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Colapsa el turismo en Cuba, principal fuente de ingreso del régimen castrista

Rutas aéreas suspendidas, hoteles cerrados y cifras de visitantes en caída libre: Cuba tiene en estado de coma al turismo de la isla, un sector económico crucial para el país -y para el régimen castrista-, que ya atravesaba serias dificultades.
La agonía en la que entró la isla golpeó de lleno en la única joya que podía exhibir hasta ahora: entre enero y marzo hubo 48% menos de turistas que en el mismo período del año pasado
El régimen cubano, un actor clave en este ámbito con el control de hoteles, agencias, marinas y transporte, se cita a partir de este jueves con las principales empresas del ramo en la feria del sector FITCuba mientras culpa al bloqueo petrolero de Estados Unidos.
La propia feria, el mayor evento de la industria turística en Cuba, se vio afectada por la falta de combustible: recortó fechas y llevado el tramo para profesionales al campo virtual.
Los organizadores prepararon una plataforma con puestos virtuales para las empresas con posibilidad de interactuar y un sistema de videoconferencias para poder mantener reuniones privadas. Una evidencia de la crisis.
Ante la incertidumbre geopolítica y el derrumbe del mercado internacional, el foco del sector está puesto en el turismo nacional como único revulsivo para la locomotora económica de la isla. «No es una opción, es una necesidad», dijo a la agencia EFE un importante cargo de esta industria que prefiere guardar el anonimato.
Ante la caída, el régimen castrista lanzó paquetes que incluyen transporte, bajado notablemente ciertas tarifas y promovido ofertas para cubanos residentes en el exterior, pero difícilmente pueden compensar la fuerte pérdida de viajeros internacionales.
Entre enero y marzo el número de turistas extranjeros cayó hasta los 298.057, un 48% menos que en el mismo periodo del año anterior, que ya había sido el peor de los últimos ejercicios, según la Oficina Nacional de Estadística e Información (ONEI).
El primer trimestre, que coincide casi completamente con la temporada alta en la isla, se vio amargado desde el principio, cuando la intervención militar estadounidense del 3 de enero en Caracas significó para Cuba el fin del suministro de petróleo venezolano.
Tres semanas más tarde llegaría la amenaza de Washington de imponer aranceles a quien suministrase crudo a la isla. Desde entonces sólo llegó a Cuba un petrolero del exterior, con apenas un 12% de las necesidades mensuales del país.
Las cuatro aerolíneas canadienses que volaban a la isla y las dos que viajaban desde Rusia (responsables en 2025 de transportar en torno a la mitad del turismo internacional a Cuba) suspendieron sus vuelos en febrero de manera temporal pero indefinida por falta de combustible para aviones.
Varias aerolíneas más cancelaron luego sus vuelos, como la turca Turkish Airlines y la francesa Air France; o reducido sus frecuencias, como es el caso de la española Iberia (que dejará la ruta en suspenso en junio) y la panameña Copa, entre otras.
Ante la falta de demanda y la escasez de combustible, el régimen cubano anunció una reorganización de los hoteles por motivos de eficiencia energética que en la práctica es el cierre temporal de la gran mayoría de las instalaciones de la isla, incluidas muchas en Varadero, el principal polo de turismo de sol y playa.
La crisis petrolera llegó a Cuba en un momento en el que el sector turístico se encontraba ya en un estado de gran debilidad por la combinación de múltiples factores internos y externos, según los expertos.
Perjudicaban su desempeño la grave crisis del país, que lastra el servicio y la experiencia; la decisión de EE.UU. de no conceder la visa rápida ESTA a quienes hayan visitado previamente Cuba; el cierre de rutas aéreas; y la competencia de destinos equiparables como Cancún (México) y Punta Cana (República Dominicana).
En 2025 se registraron las peores cifras turísticas desde 2002, sin contar los años de pandemia de covid. Cuba recibió el año pasado poco más de 1,8 millones de visitantes extranjeros, frente al objetivo gubernamental de 2,6 millones. La ocupación hotelera quedó en el 18,9%, según la ONEI.
En comparación, en 2024 habían sido 2,2 millones de visitantes extranjeros y en 2023, unos 2,4 millones, con lo que ya el volumen de turistas se situaba en torno a la mitad de los máximos del sector, registrados en 2018 (4,6 millones) y 2019 (4,2 millones), en los años del deshielo diplomático con Washington.
Desde que Cuba se abrió al turismo en los años 90, esta industria fue una de los principales rubros de la economía y de las principales cajas para el castrismo, tanto por los ingresos y el empleo que genera como por el aporte en divisas, esencial para un país que importa el 80% de lo que consume.
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El Gobierno de Guatemala activó un operativo conjunto para liberar los bloqueos viales

