Soaring international prices aggravate Cuban food crisis. Almost half a million Cubans receive the first dose of Abdala COVID-19 vaccine. U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken issues a conciliatory May 20th message to the Cuban people. Amnesty International declares Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara a “prisoner of conscience.” And is the claim that Cuban nationals abroad could be tried in absentia for criticizing dictatorship true? All this and more in our latest newsletter.
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