Cuba welcomes first tourists in months
HAVANA, Sept. 6th Cuba rolled out the red carpet on Friday for the first planeload of tourists to arrive on the island in months as it struggles toward post-pandemic new normalcy.
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Cuba and Russia successfully use technology for oil extraction
HAVANA, Sep 5 The Russian company Zarubezneft in conjunction with the Cuba Petróleo Union (Cupet) are successfully using horizontal well technology in flow mode for oil extraction,
Arrival of Canadian tourists to Cuba begins
HAVANA, Sep 4 (PL ) The arrival today of the first flight with Canadian tourists to this country reactivates the presence of travellers from the first tourist market in Cuba,
Havana is picked up on the first night of restrictions
HAVANA, Sept. 2 The people of Havana know what is at stake. The new month has started under the sign of the restrictions that Havana picks up on the first night of restrictions.
September months with the highest hurricane formation
HAVANA, Sep 1th. September shows the highest frequency of tropical cyclone formation in our geographic area of interest, made up of the tropical Atlantic,
Marriott hotel chain leaves Cuba under pressure from Donald Trump
HAVANA, Sept. 1st. The US hotel chain Marriott International today abandoned its operations in Cuba due to pressure from the Donald Trump government, reports from the sector in Europe reflect today
Movement restrictions in Havana reviewed
HAVANA, Aug. 30th The government of Havana proposed the creation of a card that works as a temporary authorization so that the new movement limitation measures
Cuba’s, Kenya’s Foreign Ministers hold talks on kidnapped doctors
HAVANA, Aug 29 (PL ) Cuba’s and Kenya’s Foreign Ministers, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla and Raychelle Awour Omamo respectively,
PAUZA: Cuba’s First Female Electronic Music Duo
HAVANA, Aug. 29th PAUZA are a Cuban electronic music duo that comprised of Paula Fernandez and Zahira Sánchez. PAUZA are also Cuba’s first female DJ duo.
Private Enterprise in Cuba, Rhetoric & Reality
HAVANA, Aug.29th Some weeks after private micro, small and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs) were formally authorized in Cuba, implementation is still in the project phase.
Havana to impose curfew starting 1st September
HAVANA, Aug. 28th The Cuban capital of Havana would introduce a curfew from September 1 to September 15 over the deteriorating COVID-19 epidemiological situation,
Cuba works on a second vaccine candidate against Covid-19
HAVANA, Aug 27 (PL ) Cuba is currently working on a second vaccine candidate against Covid-19, which could begin its clinical trials next October.
Fábrica de Arte Cubano wins Travellers’ Choice Award
HAVANA, Aug. 27th The Fábrica de Arte Cubano (FAC), a cultural institution located in Havana, received the prestigious 2020 Travellers’ Choice award,
Cuba recovers after a less damaging Laura
HAVANA, Aug. 26th This Tuesday Cuba started throughout its territory the phase of recovery and evaluation of the damages caused by Tropical Storm Laura,
Laura lashes Cuba, expected to become hurricane by US landfall
HAVANA, Aug.25th (AFP) Tropical Storm Laura brushed Cuba’s southern coast Monday on its way to the United States,
Tropical storm Laura hits Cuba amid COVID-19 pandemic
HAVANA, Aug. 24 Cubans are trying to abide by the COVID-19 health protocols while sheltering from tropical storm Laura which is hitting the entire country as it heads to the Gulf of Mexico and the U.S. coast.
Cuba closed borders brings tourism to standstill
HAVANA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) Esleidy Tamary, a 42-year-old mother, has worked as a local tour guide for more than a decade in Las Terrazas,
Laura will gain intensity and will approach eastern Cuba
HAVANA, Aug 23 (PL) Tropical storm Laura will leave today at noon at Paso de Los Vientos, gaining somewhat in intensity and approaching the eastern region of Cuba.
My shed is my castle: one Cuban’s move to self-isolate
HAVANA, Aug. 21th (Reuters) – Rafael Viguera is taking no risks. Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, he has traded in his comfortable house in Havana for his roadside,
Disinfection of streets and public spaces returns in Havana
HAVANA, Aug. 20th In the face of the outbreak of coronavirus in Havana, the authorities of the Cuban capital decided to resume the disinfection of streets and other public spaces,
23 tons of medical supplies from China arrive in Havana
HAVANA, Aug. 19th Cuba received 23 tons of health supplies on Tuesday from China to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cuba will make its own vaccine against the coronavirus
HAVANA, Aug.19th Cuba will start next week the clinical trials of your own vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which will last until the beginning of 2021.
How Are Cubans Communicating These Days?
HAVANA, Aug. 17th By Alberto C. Toppin If Dimairy Benavides Orta is asked which messaging application she uses today to chat, the answer will not be Messenger or WhatsApp, Telegram or Twitter.
International Tourism Fair (FITCUBA) postponed for May 2021
HAVANA, Aug. 17th The 40th edition of FITCUBA was postponed to May 2021 in the Varadero resort, with better conditions, better quality and a better product, assured Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz.
Cuba restarts school year on September 1st, except for Havana
HAVANA, Aug. 15th The Minister of Education, Ena Elsa Velázquez, said this Friday on the Mesa Redonda television program that the school year
Cuba considers “electoralist” the suspension of private charter flights from the US
HAVANA, Aug. 15th Cuba rejected the ban imposed on Thursday by the United States on private charter flights between the two countries,
Trump suspends private charter flights to Cuba
HAVANA, Aug 13 The U.S. has suspended private charter flights between the United States and all airports in Cuba, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Thursday.
Havana “is closed” except for tourists’ reservations and other exceptions
HAVANA, Aug. 13th The government of Havana, the epicentre of the current rebound in COVID-19 in Cuba, established greater restrictions than those existing
Cuba’s top epidemiologist expects COVID-19 vaccine in 2021
HAVANA, Aug. 12th (Reuters) – Cuba’s top epidemiologist Francisco Duran told a daily briefing on Wednesday he expected a COVID-19 vaccine to be available worldwide from early next year,
Cuban burn more local crude in power plants
HAVANA, Aug. 11th The retrofitting of three power stations, a process that has aggravated blackouts in recent weeks, is designed to replace “more expensive diesel and fuel oil” with a local resource, Arronte said.