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Ambassador Cruise Line announces trips to Cuba

Ambassador Cruise Line anuncia viajes a Cuba

HAVANA, Dec 5. The new British cruise company Ambassador Cruise Line will start its operations for the first time, for which it contemplates trips to Cuba in January 2023. Read more

05/12/2021/by Havana Live

Filme El Mayor hoy en 42 Festival de Cine latinoamericano

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Filme El Mayor today at the 42nd Latin American Film Festival

HAVANA, Dec 4. The 42nd Latin American Film Festival today highlights the premiere of El Mayor, a film directed by the director Rigoberto López and inspired by Ignacio Agramonte, a legendary patriot who caused steam to the Spanish troops…

Cuba grants new legal guarantees to foreign investors

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Cuba launches 12.5 billion dollars’ worth of foreign investment projects

HAVANA, Dec. 4th Cuba is looking for foreign investors for 678 projects, mainly in the food, biopharmaceutical, tourism and energy sectors, for a total amount of 12.5 billion dollars.According to a statement released this Wednesday by…

En 73 días, Cuba aprueba casi 900 pymes privadas

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In 73 days Cuba approves almost 900 private companies

HAVANA, Dec. 3rd (AP) In less than three months of application of a package of laws that allowed the opening of small and medium-sized private companies in Cuba after almost five decades of prohibition, the authorities approved almost 900 of…

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Cuba clarify rumors about Cuban passport

HAVANNA, Dec. 3th The Department of Identification, Immigration and Foreigners, of the Ministry of the Interior, described as unfounded the “isolated” rumours that the Cuban passport would be charged in freely convertible currency and that…

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Condor plans three services to Cuba from Frankfurt

HAVANA, Dec. 3th The German airline Condor announced that it will soon make flights from Germany to three important Cuban provinces.The reopening of the Antillean borders, without a doubt, started on a very good footing and there are more and…

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Cuban students above Latin American average

HAVANA, Dec. 2nd. Cuban students obtain results above the regional average, according to a study of the educational systems of Latin America presented this Tuesday by UNESCO, which urges Havana to maintain its efforts in this area. According…

Le premier hôtel LGBT de Cuba accueille les touristes

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Cuba’s first LGBT hotel welcomes tourists

HAVANA, Dec. 2nd. The Grand Muthu Rainbow Hotel, located in Cayo Guillermo, an islet in the province of Ciego de Avila, was inaugurated in December 2019, but had to close very quickly due to the coronavirus pandemic. Encouraged by the drop…

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Cuba to upgrade homegrown COVID-19 vaccine to confront Omicron

HAVANA, Dec 1 (Reuters) Cuban health authorities said that researchers in the country are upgrading its homegrown COVID vaccines to ensure protection against the new Omicron variant.The Caribbean island nation, whose economy hinges on tourism,…

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Fidel Castro’s boots, binoculars, jeep on display in Cuba’s newest museum

HAVANA, Dec.1st. (Reuters) A bust of Fidel Castro from China’s Xi Jinping, the army jeep in which he crossed Cuba, his well-worn boots and his Russian-made assault rifle are just a few of the long-time Cuban leader’s possessions on display…

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Cuba eases its financial policies for the domestic market

HAVANA, Dec.1st. Havana eases its financial policies for the domestic market. This was reported on Tuesday by the Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, when presenting during the Second Business Forum Cuba 2021…

Cuba obtains fourth power barge to ease blackouts

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Floating power plant arrives in HAVANA to locate in the Bay of Havana

HAVANA, Nov 30th A new floating power plant has arrived in Cuba and the government reported that it will locate it in the Bay of Havana. Lazaro Guerra Hernández, technical director of the Cuban Electricity Union, indicated this Thursday on…

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Leonardo Padura: exile is one of the greatest dramas for Cubans

HAVANA, Nov. 30th Exile is one of the great dramas of a generation of Cubans that grew up after 1959, said the Havana writer Leonardo Padura this Sunday in his participation in the Guadalajara International Book Fair. “There are political,…

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Cuba tightens restrictions on eight African countries over Omicron concerns

HAVANA, Nov. 29th (Reuters) Cuba will ratchet up restrictions from Dec 4 on passengers from certain African countries over concerns about the Omicron coronavirus variant, the country's government said on Monday (Nov 29). The World…

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Visitors from U.S. must present vaccination scheme to enter Cuba

HAVANA, Nov. 28th According to Granma newspaper, on November 15 the Cuban Institute of Civil Aeronautics (IACC) notified U.S. airlines of the obligation to present the vaccination scheme for passengers who want to enter Cuba from that country. The…

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Reducing the number of US embassy staff in Cuba because of the Havana syndrome?

