More massive tests to detect COVID-19 in Havana
HAVANA, Aug. 4th Given the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Havana in recent days, massive studies to detect the disease are being carried out in the main Cuban city,
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New joint venture between BioFarma and United Kingdom
HAVANA, Aug. 4th The Group of Cuban Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries (BioCubaFarma) announced on Monday the constitution of the joint venture BioFarma Innovations,
Havana orphaned
HAVANA, Aug. 3rd One of the most extraordinary Cubans with whom I have shared the breath of time that reaches us while alive has died.
Mitsubishi Corporation ventures into new business with Cuba
HAVANA, Aug 3 (PL ) Japan´s Mitsubishi Corporation, one of the largest commercial companies in the country, is exploring new business options with Cuba, a diplomatic note said today.
Cuba signs Economic Cooperation Agreement with Basque Country
HAVANA, Aug.2 Cuba and the Basque Country – an autonomous community in northern Spain – have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in order to deepen cooperation ties.
Copa Airlines will operate with few flights after authorization from the Government of Panama
HAVANA, Aug 2th Copa Airlines airline said this Saturday that it will make a reduced number of flights starting this August,
Cubans bid farewell to Eusebio Leal Spengler, the saviour of Havana
HAVANA, Aug. 1th The old town of Havana has sheltered many famous faces over its 500 years, Alexander von Humboldt and Ernest Hemingway among them, but few more loved than Eusebio Leal Spengler, who died on Friday.
Cuba inaugurates plant to produce drug against COVID-19
HAVANA, 1 Aug. A synthetic peptides production plant, in which a drug used successfully in Cuba against COVID-19 will be manufactured, was inaugurated this Thursday
Eusebio Leal, who oversaw renewal of Old Havana, dies at 77
HAVANA, July 31st (AP) Eusebio Leal Spengler, who oversaw the transformation of crumbling Old Havana to an immaculately restored colonial tourist attraction,
Cuba postpones UN resolution against US trade embargo
HAVANA, July 31 (IANS) Cuba has said that it will postpone a draft resolution it annually submits to the UN General Assembly condemning the US trade embargo against the island country,
US sanctions London-based Cuban Havin Bank LTD
HAVANA, July 30th (AFP) The United States announced sanctions Thursday against Havin Bank LTD, a London-based Cuban entity also known as Havana International Bank, dealing a blow to the Cuban financial system.
French bank Crédit Mutuel drops Cuban Dollar accounts
HAVANA, July 30th The Cuban government’s plan to cash in on the reopening of dollar stores seems to have overlooked one detail: the Trump administration’s express
Indonesia-based Archipelago Hotels is expanding in Cuba
HAVANA, July 30th The company said this week it had been awarded management contracts for a pair of hotels in Cuba: the first is the 320-room Panorama Hotel in Havana,
Cuba loosens restictions on private sector to stimulate economy
HAVANA, July 29th (Reuters) Cuba is loosening restrictions on small businesses as it seeks to stimulate a state-dominated economy hammered by the implosion of ally Venezuela, U.S. sanctions and the pandemic.
“Love Each Other”, but …
HAVANA, July 29th (HT) “An unfavourable day”, Dr. Duran told us in his television appearance on Monday, July 27. No less than 37 cases and of them, 26 in the capital of the country. [They were followed by 23 and 33 cases reported on July 28-29.]
Cuban musician and teacher Roberto Chorens Dotre died
HAVANA, Jul 28th The prominent Cuban musician and teacher Roberto Chorens Dotre died today in this capital due to a cardiac arrest, at age 72.
Already more than 200 contracts in wholesale market for private sector
HAVANA, July 28th Mercabal, the first wholesale market authorized in Cuba to sell products to private businesses and non-agricultural cooperatives dedicated to gastronomy, has signed more than 200 contracts in just three days since its opening.
Cuba’s organic farms flourish amid pandemic’s potential impact on food supply
HAVANA, July 28 Small-scale organic farms are flourishing in Cuba, spurred by COVID-19’s potentially damaging impact on the food supply.
Cuba’s Currencies: CUP and CUC vs. USD
HAVANA, July 27th (HT) If there was something people couldn’t talk about when I was a little girl, it was the dollar. Only foreigners could buy things in this currency.
The dollar determines Cubans’ everyday lives
HAVANA, July 26th (DW) It was still early in the morning when the first customers started lining up outside the specialist foreign exchange shops.
Havana, from on High: Secret Rooftops of the Cuban Capital (Video)
HAVANA, July 23th Nestled above a decaying district of Havana is a secret village hidden from the clamour of the streets below.
Cuba’s private businesses are allowed to export & import
HAVANA, Jul 22 (PL ) The Cuban Government is facilitating exports and imports to non-state businesses in order to boost the country’s trade and economy, official sources said on Wednesday.
Statistics show Cuba is the safest country in the Americas
HAVANA, Jul 22 (PL) Cuba is the safest country in the region of the Americas, released on Tuesday the press based on a statistical report of crime and security rates by nations.
New Canadian Airline Set To Fly To Cuba From The Fall
HAVANA, July 21th The new Canadian carrier OWG, recently announced that from 1 November 2020, it will fly directly to Cuba.
Face mask fashion: Cuban quinceaneras in the coronavirus era
HAVANA, July 21th (Reuters) Cuban girls are turning face masks into a fashion accessory for their quinceanera photoshoots, designing them to match their 15th birthday party outfits – both out of safety concerns and to show how they came of age during the coronavirus pandemic.
In Cuba, the Dollar makes a comeback
HAVANA, July 20th (Reuters) – State-run stores in Cuba began selling some food and hygiene products in U.S. dollars on Monday as the import-dependent country faces a grave shortage of tradable currency to purchase goods abroad.
Cuba’s first virus-free day in four months
HAVANA, July 19th (AP) Cuba for the first time in 130 days says there have been no new domestic cases of COVID-19 as most of the country moved into the final phase of resuming normal activities with masks and physical distancing.
The US and Cuba: A love-hate relationship
HAVANA, July 19thy It was President Barack Obama who initiated the political thaw between the US and Cuba.
Farewell to the hardest of Cuban trapton music
HAVANA, July 19 (By Yanelys Hernández Cordero) This year has put our humanity to the test.
Havana Building Projects that Cause Concern
HAVANA , July 18th By IPS-Cuba At a time when several Havana neighbourhoods are going back into lockdown because of new outbreaks of COVID-19,