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Men load recently purchased wood panels to be used for boarding up windows in preparation for Hurricane Irma, in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. Irma grew into a dangerous Category 5 storm, the most powerful seen in the Atlantic in over a decade, and roared toward islands in the northeast Caribbean Tuesday. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

The Latest: Puerto Ricans lose power; Barbuda devastated

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After loading the back of her vehicle with food Maria Minier loads a recently purchased wood panel to be used in preparation for Hurricane Irma, in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. Irma grew into a dangerous Category 5 storm, the most powerful seen in the Atlantic in over a decade, and roared toward islands in the northeast Caribbean Tuesday. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Hurricane Irma hits first Caribbean islands

By Anika Kentish and Danica Coto - Associated Press

This Monday, Sept. 4, 2017, satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Irma nearing the eastern Caribbean. Hurricane Irma grew into a powerful Category 4 storm Monday. (NOAA via AP)

Powerful Hurricane Irma bears down on Caribbean islands

By ANIKA KENTISH and DANICA COTO - Associated Press

People put up a steel sheet over a window in preparation for Hurricane Irma, in Fort Road, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. Irma grew into a dangerous Category 5 storm, the most powerful seen in the Atlantic in over a decade, and roared toward islands in the northeast Caribbean Tuesday on a path that could eventually take it to the United States. (AP Photo/Johnny Jno-Baptiste)

Hurricane Irma takes aim for Puerto Rico, Florida

By Anika Kentish and Danica Coto - Associated Press

This photo taken Aug. 15, 2017, shows Siena women's coach Ali Jaques talking with her team before a game against the Cuban national team at Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva in Havana, Cuba. Siena played three games against the Cuban national team, plus hosted two clinics in an effort to grow the game on the island nation. (AP Photo/Tim Reynolds)

A visit to Cuba: Siena women headed there to play and teach

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

US says at least 16 Americans suffered hearing loss in Cuba

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

In this July 20, 2015, file photo, a member of the Cuban honor guard stands next to a new plaque at the front door of the newly reopened Cuban Embassy in Washington. The State Department has expelled two diplomats from Cuba’s Embassy in Washington following a series of unexplained incidents in Cuba that left U.S. officials there with physical symptoms. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File, Pool)

U.S. diplomats suffered brain injuries from ‘acoustic attacks’ in Havana: Report

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

In this July 26, 2017 photo, Cuban architects Yasser Jimenez, left, Oriesky Bencomo, center, and Jose Luis Valdes, right, pose at the site of one of their urban designs in Pinar del Rio, Cuba. The three architects thought they’d work largely for private citizens renovating their homes as bed-and-breakfasts. However in 2014, the team learned that the provincial government was asking state-run engineering firms to bid on renovating the median strip of Calle Marti. They bid for the design of the project and won, convincing officials it could do the work quickly and more efficiently. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba struggling to keep professionals from leaving

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

In this July 20, 2015, file photo, a member of the Cuban honor guard stands next to a new plaque at the front door of the newly reopened Cuban Embassy in Washington. The State Department has expelled two diplomats from Cuba’s Embassy in Washington following a series of unexplained incidents in Cuba that left U.S. officials there with physical symptoms. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File, Pool)

Hearing loss of US diplomats in Cuba blamed on covert device

By MATTHEW LEE and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN - Associated Press

In this May 31, 2017, photo, a pastry vendor waits for customers in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, May 31, 2017. Private business people are officially recognized only as “self-employed,” a status with few legal protections and no access to wholesale goods or the ability to import and export. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa/File)

Cuba stops issuing new permits for some private enterprises

Associated Press

Miami shows embrace Cuba-based artists, as tensions linger

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON - Associated Press

In this photo dated Sunday, June 18, 2017, Salah Sassi , a former Guantanamo detainee, is pictured during an interview with the Associated Press at his home in Bizerte, northern Tunisia. Two Tunisians freed after years in the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, say they are harassed relentlessly by security forces at home. Neither has ever been charged, and they say they almost yearn to return to captivity in Cuba than face the injustice and isolation they say they now endure.(AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)

Tunisia homeland worse than Guantanamo for 2 ex-prisoners

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA - Associated Press

In this June. 8, 2017 photo, podiatrist Serafin Barca poses for a photo with a patient in his clinic in Havana, Cuba. The 80-year-old podiatrist is one of the last private medical workers in communist Cuba, which prides itself on its free, universal state health care. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Some Cubans choose dose of private medicine despite price

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this June, 27, 2017 file photo, Rodrigo Londono, also known as Timoleon Jimenez or Timochenko, the top commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, gives his speech during an act to commemorate the completion of the disarmament process of FARC rebels, in Buenavista, Colombia. On Sunday, July 2, 2017, Timochenko was hospitalized with stroke, and remains in intensive care in Colombia. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Colombia rebel boss to continue recovery from stroke in Cuba

Associated Press

FILE - In this June 16, 2017, file photo, a man walks past a television set showing U.S. President Donald Trump signing the new Cuba policy, in a living room festooned with images of Cuban leaders at a house in Havana, Cuba. President Trump declared he was restoring some travel and economic restrictions on Cuba that were lifted as part of the Obama administration's historic easing. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

New Trump rules on Cuba travel leaves winners and losers

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and BETH J. HARPAZ - Associated Press

Alabama wondering what about Cuba trade in Trump era

By MARY SELL - Associated Press

Illustration on the real situation of Cuba by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Cuba policy needs revising

By Antonio Benedi

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parilla addresses the media during a news conference in Vienna, Austria, Monday, June 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

EDITORIAL: Greater expectations for Cuba

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parilla addresses the media during a news conference in Vienna, Austria, Monday, June 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak) **FILE**

Bruno Rodriguez, Cuba’s foreign minister, slams Trump for rolling back Obama detente

By Alex Zietlow - The Washington Times