El Gobierno de Guatemala anunció este día un operativo conjunto para liberar los bloqueos de carreteras que dificultan la distribución de combustible, mientras aseguró que el país cuenta con existencias suficientes de gasolina y diésel para satisfacer la demanda nacional. La medida fue ordenada por el presidente Bernardo Arévalo ante interrupciones viales que afectaron el transporte, el traslado de insumos y la circulación de la población.
El sistema de abastecimiento ha respondido durante 25 años a crisis ocurridas en distintas partes del mundo sin que Guatemala haya registrado desabastecimiento, sostuvo el ministro de Energía y Minas, Edwin Barrios. El funcionario pidió evitar las compras de pánico y afirmó que las autoridades despejan las rutas para que los cargamentos lleguen a las estaciones de servicio.
La falta de combustible en algunos expendios no responde a una escasez nacional, sino a las restricciones para movilizar los productos hasta determinados puntos de venta. “Hay combustible y se está despejando las vías para que llegue el abastecimiento a todas las estaciones de servicio”, expresó Barrios.

Catorce puntos bloqueados en diez departamentos
Las autoridades reportaron 14 puntos con la circulación interrumpida en 10 departamentos y municipios al inicio de la jornada. Algunas rutas de transporte suspendieron temporalmente sus servicios en zonas consideradas críticas.
El ministro de Gobernación, Marco Villeda, advirtió que los bloqueos impedían el paso de trabajadores, estudiantes, pacientes que requieren atención médica y vehículos de emergencia. También afectaban el traslado de alimentos, medicamentos y combustibles, con pérdidas para miles de familias y pequeños negocios.
Villeda sostuvo que la Constitución garantiza el derecho a la manifestación pacífica, pero señaló que ese derecho no puede ejercerse mediante la anulación de las libertades de otras personas. “Bloquear vías y perjudicar al resto de la población es algo muy distinto”, afirmó.
El Ministerio de Gobernación y el Ministerio de la Defensa Nacional activaron una operación conjunta para liberar los bloqueos que permanecían activos. La Policía Nacional Civil debía aplicar sus protocolos con diálogo, uso gradual y proporcional de la fuerza y respeto a los derechos humanos.
La intervención policial, explicó el ministro, no busca impedir las protestas pacíficas, sino restablecer la circulación y asegurar el libre tránsito. Los manifestantes recibieron un plazo de 30 minutos para liberar voluntariamente las carreteras.
La Corte de Constitucionalidad emitió una resolución de debida ejecución que ordenó liberar los bloqueos aún instalados durante las horas siguientes. Villela anunció que quienes fueran encontrados bloqueando vías serían arrestados y puestos a disposición de los tribunales, mientras que los vehículos utilizados para interrumpir la circulación quedarían confiscados.
Dos agentes heridos durante la liberación de una ruta
Uno de los operativos se desarrolló en Cuyotenango, donde fueron heridos de bala dos policías durante la liberación de un bloqueo. Los agentes fueron evacuados por vía aérea y permanecían internados en un centro de salud.
El ministro de Gobernación consideró que el uso de armas de fuego contra los agentes descartaba el carácter pacífico de esas acciones. Reconoció que existe descontento por el aumento de los combustibles, aunque sostuvo que la situación está vinculada con un conflicto internacional y que el Gobierno busca mecanismos legales para atenderla.
Las autoridades también liberaron bloqueos en El Boquerón, en el departamento de San Marcos, y en Los Esclavos, Santa Rosa. Según Villeda, las rutas hacia la costa sur y el occidente del país quedaron habilitadas tras esas intervenciones.
Persistían cierres en el sur, sobre la avenida Petapa, y en el norte, desde la zona 18 hasta el municipio de Río Hondo. También se mantenía un bloqueo cerca del centro comercial Mundo Maya, en Petén, mientras las fuerzas de seguridad intervenían ante un intento de cierre en la calzada Roosevelt, en dirección a Antigua Guatemala.
El ministro de Defensa, Henry Sáenz, informó que el Ejército de Guatemala activó sus tres fuerzas, 23 comandos operativos y sus medios disponibles para respaldar a la seguridad pública. La participación militar fue solicitada por el Ministerio de Gobernación como apoyo interinstitucional para levantar los bloqueos.
Sáenz indicó que los soldados actuarían bajo los protocolos establecidos, con disciplina, prudencia y respeto a la Constitución y a las leyes. “Cada soldado actuará con disciplina, prudencia y respeto”, aseguró el ministro, quien calificó de inadmisibles las acciones que impiden a la población acudir a hospitales, centros educativos o lugares de trabajo.
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‘Open sore’: Families face agonizing wait as 9/11 mastermind’s trial pushed nearly 27 years after attacks

