U.S. House Democrats urge Biden to revert to Obama-era Cuba detente
HAVANA, March 4th (Reuters) Eighty U.S. House of Representatives Democrats urged President Joe Biden on Tuesday to repeal Donald Trump’s “cruel”
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Cuba Bets on GM Corn to Increase Production
HAVANA, March 4th An interesting thing that sets the Juan Darian Credit and Services Cooperative (CCS), in the Jarahueca region of the Sancti Spiritus province in the country’s interior,
Support Cuba’s emerging market economy by ending the blockade
HAVANA, March 3rd Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel recently announced the country’s most sweeping market liberalization in decades.
Could Cuba’s Covid Vaccine Break Big Pharma’s Grip on Production?
HAVANA, March 2nd. The worldwide Covid vaccine rollout has gone anything but smoothly, with only a handful of countries able to immunize even 10% of their populations yet with a first dose.
Our Failure to Comply with “Stay-at-Home” Nears a Year
HAVANA, March 1st It seems that COVID-19 is gaining momentum, and these past twelve months confirm this, and it won’t stop until the entire population gains immunity.
EU ambassador in hot water over Cuba letter
HAVANA, March 1st. The EU has asked its ambassador to Cuba to explain why he signed an open letter asking the US to stop being “hostile” to Havana.
Cuba surpasses for the 1st time 100 COVID-19 monthly deaths
HAVANA, Feb. 27 Cuba surpassed 100 COVID-19 related deaths in a month for the first time, the country’s Ministry of Public Health reported on Saturday.
Cuba approves animal welfare law after civil society pressure
HAVANA, Feb. 27th (Reuters) Cuba has approved a long called-for decree on animal welfare in what some rights activists are hailing as an unusual
Cruise companies sued under Title III of the Helms-Burton Act
HAVANA, Feb. 27th Four cruise companies sued under Title III of the Helms-Burton Act for allegedly trafficking in stolen property
Large-scale production of Abdala, one of its four COVID-19 vaccines starts in Cuba
HAVANA, Feb. 26th Cuba began industrial production of the Abdala COVID-19 vaccine candidate to ensure the doses required in the third phase of clinical trials, Cubadebate reported.
Cuba launches entrepreneurship initiative to empower homemakers during pandemic
HAVANA, Feb. 26 Delbis Utria, who resides in Havana’s Arroyo Naranjo district with her husband and adolescent son,
Foreign investment can have business options with local companies
HAVANA, Feb. 26th The eighth edition of the Portfolio of opportunities for foreign investment in Cuba for 2021,
Third phase of trials of Soberana 02 vaccine to start in March in Havana
HAVANA, Feb. 25th The third phase of clinical trials of the Soberana 02 COVID-19 vaccine will start in Havana next month, executives of the Finlay Vaccine Institute
Cuba reports lowest number of coronavirus infections in last 21 days
HAVANA, Feb. 25th The 670 infections from the SARS-CoV-2 virus reported until midnight this Tuesday represent the lowest figure in the last 21 days,
Political isolation of Cuba for 60 years protected its native flora and fauna
HAVANA, Feb. 24th The political and economic isolation that Cuba has suffered in the last 60 years protected the island from invasive species,
Ocean Networks to Connect the Caribbean countrys with Submarine Cables
HAVANA, Feb. 23th American telecom development firm Ocean Networks Inc has begun building a submarine cable system linking Panama to the US state of Florida.
Havana lives under the siege of the new coronavirus
HAVANA, Feb. 23th In recent weeks, Havana has become the epicenter of the contagion of the new Coronavirus in Cuba,
Transtur makes electric car rental possible in Cuba
HAVANA, Feb. 22 The state-owned company Transtur recently announced the incorporation of electric cars for its car rental services in Cuba.
Two Cuban Rappers Collaborate With Miami Based Musicians
HAVANA, Feb 22, 2021 (Reuters) A group of Miami-based Cuban musicians, including reggaeton duo Gente de Zona,
More than a thousand coronavirus infections in Cuba, number rises again
HAVANA, Feb. 22nd The SARS-CoV-2 virus contagions in Cuba once again exceeded a thousand yesterday, with 1,039 cases,
How Cuba’s artists took to the kitchen to earn their crust in lockdown
HAVANA, Feb. 21st Not far from Havana’s Plaza de la Revolucion, where Che Guevara stares out nine stories high from the side of Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior,
Meet the Cuban hotel owners turning to farming for survival
HAVANA, Feb. 20th In the tropical town of Vinales, in the west of Cuba, restaurants and lodges stand empty.
La Tropical, the beer brand that “moved” some Cuban gardens to Miami
HAVANA, Feb 20 (EFE) After more than two decades of “odyssey” to recover the brand and the original formula of La Tropical,
The Cuban Who Built a Plane in His Garage
HAVANA, Feb. 19th Housed in the basement of a building in Havana, Adolfo Rivera’s garage may appear normal at first glance,
Cuba readies regulatory laboratory for transgenic foods
HAVANA, Feb. 19th Cuba will have its first regulatory laboratory for transgenic foods, belonging to the National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology (INHEM), in Havana.
Three new decree-laws approved but animal welfare’s still pending
HAVANA, Feb. 19th The Council of State of the Republic of Cuba approved this Tuesday three new decree-laws “in compliance with its legislative work,” according to the island’s National Assembly.
Coronavirus Vaccine Nears Final Tests in Cuba
HAVANA, Feb. 17th People wait in line for four hours to buy detergent in Havana. Cuban pharmacies are out of pain medication. There are national bread shortages.
Economists predict historic inflation in Cuba
HAVANA, Feb 17. The monetary reform undertaken by the Cuban government amid the global economic crisis and the coronavirus pandemic
Optimism as Cuba set to test its own Covid vaccine
HAVANA, Feb. 16th (BBC) Some of the equipment at the Finlay Institute of Vaccines in Havana might be considered outdated elsewhere in the world
Music Video Features Collaboration Between Musicians in Havana and Cleveland
HAVANA, Feb. 15th Elkarnal Decuba, a rapper who lives and works in Havana, has collaborated with a few Northeast Ohio-based musicians for his new music video for the tune “Que Bonito Es el Amor.”