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Local elections? Almost 90 mayors leave due to term limits

Local elections? Almost 90 mayors leave due to term limits

As Portugal approaches its local elections on October 12, 89 mayors are exiting their positions, joining 46 other leaders who have stepped down in the past two years. Many of these former mayors have pursued roles within the government, the...

faceboo mmay hides the income from specific governments and extremist groups

faceboo mmay hides the income from specific governments and extremist groups

According to the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2025, over half of under-35-year-olds in the United States now say that social media/video networks are their main source for accessing news, followed by TV and online news sites. Among the 12...

US turns eight migrants over to South Sudan, ending weeks of legal limbo

A flight carrying eight men who had been held for weeks on a U.S. military base in Djibouti landed in South Sudan just before midnight Friday, officials said, bringing an end to a six-week legal battle that was resolved by an emergency...

US deports 8 men to South Sudan after weeks of legal wrangling, mostly men not from there

US deports 8 men to South Sudan after weeks of legal wrangling, mostly men not from there

Eight men deported from the United States in May and held under guard for weeks at an American military base in the African nation of Djibouti while their legal challenges played out in court have now reached the Trump administration's intended...

Athletes and Coaches Complain That Sports Schools in Cuba Are Falling Apart Due to Neglect

Athletes and Coaches Complain That Sports Schools in Cuba Are Falling Apart Due to Neglect

Images and a video show the deterioration of the Eide Ormani Arenado, the Manuel Fajardo Faculty of Physical Culture and the 19 de Noviembre Multipurpose Hall. The Eide Ormani Arenado hosted on June 15 the selection of the artistic gymnastics team...

Cuban Faces Five Years Jail for Filming a Cooking Gas Line

Cuban Faces Five Years Jail for Filming a Cooking Gas Line

Julio Cesar Duque de Estrada. Photo: Facebook. By El Toque HAVANA TIMES – Filming horror in Cuba is forbidden. The government believes that what matters is not what happens or what people endure to survive, but whether that others find out about...

JUST IN: DHS Confirms it Transferred 8 Illegals to South Sudan After Legal Showdown

JUST IN: DHS Confirms it Transferred 8 Illegals to South Sudan After Legal Showdown

The Department of Homeland Security on Saturday confirmed it transferred the 8 illegal aliens who were stuck in Djibouti to South Sudan after a legal showdown. The deportation flight landed in South Sudan just after midnight ET on Friday after a...

US completes deportation of eight men to South Sudan after weeks of legal wrangling

US completes deportation of eight men to South Sudan after weeks of legal wrangling

The US has deported to South Sudan eight migrants who had been held for more than a month at a military base in Djibouti, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The deportation comes after the migrants lost a last-ditch effort to halt...

Cuban dad did time for marijuana bust 40 years ago. He died in ICE custody.

Cuban dad did time for marijuana bust 40 years ago. He died in ICE custody.

MIAMI — Isidro Pérez spent his life by the sea: first, during his childhood in Cuba, and at the end, on a houseboat off the coast of Key Largo with his dogs. He arrived in the U.S. in 1966 at the age of 16 and worked as a mechanic and fisherman....

How the CIA Infiltrates Politics in Plain Sight-and How Abigail Spanberger and Elissa Slotkin are Upping the Ante

How the CIA Infiltrates Politics in Plain Sight-and How Abigail Spanberger and Elissa Slotkin are Upping the Ante

In a recent report, Restoration News investigated the intelligence ties of Abigail Spanberger and Elissa Slotkin: Former CIA operatives who became rising Democratic stars off their national security experience and “centrist” leanings. It showed an...

U.S. completes deporting 8 men from various nations to South Sudan after weeks of legal battles

U.S. completes deporting 8 men from various nations to South Sudan after weeks of legal battles

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight men deported from the United States in May and held under guard for weeks at an American military base in the African nation of Djibouti while their legal challenges played out in court have now reached the Trump...

US Associated Press US completes deportation of 8 men to South Sudan after weeks of legal wrangling

US Associated Press US completes deportation of 8 men to South Sudan after weeks of legal wrangling

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight men deported from the United States in May and held under guard for weeks at an American military base in the African nation of Djibouti while their legal challenges played out in court have now reached the Trump...

New York meeting promotes effort to send pacemakers to Cuba

NEW YORK — At a June 28 program here, sponsored by the New York-New Jersey Cuba Sí Coalition, Bob Schwartz, executive director of Global Health Partners, announced a national effort to raise $150,000 to send 150 pacemakers to Cuba. The effort is...

U.S. deports men from Asia and Latin America to South Sudan after legal saga

U.S. deports men from Asia and Latin America to South Sudan after legal saga

The Trump administration said it deported a group of eight men convicted of serious crimes in the United States to the conflict-ridden African country of South Sudan, following a weeks-long legal saga that had kept the deportees in a military base...

Communist Party leads battle against US blockade in Cuba

Communist Party leads battle against US blockade in Cuba

During Friday’s debates, the first secretary of the CC-PCC, Miguel Díaz-Canel, considered that the revolutionary forces “have to know how to creatively describe and explain the blockade,” which, in his opinion, is not the same as it was 60 years...

US court clears deportation of 8 migrants to South Sudan despite legal fight

US court clears deportation of 8 migrants to South Sudan despite legal fight

The decision came on Friday, July 4, after U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy ruled that he was bound by a recent Supreme Court order, which had earlier clarified that the Department of Homeland Security could no longer be barred from deporting the...

Cuba’s Tourism Minister Speaks Nonsense on His Desperate Tour in Latin America

Cuba’s Tourism Minister Speaks Nonsense on His Desperate Tour in Latin America

After suggesting a regional ‘Schengen’, García Granda proposes taking advantage of the World Cup Juan Carlos García ha visitado México tras su paso por Colombia y Brasil en un intento de impulsar el turismo en la región. / El Sol de México...

Cuba’s New Epidemic

Cuba’s New Epidemic

The popular devastating new drug in Cuba called “The Chemical” By Eduardo N. Cordovi Hernandez HAVANA TIMES – One morning last week – I don’t remember if it was Monday or Tuesday – I found myself near the home of an old friend. I hadn’t heard from...

Communist Party of Cuba Plenary Session evaluates cadre policy strategy

Communist Party of Cuba Plenary Session evaluates cadre policy strategy

Photo: Estudios Revolución. Havana, July 5 (RHC)-- During the first day of the 10th Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), on Friday, members analyzed the results of the General Strategy for the...

Cuban Communist Party Forum Addressing Crucial Society Issues

Havana, July 4 (ACN) Headed by the First Secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party Central Committee and Cuban President, Miguel Diaz Canel, the 10th Plenary Meeting of the political organization is considering crucial issues for Cuban society. In his...

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