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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 Read more

21/08/2019/by Havana Live

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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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Religious Rituals in Cuba without Animal Sacrifices

HAVANA, Aug. 17th (IPS-CUBA) Some followers of Afro- agree that you can omit animal sacrifice from rituals, which is in line with the very origins of these animist religions and closely tied to Nature and its elements. On August 9th, the…

Lightning Strikes as a Cause of Death in Cuba

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Lightning Strikes as a Cause of five Death in Cuba

Havana, Aug 16 (PL) An average of 65 Cubans die each year due to the impact of lightning strikes, statistics from the Institute of Geophysics and Astronomy (IGA) revealed Friday. The most recent of these episodes killed five people, two adults,…

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Cuban Trumpeter Sergio Pichardo dies

LA HABANA, Aug 16 (PL) Cuban culture mourns the death of trumpeter Sergio Pichardo, who was chosen to interpret the touch of silence at the solemn ceremony in memory of Ernesto Che Guevara, in October 1967. Pichardo, 76, died yesterday,…

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Man found in the cargo area on Swift Air flight from Havana to Miami

HAVANA, Aug. 16th A stowaway was found early Friday on a flight that arrived from Havana to Miami International Airport. A Miami airport spokesman confirmed to the Miami Herald that the man was found hiding in the plane and said he was…

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You can fly from Vancouver to Havana for $338 roundtrip this fall

HAVANA, Aug. 15th Known as the ‘Pearl of the Antilles,’ Cuba is full of culture, history, and natural beauty. Between the warm, vibrant atmosphere, 6,000 km of coasts, and more than 600 beaches, it really does capture the spirit…

Cubans can now track mail shipments from abroad

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Correos de Cuba launched new app to track mail shipments from abroad

HAVANA, Aug. 15th Cubans residing on the island can now track mail sent to them from abroad through the Universal Postal Service. The Main Postal Technology Center of Correos de Cuba has just launched this new service, which makes it possible…

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Coming laws, or that should be coming, in Cuba

HAVANA, Aug. 15th One of the problems of Cuban constitutionalism has been the lack of complementary laws for the implementation of the Constitution. The Magna Carta of 1940, one of the most advanced for its time, and with great contributions…

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Cuba on alert over increase in dengue cases

HAVANA, Aug. 14 The increase of cases of dengue and other diseases in the Americas has placed Cuba's healthcare system on alert, a senior official said on Wednesday. Local health authorities are carrying out efforts to control…

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Cuban entrepreneurs use connectivity to launch ride-share app

HAVANA, Aug. 15th Ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft have grown rapidly in countries with a robust internet infrastructure. They haven’t done so well in others struggling with connectivity, like Cuba. As CGTN’s Luis Chirino reports,…

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Vladimir Putin sets sights on Cuba as Trump's war of words with Havana backfires

HAVANA, Aug. 14th When former Secretary of State John Kerry officiated the reopening of the embassy that had been closed for 44 years, it was seen as a landmark shift in relations between Cuba and the US. The two countries severed ties following…

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The Cuban rum Santiago passes to a mixed company Cuba-United Kingdom

HAVANA, Aug 12th (Reuters) - A European subsidiary of British beverage giant Diageo Plc signed a joint venture deals with state-run Cuba Ron SA on Monday to market Santiago de Cuba Rum, in defiance of U.S. efforts to dissuade investment…

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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

Religious Rituals in Cuba without Animal Sacrifices

Lightning Strikes as a Cause of five Death in Cuba

Cuban Trumpeter Sergio Pichardo dies

Man found in the cargo area on Swift Air flight from Havana to Miami

You can fly from Vancouver to Havana for $338 roundtrip this fall

Correos de Cuba launched new app to track mail shipments from abroad

Coming laws, or that should be coming, in Cuba

Cuba on alert over increase in dengue cases

Cuban entrepreneurs use connectivity to launch ride-share app

Vladimir Putin sets sights on Cuba as Trump's war of words with Havana backfires

The Cuban rum Santiago passes to a mixed company Cuba-United Kingdom

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