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Twenty-five years after nearly 3,000 people were killed on Sept. 11, families waiting to see the accused plotters brought to justice are confronting another extraordinary possibility: They may still never see a verdict.
A military judge has scheduled alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three co-defendants to go on trial June 5, 2028, nearly 27 years after the attacks. But the date remains tentative, and a recent ruling barring prosecutors from using statements Mohammed made to FBI agents has underscored the legal obstacles still threatening the case.
«It’s like an open sore, and that sore gets even more hurtful when we get to anniversaries,» John Ryan, former chief of department with the Port Authority Police who spent nine months working on the recovery operation at Ground Zero, told Fox News Digital.
JUDGE THROWS OUT KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED’S 9/11 CONFESSION IN ALREADY LONG WAIT FOR TRIAL
Ryan is among the victims’ families and first responders who have watched the prosecution drag through years of litigation over evidence obtained after the defendants were subjected to torture in CIA custody, a collapsed plea agreement, repeated changes in military judges and a mountain of unresolved pretrial motions.
«It’s like an open sore, and that sore gets even more hurtful when we get to anniversaries,» John Ryan, former chief of department with the Port Authority Police who spent nine months working on the recovery operation at Ground Zero, told Fox News Digital. (Fox News Digital)
«Here we are 25 years later, and I’m still involved in this aspect of that here because we still have not convicted or taken to justice the five people that are being held at Guantánamo Bay,» Ryan, who later became a commander with the FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force, said. «The planners, KSM and the others that are in custody, are awaiting trial.»
Mohammed and three other defendants have been held by the U.S. for years without facing trial for their alleged roles in the plot that killed nearly 3,000 people. A fifth defendant, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, is being handled separately after being found mentally incompetent to stand trial.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, has been held at Guantánamo Bay since 2003. (AP)
A military judge recently barred prosecutors from using statements Mohammed made to FBI agents in 2007, finding that the statements were tainted by the coercive treatment he had experienced in U.S. custody. The government chose not to appeal the ruling, saying an appeal could jeopardize the June 5, 2028, trial date.
The judge set the trial 18 months after the prosecution’s proposed January 2027 start to give the defense and government time to work through a long list of unresolved legal disputes. He is the fifth military judge to oversee the case since the defendants were arraigned in 2012.
For families who lost loved ones on Sept. 11, the years of delay have become another part of the trauma.
I LOST MY WIFE ON 9/11; PLEASE LET THIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY BELONG TO THE FAMILIES
Sean Passananti, whose father was killed on the 100th floor of the North Tower, said the passage of time has made the case feel increasingly detached from the scale of the crime.
«It feels really like a twilight zone and unbelievable that we have to fight for justice for the worst terrorist attack that ever happened on our soil,» Passananti said. «It doesn’t feel real. It’s unexplainable.»
SON WHO LOST FATHER IN 9/11 ATTACKS SHARES POWERFUL LESSONS 25 YEARS LATER: ‘I’M STILL HERE’
Passananti said he has attended the memorial ceremony every year but one since the attacks.
«I wish I wasn’t here, obviously, but I feel like I have to be here every year,» he said.

