Cuba set to launch constitutional reform HAVANA, June 2 (Reuters) – Cuba’s national assembly is set on Saturday to begin the long-awaited reform of its constitution to give legal backing to Cuba’s economic and social opening while upholding the “irrevocable nature of Read more

Omara Portuondo Showcases Cuba's Talent in New AlbumHAVANA, 1th june Renowned Cuban singer Omara Portuondo released her latest album, “Omara Siempre,” which showcases a collection of songs with fellow Cuban Read more

Havana’s Big Cruise Ambitions Could Be Too Much Too FastHAVANA, june 1th (Skift) Since the first Miami-to-Havana cruise in decades sailed in 2016, operators have steadily waded back into the market.

Their entry has been slow by design even as demand stayed strong: Red tape, government Read more

The postal service between Cuba and the United States is now permanentHAVANA, June 1th  The announcement of Cuba Post indicates that the decision was adopted after the implementation of the Pilot Plan for more than one year for direct exchange between the two nations, as announced in Read more

 Wamos Air restarts Madrid-Guatemala flights with stops in VaraderoHAVANA, May 31 Last May 29, the Spanish airline Wamos Air resumed its flight season to Guatemala City with the novelty of making a stop at the Juan Gualberto Gómez International Airport, located in Varadero.

Read more

Got minutes? A new currency is making its rounds in Cuba.HAVANA, may 30th Cubans are increasingly using the balance of their cellphone accounts with the government’s ETECSA telecommunications monopoly as a virtual currency sometimes called “el ETECSO.”

The expansion of the Read more

Cubana de Aviación could lease aircraft to airlines of the United States that operate in CubaHAVANA, May 30 (DDC) The specialized publication American Journal of Transportation recently considered that the plane crash that occurred on May 18 in Cuba could encourage the state-owned Cubana de Aviacion to look Read more

HAVANA, May 29 This video shows the precise moment in which a bridge collapsed on Monday afternoon on the Zaza River, in central Cuba, local media reported.

In the images you can see how the bridge, which was built in 1984 Read more

Flooding damages oil refinery in central CubaHAVANA, may 29th (AP) Flooding has damaged an oil refinery in central Cuba and caused crude oil to spill into Cienfuegos Bay as the remnants of Alberto continue to drench the island in heavy rain.

State-owned TV showed authorities using barriers Tuesday to try to contain the spill Read more

 Russia will build a satellite tracking station in CubaHAVANA, May 29 (DDC) Russia’s industrial scientific corporation High Precision Equipment Manufacturing Systems (SPP, for its acronym in Russian) signed a contract with the Cuban government to place a measuring station in Read more

European Film Festival in Cuba to Screen 18 Films from 16 CountriesHAVANA, May 29 (PL) The third European Film Festival in Cuba will show, from June 5 to 17, in this capital, 18 films from 16 countries of the so-called old continent, organizers Read more

Cuba to update Soviet-era constitution, adapting to reforms

AFP / YAMIL LAGE

HAVANA, may 28th  (AP) — When Cuba adopted its current constitution, the sugar-based economy was being bolstered Read more

HAVANA, May 28 The Spanish hotel company Meliá Hotels International advances in the growth of its operations in Cuba with the construction of new hotels and the capital remodeling of establishments.

As announced in a statement Read more

HAVANA, May 27 The emblematic Malecón, the almendrones and the streets of Havana became mute witnesses of “Baila Havana”, the Ben Cox documentary Read more

101 victims of the Havana air tragedy identified HAVANA, may th27 (PL) The director of the Institute of Forensic Medicine of Cuba, Sergio Rabell, announced today that the number of identified victims of the air tragedy that occurred on the 18th in Havana was 101.

