More than 1.7 million Cubans affected by liquefied gas crisis
The reduction in imports of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for domestic use in Cuba, which the government attributes to the ...
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Cuba: Where are the tourists from?
The popular image of tourism in Cuba is of foreigners who arrive by air or sea to stay in hotels ...
Cuba to elect provincial governors and vice governors
The electoral councils will carry out on January 12 a trial exercise of the elections of provincial governors and vice ...
Cuba modifies legal norms for bank accounts in dollars
Cuba will allow cash deposits in bank accounts in USD opened by individuals before November 8, 2004, and will apply ...
Cuban authorities affirm authors of desecration of busts of Martí have been detained
Granma newspaper announced the arrest of two persons for the acts of vandalism carried out against busts of José Martí ...
Against gender-based violence in Cuba…. What if we redouble the commitment?
The discussion about gender-based violence has gained visibility in Cuba. The institutions that have worked on it and those that ...
Cuba registered in 2019 its highest annual mean temperature in almost seven decades
In 2019, Cuba recorded its highest annual mean temperature since 1951 with an average 28 degrees Celsius during the summer ...
Cuba: more than 620,000 visits by Cubans living abroad in 2019
Cuba registered more than 620,000 visits by Cubans residing abroad in the recently concluded 2019, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez reported ...
New capped prices for private taxis in Havana
The maximum price per passenger private taxi drivers in Havana may charge will be 10 Cuban pesos (CUP), except for ...
Andy, don’t back up. Facundo, don’t die
We are experiencing a kind of mourning, mixed with irritation, disappointment, uncertainty, because of the very summary suspension of actor ...
The city and its grilles
In a famous essay, Alejo Carpentier defined Havana as “the city of columns.” Indeed, walking through places like the Calzada ...
ETECSA lowers internet price in Wi-Fi areas in Cuba
The Cuban Telecommunications Enterprise S.A. (ETECSA) lowered the price of internet surfing in the island’s Wi-Fi areas and navigation rooms ...
Cuba in 2019: Carta Magna, tornado, king, temporary situations…
2019 has not been an easy year for Cuba. It began right at the beginning with a devastating tornado in ...
Authorities to ask Cubans to have more sex to increase birth rates
The Cuban authorities will launch a campaign in 2020 in which they will ask Cubans to have more sexual intercourse ...
More than 40 stores selling in dollars will operate in Cuba by the end of the year
Cuba will close 2019 with more than 40 stores selling in dollars in operation throughout the island, out of the ...
Central Bank of Cuba: cash can be drawn from accounts in dollars…when dollars are available
The Central Bank of Cuba notified that cash can be drawn from international currency accounts linked to debit cards that ...
Cuba to decide in 2021 if it approves same-sex marriage
Cuba will decide on the legalization of same-sex marriage during the updating of the new Family Code, whose text will ...
Díaz-Canel in National Assembly: “what’s most pressing is the monetary organization”
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel this Saturday assured the National Assembly that, although there is much to be resolved on the ...
ETECSA announces discounts on surfing through Nauta permanent accounts until January 3
The Cuban Telecommunications Enterprise, ETECSA, announced a promotion from December 23, 2019 to January 3, 2020 to surf the web ...
Cuba to study withdrawing subsidized food to residents abroad
The Cuban government will study the possibility of withdrawing the right to receive the monthly quota of subsidized food of ...
Giant African snail already affecting 56 Cuban municipalities
The giant African snail, a plague that has spread rapidly in Cuba, is already present in 56 of the island’s ...
Cuba overfulfills housing plan in 2019, but there is still a deficit
In 2019, 43,700 houses were completed in Cuba, as part of a program that plans to resolve the housing problem ...
Cuba readies a demanded draft law for animal protection
Cuba is preparing a draft law for animal protection that proposes the criminalization of mistreatment, establishing a control and identification ...
The economy and hope
They had spent several months working hard on their project. They had been discussing the idea since before graduating from ...
Cuba committed to computerization of its educational system
Although a large percentage of Cuban teachers belong to the analogical generation, the Ministry of Education (MINED) is openly committed ...
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