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Smoking causes more than 13 thousand deaths annually in Cuba

HAVANA, May 31st (PL) More than 13 thousand people die each year in Cuba due to active smoking, equivalent to 32 deaths a day and two each hour, it was learned today. Read more

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US suspends search for 10 Cubans missing at sea

HAVANA, May 31st The U.S. Coast Guard said Sunday that it had stopped searching after recovering the bodies of two other immigrants as 10 Cubans were reported missing at sea as they tried to reach the Florida coast. Members of the Coast Guard…

ETECSA losses a month 7-million-dollars’ in communications due to embargo

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ETECSA loses a month 7-million-dollars’ in communications due to embargo

HAVANA, may 30th This Wednesday, Cuba estimated at more than 7 million dollars a month the economic losses that the financial and commercial embargo of the United States causes only in the field of information technology and communications. Damage…

Museum of Fine Arts of Havana refuses to remove works by critical artists

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Museum of Fine Arts Havana refuses to remove works by critical artists

HAVANA, May 29 (EFE) The National Museum of Fine Arts of Cuba denied the request of a group of renowned contemporary artists of the country who demand to hide or remove their works exhibited there in protest against what they consider "kidnapping"…

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Havana Club presents his new aged White Rum

HAVANA, May 29th Havana Club International S.A never stops surprising, this time with the launch of Havana Club Profundo, a new Super Premium aged white rum with a very complex and distinctive profile, which proudly embodies the tradition…

Cubans returning from abroad arriving at Varadero and Ciego de Ávila have to pay for isolaten

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Cubans returning from abroad have to pay for isolaten

HAVANA, May 27th (HT) Starting June 5, Cuban residents returning from travelling abroad will be faced with recently adopted new measures imposed because of Covid-19. Cuban nationals arriving at airports associated with tourism (Varadero, Ciego…

Mostly staying indoors due to the country’s worst outbreak of COVID-19 since the coronavirus pandemic began in March last year, Cubans are increasingly breeding

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Cubans turn to pigeon breeding in times of COVID-19

HAVANA, May 27th (Reuters) Mostly staying indoors due to the country’s worst outbreak of COVID-19 since the coronavirus pandemic began in March last year, Cubans are increasingly breeding pigeons as a form of escape. “You can’t leave…

Un joueur cubain du base-ball abandonne sa délégation à son arrivée aux États-Unis

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Cuban baseball player defects after arriving in Florida

HAVANA, May 27th (AP) — The Cuban Baseball Federation says one of the players on the national team has defected a few hours after the squad arrived in Florida to participate in a qualifying tournament for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The…

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Cuba’s exploding-croqueta firm gets new grief

HAVANA, May 26th The Cuban government-owned enterprise notorious on social media for its exploding croquetas, which caused severe burns to several customers in the past few weeks, has turned up at the centre of a new controversy: The company,…

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U.S. grants last minute visas to Cuban baseball team

HAVANA, May 25th (Reuters) The Cuban Baseball Federation said on Tuesday the United States had granted it visas to participate in a qualifying tournament for the Tokyo Olympics that opens next week in Florida. The federation said it hoped…

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Oxfam calls on Joe Biden to “normalize relations with Cuba”

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Global charity Oxfam on Tuesday urged US President Joe Biden to work towards normalising ties with Cuba and lift sanctions, as the communist nation battles its worst economic crisis in 30 years. Unveiling a report entitled…

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CADECA suspends sale of dollars to travelers

HAVANA, May 25th Cuban authorities suspended the operations of the branches of the official exchange house at the island’s airports that allowed passengers to buy dollars at the official rate of 24 X 1. The measure is the most recent sign…

Cuba recibió casi 700 millones de dólares de Sudáfrica por reparación de armamento

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Cuba received almost 700 million USD from South African for weapons repair

HAVANA, May 24 Cuba received almost USD 700 million from the South African Department of Defense and Military Veterans (DDMV) for repairing military equipment, according to a complaint on its News 24 website. Thanks to the Thusano project,…

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China supports development of Cuba’s digital TV platform

HAVANA, May 24 (Xinhua) Lazaro Campos, who works as a supervisor at Havana-based Camilo Cienfuegos electronics company, has changed his daily routine over the past few weeks as the island started manufacturing set-top boxes to meet local…

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The Youth Of Cuba’s Tiny Jewish Minority