Sean Passananti, whose father was killed on the 100th floor of the North Tower, said the passage of time has made the case feel increasingly detached from the scale of the crime. (Fox News Digital)
Dennis McGinley, whose older brother Danny worked on the 89th floor of the South Tower, said the delays have kept his family from closing a painful chapter.
«President Trump has a unique, historic opportunity here to be a hero, be our champion, finally close the books on this American nightmare, which is now becoming an American embarrassment,» McGinley said.
McGinley described the families’ grief as an injury that keeps reopening.
«It is like the wound never healed, and every year we get salt poured back into that wound,» he said.
Ryan said he lost 37 police officers he had worked with during his career, along with civilian colleagues at the Port Authority. After the recovery operation, he moved into counterterrorism work. He said he expected the 9/11 case to remain part of his professional life, but not for this long.
«The fact is that they’ve all admitted their involvement. It’s not a question of guilt. It’s just a question of the process and the fact that the process has taken 25 years,» Ryan said.
The case has been moving through the military commissions since the defendants were arraigned in 2012. By then, Mohammed had already spent nearly a decade in U.S. custody.
He was captured in Pakistan in 2003 and held for years at CIA «black sites,» where he was subjected to harsh interrogation techniques, including repeated waterboarding.
Mohammed and the other defendants were transferred to Guantánamo in 2006.
The treatment of the defendants in CIA custody has become one of the central obstacles in the prosecution.
Defense attorneys have argued that statements obtained after the defendants were tortured cannot be considered voluntary. Prosecutors have argued that later statements made to FBI agents by a «clean team» should be admissible.
The recent ruling excluding Mohammed’s 2007 FBI statements dealt another blow to that effort and highlighted a problem that has followed the case for years: whether prosecutors can separate evidence gathered later from the coercive interrogations that came before it.
The case has also been disrupted by changes in judges, the coronavirus pandemic and a failed plea agreement.
In 2024, the defendants reached plea agreements that would have required them to plead guilty in exchange for life sentences rather than face the death penalty. Then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin withdrew the agreements, prompting another round of litigation. A federal appeals court later blocked the defendants from entering guilty pleas under the withdrawn deals.
Years earlier, the Obama administration had tried another route.
In 2009, the administration announced that Mohammed and four other defendants would be prosecuted in federal court in Manhattan. That plan was abandoned after fierce opposition from New York officials and lawmakers who raised security and logistical concerns.
The case was moved back to the military commissions at Guantánamo, where it has remained.
The delays have left the accused plotters aging at a detention complex that has cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars while producing no verdict in the 9/11 case.

Dennis McGinley, whose older brother Danny worked on the 89th floor of the South Tower, said the delays have kept his family from closing a painful chapter. (Fox News Digital)
The criminal prosecution is separate from the civil lawsuit that 9/11 families have brought against Saudi Arabia, although the two proceedings intersect in the families’ broader search for a full accounting of the attacks.
The military commission is focused on whether Mohammed and the other defendants planned and carried out the terrorist operation. The civil case examines whether Saudi government employees or agents helped two hijackers establish themselves in the United States.
A trial in the civil case could force testimony and the release of evidence that families believe may clarify how the plot was supported before the attacks. The Saudi-related allegations, however, are not the charges at issue in the Guantánamo prosecution.
Ryan said the passage of time means the case now spans two generations of victims’ families: people who were children when the attacks happened and are now adults and older parents and grandparents who fear they may never live to see a verdict.
If the current schedule holds, the proceedings would begin June 5, 2028, almost 27 years after the attacks and 16 years after the defendants were arraigned.
«Our justice system isn’t designed to work that late,» Ryan said. «It’s designed to produce justice in a fair time. And the emphasis needs to be on the victims as opposed to the five enemy combatants.»
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AOC, Mamdani interaction caught on cam at 9/11 memorial sparks online fury

