HAVANA — Every morning, Alejandro Martín-Ramos, 24, parks his 1953 pink Bel Air in front of Havana’s Central Park, one of the most touristy neighborhoods in Cuba’s capital, and waits for tourists to hop in for a whirl around the city. He and his father purchased the classic American car Read more
U.S. national security adviser John Bolton talks to reporters at the White House © REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque US President Donald Trump’s national security hawk John Bolton has vowed to “sever ties” between Havana and Caracas with sanctions on oil and other exports after an Italian oil shipping firm folded under pressure. Read more
At the closing session of the 9th Congress of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), the Cuban leader considered it “unacceptable” that it not be understood that “all cultural institutions exist because of and for the creators and their work, not the other way around, and that Read more
A salary increase has long been seen as one of the first steps in the unification of Cuba’s unique dual-currency system. HAVANA — The Cuban government said Thursday that it is raising state salaries as part of a broader package of economic reforms, but it revealed no details of its Read more
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel received in Havana on Tuesday the members of the 30th US-Cuba Friendship Caravan, organized by the Interreligious Foundation for the Organization Community IFCO-Pastors for Peace. The group – made up of 34 people from the United States, Canada and Mexico – is headed by Gail Walker, Read more
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a $982.8 billion spending package that includes $20 million for democracy promotion in Cuba and $12,973,000 for Radio and TV Martí. The spending would cover fiscal year 2020, which runs from Oct. 1, 2019, through Sept. 30, 2020. The House Committee on Read more
HAVANA, June 20 (Xinhua) — Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Thursday rejected his country’s inclusion in a U.S. blacklist of the worst offenders of human trafficking. The U.S. State Department added Cuba to the lowest tier in its annual 2019 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, alleging Havana’s medical diplomacy, which Read more
The breakout Cuban star combines his roots with American funk rhythms. “The Cuban James Brown has arrived” read the headline of Colombia’s top newspaper, El Tiempo. It was February 18, 2019, and Cuba’s new musical sensation, known as Cimafunk, had landed in Bogotá with his band for their first performance outside Read more
The leader of a Rollins tour group, in Cuba at the time of the announcement of travel restrictions, reflects on the decision. I was in Cuba with a group of college students and colleagues when the U.S. administration announced new restrictions designed to discourage Americans from traveling to that island Read more
Americans should be able to freely travel where they would like, and restrictions on Cuba travel are unconstitutional, unfair, and unproductive, said CET. Last week saw unfortunate changes regarding US travel to Cuba reminding us that Cuba continues to be a political football thrown around by politicians ahead of each Read more
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