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UN to hold vote on US embargo of Cuba

HAVANA, June 23th The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will vote on a resolution today calling on the US to lift the sixty-year embargo imposed on Cuba. Read more

23/06/2021/by Havana Live

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Cuba Tourists Can Now Buy $1,000 Cash Cards

HAVANA, June 23th The Cuban banking system has devised a new option to keep the foreign currency of tourists starting with Prepaid Cards at the Cadeca currency exchange offices in Varadero and Cayo Coco. The cards, of 200, 500, and 1,000 dollars,…

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Here’s why Cubans have to fly to Russia to get to Guyana

HAVANA, June 23th Cubans who are required to fly to Guyana for visa interviews at the U.S. Embassy there are complaining that Havana-Georgetown tickets are selling on the black market for between $4,700 and $7,000, five months after the…

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Cuba´s Abdala vaccine 92.28% effective against coronavirus

HAVANA, June 22nd (REUTERS) Cuba said on Monday its three-shot Abdala vaccine against the coronavirus had proved 92.28% effective in last-stage clinical trials. The announcement came just days after the government said another homegrown…

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Choreographers of 13 countries created for the DanceCoreo contest of Cuba

HAVANA, June 21st (PL) Over 200 choreographers from 13 countries participated in the DanceCoreo International contest, declared today Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba (LADC), the company that will perform in the awards gala this Jun 25th. The…

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High inflation worsens the crisis in Cuba

HAVANA, June 21st (HT) Cubans woke up last year wondering whether they would be able to find basic products such as milk, pork, rice, beans, medicine, or shampoo. They are also asking themselves now: “if I do find them, how much will they…

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Cuban banks stop accepting dollar deposits in cash as of today

HAVANA, Jun 21 (EFE) Cuban banks will not accept dollar deposits in cash as of Monday, a measure that the Cuban government has justified in response to the United States embargo, which makes it difficult for the island to use that currency…

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Cuba encouraged by early efficacy results of homegrown COVID-19 vaccine

HAVANA, June 20th (Reuters) Cuba’s Soberana 2 vaccine candidate has shown 62% efficacy with just two of its three doses, state-run biopharmaceutical corporation BioCubaFarma said on Saturday, citing preliminary data from late-phase trials. Cuba,…

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Travelers arriving through Varadero and Cayo Coco must book tourism or isolation packages

HAVANA, June 19th Cuba will require the purchase of tourist or hotel isolation packages for travelers who intend to come to the island as of June 20, and book flights to the airports of Varadero or Cayo Coco, the Cuban authorities reported…

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Cuba make its own COVID-19 vaccines, now it needs syringes

HAVANA, June 19th Cuba, which says it has developed five COVID-19 vaccine candidates and immunized about 2 million people in the island of 11 million, apparently didn’t plan for a crucial part of its vaccination campaign: syringes. As…

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The law for the creation of small enterprises in Cuba confirmed for September

HAVANA, June 19th (AFP) The Cuban government on Friday specified its timetable for the creation of the status of small and medium-sized enterprises, a measure eagerly awaited by the private sector: the legislation will be for August…

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Cuba’s New Hotels and Dollar Stores

HAVANA, June 18th (HT) It’s been over a year now that the only trucks you see on the highway and roads around the Jaronu sugar refinery, in Camaguey, belong to the Military Construction Co. Immune to some residents’ skepticism, military…

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Drop in Havana COVID-19 cases boosts hopes Cuban vaccines working

HAVANA, June 18 (Reuters) Coronavirus infections have halved in Havana since authorities started administering Cuba's experimental vaccines en masse in the capital a month ago, official data shows, raising hopes about their efficacy even…

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Suspension of dollar deposits a new blow for hard up Cubans

HAVANA, June 17th (AFP) Cuban Elis Dania Lopez, 44, receives $100 a month from her father in the United States, which she uses to buy food, but next week banks will no longer accept cash deposits in greenbacks. Last week, Cuba's central bank…

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Florida Straits now seeing most migrant activity in over four years

HAVANA, June 17th As of Tuesday, the U.S. Coast Guard has stopped more people from Cuba trying to migrate across the Florida Straits since the Obama administration ended the so-called “ U.S. Coast Guard ” policy in early 2017. In the…

