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The End to Many Public Services in Cuba

HAVANA , (HT) Apr.22nd Cojimar was always a peaceful town, with a discreet bay and coral reef beaches. It was known as a fisherman’s town, Read more

22/04/2021/by Havana Live

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Volcanic emissions from La Soufrière are affecting Cuba

HAVANA, April 21st (HT) The La Soufrière volcano located on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, an island in the lesser Antilles’ volcanic arc, has been erupting intermittently since April 9th, and has been emitting large quantities of…

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Russia, Cuba seek closer ‘strategic partnership’

HAVANA, April 21st (AFP) Russian President Vladimir Putin called communist Cuba's new leader Miguel Diaz-Canel Tuesday to discuss strengthening the two countries' "strategic partnership," the Russian foreign ministry said in a message retweeted…

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Internet, the thorn in the side of Cuba’s one party state

HAVANA, Apr. 21st (AFP) Cuba's leadership has always viewed the internet with suspicion while trying desperately to control it. Raul Castro, the former president and leader of the Communist Party, who officially retired on Monday, has blasted…

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Cubans turn to herbal remedies, barter amid medicine scarcity

HAVANA, April 20 (Reuters) Dayana Rodriguez says her son is overwhelmed with scabies but she has not been able to find any of the treatments prescribed by their doctor at the poorly-stocked pharmacies in Havana so she is now turning to a…

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Iran test Soberana 02 on 24,000 people

HAVANA, Apr. 20th Iran will begin in the coming days the third phase of the clinical trial of the Cuban Soberana 02 vaccine, locally called Pasteur, which will involve 24,000 volunteers from seven provinces in the north, center and south of…

Mr Díaz-Canel, who in 2018 succeeded Mr Castro as Cuba's president, had been widely tipped for the arguably more influential post of party

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Cuba leadership: Díaz-Canel named Communist Party chief

HAVANA, Apr. 19th Mr Díaz-Canel, who in 2018 succeeded Mr Castro as Cuba's president, had been widely tipped for the arguably more influential post of party leader. The transition means that the island will be governed by someone…

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Veliz arquitecto envisions mountain-edge cocoon cabin retreat in cuba

HAVANA, Apr. 19th In the raw, wild mountains of Cuba, Veliz arquitecto seeks for serenity. Havana-based Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana creates an imaginative refuge for lovers of climbing and nature. With views to the striking landscape in the…

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Raul Castro leaves the political stage, his legacy yet to be written

HAVANA, April 18th (Reuters) - Raul Castro, who is retiring from high public office, for most of his life toiled in the shadow of his older brother, Fidel Castro. Yet he also played a key role in Cuba's 1959 leftist revolution and the preservation…

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Raul Castro to resign as head of Cuba’s Communist Party

HAVANA, April 16th (AP) Raul Castro said Friday he is resigning as head of Cuba’s Communist Party, ending an era of formal leadership by him and his brother Fidel Castro that began with the 1959 revolution. The 89-year-old Castro…

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Rare white tiger, three other Bengal cubs born at Havana zoo

HAVANA, April 16th (Reuters) Zookeepers at Cuba's National Zoo in Havana are celebrating the birth of four Bengal tiger cubs, amongst them a rare white tiger. The birth of the four striped cubs on March 12 came after trying for 20 years to…

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Cuban ‘healer’ performs surgeries with a machete

HAVANA, April 16th (Reuters) A spiritual healer who performs surgery with a machete and tells his patients drinking half a bottle of rum a week will stop them getting Covid-19 has become popular in Cuba.< Jorge Goliat's unorthodox methods…

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Cuban Communists under pressure to accelerate economic reforms

HAVANA, April 15th (Reuters) - Retiring Cuban Communist Party leader Raul Castro promised a decade ago he would transform the Soviet-style command economy into a more mixed and market-driven one “without haste and without pause.” Now,…

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Cuba loosens ban on cattle slaughter, sales of beef, dairy

HAVANA, April 14th (Reuters) Cuban Ranchers will be allowed to do as they wish with their livestock “after meeting state quotas and always with a guarantee it will not result in a reduction of the herd, ” the Communist Party daily, Granma,…

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Cuba to enter post-Castro era at pivotal 2021 party congress

HAVANA, April 14th (Reuters) - Cuba is poised to enter the post-Castro era with Raul Castro due to step down as head of the ruling Communist Party at its congress this week, which will also address the island’s severe economic crisis, pandemic…

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Stay at Home?

