Cuban government assures that it has the flour necessary for January bread
HAVANA, Jan. 15th. The Cuban Milling Company assured in state media that the wheat flour necessary to produce bread for the basic basket in January is already on the island.
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Electricity Theft and Blackouts Go Hand in Hand in Cuba
HAVANA, Jan. 15th. Camila, 52 years old, checks the number on the meter up to three times a day. She leaves her apartment in the Wajay neighborhood in Havana,
Cuba had the worst sugar harvest in the last 125 years
HAVANA, January 14. The economic forecasts of the Cuban regime tend to come true on very rare occasions, however, experts in the sector are right in predicting that the last harvest would be the worst in the last 125 years. The recently concluded 2022-2023 harvest corroborated the regime’s prediction and, with its 350,000 tons of […]
Failure in a floating power plant leaves Guantánamo and Santiago de Cuba without electricty
HAVANA, January 14. A massive blackout left the provinces of Guantánamo and Santiago de Cuba without electricity this Saturday night, reported the Cuban Electrical Union (UNE).
Cuban economist criticizes new government measures
HAVANA, January 14. The prominent Cuban economist Javier Pérez Capdevilla assured on Friday that the government’s new measures to save the country will impoverish the people.
Cuba stands out in World Scientists Rankings 2024
HAVANA, Jan. 13th. A total of 2,507 researchers dedicated to science from 44 Cuban institutions were selected to enter the World Scientists Rankings 2024 (AD Scientific Index).
Cuba in economic chaos, but with more than 100 new MSMEs approved
HAVANA, January 12. While Cuba is experiencing economic chaos, more than 130 new micro, small and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs) have recently been approved,
First Cuban Dancer Dani Miguel Hernández is the new director of the National Ballet School
HAVANA, January 12. The First Dancer of the National Ballet of Cuba, Dani Miguel Hernández Acosta, is the new director of the National Ballet School,
Police seize 1.7 tons of coffee found in a vehicle in the ‘private sector’
HAVANA, Jan. 11th. The Santiago de Cuba Police seized more than 1,700 kilograms (1.7 tons) of coffee in the Segundo Frente municipality, found in a private vehicle,
Cuba candid about economic challenges and mistakes
HAVANA, Jan. 10th. DIFFICULTIES were centre stage at a plenary session of the central committee of Cuba’s Communist Party and the National Assembly of People’s Power in the last month of 2023.
The Spanish airline Plus Ultra inaugurated a route between Warsaw and Varadero
HAVANA, Jan. 10th. The Spanish airline Plus Ultra has just inaugurated a route between Poland and Cuba. The Island’s Ministry of Tourism itself boasted,
Cuba reported 14 perceptible earthquakes in 2023
HAVANA, Jan 10 (ACN) Cuban Seismological Research Center (Cenais by its Spanish acronym), an entity belonging to the Ministry of Science,
Cubans brace for impact as gasoline prices set to soar
HAVANA, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Shortly after Cuban taxi driver Javier Ernesto heard fuel prices were set to soar fivefold on Feb. 1, he bolted for his local gas station.
2023 was the hottest year in the history of Cuba
HAVANA, January 9. The stifling heat of last summer announced it, and specialists have just confirmed it: the recently ended 2023 was the warmest year recorded in Cuba.
Cuba increases fuel prices by more than 500%
HAVANA, January 9. The price of gasoline in Cuba will increase by more than 500% starting February 1, the government announced this Monday.
The Three Wise Men arrived at the Sanctuary of San Lázaro in Havana
HAVANA, January 8. The National Sanctuary of San Lázaro, popularly known as El Rincón, received the Three Wise Men of the East on January 5.
The year starts for Cubans without a physical ration book
HAVANA, Jan. 8th. The Ministry of Internal Trade announced delays in the delivery of ration books for Cuban families, which it attributed to “financial limitations”
The Government mobilizes to collect garbage after some neighbors burned a landfill
HAVANA, January 7 The Government of Havana has mobilized Community service workers to collect the garbage that was accumulating on the city streets.
Jazz Plaza International Festival in Cuba from January 21 to 28
HAVANA, Jan. 6 The opening concert of the Jazz Plaza International Festival, on the 21st, will be dedicated to the 50 years of artistic life of maestro Joaquín Betancourt, the event’s Facebook site highlights today.
Transportation: another extreme Cuban sport
HAVANA.,Jan. 6 Transportation in Cuba moves on a high-tension rope. Every morning the stops are packed with people trying to “capture” a bus to travel to work, study centers or simply to get to a medical appointment at a hospital. Young people, old people, students. From early on everyone tries to complete the day ahead […]
More than half of the plant for the current sugar harvest have not yet started
HAVANA, January 6. The sugar harvest began on December 6 and to date only 11 of the 25 mills that were scheduled to grind have started, reported the official newspaper Granma.
Cuba intends to exceed the goal it did not reach in 2023: more than 3 million tourists
HAVANA, Jan. 5 Something that Cuba did not accomplish in 2023, intends to do so this year: adding more than 3 million foreign visitors. How come?
A man have been alleged sexual assault in a Havana church
HAVANA, Jan. 5th. The Parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the capital’s Vedado, reported on social networks an alleged sexual assault committed by a man during a mass.
Havana on the dance scene with Ballet Beyond Borders
HAVANA, Jan 4th. The dance scene in this capital dresses up in luxury at the beginning of the year with the presentation of Ballet Beyond Borders 2024,
III Challenger Escambray Mountain Bike from 24 to 28 January
HAVANA, Jan 4. THE III Escambray Mountain Bike Challenge 2024 will take place from January 24 to 28 with a route of 185 kilometers and four stages through wild and beautiful places in Sancti Spiritus.
Cuba recorded temperatures below 10 °C this morning
HAVANA, Jan 4. In the early hours of this Wednesday, localities in the interior of western and central Cuba registered values below 10 degrees Celsius (°C), the Institute of Meteorology (Insmet) reported today.
Private bar in Havana offers free New Year’s Eve dinner to 180 people in need
HAVANA, Jan 2. The gesture of solidarity between the owner of a private bar in Guanabo, in Eastern Havana, and his workers, has gone viral on social networks
How did the dollar and other international currencies start in Cuba in 2024?
HAVANA, Jan 2. Let no one be taken by surprise if dollars, MLC and euros start in a busy year in 2024. The previous 12 months were a celebration
Cuba extends until March the deadline for importing food, hygiene and medicines free of tariffs
HAVANA, Jan 1. The Cuban government will extend until March 31 the non-commercial, tariff-free importation of food,
Government announces creation of service centers to sell fuel in MLC
HAVANA, Dec. 31st. The Cuban Government announced the sale of fuel in Freely Convertible Currency (MLC), as they had announced in the Ordinary Session of the National Assembly of People’s Power (ANPP).
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