HAVANA, Nov. 28th Independent Cuban media and the Spanish daily 20Minutos say there has been a significant reduction in the number of US and Canadianembassy staff members recently due to an atypical range of neurological conditions. It is called…

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Monetary Reorganization in Cuba and its effects

HAVANA, Nov.27th The interventions of Marino Murillo, former head of the late Commission for the Implementation of the Guidelines,in the last session of the National Assembly of People’s Power, lead to a reflection. The Provincial Commerce…

New financial institution created to grant microcredits to new economic actors

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Financiera de Microcréditos grant loans to new economic actors

HAVANA, Nov. 27th The Cuban banking system has just created a new financial institution to grant microcredits to MSMEs and self-employed workers and cooperatives.Financiera de Microcréditos S.A. arises responding to the need for these economic…

Russia, Cuba seek closer 'strategic partnership'

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Russia to supply drugs, food to Cuba by year-end

HAVANA, Nov 26th TASS. Russia will supply pharmaceuticals, food and essential goods to Cuba by the end of this year, the Government said on Friday on its website after the meeting between Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov and Cuba’s Deputy…

Les touristes affluent à Cuba après l’hibernation épidémique

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Cuban Tourism Operators Welcome Returning Tourists

HAVANA, Nov 26, 2021 (Reuters) Cuban tourism operators breathed a sigh of relief this week as the first tourists in months returned to sip mojitos and snap selfies in vintage cars in the capital Havana, providing a much-needed shot in the…

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Archaeological excavations resume in old church in Cuba

HAVANA, Nov 26 ( PL) Excavations in the old Jesús Nazareno church in this patrimonial city in central Cuba resumed, in what is classified today as an integral archaeological intervention, assured an expert.Orlando Álvarez de la Paz, the…

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Maduro makes surprise visit to Havana as Cuba marks Castro’s death anniversary

HAVANA, Nov. 26th (AFP) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro made a surprise appearance in Havana Thursday at the inauguration of the Fidel Castro Ruz centre, which preserves the late president's writings, five years after his death. Maduro,…

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Can the Belt and Road help Cuba overcome its energy woes?

HAVANA, Nov. 25th On 18 October, Cuba joined the Belt and Road Energy Partnership (BREP) of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which seeks to strengthen connectivity in infrastructure and energy investment, and promote cooperation in…

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Cayman Airways resume Havana flights

HAVANA, Nov. 25th. Cayman Airways Limited (CAL) has received approval from the Cuban Government to resume commercial service for its Cayman/Havana route, with weekly nonstop B737-8 flights resuming November 30, 2021. “We’re excited to…

Velero ecológico Statsraad Lehmkuhl de Noruega llegará a La Habana

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Statsraad Lehmkuhl ecological sailboat from Norway arrives in Havana

HAVANA, Nov 24 ( PL) The ecological sailing ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl from Norway arrived today for the first time in Cuba,as part of the One Ocean expedition that investigates the oceans, the effects of climate change and how to protect them. Representatives…

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Cuba obtains fourth power barge to ease blackouts

HAVANA, Nov. 24th The barges run on fuel oil procured by the Turkish company, Cuban state-owned utility UNE said.The new barge is located off the coast of the capital Havana and in early December will begin delivering 130MW to the national grid…

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Another bleak harvest looms for Cuban sugar industry

HAVANA, Nov. 24th (Reuters) Cuba has carried out a root and branch restructure of its sugar industry in a last-ditch attempt to keep mills from folding in the face of collapsing output.In recent weeks, the government has made 56 sugar mills…

In a meeting with more than 72 caravan members, the Cuban president stated that his country is ready “for a civilized coexistence,

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Cuba could have civilized cooperation with U.S.

HAVANA, Nov. 24th (PL) In a meeting with more than 72 caravan members, the Cuban president stated that his country is ready “for a civilized coexistence, in equal conditions, respect for sovereignty, independence and without interference…

Envío de dinero a Cuba a través de TocoPay

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Sending money to Cuba through TocoPay

HAVANA, Nov. 24th CIMEX's Cuban financial company, known as Fincimex, has suspended the sending of money to Cuba through its AIS platform and has replaced it with another site: TocoPay. They ensure that sending money to the island from this…

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Ambassador Cruise Line announces trips to Cuba

HAVANA, Dec 5. The new British cruise company Ambassador Cruise Line will start its operations for the first time, for which it contemplates trips to Cuba in January 2023.The debut program of the line, which is expected to launch next April,…

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