Cuba
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Cuba hosts all-star International Jazz Day concert
May 2, 2017News Hour: Cuba Sunday hosted the world’s annual International Jazz Day concert, with Hollywood star Will Smith presenting the event and musicians Herbie Hancock and Chucho Valdes among the performers. Havana was chosen as the 2017... -
Crabs invade Cuba’s Bay of Pigs
Apr 29, 2017News Hour: Cuba’s Bay of Pigs has been invaded again, this time not by U.S.-backed anti-Castro forces, but by millions of red, yellow and black landcrabs. Each year, after the first spring rains, the crabs march... -
An electric car dealer with a Miami subsidiary is telling Cuba-based diplomats struggling with a gasoline shortage
Apr 18, 2017News Hour: An electric car dealer with a Miami subsidiary is telling Cuba-based diplomats struggling with a gasoline shortage on the Communist-run Caribbean island that they should fret no longer. The United States, which maintains a... -
Aid delivers to victims of Hurricane Matthew in Cuba
Jan 14, 2017News Hour: IOM delivered a consignment of non-food aid to communities most affected by Hurricane Matthew in Cuba’s Guantanamo province. The aid consisted of 820 mattresses that will be distributed to the worst affected families in... -
Cuba welcomed a record 4 million tourists in 2016
Jan 1, 2017News Hour: Cuba welcomed a record four million tourists in 2016, up 13 percent over last year, with much of the increase thanks to a crush of visitors from the US and Europe, officials said on... -
Cuba opens a new era entombing Fidel Castro’s ashes in a massive stone
Dec 5, 2016News Hour: Fidel Castro’s ashes were entombed in a massive stone next to national heroes on Sunday, as Cuba opens a new era without the communist leader who ruled for decades. President Raul Castro placed his... -
Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro dies
Nov 26, 2016News Hour: Cuba’s former president Fidel Castro, one of the world’s longest-serving and most iconic leaders, has died aged 90. His younger brother and successor as president Raul Castro announced the news on state television, reports... -
WFP to provide food assistance in Cuba in the wake of Hurricane Matthew
Oct 12, 2016News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in coordination with the Government is gearing up to deliver food for 180,000 people in the areas of Cuba’s eastern-most province hardest hit by Hurricane Matthew. WFP... -
People of Cuba to prepare for Hurricane Matthew’s fury
Oct 5, 2016News Hour: Hurricane Matthew began pounding Cuba on late Tuesday, but residents of the communist island were largely calm, highly prepared after weathering previous storms. Deserted roads and unlit street lamps felt anything but normal, however,... -
Iran’s president meets Castros in Cuba
Sep 20, 2016News Hour: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Cuba on Monday where he met with his counterpart, Raul Castro, and the Cuban president’s older brother and predecessor, Fidel Castro. Rouhani had said ahead of the one-day...
