HAVANA, January 20. /TASS/. Russian carmaker Avtovaz delivered 344 Lada cars to Cuba, completing the first shipment of Russian cars to the island nation in more than a Read more
HAVANA, Jan. 19th Amid growing tensions between the U.S. and Cuba, the International Jazz Plaza Festival is bringing together the largest group of American artists in its 33-year history and a striking presence of Americans in the Read more
HAVANA, Jan. 19th (Xinhua) Chinese car maker Guangzhou Automobile Group Motor (GAC Motor) on Wednesday presented its vehicles to a tourism-related company in Cuba as part of the broad economic and Read more
HAVANA, Jan 18th (PL) Filmmakers have described their movie project “El Mayor” (The Mayor) that will start shooting in February, dedicated to patriot of the war of independence Ignacio Agramonte, as the romantic hero of Cuban history.
The director of the film, Rigoberto Lopez, said Read more
HAVANA, 16. Jan. Cuban researchers have announced that CIMAVAX EGF, a Cuban vaccine against lung cancer has proven its effectiveness.
Researchers at the Center for Molecular Immunology in Havana have developed the Read more
HAVANA, Jan. 16th If you think the best way to see Cuba is from the backseat of ’52 Chevy, you could be right.
But an even better way to experience the Caribbean island is from the saddle of your trusty bike; wind in your (helmet-covered) Read more
HAVANA, Ja 15th (HT) The US Embassy in Havana has stopped issuing visas to Cuban citizens after the US Department of State announced, last September, that it would withdraw the majority of its staff at the embassy on Read more
HAVANA, Jan, 14th After much of northern Cuba was devastated by Hurricane Irma in September, new urgency has been given to a plan called Tarea Vida, or Project Life, which was adopted last spring by Cuba’s Council of Read more
HAVANA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) Cuba and the United States Friday held a closed-door meeting in Washington to strengthen cybersecurity cooperation as part of limited government contacts since U.S. President Donald Trump set back bilateral relations last year.
HAVANA, Jan 12th Regional carrier, Caribbean Airlines (CAL) started flying to Havana, Cuba on Friday.
The announcement was made on Thursday by Finance Minister Colm Imbert during a post-Cabinet news conference .
According to Imbert, the service would operate twice Read more
HAVANA, Jan. 12th There is a very special house in Havana’s Vedado neighborhood. According to what renowned historian and visual arts researcher Lillian Llanes says, it is the first mansion in Havana which we have bibliographical Read more
HAVANA, Jan. 11 Cuban government will put into force a tax on the idleness of agricultural and forestry lands in the second semester of this year, as part of the efforts to increase the food production in the country.
HAVANA, Jan. 11th (Reuters) Algeria sent 2.1 million barrels of crude oil to Cuba last year and will ship the same amount in 2018, an official at state energy firm Sonatrach said on Read more
HAVANA, Jan. 11th (AP) Canada has no plans to remove diplomats from Cuba though at least eight people connected to its embassy appear to have had symptoms of a potential illness at the center of a rift in U.S.-Cuba relations, Read more
HAVANA,Jan 10th The U.S. State Department has downgraded its travel advisory for Cuba, recommending Americans “reconsider travel” to the Caribbean island.
The department had previously warned citizens not to Read more
HAVANA, 10.ene. (EFE) The Colombian airline Avianca today sent a plane to Havana to bring to Bogota the 150 passengers of an Airbus A-320 from Miami that yesterday had to Read more
HAVANA, Jan 9th (PL) In the current year, Cuban authorities offer tax benefits to workers outside the state production system, official sources reported today.
A report by the Cuban News Agency (ACN) said today that self-employed Read more
HAVANA, Jan. 8 — Cojimar, just a few minutes east of Cuba’s capital city of Havana, is a small picturesque fishing village where American novelist Ernest Hemingway docked Read more
HAVANA, Jan. 9th The Dutch travel agency Travelhome offers its customers a new way to explore the whole of Cuba: on board motorhomes that combine the experience Read more
HAVANA, Jan 8th (PL) Emilia de la Caridad Quesada ”Mima”, a resident in the Cuban province of Cienfuegos, about 233 kilometers east from this capital, qualifies today as the world”s second oldest woman.
HAVANA, Jan 7th (PL) Chilean President Michelle Bachelet arrived in Cuba today on an official visit.
Bachelet and the delegation accompanying her will have an intense program here, according to the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Read more
HAVANA, Jan. 7th (14ymedio) The pressure on the exchange rate began to be noticed a few days after Raúl Castro pleaded before the Parliament for the early elimination of the monetary duality.
HAVANA, Jan 6th (EFE) Josefina Vidal, general director for the USA of the Cuban Chancellery, announced that in 2017 more than 1.17 Americans arrived in Cuba, which is almost Read more
HAVANA, Jan. 6th French alcoholic drinks company Pernod Ricard has criticized Bacardi’s rival rum Havana Club after it released its latest campaign that included the claim the brand’s heritage as ‘Cuban’ as being misleading.
HAVANA, Jan 6 (EFE) A sample gathers from this Friday in Havana the works of four of the fundamental exponents of Cuban contemporary art, most recently created works of the listed Alfredo Sosabravo (1930), Manuel Mendive (1944), Read more
HAVANA, Jan. 5th On a two-day visit to Havana, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Thursday that the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement — the first of its kind between the EU and Cuba — signed by Brussels and Read more
HAVANA, Jan. 3th (Reuters) – The European Union’s top diplomat, Federica Mogherini, arrived in Cuba on Wednesday to help strengthen member countries’ Read more
HAVANA, Jan. 3th (Reuters) – Priests from Cuba’s Afro-Cuban Santeria religion forecast on Tuesday that the upcoming retirement of President Raul Castro would signify “a moment of change” that accelerates the pace of Read more
HAVANA, Jan. 2th (EFE) Cuba carried out 454 organ transplants in 2017, 19 more than the previous year, according to an official report from the health authorities of the island, in which more than one million surgeries were performed during the last twelve months.
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