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A Royal Caribbean Cruise ship called the Majesty of the Seas sets out at Port Everglades and will no longer go to Cuba, on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed major new travel restrictions on visits to Cuba by U.S. citizens, including a ban on many forms of educational and recreational travel. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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Cuba expects major economic damage from Trump measures

by Andrea Rodriguez Associated Press, and Michael Weissenstein Associated PressJune 5, 2019

Secretary of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Senior White House Advisor Ivanka Trump and others, wait to enter 10 Downing Street, Tuesday, June 4, 2019, in London. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Trump administration halts cruises to Cuba

by Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Michael Weissenstein Associated PressJune 4, 2019

In this Sept. 4, 2018 photo, Maria Gonzalez Munoz, right, and Juan Manuel Gonzalez, pose with an image of Jesus surrounded by photos of her sister Ramona, when she was sick and during her funeral, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ramona, a disabled, 59-year-old who suffered from a degenerative brain disease, did not drown when Hurricane Maria drenched Puerto Rico, but instead she died a month later from sepsis, caused, says her family, by an untreated bedsore. Maria spent 30 days after the...

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Maria’s death toll climbed long after storm’s end

by Michael Weissenstein Associated Press, Ana Campoy Associated Press, and Omaya Sosa Associated PressSeptember 15, 2018

Old power cables spliced together and woven haphazardly through trees are used to power electricity to some houses in the mountain In Cain Alto, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, May 30, 2018. Such jury rigged arrangement is a safety code violation virtually guaranteed to leave the neighborhood blacked out in a future hurricane. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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Puerto Rico grid ‘teetering’ despite repair job

by Michael Weissenstein Associated PressMay 31, 2018

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Forensic investigators and Ministry of Interior officers sift through remains of a Boeing 737 that plummeted into a yuca field with more than 100 passengers on board, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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Plane crash kills more than 100

by Andrea Rodriguez Associated Press, and Michael Weissenstein Associated PressMay 18, 2018

Outgoing President Raul Castro raises his arms in celebration after Miguel Diaz-Canel was elected as the island nation's new president, at the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April 19, 2018. Castro passed Cuba's presidency to Diaz-Canel, putting the island's government in the hands of someone outside the Castro family for the first time in nearly six decades. He remains head of the powerful Communist Party that oversees political and social activities. (Adalberto Roque/Pool...

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Raul Castro retires as Cuba’s president

by Michael Weissenstein Associated Press, and Andrea Rodriguez Associated PressApril 19, 2018

In this photo released by Cuba's state-run media Cubadebate, Cuba's President Raul Castro, center left, enters the National Assembly followed by his successor Miguel Diaz-Canel, center right, for the start of two-day legislative session in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, April 18, 2018. The Cuban assembly selected the 57-year-old First Vice President as the sole candidate to succeed Castro on Wednesday, in a transition aimed at ensuring that the country's single-party system outlasts the aging revolutionaries who created it. (Irene Perez/Cubadebate via AP)

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Diaz-Canel replaces Raul Castro as Cuba’s president

by Michael Weissenstein Associated Press, and Andrea Rodriguez Associated PressApril 19, 2018

Cuba's President Raul Castro observes a monitor with he day's proceedings during the start of two-day session of the legislature, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, April 18, 2018. Cuba's legislature opened the two-day session that is to elect a successor to President Castro. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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Cuba selects next president

by Michael Weissenstein Associated Press, and Andrea Rodriguez Associated PressApril 18, 2018

In this Aug. 14, 2015, photo, a U.S. flag flies at the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba. The Associated Press has learned that frightening attacks on U.S. personnel in Havana struck the heart of America's spy network in Cuba, with intelligence operatives among the first and most severely affected victims. AP Photo/Desmond Boylan

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Attacks in Havana hit US spy network in Cuba

by Michael Weissenstein Associated Press, Josh Lederman Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressOctober 2, 2017

Rough seas start to pound the Nassau coastline as Hurricane Irma moves through the Southern Bahama Islands and along the coast of Cuba Friday, Sept 8, 2017. Irma and its 155 mph (250 kph) winds are taking aim at the Miami metropolitan area of 6 million people. (AP Photo/Tim Aylen)

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Irma’s victims in the Caribbean brace for another hurricane

by Anika Kentish Associated Press, and Michael Weissenstein Associated PressSeptember 8, 2017