Read more

 Subtropical Storm Alberto is first named tropical weather system of 2018

HAVANA, may 26th (CBS) Subtropical Storm Alberto is the first named tropical weather system of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center said in an Read more

Disastrous Cuban sugar harvest may force imports - and reformHAVANA, May 24th  (Reuters) – Rainfall has shuttered all but a few of Cuba’s 54 sugar mills, with output down nearly 40 percent to the lowest level in more than a century, which could force the island to import, official media and industry Read more

Another Cuba plane crash survivor dies, death toll rises to 112HAVANA, may 24th (Reuters) – One of the survivors of the plane crash just outside Havana airport last week died early on Friday, state-run media cited the Cuban government as saying, raising the death toll from one of Cuba’s worst air disasters to 112.

Emiley Sanchez, a 40-year old Cuban from Read more

Cuba retrieves second black box from deadly plane crashHAVANA, may 24th  (Reuters) – Cuban search teams have retrieved the flight data recorder from the passenger plane that crashed last Friday, killing all but two of the 113 people Read more

HAVANA, May 24th (PL)  The Cuban authorities remain alert to the possibility of heavy rains in the western part of the country, although it is dismissed by the time the formation of a tropical cyclone.

According to a report by the National Staff of the Civil Defense, based on the data offered by the Read more

Snapshot of an Afternoon at a Havana WIFI HotspotHAVANA, may 24th (HT) Internet has become the Cuban market of any street food, it doesn’t matter how expensive and unaffordable it is, at least most people don’t seem to mind.

It starts at any time of day, but this Internet scene has Read more

Anti-Castro exile accused of 1976 plane explosion dies at 90HAVANA, may 23th  (Reuters) – Militant anti-Castro Cuban exile and former CIA operative Luis Posada Carriles, accused of masterminding the explosion of a Cuban airliner Read more

Etecsa announces Internet service on mobile phones is"very close"HAVANA, May 23 Etecsa confirmed that it expects to provide connectivity services to the Internet through mobile phones soon, but did not indicate the date of the service’s entry into operation.

Read more

 2nd International Fair of Food, Beverages and Food Technology of Cuba began today HAVANA,May 22 (PL) The 2nd International Fair of Food, Beverages and Food Technology of Cuba began today at Pabexpo exhibition complex in order to promote foreign Read more

Global Ports inks Cuba deal to break into Caribbean marketHAVANA, may 22th Global Ports Holding has secured its first major acquisition since its London IPO. It has secured a 15-year management agreement to run the cruise port in Havana.

Emre Sayin, chief executive of Global Ports, tells Read more

One of the Survivors of the Cuban Plane Crash Has Passed Away, Raising the Death Toll to 111

Image caption Grettel Landrove’s mother, Amparo Font (C) spoke to the BBC outside hospital   AFP/GETTY

HAVANA, may 22th The death toll in one of Cuba’s worst-ever aviation disasters has risen to 111 after one of the survivors succumbed to her injuries.

Grettel Landrove, a 23-year old Cuban student, died in a Havana hospital Monday Read more

Voice recorder found at plane-crash site in HavanaHAVANA, may 21th As Cubans grieved over one of the worst air crashes in the island’s history, investigators hoped that the recovery of one of the recorders from a leased Boeing 737 would yield clues to what caused the 39-year Read more

Flags fly at half mast in Cuba as country marks start of two days of mourning HAVANA, may 2th (Reuters) Cuban authorities said the fiery crash of an aging Boeing passenger jet on Friday shortly after takeoff from Havana had killed 110 people, 99 Read more

Officials say company in Cuba airliner crash had safety complaints

Grieving relatives of passengers who died in Cuba’s worst aviation disaster leave a morgue in Havana on Saturday. (Ramon Espinosa / Associated Press)

HAVANA, may 20th (AP) The Mexican charter company whose plane crashed in Havana, killing 110 people, has been the subject of two serious complaints about its crews’ Read more

POLISARIANS IN THE CUBAN AIRPLANE, WHO HAD CRASHED NEAR HAVANA

The so-called ” President of the Saharawi Parliament, “Khatri Addouh, went to Havana on May 9 at the head of a large delegation.

HAVANA, May 19 According to the site fr.le360.ma the Boeing 737 that crashed on takeoff from Havana airport, yesterday Friday May 18, also carried members of the Polisario Front.

This presence was unveiled Read more