HAVANA, June 29th This week the second International Renewable Energy Fair was held in Havana. The event, held at the Pabexpo fairgrounds Read more

Boat with 200 Haitian migrants runs aground off Cuba
HAVANA, June 29th A boat carrying more than 200 Haitian migrants headed for the United States ran aground off the coast of Cuba on Tuesday, where they received humanitarian aid, the communist island's official Granma newspaper reported.
The…

Antilles closes in on million-ounce mark with Cuba gold-silver
HAVANA, June 28th Antilles Gold and its Cuban Government-owned joint venture partner GeoMinera have boosted their gold and silver resource estimate for their La Demajagua deposit in Cuba by a cracking 25 per cent. The resource estimate shows…

Cuban troops report clashes with speedboats from US
HAVANA, June 28th (AP) Cuban authorities say they have intercepted more than a dozen speedboats arriving from the United States this year — clashing with at least two of them and making some arrests. They say U.S. authorities have handed…

Cuba borrows 100 million euros from India
HAVANA June 28th , Exim Bank of India has extended a loan of 100 100 million (equivalent to $ 105.8 million) to Cu ba.
The agreement was signed between a foreign bank in Cuba and an Asian bank in the framework of a political consultative meeting…

Consumer price index in Cuba continues to rise
HAVANA, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) The consumer price index (CPI) in Cuba continues to rise today after it stood at 214.28 at the end of May, according to a report by the National Office of Statistics and Information The publication…

Cuban Economy Sees Rising Tensions in 2022’s 1st Half
HAVANA, June 27th As the end of the first half of the year nears, the Cuban economy continues to be gripped by rising tensions amid the tightened U.S. embargo and the gradual resumption of economic activity following the relaxation of…

Belgium donates 30 passenger buses to Cuba
HAVANA, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Friday received a 30-bendy bus donation from the Belgian government to benefit Havana's public passenger transport service. The articulated buses arrived at the Havana harbor and were received by…

Cuba’s Expocaribe trade fair returns after two-year pandemic hiatus
HAVANA, June 25 (Xinhua) The International Expocaribe trade fair has returned for its 17th edition in Cuba's eastern province of Santiago de Cuba following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Running through June 23 to…

Support for the Cuban film industry: “A fairly broad project”
HAVANA, June 24th The seventh art constitutes an essential part of Cuban culture. The movie theaters that still remain, in Havana and throughout the country, are testimonies of the political will to spread this artistic manifestation with an…

Ale, the baby white rhinoceros at the Cuban national zoo
HAVANA, June 24th With 80 kilos, little Ale, who was born from 30 to 40 kilos, now runs after his mother, who takes him all over the meadow so that he has "friction with the other animals.
The newborn is the second such specimen to be born…

Travel Canada announces its return to Cuba
HAVANA, June 24th The information indicates that two flights are scheduled to each destination on those dates, one from Toronto and the other from Montreal, and will be repeated from Thursday to Sunday every week, until October 31, when…

Biden administration plans six-figure compensation for Havana Syndrome victims
HAVANA, June 24 (Reuters) The Biden administration is planning to compensate the victims of Havana Syndrome,
the anomalous health incidents affecting U.S. diplomats and intelligence officers worldwide, with payments ranging from $100,000 to…

UN agency invest 170 million dollars in Cuban agriculture
HAVANA, June 23rd. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is investing 170 million dollars in Cuba for the modernization of agricultural production and the development of sustainable agri-food systems, according…

Habanos S.A. Schedules Festival del Habano XXIII For Feb. 27-March 3, 2023
HAVANA, June 23rd It will be the first time Cuba hosts an in-person festival since 2020 when Habanos S.A. hosted the Festival del Habano XXII right before the world shut down due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. While never formally announced,…

Sunwing set to take over all 11 hotels on Cayo Largo
HAVANA, June 23th Hosting its first in-person gathering in over two years, Sunwing Travel Group announced yesterday at its Sunwing Loves Cuba event, through its hotel management company Blue Diamond Resorts, that it will be taking over…

Cuba secures support from France to roll out more renewables Energy
HAVANA, June 23th Cuba’s minister of energy and mining Livan Arronte, and the French Ambassador to Cuba,
Patrice Paoli, on Wednesday, signed a letter of intent with the goal to accelerate the development of renewable energy on the island.
The…

How to Run a Business in Cuba Without Hurting Anyone?
HAVANA, June 23th If anyone decides to buy chicken or pork in Havana after reading this article, they could well spend the entire day going from one place to the next without finding it. Because it isn’t just a question of food being super…

Cuba´s bad decisions and energy crisis
HAVANA, June 23th In recent days, blackouts have exceeded twelve hours in the interior of the country. Such a serious situation had not been experienced since the mid-1990s.
The magnitude of the crisis is attested by the changes in…

Storm’s damages put focus on Cuba’s dire housing crisis
HAVANA, June 22nd Olga Lidia Lahera lives with her daughter and two granddaughters in a tiny 15-square-meter (160-square-foot) apartment with peeling plaster walls that have barely enough room for a shelf with pots and a rickety sofa bed.…

Bohemia Mía World Feeling Festival begins in Cuba
HAVANA, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) Renowned Cuban musicians are combining their talent to give life to the first world feeling festival, which under the title Bohemia Mía will take place in this capital until June 23. Designed…

Cuba’s new agricultural revolution
HAVANA, 21 Juin In Cuba, businesses with emerging private initiatives are looking at ways to enhance food production and promote a healthy diet through environmentally friendly agriculture.