HAVANA, April 14th (HT) “Stay at home” is a phrase that we are constantly being told over and over again, every day. We see it on the TV, we hear it on the radio, but can we really stay at home? The situation in Cuba has become even more…

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New Women’s Mikvah to Be Built in Havana

HAVANA, April 14th After many months of planning and combing through different restrictions and challenges, the Chabad Friends of Cuban Jewry – CFCJ has been able to close on the purchase of a building just prior to Pesach to be the new…

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How Cubans earn a living from standing in line

HAVANA, Apr. 13th (DW) Shopping for groceries has long been a nightmare for most Cubans. Although buying basic food has slightly improved recently, Ricardo Barragan said that "everything is difficult" when it comes to providing his family with…

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BioCubaFarma denies fake news about Cuban vaccine candidate

HAVANA, Apr 13 The group of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies of Cuba, BioCubaFarma, denied the day before information about the alleged granting of the category of excellence to a vaccine candidate from the Caribbean nation against…

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Cuban Communists Meet Facing Old & New Challenges

HAVANA, April 11th (IPS) The Cuban Communist Party (PCC) will hold its 8th Congress between April 16-19, it's most important event that is held every five years. It will now take place in a context that experts are calling extremely difficult…

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New animal-welfare law in Cuba allows cockfights, religious sacrifice

HAVANA, Apr 10 published a new animal welfare law, the country's first, providing fines in cases of abuse but not banning cockfights or animal sacrifices during religious rites. The legislation is considered a victory for Cuba's civil society,…

Varadero accueillera le Championnat du monde de cocktails

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Varadero will host the World Cocktail Championship

HAVANA, Apr 9 The Cuban resort of Varadero will host the World Cocktail Championship next year, organized by the International Bartender Association (IBA), electronic media reported today. In this sense, the European digital…

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Raised fist, dangling handcuffs: a snapshot of Cuban dissent

HAVANA, Apr. 10th (Reuters) A striking image is circulating this week on social media in Cuba: a dissident pumping his fist in the air, handcuffs dangling from one wrist, after friends and neighbors helped him evade arrest by police in…

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Cuban COVID-19 vaccines showed no serious adverse effects in phase III trial

HAVANA, Apr. 9th None of the volunteers participating in phase III clinical trials with the Cuban COVID-19 vaccine candidates has presented serious adverse effects, said the vice president of the Cuban Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries…

More than 1,700 import and export contracts with the privat bussines

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More than 1,700 import and export contracts with the privat business

HAVANA, 8 Apr. With the registration of 1 756 import and export contracts signed between state-owned companies and forms of self-employment, Cuba continues to consolidate its growth strategy for the international market, according to information…

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Cuba and Germany to analyze biotechnology and biopharmaceutical cooperation

HAVANA, April 7 Cuba and Germany will hold a virtual business forum this month to explore the possibilities of cooperation in the biotechnology and biopharmaceutical sector, Prensa Latina reported. Designed to present the experiences and potential…

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Cuba with thousand daily coronavirus infections for eight days in a row

HAVANA, April 7th The effects of the SARS-CoV-2 virus this Monday: four deaths, 1,030 infections and 5,273 confirmed active cases, a figure higher than the 5,000 under which the country had remained during the last 25 days, Dr. Francisco Duran…

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Amid Cuban food crisis, Havana mum finds recipe for culinary success online

HAVANA, April 7th In #Cuba, where food shortages have become part of daily life amid skyrocketing prices, one woman has found a way to inspire others to make the most in the kitchen. Yuliet Colon, a Havana resident, and social media cook,…

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Cryptocurrencies are becoming a vital lifeline for Cubans hit by COVID and a trade embargo

HAVANA, April 6th (AP) Sixty years on from President John F Kennedy's decision to impose sanctions on Cuba, the blockade - or el bloqueo as it's known on the island - still stands. For a brief period under the Obama administration, relations…

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The End to Many Public Services in Cuba

HAVANA , (HT) Apr.22nd Cojimar was always a peaceful town, with a discreet bay and coral reef beaches. It was known as a fisherman’s town, although nowadays it is pretty hard to find a fish. But that isn’t what I want to talk about today.…

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