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Cubans use new found social media heft to challenge leaders

HAVANA, March 19th (AFP) – Cubans are using new found social media muscle to challenge their leaders in ways hitherto unseen on the island.

19/03/2019/by Havana Live

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Cubans Frustrated Over US Move to End 5-year Visitor Visas

HAVANA , March 19th (Reuters) The Trump administration's move to end five-year visitor visas for Cubans has left residents of the island angry and frustrated that it will be even harder to see their relatives, shop, or undertake cultural and…

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Black Market Chemotherapy and Animal Sacrifices in Havana

The endless job saving dogs and cats on the streets of Havana HAVANA, March 18th It’s 9 pm and I am on the street, pacing up and down, holding a dog. His name will be Percy but neither of us know it yet. He’s gravely sick with distemper…

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Cubans turn Haiti into unlikely shopping oasis

HAVANA, March 18th (AFP) You wouldn't think the poorest country in the Americas would be anyone's shopping dream. Yet Haiti has become just that for Cuban merchants. Cubans, in the region's only communist country with a still mostly state-led…

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Yuli,a portrait of Carlos Acosta and Cuba is a dance film like no other

HAVANA, March 18th Dance on film can have many functions. It might act as a showstopping decoration to the drama (most movie musicals), a shorthand for its protagonist’s obsession or madness (Black Swan, The Red Shoes) or a blunt tool for…

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Las fotos antiguas que resisten la ola de modernidad en La Habana

HAVANA, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Visitors to Havana's Old Quarter would have some fun memorabilia of their "travel back in time" as they pose before a vintage box camera manufactured more than 100 years ago. While the rise of cellphones and selfies…

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We'll Do our Best Show in Cuba, Says Blondie's Vocalist

Havana, March 16th (PL) We will do our best show and give Cubans a warm greeting, said Deborah Harry, vocalist of the band Blondie, which has offert this Friday a concert at the Mella Theater in Havana. The recital will be the first…

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US slashes visa duration for Cubans in 'reciprocal' move

HAVANA, March 16th (AFP) The United States announced on Friday it would replace a five-year, multiple-entry tourist visa offered to Cubans with a single-entry visa valid for just three months, to match the island nation's own visa rules for…

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Cuba puts hope on China tourism to attract business

HAVANA, March 16th (CGTN) Cuba expects to surpass five million tourists this year including about 50,000 visitors from China. While the number is small compared to other countries, officials say they are pushing for more Chinese vacationers…

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The UN donates almost 3 thousand mattresses to Cuba, after two months of the devastating tornado

HAVANA, March 15th After two months of the passage of the tornado that devastated several municipalities of Havana, the United Nations (UN) made a donation of nearly three thousand mattresses for the victims. According to official sources…

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Blondie will perform spectacular show in Havana

HAVANA, March 15th Blondie is a band that revolutionized the world of punk rock with their bizarre performances, but above all by the unmatched charisma of the vocalist, Deborah Harry since the late 70's with hits like Heart of Glass or Call…

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Investigation into Plane Crash in Cuba in Concluding Phase

HAVANA, Mar 14 (PL) The investigation to determine the causes of the plane crash of May 18, 2018 in Havana is entering its final phase, Armando Daniel Lopez, President of the Cuban Institute of Civil Aeronautics, said Thursday. All the…

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La Herradura 1 wind power farm in Cuba advances

HAVANA, March 13th The bases for the installation of wind turbines of the most powerful wind farm complex in Cuba, began to be built in La Herradura, in the north of Las Tunas, where some components of the wind energy generation technology…

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Prices and other Horror Stories from Cuba

HAVANA, March 12th There isn’t a time in the day here in Cuba when we don’t have to look at our wallets with sadness or up at the heavens. Our baseball players normally do the latter when they hit a home run, they lift their arms and…

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Cuba taps into high-end luxury tourist market

HAVANA, March 11th Cuba used to depend on aid from its oil-rich ally Venezuela. But with Venezuela in turmoil, opening luxury hotels is "a new stage," but also "a necessity," Cuba's Tourism Minister says as his country scrambles for other revenue…

DIEGO MARADONA VA RECOGNIZE THREE CHILDREN IN CUBA

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DIEGO MARADONA WILL RECOGNIZE THREE CHILDREN IN CUBA

HAVANA, March 9th Diego Maradona's lawyer revealed that his client had three children, adolescents, in Cuba. The Argentine star will visit Havana in the year to perform DNA tests and recognize them. Diego Maradona decided to assume everything.…

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Germany-Cuba Scientific Symposium opens in Havana

HAVANA Mar 7th The First Symposium of the Max Planck Society of Germany and Cuba, Frontiers of Science, will contribute to promoting reciprocal scientific knowledge, said Aurora Fernández González, Deputy Minister of Higher Education, at the…

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Cubans Frustrated Over US Move to End 5-year Visitor Visas

Black Market Chemotherapy and Animal Sacrifices in Havana

Cubans turn Haiti into unlikely shopping oasis

Yuli,a portrait of Carlos Acosta and Cuba is a dance film like no other

Las fotos antiguas que resisten la ola de modernidad en La Habana

We'll Do our Best Show in Cuba, Says Blondie's Vocalist

US slashes visa duration for Cubans in 'reciprocal' move

Cuba puts hope on China tourism to attract business

The UN donates almost 3 thousand mattresses to Cuba, after two months of the devastating tornado

Blondie will perform spectacular show in Havana

Investigation into Plane Crash in Cuba in Concluding Phase

La Herradura 1 wind power farm in Cuba advances

Prices and other Horror Stories from Cuba

Cuba taps into high-end luxury tourist market

DIEGO MARADONA WILL RECOGNIZE THREE CHILDREN IN CUBA

Germany-Cuba Scientific Symposium opens in Havana

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