Social Uprising on the Horizon in Cuba
HAVANA, June 21st Dissatisfaction of the Cuban people is widespread. Thousands of complaints on social media prove that the Cuban Government isn’t making any effort to resolve its citizen's most basic and pressing needs. Human rights violations,…

Lightweight gold medalist Andy Cruz reportedly defecting from Cuba
HAVANA, June 20th Those of you who surmised that Tokyo 2020 lightweight gold medalist Andy Cruz getting yanked from his pro debut for “attitude” problems was actually just an attempt to keep him from defecting, pat yourselves on the back.…

Turn on the Power…
HAVANA, June 20th This week we have drawn on the annoying blackouts taking place in Cuba and some occurrences related to this situation.The coincidences of breakages, lack of maintenance and fuel shortages are among the main causes pointed…

World2fly plane bound for Varadero prepares an emergency landing in Lisbon
HAVANA, June 19 A passenger plane bound for Varadero resumed its flight to Cuba this Saturday after being forced to return to the Lisbon airport due to a landing gear failure, which did not reach the emergency category." The plane [airbus…

Cubans make a huge queue to buy tickets for the Pablo Milanés concert
HAVANA, June 19th Dozens of Cubans made long lines from dawn this Saturday to buy tickets for the concert by singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés, after the government changed the venue of the event to the Sports City, with a capacity of 15,000…

Spanish Consulate in Cuba to charge for its services in euros as of July
HAVANA, June 19th The Consulate of Spain in Cuba reported this Friday that as of July 1 it will begin to charge for its consular services in euros, only in cash and with the exact amount. Services such as making passports will cost 30…

The Revenge of the Cuban Scum*
HAVANA, June 19th I have listened patiently, even with due respect, to Miguel Díaz-Canel’s presentation this Thursday, where he had the purpose of convincing the television audience – that is the Cuban people – that the problems that…

Cuba´s ambitious route to Renewable energies
HAVANA, June 29th This week the second International Renewable Energy Fair was held in Havana. The event, held at the Pabexpo fairgrounds with the presence of authorities, business people, academicians, and other specialists from some…

Boat with 200 Haitian migrants runs aground off Cuba
HAVANA, June 29th A boat carrying more than 200 Haitian migrants headed for the United States ran aground off the coast of Cuba on Tuesday, where they received humanitarian aid, the communist island's official Granma newspaper reported.
The…

Antilles closes in on million-ounce mark with Cuba gold-silver
HAVANA, June 28th Antilles Gold and its Cuban Government-owned joint venture partner GeoMinera have boosted their gold and silver resource estimate for their La Demajagua deposit in Cuba by a cracking 25 per cent. The resource estimate shows…

Cuban troops report clashes with speedboats from US
HAVANA, June 28th (AP) Cuban authorities say they have intercepted more than a dozen speedboats arriving from the United States this year — clashing with at least two of them and making some arrests. They say U.S. authorities have handed…

Cuba borrows 100 million euros from India
HAVANA June 28th , Exim Bank of India has extended a loan of 100 100 million (equivalent to $ 105.8 million) to Cu ba.
The agreement was signed between a foreign bank in Cuba and an Asian bank in the framework of a political consultative meeting…

Consumer price index in Cuba continues to rise
HAVANA, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) The consumer price index (CPI) in Cuba continues to rise today after it stood at 214.28 at the end of May, according to a report by the National Office of Statistics and Information The publication…

Cuban Economy Sees Rising Tensions in 2022’s 1st Half
HAVANA, June 27th As the end of the first half of the year nears, the Cuban economy continues to be gripped by rising tensions amid the tightened U.S. embargo and the gradual resumption of economic activity following the relaxation of…

Belgium donates 30 passenger buses to Cuba
HAVANA, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Friday received a 30-bendy bus donation from the Belgian government to benefit Havana's public passenger transport service. The articulated buses arrived at the Havana harbor and were received by…

Cuba’s Expocaribe trade fair returns after two-year pandemic hiatus
HAVANA, June 25 (Xinhua) The International Expocaribe trade fair has returned for its 17th edition in Cuba's eastern province of Santiago de Cuba following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Running through June 23 to…

Support for the Cuban film industry: “A fairly broad project”
HAVANA, June 24th The seventh art constitutes an essential part of Cuban culture. The movie theaters that still remain, in Havana and throughout the country, are testimonies of the political will to spread this artistic manifestation with an…