Cuba
Cuban President Receives American actor Danny Glover – CubaSI
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel today received American film actor Danny Glover, who visits the Caribbean nation invited to the graduation of students of the Latin American School of Medicine. The web page of the Cuban Presidency reported that Glover and the Caribbean president discussed the importance of promoting artistic exchanges Read more
Trump’s Policies against Cuba and Venezuela Are Condemned in US – Prensa Latina
Washington, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) More than 20 automobiles joined a new caravan in Miami, Florida, to condemn the aggressive policies that the government of US President Donald Trump has implemented against Cuba and Venezuela. Saturday’s caravan, which was preceded by rain and lightning, extended in Westchester for more Read more
Santa Clara city celebrates its 330th anniversary, President attends ceremony – ACN
Havana, July 15 (RHC)– Residents of Santa Clara are celebrating the 330th anniversary of that Cuban central city this Monday, July 15th. They converged at the El Carmen park, the place where the original village was founded in 1689, to mark the occasion and to pay tribute to the city’s Read more
UK Is Called to Act against US Anti-Cuba Measures – Prensa Latina
London, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) Cuban residents in the United Kingdom condemned the new escalation of sanctions by the United States against Cuba, and called on the British Government to comply with its own laws against Washington”s extraterritorial measures. In a letter sent to the conservative parliamentarian and minister of Read more
International investors recognize Cuba’s guarantees, despite pressure from Washington – Granma
“We must develop an export vocation in all entities. We need to substitute imports, because the less we spend, the more money to re-circulate within our own productive processes,” said Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of Cuba’s Councils of State and Ministers, during a discussion with deputies on the National Assembly’s Public Read more
Fifteenth edition of the Gibara International Film Festival inaugurated – ACN
HOLGUIN, Cuba, Jul 8 (ACN) The renowned Cuban actor Jorge Perugorría, director of the Gibara International Film Festival (FIC), officially opened this Sunday night the XV edition of this event that will run until next Saturday in this coastal city, located about 30 kilometers from the capital of Holguín. The Read more
In Cuba, entrepreneurs see a steep decline in business with Trump policies – NBC News
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
Cuban President Expresses Gratitude to IFCO-Pastors for Peace Caravan
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
U.S. gov’t: $1 million-plus for emerging Cuban leaders – Cuba Money Project
The State Department plans to spend more than $1 million to train “a new generation of independent leaders to bolster Cubans’ abilities to develop independent civil society communities and express ideas regarding human rights and democracy to peers and those outside Cuba.” A State Department proposal says “this cadre of Read more