AOC, Mamdani interaction at 9/11 memorial sparks online fury
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, both Democrats, were ridiculed for appearing to share moments of levity as mourners read the names of Americans killed in the Twin Towers during the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., were lambasted Friday for appearing to share a moment of levity at the 9/11 Memorial in lower Manhattan during the solemn reading-of-the-names of victims.
Mamdani was already facing criticism from some 9/11 victims’ families over his attendance when a television feed showing the reading of victims’ names cut from a young man sobbing at the memorial to the mayor and congresswoman appearing to grin and laugh as they spoke, though their conversation was inaudible.
«Disgraceful,» said Steve Guest, a former top staffer for Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. «AOC and Mamdani look happy.»
MAMDANI HEADS TO 9/11 MEMORIAL DESPITE 110,000-SIGNATURE PUSH FROM VICTIMS’ FAMILIES TO STAY AWAY
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., left, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani, right, laugh during the reading of names at the 9/11 Memorial. (Screenshot/Fox News)
«They always show us who they really are,» another critic on X said.
Others critics were more direct.
«Why the f— are these two laughing?» Meghan McCain, daughter of the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., asked.
FAMILIES OF 9/11 VICTIMS’ MESSAGE TO MAMDANI: ‘PLEASE DO NOT COME’ TO MEMORIAL CEREMONY

Democratic nominee for mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to reporters outside the Federal Jacob Javits Building in New York Aug. 7, 2025. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
However, a top member of former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s entourage claimed that the video was taken out of context.
«The videos of [them] laughing are not true. I was standing next to them the whole time,» tweeted Michael Ragusa, reportedly head of Giuliani’s security as of 2025, according to WPIX-11.
«The camera just caught her greeting him hello. Multiple other politicians were laughing and joking behind me. Republicans and Democrats.»
The Pittsburgh Republican Committee suggested on X that the sight was one of the reasons 9/11 victims families didn’t want the mayor there, while former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt also sounded off.
ZOHRAN MAMDANI URGED TO SKIP NEW YORK CITY’S 9/11 MEMORIAL: ‘VILE ANTISEMITE’
«While normal Americans cry, commie Mamdani and AOC laugh it up at the 9/11 memorial in New York,» Pratt said.
«They hate you. They hate your country. They enjoy your misery. We cannot allow these people to have power.»
A New York City lawmaker added that she was outraged to see Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez acting that way.
«After thousands of families of victims of terror beg Mamdani not to show up, he stands there and laughs while families weep,» said Councilwoman Inna Vernikov, R-Brighton Beach. «This is NYC’s Mayor.»
RETIRED PORT AUTHORITY OFFICERS TELL MAMDANI, HOCHUL TO STAY AWAY FROM GROUND ZERO ON 9/11

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, center, holds hands with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., at the end of a campaign rally at Forest Hills Stadium in the Queens borough of New York City Oct. 26, 2025 (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
Richard Sementa, better known as «Mr. Producer» for Mark Levin’s national radio show, tweeted, «Un-freaking believable.»
Juanita Broaddrick called Mamdani and AOC «two disgusting degenerates» on X.
Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., who continues to criticize democratic socialists and opponents of Israel, called the mayor «Jihad Mamdani» and said he and the congresswoman should not be anywhere near Ground Zero.
«They do not mourn this country, they mock it,» he tweeted. «Have some damn respect.»
«As the names of Americans murdered on September 11th are read aloud at Ground Zero, AOC and Mamdani are laughing and smiling together,» said Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas.
«There is a time and a place for politics. This isn’t it. Ground Zero is sacred ground.»
«September 11 is not a photo op, it is not a networking event,» said Hunt.
Separately, Mamdani was seen at other points standing somberly between New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill and New York first gentleman William Hochul Jr.
But critics continued pointing out what one called the «jarring split-screen» of the mayor joking around with Ocasio-Cortez a split-second after the mourner was seen sobbing over the shadow «fountain» at the footprint of the Twin Towers.
«What exactly is funny?» former Trump White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson asked.
Former NYPD cop and Fox News contributor Paul Mauro tweeted what he envisioned the two discussing.
«Zo[hran]: You’re not buying into this ‘never again’ bull— are you? AOC: ‘No, not me,’ Hilarity ensues.»
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It was not immediately clear what the two politicians were chatting about at that moment.
Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez for comment.
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