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High inflation compounds Cubans’ economic woes

HAVANA, June 17th (Reuters) Cubans woke up all last year wondering where they could find basic goods such as milk, pork, rice, beans, medicine, or shampoo. These days, they also ask themselves: “if I do, what on earth will it cost?” Amid…

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Neither weddings nor house sales in Havana

HAVANA, June 15th As part of the new measures approved by the Havana authorities to stop the current outbreak of COVID-19, Most of the offices that offer legal services to the population were closed. From now on, these entities will only…

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Obispo, the oldest and most tourist street in Havana

HAVANA, 14 June Obispo Street is one of the oldest in Havana. Its origins date back to the 16th century, with the founding of the former township of San Cristóbal. Located in Old Havana, it stretches from Monserrate Street to the Plaza…

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How Cuba’s medical crisis is developing

HAVANA, June 14th Lisi Solis is the admin of a medicine exchange group on WhatsApp. She created it in May 2020, when medicine shortages in Cuba were already clear. “The group’s regulations are clear: no buying and selling and no hoarding,”…

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Elizabeth, a 24-Year-Old Havana Cat Lady

HAVANA, June 13th Elizabeth takes in/welcomes cats. It’s rare for her to go home from work or school without bringing one back with her. She puts the cats she finds in her backpack or carries them in her arms, and they are baptized within…

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The Euro,main candidate to dethrone the dollar in Cuba

HAVANA, Jun 12 (EFE) The probable immediate consequence of the Cuban government's decision to suspend bank deposits in cash dollars will be that the green the currency will be dethroned by the Euro and this will skyrocket its value in the…

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Cuba’s aggravates food crisis the result of Biden’s inaction

HAVANA, June 12th While President Joe Biden dithers about when or whether to keep his campaign promise to roll back Donald Trump’s economic sanctions on Cuba, people on the island are going hungry. Cuba imports 70 percent of its food and…

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Cuba suspending dollar cash bank deposits,citing U.S. sanctions

HAVANA, June 11th (Reuters) Cuba said on Thursday it would temporarily stop accepting cash bank deposits in dollars, blaming tighter U.S. sanctions that are restricting its ability to use greenbacks abroad, although it will still accept…

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Cuban universities among the most prestigious in the world

HAVANA, June 10 Three Cuban higher education centers are today ranked among the 1,300 most prestigious in the world, according to the latest QS World University Rankings by the British company Quacquarelli Symonds). The best-located study…

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Cuban model vehicle enthusiasts repair old toys, create new ones

HAVANA, June 10'th (Reuters) Cuban model train enthusiast Miguel Jorda enters another world when he lowers his American Flyer railroad layout down from the ceiling of his bedroom with a pulley mechanism, transforming his Havana home into the…

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A rare first white tiger born in Havana Zoo

HAVANA, June 9th The Havana zoo has introduced the country's first-ever white Bengal tiger, a rare type not known to exist in the wild. Mother Fiona gave birth to four cubs—including white tiger Yanek—at the National Zoo of Cuba in March;…

Regional inequalities: the countries that coexist in Cuba

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Cuba’s Central Highway, regional inequalities

HAVANA, June 8th Even in times of pandemic driving on Cuba’s Central Highway is a challenge. At just over six meters wide, the main communication route in the eastern half of Cuba long ago became obsolete. When two vehicles of a certain…

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Cuban woman played key role in early primate research

HAVANA, Jun 8th (EFE) Cuba was home to the world’s largest private primate sanctuary and research center during the first half of the 20th century due to the unconventional lifestyle of philanthropist and amateur scientist Rosalia Abreu. A…

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Cuba and Paris Club hope to save landmark accord

HAVANA, June 8th (Reuters) Cuba’s top debt negotiator is in France for a critical meeting on Thursday aimed at renegotiating a deal with 14 wealthy nations grouped together within the Paris Club, according to diplomats from four of the…

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UN to hold vote on US embargo of Cuba

HAVANA, June 23th The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will vote on a resolution today calling on the US to lift the sixty-year embargo imposed on Cuba. Washington’s aggressive measures against Havana during President Donald Trump’s…

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Travelers arriving through Varadero and Cayo Coco must book tourism or isolation packages

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Cuba make its own COVID-19 vaccines, now it needs syringes

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