HAVANA, March 26th Dos Cubanos were arrested this Saturday at the International Airport of Cayo Bone (southern Florida), Read more

CUBA’S PINAR DEL RÍO TOBACCO CROP “SMALLEST IN HISTORY”
HAVANA, March 25th Pinar del Río—Cuba’s main tobacco growing region—is on track for its smallest crop in history.The news is not surprising given last September Pinar del Río suffered a direct hit from Hurricane Ian. The hurricane arrived…

Sargassum Is Coming, what does it mean for Cuba?
HAVANA, March 25th In the last few years, Cuba has faced an exodus of people, the plague of a pandemic, food shortages, fires from oil tank explosions, floods from hurricanes, severe inflation…STOP! This sounds almost biblical as a…

Cuban President arrives in Santo Domingo for the Ibero-American Summit
HAVANA, March 25th Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel arrived Friday in Santo Domingo to attend the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit in the Dominican capital.The ruler arrived at 16.55 local time (20.55 GMT) at Las Americas Airport aboard a Venezuelan…

Historic night!: seven years after The Rolling Stone concert in Cuba
HAVANA, March 24th Seven years have passed since March 25, 2016, the Sports City vibrated with the magic of one of the myths of international music. The Rolling Stones was in Cuba, even if it seemed like a dream.From all over the island the…

Blinken affirms that U.S. do not plan to remove Cuba from the list of sponsors of terrorism
HAVANA, March 24th The Government of Cuba affirmed this Thursday that the US never had the intention of removing the island from the list of countries that sponsor terrorism because "it is convenient."Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez declared…

Cuban doctors asked to help a hospital in Ireland
HAVANA, March 24th A council has requested help from the Cuban government to fill healthcare roles at a hospital in County Fermanagh. The Cuban embassy in London responded positively to the request from Fermanagh and Omagh District…

Cubans will go to the polls on Sunday to vote for the deputies
HAVANA, March 22 (Reuters) Cubans will go to the polls on Sunday to vote for 470 deputies who will represent them for the next five years in the National Assembly.The national (legislative) elections will be the first since Cubans overwhelmingly…

Cuban agricultural fair Fiagrop 2023 begins in Havana
HAVANA, Mar 20 The 24th Cuba International Agroindustrial Food Fair (Fiagrop 2023) will open its doors to national and foreign companies interested in exploring new opportunities to market their products and services and invest. The…

5 new foreign companies will open in Cuba
HAVANA, March 19 The first business projects with 5 new foreign firms in the wholesale and retail trade will begin operations between April and May, according to several Cuban media reports this Saturday. The news stems from a meeting that…

Cuban baseball players could earn up to $50,000 each to win the World Baseball Classic
HAVANA, March 19th According to the president of the Cuban Baseball Federation, the players will collect the corresponding prize thanks to an agreement reached between that institution, the Major Leagues, and the United States Department of…

Western Union remittances to Cuba resumed
HAVANA, March 18th U.S. company Western Union reestablished the sending of remittances to Cuba from all over the United States this March 3.The member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno…

Cuba announces installation of Wi-Fi on trains
HAVANA, March 17 The state-owned Integral Telecommunications Solutions Company Solintel S.A. plans to start installing Wi-Fi networks in the few and delayed Cuban national trains as of September of this year, reports the Escambray provincial…

Chinese EVs gain ground on Cuban roads
HAVANA, March 16th Thousands of Cubans across the country have started to use Chinese electric cars and scooters amid fuel shortages and tightened U.S. economic sanctions, which have dealt a heavy blow to the island's transportation system. To…

A fire in Matanzas burned 11,300 cujes of Cuban tobacco
HAVANA, March 16th More than 11,300 recently harvested tobacco cujes burned in a fire this Wednesday night in Jovellanos, Matanzas. The official press has confirmed the news, advanced by a user on social networks, and has disturbed the calm…

Cuba Beats Australia, Reaches First World Baseball Semifinal Since 2006
HAVANA, March 16th Cuba earned a 7,500-mile flight to Miami for a trip to the World Baseball Classic semifinals for the first time since 2006. "Cuban baseball fans are so emotional right now. They have been waiting for a long time," manager…

Basball player Yoenis Céspedes leaves Cuban team for personal reasons
HAVANA, March 15th Former major leaguer Yoenis Céspedes has left the Cuban team at the World Baseball Classic for unspecified personal reasons.The Cuban Baseball Federation, in a statement from Havana, gave few details about his departure…

PETA urges Pentagon to end ‘Havana syndrome’ animal testing
HAVANA, March 13 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is urging the Pentagon to ban all weapon-wounding tests on dogs, cats, marine animals, ferrets, and monkeys to determine the health effects of the mysterious "Havana syndrome" on humans. The…

Italian company Italsav announces upcoming opening of shopping center in Havana
HAVANA, March 14th The Italian company Italsav announced the upcoming opening of a mixed-management shopping center in Havana, according to the ANSA news agency."By September we will open the first Cuban shopping center that has mixed management,…

Banks in Cuba begin accepting Russia’s Mir Payment System
HAVANA, March 14th Banks in Cuba have begun accepting the Mir payment system, the Russian alternative to Visa and Mastercard. According to TASS, multiple banks based in the Cuban capital of Havana have commenced the process, with ATMs featuring…

