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Spanish King Felipe VI to visit Cuba in November

HAVANA, Oct. 16th (AFP) Spain’s King Felipe VI will visit Cuba next month as part of the 500th-anniversary celebrations of the island nation’s capital Havana, the European country’s Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said on Wednesday.

16/10/2019/by Havana Live

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Cuba will open stores for the exclusive sale in foreign currencies

HABANA, Oct 15th Cuba will soon open two stores in Havana to market a series of products in dollars, euros or other strong currencies, which completely exclude the CUC. As several sources revealed, one of the stores will be "Tángana", in…

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Bodegas Torres commitment to Cuba

HAVANA, Oct. 15th Born from the dream of young Catalan Jaime Torres, who arrived in Cuba seeking fortune in 1855, Bodegas Torres, which he founded with his brothers in Vila Franca del Penedés, in 1870, has always been linked to the history…

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90 Years Of Cubana – How The Cuban Airline Still Stands Tall Today

HAVANAS, Oct. 14th Last week, Cubana de Aviación celebrated its 90th birthday. The flag carrier of Cuba has gone on to have a colorful journey since being founded on October 8, 1929. The company started under the moniker of Compañía Nacional…

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Six months later, what’s happened to the two Cuban doctors kidnapped in Kenya?

HAVANA, Oct. 14th (EFE) Alive, in good health in Somalia, but without guarantees of when they will be released, today are the only clear premises in the case of the two Cuban doctors kidnapped six months ago in northern Kenya. This October…

General Motors is also victim of U.S.Embargo

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General Motors is also a victim of U.S.Embargo

HAVANA, Oct 13 (PL) Cuba's fleet of General Motors locomotives are becoming obsolete due to the US blockade policy which prevents the island from purchasing parts to repair and, maintain these engines, a railway technician reported.…

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OFFER FOR ADOPTION HAVANA STREET DOG TRAINED TO FIGHT

HAVANA, Oct 12 A member of the Cuban group in Defense of Animals (CEDA), which struggles to reduce the number of stray animals in Havana, He called for someone to welcome a helpless dog that is apparently trained for fighting. The activist,…

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Swiss cruise company MSC foster relations with Cuba

HAVANA, Oct 12 (PL) Cuba's ambassador to Switzerland Manuel Aguilera visited the headquarters of the MSC Cruises company in this city to exchange links between both parties and their growth prospects. Aguilera was received by the Executive…

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Cuba announces fines and prison sentences for offenders in the fight against dengue

HAVANA, Oct. 12th Not fixing a water leak at home, pouring debris on public roads or transporting garbage or dead animals in an unhygienic way will be actions pursued by the authorities, which will impose fines of between 50 and 1,000 Cuban…

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50% of people in Cuba suffers from asthma

HAVANA, Oct 11 (PL) Asthma is today a major health problem in Cuba, where one in two people suffers from this chronic disease, common in children and adolescents. In an interview with Prensa Latina, the President of the Organizing Committee…

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Cuba reshuffles to improve governance, Miguel Díaz-Canel elected President

HAVANA, Oct 10th (Reuters) Cuba started implementing a government reshuffle aimed at improving governance on Thursday, naming Miguel Diaz-Canel to the new position of president... of the Republic and removing the last of the revolutionary…

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ETECSA RELEASE THE USE OF 4G IN CUBA

HAVANA, Oct. 10th Until now, users of the state company had to wait for a message notifying them of their ability to use the 4G network. However, after the announcement on Wednesday, Cubans can request the service directly. Since Wednesday,…

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Cuban Population on Dengue Fever Alert

HAVANA, Oct. 10th While the Aedes aegypti proliferates because of rain, high temperatures and problems with urban sanitation, Cuba’s health authorities have tried to uphold actions to try and control the plague amidst economic restrictions,…

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Carnival refutes accusation under Helms-Burton Act

HAVANA, Oct. 10th The cruise multinational denied the accusations filed in a U.S. court by a Cuban-American doctor, who considers that the company benefited from the port of Santiago de Cuba, which was nationalized after the 1959 Revolution.…

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Tougher U.S. sanctions make Cuba ever more difficult for Foreign firms

HAVANA, Oct 9th (Reuters) Tougher U.S. sanctions against Cuba have led international banks to avoid transactions involving the island, while prospective overseas investors put plans on... hold and foreign firms operating in the country…

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Coffee and the Place it Holds in Cubans’ Lives

HAVANA, Oct. 8th The first thing we Cubans like to do in the morning, as soon as we wake up, is to drink a cup of coffee. Many even go to work without anything else in their stomachs. However, coffee has got so expensive that drinking a good…

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‘Let Them Talk!’ Rumors Of Russia Mulling A Military Base In CUBA Shot Down By PM Medvedev

HAVANA, Oct. 7th ‘Let them talk!’ Rumors of Russia mulling a military base in CUBA shot down by PM Medvedev Setting up a Russian military base in Cuba was not discussed between... Raul Castro and Moscow, PM Dmitry Medvedev has said. There…

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Spanish King Felipe VI to visit Cuba in November

Cuba will open stores for the exclusive sale in foreign currencies

Bodegas Torres commitment to Cuba

90 Years Of Cubana – How The Cuban Airline Still Stands Tall Today

Six months later, what’s happened to the two Cuban doctors kidnapped in Kenya?

General Motors is also a victim of U.S.Embargo

OFFER FOR ADOPTION HAVANA STREET DOG TRAINED TO FIGHT

Swiss cruise company MSC foster relations with Cuba

Cuba announces fines and prison sentences for offenders in the fight against dengue

50% of people in Cuba suffers from asthma

Cuba reshuffles to improve governance, Miguel Díaz-Canel elected President

ETECSA RELEASE THE USE OF 4G IN CUBA

Cuban Population on Dengue Fever Alert

Carnival refutes accusation under Helms-Burton Act

Tougher U.S. sanctions make Cuba ever more difficult for Foreign firms

Coffee and the Place it Holds in Cubans’ Lives

‘Let Them Talk!’ Rumors Of Russia Mulling A Military Base In CUBA Shot Down By PM Medvedev

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