News from November 2026

The Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966 lets Cubans living in the United States apply for permanent residency without leaving the country, as long as they meet requirements on nationality, entry and physical presence. This guide summarizes what USCIS asks for, which forms are filed and what changed in fall 2026.

Cuban Christian influencer Anna Bensi said plainclothes agents and police patrols are watching the Havana building where she lives with her mother, who was convicted along with her for recording and spreading the video of a police officer. No official version of the deployment has been reported.

A video posted on Facebook shows two agents holding a man inside a New Jersey bakery as people nearby protest. According to the post, the agents are from ICE and the detainee is Honduran.

Democrats won Congress with a strong swing in the Latino vote, while in Florida Cuban Americans appeared as the exception in pre-election polls. The data call for a nuanced reading of the result.

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Uruguay on November 6 and was received by President Yamandú Orsi. It is the first stop of a South American tour that runs until November 17.

At least five journalists and several activists woke up Friday to find agents or patrol cars outside their homes to keep them from leaving. The crackdown follows the arrests of Yoani Sánchez, Camila Acosta and Adelth Bonne Gamboa.

The dollar traded at 928 CUP this Friday, November 6, eight pesos more than the day before, while the euro held at 1,000 CUP. The Central Bank's official rate is 793 CUP per dollar and 890 per euro.

Journalist Yoani Sánchez, director of 14ymedio, was released on Thursday after spending several hours detained in Havana, where authorities charged her with an alleged crime against the constitutional order. The following day she reported that she was still under surveillance outside her building.