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China’s Newest Oil Hotspot Is In America’s Backyard

HAVANA, April 18th Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua said on Tuesday that an affiliate of Chinese oil major CNPC, Great Wall Drilling, was drilling for oil off Cuba’s coast as part of a joint venture with state-owned oil firm Cuba Petroleum Company (CUPET).

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Travel Industry Reacts to President Trump's New Crackdown on Cuba

HAVANA, April 18th (Travelpulse) In a move that’s being described by some in the travel industry as catering to southern Florida’s hard-liners in advance of the 2020 presidential elections, the Trump administration has announced harsh new…

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EU, Canada reject Trump’s Cuba sanctions policy

HAVANA, April 17th The EU and Canada issued a joint warning against the United States on Wednesday after Washington said it would allow US lawsuits against foreign investments in Cuba. "The EU and Canada consider the extraterritorial…

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Brussels warns U.S. against exposing EU firms in Cuba to claims

HAVANA, April 16th (Reuters) - The European Union has warned Washington that any move to allow U.S. citizens to sue foreign firms doing business in Cuba could lead to a World Trade Organization challenge and a cycle of counter-claims in European…

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Driver to abducted Cuban doctors detained for 15 days

HAVANA, April 16th Police have told a court that intelligence reports have implicated a driver of two abducted Cuban doctors in their kidnap at the border town of Mandera. Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) said Isaack Ibren, a driver at Mandera…

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Cuba collaborates with Kenya to find kidnapped Cuban doctors

HAVANA, April 12 (Xinhua) — Cuba will maintain contact with Kenyan authorities in search for the two Cuban doctors who were kidnapped earlier in northeast Kenya by suspected al-Shabab militants, the Cuban government said Friday. In an official…

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Ostrich, rodent on the menu as Cuba seeks food miracle

HAVANA, April 13th (Reuters) - From breeding miniature cows to importing water buffalo, Cuban leaders have long gotten creative in their effort to remedy food shortages. Now, they are proposing ostrich and rodent farms as an answer, prompting…

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Cuba Strengthens State Entrepreneurial System, Eases Private Sector

HAVANA, Apr 13th (PL) Cuba is improving the state entrepreneurial system due to its key role in economic development, and it is making the rules that govern the private sector more flexible, Marino Murillo, president of the Commission for…

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Internationally ‘Havana Biennal' art festival kicks off Friday

HAVANA, April 13th - More than foreign 300 artists, including Americans, will participate in Havana’s 13th Biennial, the internationally recognized month-long art festival that kick’s off April 12. “Havana’s Bienal is unique,” said…

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THE ARTIST JR REINVESTI HAVANA WITH THE GIANT COLLAGE OF A SMALL BOY

HAVANA, April 12th After the trompe-l'oeil of the Louvre pyramid, the artist JR installed a picture of a boy on a Cuban wall, on the occasion of the Havana Biennial. Two weeks after his impressive trompe-l'œil around the Louvre pyramid,…

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Venezuela ships a million barrels of oil to Cuba despite US sanctions

HAVANA, April 12th Venezuela's state-run PDVSA has shipped one million barrels of oil to Cuba days after the United States imposed fresh sanctions on vessels and firms involved in exports to the island in an effort to halt oil trade between…

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Why there's more to it than cars and cigars - Cuba's lesser-known corners

HAVANA, April 11th Chaperoned by a Cuban scientist, we set off on trails of nickel-gold earth, through silent groves of succulents and cupet bushes, under pines and ferns, and across sun-dappled pastures aromatic with rain-soaked willowy grass…

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Raul Castro denounces renewed U.S. attempts to destroy Cuban revolution

HAVANA. April 10th (Reuters) - Cuban Communist Party leader Raul Castro denounced on Wednesday what he called the United States’ renewed attempts to destroy Cuba’s leftist revolution and pressure its ally Venezuela, as the national assembly…

Cuba Hosts International Show on Printing and Packaging

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Cuba Hosts "Pacgraf 2019" Show on Printing and Packaging

HAVANA, Apr 10th (PL) The international exhibition of printing, packaging and graphic arts, Pacgraf 2019, opens on Tuesday at PABEXPO fairground in Havana to highlight the attention to the issues of local industry. The meeting includes…

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Havana Chinatown being restored to former glory

HAVANA, April 9 (Raimundo Urrechaga) Havana's Chinatown is being restored to its former glory as restoration work on the district in downtown Havana began several weeks ago. The restoration is part of celebrations in November marking…

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Cuba's worker bees boost thriving honey business

HAVANA, April 10th In the floral valleys of Cuba's Matanzas province, old fashioned farming means bees can swarm without the threat of pesticides that have decimated populations across the world. Life is sweet for Cuba's winged wonders, and…

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Venezuela Pledges to Honor Oil Commitments to Cuba Despite Sanctions

HAVANA, April 9th (REUTERS) Venezuela will "fulfill its commitments" to Cuba despite United States sanctions targeting oil shipments from the South American country to its ideological ally, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Monday. Washington…

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China’s Newest Oil Hotspot Is In America’s Backyard

Travel Industry Reacts to President Trump's New Crackdown on Cuba

EU, Canada reject Trump’s Cuba sanctions policy

Brussels warns U.S. against exposing EU firms in Cuba to claims

Driver to abducted Cuban doctors detained for 15 days

Cuba collaborates with Kenya to find kidnapped Cuban doctors

Ostrich, rodent on the menu as Cuba seeks food miracle

Cuba Strengthens State Entrepreneurial System, Eases Private Sector

Internationally ‘Havana Biennal' art festival kicks off Friday

THE ARTIST JR REINVESTI HAVANA WITH THE GIANT COLLAGE OF A SMALL BOY

Venezuela ships a million barrels of oil to Cuba despite US sanctions

Why there's more to it than cars and cigars - Cuba's lesser-known corners

Raul Castro denounces renewed U.S. attempts to destroy Cuban revolution

Cuba Hosts "Pacgraf 2019" Show on Printing and Packaging

Havana Chinatown being restored to former glory

Cuba's worker bees boost thriving honey business

Venezuela Pledges to Honor Oil Commitments to Cuba Despite Sanctions

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