Blacklisted supertanker ships fuel from Venezuela to Cuba
HAVANA, March 13 (Reuters) -A blacklisted supertanker on Monday was loading crude and fuel for Cuba from Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA PDVSA.UL,maritime documents showed, an unusually large volume to help its political ally overcome…

DIMECUBA, if you look for a reliable way to ship appliances to Cuba
HAVANA, March 13th Looking for a reliable way to ship home appliances to Cuba? DimeCuba has everything you need to make your shipment fast, easy and secure. With a wide variety of products, DimeCuba is the perfect choice for anyone looking…

U.S. legislators present bill on trademarks nationalized in Cuba
HAVANA, March 12th This Thursday, a group of United States legislators presented a bill to prohibit courts from validating any claim of rights of a business or assets nationalized by the Cuban government.The bipartisan bill was presented by…

SMEs in Cuba: Inside friendly fire
HAVANA, March 11th Just a year or so ago, the appearance of SMEs was greeted with joy and hope by a great deal of the Cuban population, and also by the government apparatus.The decree law that made its creation possible also settled a decades-old…

19 must places to visit in Cuba in 2023 (4of4)
HAVANA, March 11th 19 must places to visit in Cuba in 2023, the largest of the Caribbean Islands, Cuba will charm you with its charismatic vibe influenced by four centuries of African, Caribbean, and Spanish cultures.
15. Biodiverse Isla De…

Biden opens the door to Cuban opponents imprisoned on the island
HAVANA, March 11th Marta Perdomo agonizes day and night for her two sons Jorge and Nadir, jailed in Cuba for taking part nearly two years ago in the largest anti-government protests since the 1959 revolution. A call she says she received…

Wonderful Havana facing a new sanitary crisis
HAVANA, March 10 Without counting the main avenues of Havana, those through which the country's highest authorities pass and probably for this reason they remain semi-immaculate,It could be said that it is almost impossible to walk on a city…

Spanish Consulate in Havana Warns ‘Blocking’ Ineligible People Making Visa Appointments
HAVANA, March 9th The Consulate of Spain in Havana has warned all persons who are not authorized and make a Schengen visa appointment aimed at official people and organizations that they will be “blocked”.Through an official statement…

Half a million tourists visited Cuba this year
HAVANA, March 8th Half a million tourists visited Cuba this year reported Cubadebate. The recovery of Canadian tourism, Cuba’s major tourist-sending market, reached 80 percent with respect to 2019, totaling 252,650 travelers.The article,…

Two Cubans arrived in Florida aboard a delta wing with motor
HAVANA, March 26th Dos Cubanos were arrested this Saturday at the International Airport of Cayo Bone (southern Florida), where they arrived aboard a delta wing with a motor, police sources confirmed to Efe. Adam Linhartd, a spokesman for…

CUBA’S PINAR DEL RÍO TOBACCO CROP “SMALLEST IN HISTORY”
HAVANA, March 25th Pinar del Río—Cuba’s main tobacco growing region—is on track for its smallest crop in history.The news is not surprising given last September Pinar del Río suffered a direct hit from Hurricane Ian. The hurricane arrived…

Sargassum Is Coming, what does it mean for Cuba?
HAVANA, March 25th In the last few years, Cuba has faced an exodus of people, the plague of a pandemic, food shortages, fires from oil tank explosions, floods from hurricanes, severe inflation…STOP! This sounds almost biblical as a…

Cuban President arrives in Santo Domingo for the Ibero-American Summit
HAVANA, March 25th Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel arrived Friday in Santo Domingo to attend the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit in the Dominican capital.The ruler arrived at 16.55 local time (20.55 GMT) at Las Americas Airport aboard a Venezuelan…

Historic night!: seven years after The Rolling Stone concert in Cuba
HAVANA, March 24th Seven years have passed since March 25, 2016, the Sports City vibrated with the magic of one of the myths of international music. The Rolling Stones was in Cuba, even if it seemed like a dream.From all over the island the…

Blinken affirms that U.S. do not plan to remove Cuba from the list of sponsors of terrorism
HAVANA, March 24th The Government of Cuba affirmed this Thursday that the US never had the intention of removing the island from the list of countries that sponsor terrorism because "it is convenient."Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez declared…

Cuban doctors asked to help a hospital in Ireland
HAVANA, March 24th A council has requested help from the Cuban government to fill healthcare roles at a hospital in County Fermanagh. The Cuban embassy in London responded positively to the request from Fermanagh and Omagh District…

Cubans will go to the polls on Sunday to vote for the deputies
HAVANA, March 22 (Reuters) Cubans will go to the polls on Sunday to vote for 470 deputies who will represent them for the next five years in the National Assembly.The national (legislative) elections will be the first since Cubans overwhelmingly…

Cuban agricultural fair Fiagrop 2023 begins in Havana
HAVANA, Mar 20 The 24th Cuba International Agroindustrial Food Fair (Fiagrop 2023) will open its doors to national and foreign companies interested in exploring new opportunities to market their products and services and invest. The…

5 new foreign companies will open in Cuba
HAVANA, March 19 The first business projects with 5 new foreign firms in the wholesale and retail trade will begin operations between April and May, according to several Cuban media reports this Saturday. The news stems from a meeting that…