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Fast-moving Atlantic Storm Elsa makes landfall in Cuba

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Tropical Storm Elsa is on its way to the US state of Florida after its destructive path wreaking havoc in the Caribbean. Cuban officials had evacuated 180,000 people as a precaution against the possibility of heavy flooding from a storm that already battered several Caribbean islands, killing at least three people. The storm slowly moved north, towards the capital, where preparations were under way. Al Jazeera’s Ed Augustin reports from Havana, Cuba. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Cuba #Havana #Elsa

Cuba: Raul Castro to step down as head of Communist Party

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Cuba’s leadership is passing to a younger generation. Raul Castro, and before him, his brother Fidel, ruled the island for 60 years. Whether he remains in the Communist Party in a lesser capacity, or as an elder statesman, it is unlikely to mean his influence has ended. Al Jazeera’s Latin America Editor Lucia Newman reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Cuba #RaulCastro

St Vincent volcano: New ‘explosive event’ causes power cuts

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The La Soufriere volcano on the Caribbean island of St Vincent and the Grenadines has had a new “explosive event”. The volcano erupted on Friday, shaking the ground and blanketing the island in a layer of fine volcanic rock after decades of inactivity, prompting an evacuation of residents nearby. On Saturday, eruptions and rumbling emanating from La Soufriere continued as Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves ordered the evacuation of residents close to the activity. The country’s National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) noted “another explosive event” early on Sunday morning with the “majority of the country out of power and covered in ash”. Al Jazeera’s Alexi O’Brien reports. – Subscribe to our […]

Saint Vincent awaits more volcanic eruptions as help offered

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Ash from a volcanic eruption on the Caribbean island of St Vincent is now falling on the island of Barbados, nearly 200 kilometres (124 miles) away. Thousands of people have been forced to flee the eruptions, which authorities say could go on for weeks. Countries including Antigua, Cuba, Guyana, Venezuela and the United States are sending aid to the island nation, home to 100,000 people. Al Jazeera’s Rob Reynolds reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #2021LaSoufriereEruption #LaSoufriereEruption #SVGeruption2021

What will Cuba’s new single currency mean for the island?

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0 The Cuban government formally ended its dual currency system on Friday, devaluing its peso for the first time since the 1959 revolution that swept the late Fidel Castro to power. The government has set the exchange rate at 24 Cuban pesos to $1, and the convertible Cuban peso, known as the CUC, will be phased out completely by June, leaving the island with one currency for the first time in more than 20 years. Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Cuba #currency

Cubans hit with US sanctions: Families send food instead of money

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0 The Cuban peso’s one-to-one exchange rate with the US dollar is to be devalued for the first time in more than 50 years. That will hurt the already struggling island country, where the economy is mostly state-owned. Families there also face tough sanctions enforced under US President Donald Trump. Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo reports on how some people are getting creative in order to survive. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AljazeeraEnglish #Cuba #sanctions #US

Cuban doctors head to Italy to fight coronavirus

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Cuba is sending its medics to Lombardy to help Italian doctors fight the coronavirus outbreak. Cuban doctors were on the frontlines in the fight against cholera in Haiti and against Ebola in West Africa 10 years ago. Nearly 800 Italians died from the new coronavirus on Saturday. Al Jazeera’s Ed Augustin reports from Havana. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Coronavirus #Cuba #Italy