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Mafia, royalty, missiles: 90 dizzying years of the Hotel Nacional de Cuba

HAVANA, Jan 27 (efe-epa) The American mafia plotted assassinations in its halls, its gardens were turned into trenches during the missile crisis Read more

27/01/2021/by Havana Live

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Cuba’s coronavirus cases, death toll surge

HAVANA, Jan. 27th (Reuters) Cuba’s death toll from the coronavirus reached 200 on Tuesday, with authorities reporting nearly as many deaths so far in January as in the six previous months combined, due to an unprecedented acceleration…

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Cuban banks enable money transfers from abroad

HAVANA, Jan 26. In recent days, the Central Bank of Cuba announced details on how money transfers would be made to the Island from abroad, given the measures to intensify the US blockade on the island, which hinder the normal flow…

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Havana, between coronavirus and monetary reform

HAVANA, Jan. 25th This week, while much of the world was paying attention to the inauguration of Joe Biden and his first actions as president of the United States, thousands of Havanans continued with their usual routines, or, at least, with…

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Cuba implements new measures for South African strain of covid-19

HAVANA, Jan. 25th Dr Francisco Durán, director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba (Minsap), warned in Havana “that January will be the worst month since the covid-19 epidemic began”, While the incidence rate of the…

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EU and Cuba appeal for Biden to open up

HAVANA, Jan. 24th The EU is coaxing US president Joe Biden to open up to Cuba amid its worst economic crisis in decades, but foreign money risks feeding the regime's "feared" rule. The EU "rejects" the US trade embargo on Cuba "and we will…

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Cuba detects imported case of South African coronavirus variant

HAVANA, Jan. 22 Cuban health authorities said on Friday they had detected an imported case of a coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa. The authorities cannot affirm whether the variant "has been introduced or extended to community…

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Cuba hopes Biden will quickly resume Obama-era detente

HAVANA, Jan. 22th (Reuters) Cuba is hopeful U.S. President Joe Biden will swiftly reverse his predecessor’s hardline approach toward the island and resume the policy of detente begun by the Obama administration, a top official in Havana told…

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Brazil’s Lula had COVID-19 while in Cuba for Oliver Stone film

HAVANA, Jan. 22th (Reuters) - Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva disclosed on Thursday that he tested positive for the coronavirus weeks ago on a trip to Cuba for a documentary directed by American filmmaker Oliver Stone. Lula,…

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Western Union hopeful of resuming Cuba services

HAVANA, Jan. 20th (Reuters) Western Union is hopeful it will be able to resume offering money transfer services to Cuba as it looks forward to policy steps beneficial to the firm under the U.S. Biden administration, its chief financial officer…

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Havana,a virtual tour through food, music, films and books

HAVANA, Jan. 18th A 1950s highway, bleached to sepia by the Caribbean sun, leads from Cuba’s Santa María beaches through palm and hibiscus. It passes close to the fishing village of Cojímar, crests a small rise and there is Havana, sweeping…

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Cuba exceeds 4,000 active cases and reports another four deaths from COVID-19

HAVANA, Jan. 17th Cuba surpassed 4,000 active cases of COVID-19 at the end of this Friday, the day in which four people died on the island as a result of the disease. The new cases amounted to 405, a figure lower than in previous days when…

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The world ‘traveller’ who never left home

HAVANA, Jan. 16th Luis Martinez has written thousands of vivid poems about cities around the world, yet the Cuban bus porter has never left his homeland. Havana may be Cuba's most famous city, but tiny Trinidad is its most enchanting.…

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14 Mercedes-Benz ambulances donate to fight COVID-19

HAVANA, Jan 15. A total of 14 Mercedes-Benz ambulances were delivered this Thursday as part of a donation made by MCV Comercial S.A. and the collaboration of different entities and people reported the Ministry of Transportation of Cuba…

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Mobile internet, Cuba’s new revolution

HAVANA, Jan. 14th (AFP) Since arriving in Cuba just two years ago, mobile internet has revolutionized life here -- helping people find food, fuel and even medicine amid crippling shortages, and helping them organize protests in a country where…

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Carnival CEO Ready to Readjust for Cuba

