Cuba: more than 350,000 people with state aid for living “vulnerable situations”
Social assistance programs “encompass a wide range of services and supports designed to provide care and protection to those who need it most.”
Social assistance programs “encompass a wide range of services and supports designed to provide care and protection to those who need it most.”
The company dedicated to tourist rentals around the world is accused of advertising on its website the rental in a building that belonged to a current American citizen when it was confiscated in the 1960s.
The draft resolution presented by Cuba on the application of the circular economy in sugar cane was adopted this Friday by the United Nations Environment Assembly. Under the title “Circularity of a resilient and low-carbon sugarcane agroindustry,” the document, co-sponsored by Brazil, addresses the loss of biodiversity, soil degradation and pollution, as well as a source of food, raw materials, biomaterials and bioenergy, Prensa Latina (PL) reported. https://twitter.com/citmacuba/status/1763578954303017405?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1763578954303017405%7Ctwgr%5E91eee293cc2f0982a120cb5c193a3a0c1c3be87f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Foncubanews.com%2Fcuba%2Fonu-adopta-resolucion-de-cuba-sobre-economia-circular-en-la-cana-de-azucar%2F This is the first time in history that Cuba has presented a draft resolution before the United Nations Environment Assembly. With this step, the island invites member States with sugarcane agroindustries to integrate circular economy approaches into their respective national strategies. Likewise, adds PL, it calls for exploring and developing partnership initiatives, in cooperation with the private sector and other actors, focused on supporting the implementation of these actions. The approval of the Cuban resolution is considered one of the most important milestones achieved at the international level in the area of competence of the organization. To try to revive the island’s depressed sugar industry, Cuba and Ethiopia agreed at the beginning of this year to collaborate in development, research, production and technical assistance in that sector. The agreement seeks to improve...
Rocha faces a total of 15 charges for 6 crimes, which together would carry a maximum prison sentence of 60 years if he is convicted.
This represents an increase of 104% compared to the same period in 2023, but 47% less than in the same period in 2019, the year before the pandemic.
Those sanctioned were accused of falsifying banking and commercial documents so that clients paid less on their bill, in exchange for money, equipment “or other gifts.”
A review of the main events related to the case from April 12, 2019, the day of the kidnapping, to the present; as well as some background.
During a meeting to review the work of the Attorney General's Office, the Cuban President pointed out that corruption "delays social development, growth and economic development", in addition to generating distrust in the population.
After learning of the theft of 133 tons of chicken in an enterprise in Havana, an editorial in the official press called this Monday to act “without half or lukewarm measures” against the crime.
Lovers of Japanese manga, anime and video games met this Saturday at the Amphitheater of the Historic Center to exchange about their tastes and share games and affinities.
A group of organizations and individuals based in the United States advocate for investments and trade with the island to sponsor the emerging private sector and mitigate the impacts of the crisis.
The handing over occurred during a bilateral meeting on security and law enforcement, held this Wednesday in Washington.
Jurist Leonardo Pérez Gallardo, one of the drafters of the Family Code, considers that “it is better to control than prohibit” the so-called “rental wombs,” or loans in the Cuban case, and that the new legislation gives all kinds of legal and health guarantees.
Moving from one place to another in the capital, whether for work or leisure, for necessity or pleasure, demands time, money, effort and often creativity.
The combination of consular benefits and the current immigration boom have led to an avalanche of passport requests by residents outside the island.
As announced in the Council of Ministers, proposals will also be presented in February for the intervention of the informal market and control of the exchange rate on the island.
Created by scientists from the University of Oriente, these prostheses have “electromyographic sensors to capture signals from the remaining muscles,” which “have the purpose of executing desired movements and facilitating precise grip.”
The Cuban artist was a pioneer in more than one aspect and purpose, not just in art. She was the first from the guild to return to Cuba to reconnect with her origins and her peers in the arts.
One of the figures of jazz piano on the U.S. scene, Aaron Goldberg, joined the calls for greater exchange between Cuba and the United States, at a time when the thaw does not seem to appear on the horizon. The objective of such bridges would be “to learn and explore our common language together,” said the instrumentalist originally from Boston in an interview with the Prensa Latina (PL) news agency in Havana. Goldberg is one of the stars invited to the 39th edition of the Jazz Plaza Festival, where he left a testimony of his talent with a brilliant concert this Tuesday at the Sala Avellaneda of the National Theater. There he was escorted by two luminaries of Cuban music: bassist Jorge Reyes and percussionist Oliver Valdés. Cuba in Goldberg Collaborator with stellar musicians such as Joshua Redman, Wynton Marsalis, Kurt Rosenwinkel and Guillermo Klein, the U.S. pianist is not unknown in the island’s gray jazz scene. “Especially in jazz, artists from both countries learned from each other. Therefore, we have to protect and expand this connection. I had a lot of fun last year, it was my second time coming to the island. The first was in 2006,” commented Goldberg....
Among the prizes for the winning team, a tour of the “best Show Bars in Europe” in 2024 stands out, and a coveted and “very rare” bottle of Havana Club Máximo Extra Añejo.
Financiera Cimex S.A. announced that the card will be operational from January 24 throughout the country’s commercial network where electronic point-of-sale terminals operate.
They all had their years of glory, their time of sequins and brilliance, but for many of them those times are just a remote memory.
Katapulk led the e-commerce platforms, Clandestina the accessories brands, and LM the bars, in the second edition of an initiative promoted by SMG Branding.
The figure was reached after this Thursday the island’s authorities approved another 133 MSMEs, of which only three are state-run and the rest are private.
This is their response to the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), who will be holding a hearing on Thursday entitled "The Myth of the New Cuban Entrepreneurs."
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