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One man has died in a landslide in Cuba as Imelda continues to move through the Caribbean Monday, according to a report from the Associated Press. The death came as schools closed in the Bahamas amid heavy rains across the region, which were expected to produce both flash and urban flooding, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
Patrick Oppmann was a 21-year-old college student doing a stint with CNN’s Havana bureau when he tasked himself with finding a woman who had evaded the long arm of American law enforcement for nearly 20 years.
Assata Shakur, a political activist who sought asylum in Cuba following her 1977 conviction in the killing of a state trooper, has died. Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs shared a statement on Friday, Sept. 26, revealing that Shakur, whose legal name was Joanne Deborah Byron, had died in Havana one day earlier.
Shakur, U.S. citizen and fugitive born Joanne Deborah Byron, died Thursday from "health problems and advanced age," the Cuban Foreign Ministry said.
Assata Shakur, a political activist known as Joanne Chesimard, convicted of killing a NJ state trooper in 1977, died in Cuba at 78.
Despite what you may have heard recently and contrary to what President Trump apparently believes, there is autism in Cuba.
Premiering on Friday, this new documentary tells the story of Omara Portuondo, the legendary Afro-Cuban chanteuse who rose to international fame with the Buena Vista Social Club.
Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has died.
Assata Shakur, also known as Joanne Chesimard, was convicted of murdering a state trooper in 1973 and escaped prison in 1979.
Tropical Storm Imelda dropped heavy rain in the Caribbean, including over Cuba where landslides killed at least one man.
The Chicago Teachers Union is facing backlash over a social media post mourning the death of Assata Shakur, a convicted killer who fled to Cuba.