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Ticket prices to Cuba from Miami skyrocket in December

HAVANA, Dec. 2 The flow of travel to Cuba from Miami faces a notable increase in prices, due to the increase during the Christmas season. Read more

02/12/2023/by Havana Live

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Tui drops flights from Manchester to Varadero

HAVANA, Dec. 2nd. Tui has confirmed it will drop its direct service from Manchester to Varadero next year. The service was the only direct option to Cuba from the UK but will cease at the end of April 2024. Winter 2023…

Empresario de EEUU John Felder cumple su sueño en Cuba

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Black Automotive Executive Making History Exporting Electric Vehicles to Cuba

HAVANA, Dec. 2nd. In April 2023, filmmakers Peter and Pamela McNeil began producing a documentary called Driving Towards Change that tells the story of John Felder, the African American CEO of US-based Premier Automotive Export LTD, a company…

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Cuba shows interest in buying Belarusian missiles

HAVANA, Dec. 1 Representatives of the Armed Forces of Belarus and Cuba agreed on a military cooperation plan in a recent meeting in Havana, where the government of the Island showed interest in purchasing weapons, especially missiles with…

Destituyen a la primera secretaria del PCC en Granma en medio de juicio contra médicos en Bayamo

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The first secretary of the PCC in Granma is dismissed in the middle of the trial against doctors in Bayamo

HAVANA, December 21. At the request of the Political Bureau of the PCC, Yanaisi Capó Nápoles was removed from her position as first secretary in Granma and replaced by Yudelkis Ortiz Barceló.This change occurred in the midst of the criminal…

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Cuban doctors demand that those responsible for the Public Health chaos be brought to justice

HAVANA, Nov 30. The United Cuban Health Observatory and the Independent Medical College in Cuba sent an open letter to the Minister of Public Health this Wednesday, José Ángel Portal Miranda, in which they condemn the public ridicule to…

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Cuban rum producers worry about threat of another dismal sugar harvest

HAVANA, Nov 3rd.- Producers of Cuba's famed rum are feeling the pressure as local sugar production is forecast to remain at record lows this season amid a crippling economic crisis that has sharply reduced supplies of fertilizers, fuel and other…

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Norah Jones concerts in Havana canceled?

HAVANA, Nov 29. After announcing the two concerts that the American singer Norah Jones would offer in Havana, and all the controversy generated around them, now everything indicates that they have been canceled.The doubt stems from the deletion…

Promueve pequeña empresa privada cubana el uso de energías limpias

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Land sale value approved for foreign investments in renewable energy

HAVANA, Nov 29. Resolution 271 of 2023 of the Ministry of Finance and Prices, published in the Cuban Gazette on November 27, regulates the sale of land to foreign investors.The standard approves the minimum value of the land, owned, for land…

En La Habana, nueva muestra de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo

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In Havana, new exhibition of Contemporary Cuban Art

HAVANA, Nov 28 The fifth edition of “HB. Exhibition of Contemporary Cuban Art” was inaugurated this Tuesday, simultaneously, in the La Acacia galleries,Havana, Servando, La Nave and the Sarrá Building, Havana. The group exhibition…

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Cuban family business produces coconut, cassava and banana flours while shortages worsen

HAVANA, Nov 28th. On a small plot of land on the outskirts of Havana, a Cuban family business produces gluten-free flour from bananas,coconut and cassava, preferring these local products to expensive imported ingredients, as Cubans look for…

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Despite the Government’s little investment in agriculture, the Party demands that farmers produce more

HAVANA, Nov 28. The Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) placed the solution to the economic crisis that the country is going through on the shoulders of farmers,despite the fact that the agricultural sector is one of the least benefited by government…

Cuba envía 18 médicos oftalmólogos a Jamaica

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Cuba sends 18 ophthalmologists to Jamaica

HAVANA, Nov 28. In the midst of the crisis in the island's health system, the Cuban government continues to export doctors, this time 18 ophthalmologists to Jamaica.“Nine members of the Cuban Eye Care team arrived on the island in July and…

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New Cuban Customs Tariffs cause “Increase in collection

HAVANA, Nov 26. After new regulations from the Ministry of Finance and Prices (MFP), associated with Cuban Customs, came into force on November 19,the entity has reported an “increase in collection”, just two days after the new rates for…

Llega a puerto del Mariel lote de carros Hyundai: ¿solo para fines turísticos?

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Hyundai cars arrives in the port of Mariel: only for tourist purposes?

