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Cooperative turns plastic waste into lumber

HAVANA, Aug. 25th Like other countries, Cuba is dealing with plastic pollution that has washed

25/08/2019/by Havana Live

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Strengthening Tropical Storm Dorian to target Lesser Antilles early this week

HAVANA, Aug. 25th The Lesser Antilles are being put on alert for impacts from Tropical Storm Dorian ranging from strong winds and rough surf to localized flooding early this week. An area of disturbed weather that AccuWeather meteorologists…

Mintur wants to make Varadero the best beach in the world

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Cuba wants to make Varadero the best beach in the world

HAVANA, Aug 25 The Ministry of Tourism (Mintur) of Cuba seeks to convert Varadero in the Best Beach in the World for 2020, Cuban media reports. The Mintur issued a call to cooperate with this purpose, in which it asks visitors and residents…

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More Travelers Appreciate Diving in Cuba

HAVANA, Aug 25 (PL) The increase in tourism in Cuba has many edges today when even pilgrims from all over the world appreciate the practice of diving and snorkeling in the insular waters. This opinion is supported by officials of the…

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Spanish festival celebrates Havana’s 500th anniversary

HAVANA, Aug. 24th Since 2014 a piece of Cuba arrives in the Spanish city of Huelva during the CubaCultura event, space where through different artistic and traditional manifestations, exponents of dance, music, cinema, plastic arts, among…

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Josone Varadero Festival Opens with Cuban Music

HAVANA, Aug 24 (PL) With the performance of renowned national artists, the Josone Varadero Rumba, Jazz & Son Festival kicked off on Thursday to show a broad sound spectrum on stage for four days. The second edition of the event…

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Experts in Cuba take Action to Preserve Blue Palm

HAVANA, Aug 23 (PL) Environmental specialists from this province are taking action to protect the blue palm, an endangered palm variety discovered last year in the central region of Cuba. A group of experts from the Botanical Garden of…

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Cuba to Try New Ways to Fight Aedes Aegypti Mosquito

HAVANA, Aug. 23rd Scientists in Cuba are working on two methods to control the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the carrier of dengue, zika, and chikungunya viruses. Guadalupe Guzman, research chief at the Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine Institute…

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Zara accused of plagiarism

HAVANA, 23 Aug. "Actually I'm in Havana": this sentence, the Cuban Idania del Rio printed on t-shirts when she created her clothing brand in 2015. Recently, the Spanish fashion giant Zara launched a collection with the phrase: "Mentally I'm…

The New York photographer who loves Cuba’s dogs and cats

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A New York photographer who loves Cuba’s dogs and cats

HAVANA, Aug. 22th Emmy Park learned that the word “misu” would be helpful to photograph Cuba’s stray cats, while the pieces of fried chicken that she brought from New York would be useful to attract dogs. Thus, she managed to capture…

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Tourism to Cuba plunges after Trump's tightening of travel ban

HAVANA, Aug. 22th (Reuters) - Tourist arrivals to Cuba plunged 23.6% on the year in July, official data showed on Wednesday, confirming the blow dealt with the sector by the Trump administration’s tightening of U.S. restrictions on…

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Cuba falls in love again with the beard - and it's not about Fidel

HAVANA, Aug. 21th Cubans and beards have gone hand in hand, or cheek by jowl, since the days of Fidel Castro's revolution, but after falling out of favor, facial hair is back - and this time, it's not political. Cuba's old guard, for the…

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In Havana, Personal Museums and the Bittersweet Influence of Sugar

HAVANA, Aug. 21th Since April, visitors to the Cuban Art Building of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes have been greeted by a series of installations by some of the island’s top international artists. Together, the six works comprise Museos…

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Panama suspends tourism card for Cubans

HAVANA, Aug. 21th The temporary suspension of the tourism card that allowed Cubans to travel to Panama to make purchases was due to irregularities detected by the Panamanian government in the allocation and use of this mechanism. This was…

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Cuban Population Decreases and Ages

HAVANA, August 21 (PL) The demographic trend in Cuba points to the population decrease and aging, according to data from the National Statistics and Information Bureau (ONEI). 20.4% of Cubans are 60 years old and older, the newspaper…

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Let’s go to the beach

HAVANA, Aug. 19th The beach in Cuba generates unlimited affection. Sometimes it seems like a principal religion, above all the divine, black, white, Chinese and mulatto heads. In Cuba, where it is hot the year-round, and increasingly more…

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Aeroflot To Operate Airbus A350 To Cuba In 2020

HAVANA, Aug. 19th Starting as early as September 1st, 2020, Aeroflot plans to fly a new A350-900 from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport to Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport. The route: Due to the curves of the earth,…

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Cooperative turns plastic waste into lumber

Strengthening Tropical Storm Dorian to target Lesser Antilles early this week

Cuba wants to make Varadero the best beach in the world

More Travelers Appreciate Diving in Cuba

Spanish festival celebrates Havana’s 500th anniversary

Josone Varadero Festival Opens with Cuban Music

Experts in Cuba take Action to Preserve Blue Palm

Cuba to Try New Ways to Fight Aedes Aegypti Mosquito

Zara accused of plagiarism

A New York photographer who loves Cuba’s dogs and cats

Tourism to Cuba plunges after Trump's tightening of travel ban

Cuba falls in love again with the beard - and it's not about Fidel

In Havana, Personal Museums and the Bittersweet Influence of Sugar

Panama suspends tourism card for Cubans

Cuban Population Decreases and Ages

Let’s go to the beach

Aeroflot To Operate Airbus A350 To Cuba In 2020

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