’s ambassador to Russia said the Cuban government would not stop its citizens from enlisting in the Russian army …
