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Central Bank of Cuba allows the island’s non-residents to open US dollar bank accounts

HAVANA, May 27th The Central Bank of Cuba (BCC) issued a resolution that allows the island’s non-residents to open bank accounts in U.S. dollars, Read more

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Who are the cuban artists most followed on Instagram?

HAVANA, May 26th Instagram it is without a doubt the social network more used and effective for artists, celebrities and influencers. The platform has had an impressive growth in the past five years and currently has more than a billion users…

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‘Corona town’: Cuban graffiti depicts anguish, urges courage

HAVANA, May 25th (Reuters) - A skeleton reaches up from the ground to clutch at a fantastical winged creature. A hunched figure wearing a face mask drags behind it an entangled mass of stricken faces and lanky limbs. A butterfly flutters out…

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Economist Carmelo Mesa-Lago’s View of Cuba’s Future

HAVANA, May 23th (By Vicente Morin Aguado) At his 86 years of age, Carmelo Mesa-Lago speaks loud and clear, he is far removed from any “ism”, focusing on his supreme obligation of serving others. Cuba still hasn’t recovered from the…

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Cuba credits two drugs with slashing coronavirus death toll

HAVANA, May 23th (Reuters) Cuba said this week that use of two drugs produced by its biotech industry that reduce hyper-inflammation in seriously ill COVID-19 patients has sharply curbed its coronavirus-related death toll. Health authorities…

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Cuba has a virtual search engine to detect Covid-19

HAVANA, May 22th (PL) Cuban health authorities insisted today on the availability and usefulness of the digital self-investigation available to the entire population, which can increase the detection of infected but asymptomatic people from…

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Cuba seeks delay in debt repayment to 2022

HAVANA, May 22th Cuba has asked the Paris Club of major creditors for a delay in repaying its debt until 2022, citing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on its economy, diplomatic sources told AFP on Wednesday. In a letter sent to 14 Paris…

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The first Catholic church built in Havana since the revolution

HAVANA, May 22th It is dedicated to Pope Saint John Paul II, whose visit to Cuba in 1998 marked a “before and after” moment in the situation of the Catholic Church in this Caribbean nation.As Ricardo Mínguez speaks, his eyes start to fill…

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Two Miami-Havana flights of repatriation of Cubans on Friday 22

HAVANA, May 22 Today two repatriation flights will be made for Cuban citizens stranded in the United States as a result of the closure of air traffic between the two countries in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement issued…

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Brazil lets Cuban doctors resume work amid coronavirus struggle

HAVANA, May 20th Brazil has rehired 157 Cuban doctors to help fight a surge in coronavirus cases, a year and a half after Havana ended a medical assistance programme over a dispute with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. The doctors, who…

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China – Cuba to accelerate first joint biotechnology park

HAVANA, May 19th China and Cuba on Tuesday, May 12 accelerated a project that will create the first joint biotechnological park to research, develop, produce and commercialize medicines obtained in the Caribbean State, of proven effectiveness…

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Urgent Recommendations to Support Cuba’s Private Sector

HAVANA, May 19th (HT) Supplies, customers, service contracts lost; mobility and connection problems; prices of raw materials and transport going up; maintenance and rental costs, as well as basic bills… these are just some of the obstacles…

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Fourth day without deaths from COVID-19 in Cuba

HAVANA, May 18th The data referring to COVID-19 in Cuba, which the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reports, remain in a zone of stability, and low. For the fourth consecutive day, no deaths were reported and there were 10 new infections. “It…

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Spain repatriates its tourists stranded in Cuba on a last flight

HAVANA, May 18th Almost 300 Spaniards who were stranded in Cuba, part of the tourists, return this Sunday on what could be the last flight from Havana to Madrid until air transport normalized by the coronavirus pandemic. The plane, an Iberia…

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Cuba is preparing to reopen airports

HAVANA, May 15th Cuba is preparing to reopen its airports as early as July if COVID-19 cases, which the government claims are at minimal levels, remains under control, sources familiar with plans told el Nuevo Herald. “Cuba extended the closure…

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U.S. considers returning Cuba to list of state sponsors of terrorism

HAVANA, May 15th (Reuters) - The United States is considering returning Cuba to its list of state sponsors of terrorism, a senior Trump administration official told Reuters on Thursday, a move that would mark another major blow to increasingly…

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CubaEmprende, Searching for Solutions in Cuba, Even if Only Small Scale

HAVANA, May 15th (HT) The CubaEmprende project, in collaboration with AUGE (a business consultancy), has published a document with a detailed compilation of the initiatives that numerous private businesses have carried out in recent months…

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American Airlines is accepting reservations Miami to Cuba starting June 4

HAVANA,may 13th American Airlines has started selling, through its website, trips to Havana, Cuba, starting June 6, 2020.On its website, the airline offers 4 flights daily between Miami (MIA) and La Habana (HAV), with prices starting at…

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Cuba seeks to compete in coronavirus treatment race

HAVANA, May 13th (Reuters) Cuba, labouring under a six-decade U.S. embargo, is betting a biotech sector begun by late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro can give the Caribbean island an edge in a global race to find effective treatments for…

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Cuba Doubles Down on Testing as Coronavirus Cases Decline

HAVANA, May 12th (Reuters) Cuba began mass testing for the new coronavirus this week even as it appeared to have contained infections, and residents struggled to move around amid a partial shutdown in search of scarce basic goods. New…

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Is Cuba’s Rations Booklet Getting a Boost from COVID-19?

