Cuba
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With little to buy, Cubans abroad send home food, not money
May 25, 2024After learning that her children in Miami purchased food goods online and had them transported to Havana, Maria Paez is relieved. The shipment contained eggs, ham, and yogurt. Due to the current dire economic situation and... -
K-pop seduces youth in communist Cuba, birthplace of salsa
Nov 8, 2023In Cuba, the home of salsa, young people are being seduced by a music phenomenon from a place that could hardly be more geographically or ideologically remote. K-pop, the South Korean sensation that has already swept... -
Russia’s first scheduled flight since 2022 lands in Cuba
Jul 2, 2023According to TASS, the first flight from Russia since the restart of scheduled aviation operations landed in Cuba. The flight from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport to Cuba took roughly thirteen hours, according to the Rossiya airline, which... -
Business owners in Cuba implore Biden to implement aid pledge
May 12, 2023Hundreds of Cuban traders and small business owners wrote to President Joe Biden on Thursday, imploring him to follow through on promised US support to the island’s ailing private sector. “It is incomprehensible and inhuman that... -
Cuba’s first monkeypox case recorded in Italian tourist
Aug 21, 2022A tourist from Italy who is in “critical” condition was the first monkeypox case registered in Cuba on Saturday, according to the health ministry. In a statement carried by National Television News, the health ministry stated... -
Cuba to allow foreign investment in domestic wholesale and retail trade
Aug 19, 2022The Cuban government has announced it will allow foreign investment in domestic wholesale and retail trade for the first time in 60 years, in a move aimed at addressing critical shortages of goods. The decision could... -
Cuba announced a new 10 percent tax on retail food sales
Feb 6, 2022Cuba on Saturday announced a new 10 percent tax on retail food sales, as the country endures economic woes marked by rampant inflation. The levy taking effect Monday will target self-employed people and small-and medium-sized companies... -
Rare anti-government protests erupt in Cuba
Jul 12, 2021Thousands of Cubans participated in rare anti-communist marches on Sunday, yelling “Down with the dictatorship” as President Miguel Diaz-Canel urged his followers to fight the demonstrators. Anti-government protests erupted spontaneously in numerous cities as the country... -
Cuba reels as Tropical Storm Elsa moves towards Florida
Jul 6, 2021Tropical Storm Elsa is headed north towards the Florida Keys after wreaking havoc in the Caribbean. Before Elsa slammed Cuba on Monday, more than 100,000 people were evacuated because of mudslides and “flooding rains.” The storm... -
Cuban Abdala Vaccine is 92 Percent Effective on COVID patients
Jun 22, 2021Cuba’s Abdala vaccine claims to be more than 92 per cent effective against the corona. However, this effect has not been specified in the case of infection, disease or death. Cuba is currently working on five...