HAVANA, Nov 26. A large batch of Hyundai brand cars has arrived at the Cuban port of Mariel, and although it has not been specified what purposes they will have,most likely, they will be used for tourist income or to “please” some specific…

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The process starts for the use of Russian MIR cards in Cuba

HAVANA, Nov. 27th. The technological deployment for the use of Russian MIR cards as a means of payment in Cuba began last week, Juan Carlos García Granda, Minister of Tourism, announced on his account on the social network The extent of Russian…

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Video of Cuba Única wins prize at Asian festival

HAVANA, Nov 26. The promotional video of Cuba's Unique campaign today won first place in the international awards of the 10th Asian Microcinema and Art Festival.This year, more than 100 works were presented in the contest in the province of…

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Heartfelt barbers offer “free haircuts to people in real need”

HAVANA, Nov 26. In times of crisis, the lowest instincts of human beings emerge: there is, to prove it, the exponential increase in robberies, assaults and murders.that has destroyed the Cuban myth of citizen tranquility. But also in times of…

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Humanitarian parole: more than 57,000 Cubans authorized to enter U.S.

HAVANA, Nov. 25th. More than 57,000 Cubans have received approval so far this year to enter the United States through the humanitarian parole program, representing an increase of around 5,000 permits granted during October. The strategy…

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A VIETNAMESE COMPANY IN THE MARIEL WILL PRODUCE ANIMAL FEED

HAVANA, Nov 25. The Vietnamese company ViMariel S.A., located in the Mariel Special Development Zone (ZEDM), will begin producing animal feed in the coming days, reported the state media Cubadebate. Currently, the company is installing modern…

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Cubana de Aviación starts selling tickets on line

HAVANA, Nov. 25th. With a renovated website where you can purchase a ticket with just one click, it also covers the purchase of tickets to national destinations such as Havana-Santiago de Cuba, among others.In recent days, on its Facebook profile,…

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Havana Festival by and for Latin American cinema

HAVANA, Nov 24. The House of the Latin American Film Festival has been located in an old mansion in El Vedado for years, where it is already playing these days.that immortalized music of José María Vitier that is repeated every December in…

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The old Santiago-Bayamo-Manzanillo train route returns

HAVANA, Nov 24. The old Santiago – Bayamo – Manzanillo train route has been reactivated with four weekly departures, to facilitate transportation to thousands of passengers from the eastern region of the country, local media report. The…

Acuario del Centro Histórico abrió sus puertas al público

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Historic Center Aquarium opened its doors to the public

HAVANA, Nov 23 The Aquarium of the Historic Center, completely renovated for the 504th anniversary of the founding of Villa San Cristóbal in Havana, opened its doors to the public today.Lisette Abadie, vice president of the small state company…

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Russian Interior Minister meets with Díaz-Canel during a visit to Havana

HAVANA, Nov 22. The Russian Interior Minister, Vladimir Kolokóltsev, met on Wednesday in Havana with the President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel,two months after the Latin American country announced that Cubans were recruited by traffickers to…

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Cuban government admits increase in “femicides” in 2023

HAVANA, Nov. 22nd. The general secretary of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), Teresa Amarelle Boué, assured in a press conference that “a greater number of femicides” was evident on the island during the first half of 2023. In addition,…

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Cuban ministers reveal details of food, fuel shortages amid economic crisis

HAVANA, Nov 22 Senior Cuban officials have over several weeks provided an increasingly dire snapshot of a deepening economic crisis in a series of televised prime-time appearances, revealing the extent of the downturn in unprecedented detail. Minister…

Project to solve flooding on the Havana boardwalk inaugurated in Spain

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Project to solve flooding on the Havana Malecon inaugurated in Spain

HAVANA, Nov 21. A project that seeks to solve flooding on the Havana Malecon was inaugurated this Monday in Spain.Its opening took place at the Institute of Environmental Hydraulics of the University of Cantabria (IHCantabria). The recently…

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Pork production in Cuba fell by almost 90% in four years

HAVANA, Nov 21. Pork production in Cuba fell by almost 90% in four years and Spain has taken advantage of this decline to become the main exporterof the product to the Island, according to the Institute of Foreign Trade of the Iberian nation…

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Ticket prices to Cuba from Miami skyrocket in December

HAVANA, Dec. 2 The flow of travel to Cuba from Miami faces a notable increase in prices, due to the increase during the Christmas season.which can even double the cost of air tickets. As of yesterday, tickets that usually range between $300…

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The first secretary of the PCC in Granma is dismissed in the middle of the trial against doctors in Bayamo

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Cuban doctors demand that those responsible for the Public Health chaos be brought to justice

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Cuban rum producers worry about threat of another dismal sugar harvest

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Norah Jones concerts in Havana canceled?

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Land sale value approved for foreign investments in renewable energy

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