HAVANA , May 12th (IPS-Cuba) Shortages of food and other essential items are conspiring against the public health system’s efforts to fight COVID-19, as thousands of people are forced to wait in line for hours in front of retail stores. It’s…

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New Actions in Central Havana to Contain the Pandemic

HAVANA, May 11th By IPS-Cuba Centro Habana, the most densely populated municipality in Cuba, became, since May 8, the first in the Cuban capital where reinforced measures of social isolation are implemented throughout the territory, due to the…

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Treasury Department fines agricultural company for selling food to Cuba

HAVANA, May 10th Although the sale of food to Cuba by the United States is permitted, the American exporter needs to inform the Treasury Department, which then issues a permit through the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Failure to…

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Cuba’s wifi generation (Video)

HAVANA, May 6th What are the chances for Cuba with wifi? Is Cuba ready for a generation that is day and night on the phone via wifi? And if so, what does wifi mean for Cuba and the people living there? Is the former socialist state Cuba…

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The double solar halo that surprised many in Havana

HAVANA, May 9th The ring around the sun seen this Friday surprised many in the capital of Cuba.Heaven in the city of Havana has given its inhabitants a double show in less than a week. As happened on May 2, this Friday, Cubans could see a solar…

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The Reopening of Cuba’s Tourist Industry, When and How?

HAVANA, May 8th At some other time we may have announced the millionth tourist arriving with great fanfare. Now we will have to honour the first person to arrive with whatever honours are available: red carpet with government dignitaries and…

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Cuban Confinement: ‘Online’ Queues and American Movies

HAVANA, May 7th Havana has been left without a boardwalk, without noise, without dominoes in the streets. The coronavirus epidemic has emptied the capital’s promenade, where people used to go fishing, chatting or simply fooling around looking…

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Cuban entrepreneurs reinvent themselves to survive the pandemic

HAVANA, May 6th If opening and maintaining a private business was already difficult in Cuba, the COVID-19 epidemic now places new obstacles for Cuban entrepreneurs, forced to reinvent themselves to survive an unprecedented crisis from which,…

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‘Doctor diplomacy’: Cuba seeks to make its mark in Europe amid Covid-19 crisis

HAVANA, May 6th They have jetted into some of the most horrifying calamities in recent history, clutching the red, white and blue flag of their small island home. Earthquakes in Indonesia and Pakistan; a cholera outbreak in Haiti; and the Ebola…

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Central Bank of Cuba allows the island’s non-residents to open US dollar bank accounts

Who are the cuban artists most followed on Instagram?

‘Corona town’: Cuban graffiti depicts anguish, urges courage

Economist Carmelo Mesa-Lago’s View of Cuba’s Future

Cuba credits two drugs with slashing coronavirus death toll

Cuba has a virtual search engine to detect Covid-19

Cuba seeks delay in debt repayment to 2022

The first Catholic church built in Havana since the revolution

Two Miami-Havana flights of repatriation of Cubans on Friday 22

Brazil lets Cuban doctors resume work amid coronavirus struggle

China – Cuba to accelerate first joint biotechnology park

Urgent Recommendations to Support Cuba’s Private Sector

Fourth day without deaths from COVID-19 in Cuba

Spain repatriates its tourists stranded in Cuba on a last flight

Cuba is preparing to reopen airports

U.S. considers returning Cuba to list of state sponsors of terrorism

CubaEmprende, Searching for Solutions in Cuba, Even if Only Small Scale

American Airlines is accepting reservations Miami to Cuba starting June 4

Cuba seeks to compete in coronavirus treatment race

Cuba Doubles Down on Testing as Coronavirus Cases Decline

Is Cuba’s Rations Booklet Getting a Boost from COVID-19?

New Actions in Central Havana to Contain the Pandemic

Treasury Department fines agricultural company for selling food to Cuba

Cuba’s wifi generation (Video)

The double solar halo that surprised many in Havana

The Reopening of Cuba’s Tourist Industry, When and How?

Cuban Confinement: ‘Online’ Queues and American Movies

Cuban entrepreneurs reinvent themselves to survive the pandemic

‘Doctor diplomacy’: Cuba seeks to make its mark in Europe amid Covid-19 crisis

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