HAVANA, July 18th (AFP) Six decades on from Cuba’s proclamation of equality and despite three top government officials being black, the Caribbean island nation has made little headway on racism. Read more
HAVANA, July 28 Small-scale organic farms are flourishing in Cuba, spurred by COVID-19’s potentially damaging impact on the food supply. Read more
HAVANA, July 27th (HT) If there was something people couldn’t talk about when I was a little girl, it was the dollar. Only foreigners could buy things in this currency. Read more
HAVANA, July 26th (DW) It was still early in the morning when the first customers started lining up outside the specialist foreign exchange shops.
HAVANA, July 23th Nestled above a decaying district of Havana is a secret village hidden from the clamour of the streets below. Read more
HAVANA, Jul 22 (PL ) The Cuban Government is facilitating exports and imports to non-state businesses in order to boost the country’s trade and economy, official sources said on Wednesday.
HAVANA, Jul 22 (PL) Cuba is the safest country in the region of the Americas, released on Tuesday the press based on a statistical report of crime and security rates by nations.
HAVANA, July 21th The new Canadian carrier OWG, recently announced that from 1 November 2020, it will fly directly to Cuba. Read more
HAVANA, July 21th (Reuters) Cuban girls are turning face masks into a fashion accessory for their quinceanera photoshoots, designing them to match their 15th birthday party outfits – both out of safety concerns and to show how they came of age during the coronavirus pandemic.
HAVANA, July 20th (Reuters) – State-run stores in Cuba began selling some food and hygiene products in U.S. dollars on Monday as the import-dependent country faces a grave shortage of tradable currency to purchase goods abroad. Read more
HAVANA, July 19th (AP) Cuba for the first time in 130 days says there have been no new domestic cases of COVID-19 as most of the country moved into the final phase of resuming normal activities with masks and physical distancing.
HAVANA, July 19thy It was President Barack Obama who initiated the political thaw between the US and Cuba. Read more
HAVANA, July 19 (By Yanelys Hernández Cordero) This year has put our humanity to the test. Read more
HAVANA , July 18th By IPS-Cuba At a time when several Havana neighbourhoods are going back into lockdown because of new outbreaks of COVID-19, Read more
HAVANA, July 17th (by Fernando Ravsberg) Cuba, is only a few days away from ending its coronavirus quarantine. Except for Havana, Read more
HAVANA , July 17th (Reuters) Cuba said on Thursday it will allow some stores to sell food, personal hygiene and other consumer goods in U.S. dollars and will eliminate a 10% tax on the greenback, Read more
HAVANA, July 16th There have been a variety of recipes. But from the traditional “do-it-alls” to the “makers,” there is a perceptible technological difference. Read more
HAVANA, July 16th According to the Agencia Cubana de Noticias (ACN) news agency, a strategy to try to decongest public transportation in the city during the so-called “rush hours” Read more
HAVANA, July 15th The Cuban economy fell into a deep, dark hole in March — but it’s now climbing back towards the light: Arguably, Cuba has been the country in this hemisphere that most effectively battled the virus.
HAVANA, July 14th Just a few hours after the first cases of coronavirus were detected in Cuba four months ago, Dr. Francisco Durán, Read more
HAVANA, July 12 (Xinhua) To 26-year-old biomedical engineer Yosvany Pantoja, designing and building Cuba’s own mechanical ventilators was never easy. Read more
HAVANA, July 11th World Mojito Day is celebrated on July 11 across the world to appreciate and enjoy this wonderfully refreshing summer cocktail that has been made for almost a century, Read more
HAVANA, July 11 Thousands of Cubans have for the first time returned to beaches as the country has started to ease the three-month restrictions aimed at containing the nationwide spread of COVID-19. Read more
HAVANA, July 9th (HT) This morning, I ran into someone on the street who said, “I’m going to one of those long lines.” Read more
HAVANA, July 7th (IPS-Cuba) Being vegan might seem like an unlikely trend in Cuba, a country that is marked by its unhealthy diet and limited food variety and supply at markets, Read more
HAVANA, July 7th A new book called “Fidel in Love” reveals the secret love story between Cuba’s ‘Lider Maximo,’ Fidel Castro, and Anna Maria Traglia, the niece of the Cardinal Vicar of Rome. Read more
HAVANA, July 6 (Xinhua) Angel Hernandez, a resident of Havana’s central Playa district, never imagined he would be cultivating crops again after retiring, but the COVID-19 pandemic presented a good excuse. Read more
HAVANA, July 5th This July 1st Cuba officially opened its first hotels to international tourism. Read more
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