HAVANA, 23 May On a Friday night at Beth Shalom in January 2020, only 70 of the 270 synagogue seats were filled — at least a quarter of them by tourists. Adriana Quiñones, 19, led the evening services, chanting at the bema in Hebrew beside…

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More Mercedes for tourist rental in Cuba

HAVANA, May 22 The joint venture MCV Comercial S.A. has reported on Facebook that the number of Mercedes-Benz vehicles for tourist rental in Cuba has increased. Founded in 1995, MCV Comercial S.A., is the Cuban distributor of Daimler…

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US promises support to “self-employed” in Cuba

HAVANA, may 22 The United States government promised on Thursday to support the “self-employed” in Cuba, the private sector workers who have been gaining space in the island’s economy, in a salute to the Cuban people. “America stands…

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Cuba closes airport exchanges desks

HAVANA, May 21st (AP) People leaving Cuba can no longer change their local bills back into dollars, euros or other hard currency at the official exchange rate under a new policy announced this week. The government closed the airport departure…

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U.S. has started processing visas for Cuban baseball team

HAVANA, May 21st (REUTERS) Members of Cuba's baseball team told Reuters on Wednesday the U.S. embassy in Havana had started processing their applications for visas to attend the Americas Olympic qualifying tournament in Florida despite its…

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Cuban food crisis aggravate by soaring international prices

HAVANA, May 20th (Reuters) Soaring international food and shipping prices and low domestic production are further squeezing import-dependent Cuba’s ability to feed its people. Cuba traditionally imports by sea around 70% of the food…

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442,000 Cubans have already received the first dose of Abdala

HAVANA, May 18th So far 442,395 people have received the first dose of the Cuban Abdala vaccine candidate as part of a health intervention that plans to administer the drug against COVID-19 to health workers, risk groups and territories selected…

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Cuba baseball squad without visas as Olympic qualifier nears

HAVANA, May 19th (AP) Just over a week before the start of the Americas Olympic qualifying tournament in Florida, the Cuban team does not have visas to travel to the United States, athletes and officials said Tuesday. Managers and players…

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Havana dons giant rainbow flags in key year for Cuban LGBT+ rights

HAVANA, May 18th (REUTERS) Cuba draped its health ministry with a giant rainbow flag on Monday to mark International Day against Homophobia, in a key year for LGBT+ rights as the Caribbean country decides on a new family code that could…

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Who’s going to stick their necks out for the trees?

HAVANA, May 16th For some time now, complaints about the incorrect management of urban trees in Cuba have been frequent in the networks, especially in areas of the country’s capital, setting off alarms in various state media, where texts…

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Cuba’s Beaches under Quarantine: Celimar (video)

HAVANA May 16th In this video Cinthya and Edgar arrive by bicycle to Celimar located about 20 minutes by car east of Old Havana. It’s a beautiful spot, although not a shadow of its former self due to erosion and the disappearance of infrastructure…

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Cuban tanker en route to Venezuela reports missing sailor

HAVANA, May 14th (Reuters) A crew member aboard a Cuba-flagged oil tanker on its way from a Mexican shipyard to Venezuela was reported missing this week, according to a shipping report seen by Reuters, marking the second incident aboard…

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‘Havana syndrome’ probe finds ‘over 130 US spies and diplomats affected

HAVANA, may 13th MORE than 130 US spies, diplomats, and other personnel have experienced "Havana syndrome," according to a new probe. The personnel have suffered from the attacks by radioactive frequency phenomenon known as "Havana syndrome"…

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Why doesn’t Biden want anything to do with Cuba … for now?

HAVANA, may 12th The principal director for the Western Hemisphere of the White House National Security Council and assistant to President Joe Biden, Juan González, has recently given two interviews in which he has spoken about the current…

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Why is one of Cuba’s most rebellious artists still isolated in a government hospital?

HAVANA, May 12th, (CNN ) One of Cuba's most rebellious dissidents has spent more than ten days in a closely guarded hospital in Havana but it's not clear what, if anything, he is being treated for. Artist and activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara…

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Smoking causes more than 13 thousand deaths annually in Cuba

HAVANA, May 31st (PL) More than 13 thousand people die each year in Cuba due to active smoking, equivalent to 32 deaths a day and two each hour, it was learned today. Data from the 2019 National Health Survey showed that one in five Cubans…

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