HAVANA, Jan. 14th Carnival Corporation is prepared to readjust its cruise sailings to Cuba depending on the new rules that may come with the change of the U.S. government, said the company’s CEO, Arnold Donald, during the company’s year-end…

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Cuba closes schools, bars and restaurants as coronavirus rebounds

HAVANA, 14 Jan. (AFP) Havana will close its schools, bars and restaurants on Thursday and shut down all public transport at 9:00 p.m. due to an upsurge in coronavirus cases, Cuban authorities said on Wednesday. The ban on the movement of…

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Havana residents react as US rebrands Cuba state sponsor of terror

HAVANA, Jan. 12th Havana residents react after President Donald Trump's outgoing administration returned Cuba to the US blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism. "Trump has to hand over his weapons, he doesn't want to hand them over and…

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Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba wins several awards at Ballet Beyond Borders contest

HAVANA, Jan 11th Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba (LADC) today celebrates winning several awards in the Ballet Beyond Borders competition, held in the United States. Young dancers from Cuba, South Africa, Canada, Brazil, China, the United States,…

Trump takes new measure on remittances to Cuba

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Outgoing President Trump to label Cuba state sponsor of ‘terror’

HAVANA, Jan. 11th The Trump administration will place Cuba back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism on Monday, according to two senior State Department officials, reversing an Obama-era decision and making it harder for President-elect…

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Cuba reports record number of daily cases of Covid-19

HAVANA, Jan.11th Cuba reported three new deaths and a daily record of 388 additional cases of COVID-19, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Sunday. Among these new cases, only 35 have a source of contamination abroad, confirming the…

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Cuba-United States relations in 2020

HAVANA, Jan.10th The Trump administration has reversed virtually all of Obama’s policies toward Cuba. Through executive orders, Obama expanded trips to Cuba; Trump cancelled people-to-people licenses, cultural exchanges, and banned U.S. residents…

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Cuba to collaborate with Iran on coronavirus vaccine

HAVANA, Jan. 9th (Reuters) Cuba said late on Friday it had signed an accord with Iran to transfer the technology for its most advanced coronavirus vaccine candidate and carry out last-stage clinical trials in humans of the shot in the Islamic…

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`Cuba announces the use of the “Nasalferón” against COVID-19

HAVANA, Jan.9th Cuba began to apply the drug Nasalferon to people who travel to the island and to their families, a drug that according to Cuban authorities is used to strengthen the immune system. But what about this drug? According to…

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Cuba reports highest number of active COVID-19 cases since start of pandemic

HAVANA, Jan. 8th Cuba currently has 1,916 active COVID-19 cases, the highest since the outbreak of the epidemic in the country, its Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported Thursday. "Although there has been an increase in the number…

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Touring Havana in a Fifties ‘old-timer’

HAVANA, Ja. 8th If you head to Cuba, chances are you’ll begin your visit in the country’s eclectic capital, Havana. The city of Havana was founded by the Spanish in the 16th century and, due to its strategic location, it served as a springboard…

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Tourists stream back to Havana despite tough COVID-19 protocols

HAVANA, Jan. 8th (Reuters) Cuba is slowly opening Havana and other cities to tourism after doing the same with beach resorts in November, eager to breathe life into the devastated industry shuttered last March by the pandemic. Francisco…

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Cuba’s Restrictions, Airlines’ Silence, Creates Chaos

HAVANA, Jan. 7th (HT) The sharp uptick in Covid-19 cases throughout Cuba in December led the government to backtrack on reopening. After allowing the airports to receive flights from abroad Cuba suddenly told the airlines they must cancel…

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Coppelia ice cream parlor prices drop after complaints about new rates

HAVANA, Jan. 7th The Cuban authorities announced a reduction in the prices of the famous Coppelia ice cream parlour, in Havana, after the avalanche of criticism and complaints received when the new rates of the facility came into force as…

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Mafia, royalty, missiles: 90 dizzying years of the Hotel Nacional de Cuba

HAVANA, Jan 27 (efe-epa) The American mafia plotted assassinations in its halls, its gardens were turned into trenches during the missile crisis and Johnny “Tarzan” Weissmuller used the second floor as a springboard to jump into the pool:…

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