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2023/04/07

The Cuban Collapse
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Cubans face a precarious present and an uncertain future. While the #government# focuses on the recovery of the #tourism# sector, people’s living conditions are driving the largest migratory exodus in the country’s history.. Inflation, the economic blockade and mismanagement mean many ar

Political Repression in Cuba Ahead of the 2023 Parliamentary Elections
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On 26 March 2023, voters will elect 470 deputies to #Cuba#’s National Assembly of People’s Power, who, in addition to fulfilling legislative functions during their five year term, will be nominating #Cuba#’s next head of #state#. The #government# has characterized #Cuba#’s political sy

The economic situation in Cuba is bad...
For Jose Guerra Ferrer, a Havana based industrial engineer, “the economic situation in #Cuba# is bad”. “I hope it can be addressed by the new parliament,” he says, with reference to national assembly elections this weekend. In recent years, #Cuba#’s parliament has implem

Cuba marks six decades under US sanctions...
Decreed by U.S. president John F. Kennedy on February 3, 1962, the embargo on all bilateral trade came into effect four days later. Its purpose, said Kennedy’s executive order, was to reduce the threat posed by the island nation’s “alignment with the communist powers.”

Oil, espionage rallying allies? Trips of Putin’s men to Cuba and Venezuela attract attention ...
The recent #visit#s of high profile #Russia#n officials to #Cuba# and #Venezuela#, all in less than a week, have fueled scrutiny and speculation about #Russia#’s interests in the region amid the war it launched on Ukraine. Vladimir Putin’s top security adviser and close ally, Gen. Nikolai Patrushe

U.S. LEGISLATORS PRESENT BILL ON TRADEMARKS NATIONALIZED IN CUBA...
HAVANA, March 12th This Thursday, a group of United States legislators presented a bill to prohibit courts from validating any claim of rights of a business or assets nationalized by the #Cuba#n #government#.The bipartisan bill was presented by congresspeople and senators simultaneously in both houses,

CHINESE EVS GAIN GROUND ON CUBAN ROADS...
HAVANA, March 16th Thousands of #Cuba#ns across the country have started to use Chinese electric cars and scooters amid fuel shortages and tightened U.S. economic sanctions, which have dealt a heavy blow to the island’s transportation system. To increase the presence of electric modes of pers

5 NEW FOREIGN COMPANIES WILL OPEN IN CUBA...
HAVANA, March 19 The first business projects with 5 new foreign firms in the wholesale and retail trade will begin operations between April and May, according to several #news#-Cuba-en.html target=_blank>#Cuba#n media reports this Saturday. The #news# stems from a meeting that took place on Friday at the headquarters of the Ministry

CUBAN DOCTORS ASKED TO HELP A HOSPITAL IN IRELAND...
HAVANA, March 24th A council has requested help from the #Cuba#n #government# to fill healthcare roles at a hospital in County Fermanagh. The #Cuba#n embassy in London responded positively to the request from Fermanagh and Omagh District Council. Emergency general surgery was temporarily suspended a

SARGASSUM IS COMING, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR CUBA?...
HAVANA, March 25th In the last few years, #Cuba# has faced an exodus of people, the plague of a pandemic, #food# shortages, fires from oil tank explosions, floods from hurricanes, severe inflation…STOP! This #sound#s almost biblical as a message to let the people be free. No matter how mighty

Lavrov says no nation safe from hostile US attacks...
MOSCOW, March 24. /TASS/. No country is currently protected from hostile raids by the United States and its allies, #Russia#n Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an article for the Razvedchik (Intelligence Officer) magazine on Friday. In general, nobody today is safe from hostile `raids&rsquo

The Prudence of Ayatollah Khamenei...
TEHRAN � The Chinese brokered deal between #Iran# and Saudi Arabia once again drew the attention to a vivid description by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution of U.S. negotiating principles. After seven years of tensions, #Iran# and Saudi Arabia signed a joint #state#ment with Chinese hel

THE HISTORY OF THE TOBACCO IN CUBA...
When Christopher Columbus reached #Cuba# in 1492 , he discovered the locals “drinking smoke” from an early version of a cigar. Apparently, the natives had been smoking for centuries , sometimes rolling green leaves from the plant they called “cohiba” and wrapping them in palm l

CUBA´S HABANOS SA SALES ROSE , LED BY EUROPEAN BUYERS...
HAVANA, Feb. 28th #Cuba#n cigar maker Habanos rose 2 percent last year compared with the previous year, the company announced on Monday, as it recovers business following the COVID 19 pandemic and the havoc caused by a major hurricane. Habanos reported sales of $545 million last year, the company s

‘HAVANA SYNDROME’ NOT CAUSED BY FOREIGN ADVERSARY...
HAVANA, March 1st The mysterious set of symptoms known as “Havana syndrome” was not caused by an #energy# weapon or foreign adversary, US intelligence has concluded. The assessment concludes a multi year investigation into approximately 1,000 “anomalous health incidents” (AH

HABANOS S.A. INTRODUCES PARTAGÁS LÍNEA MAESTRA...
HAVANA, March 3rd As Cohiba has the Behike line and #Rome#o y Julieta has the Línea de Oro, Partagás now has the Línea Maestra, an ultra premium extension to the Partagás brand.News of the new Partagás came during the Habanos Festival, which is taking place this wee

CUBA´S CHILDREN WERE LEFT BEHIND IN A WAVE OF A MASS EXODUS...
HAVANA, March 4th #Cuba#´s children were left behind in a wave of a mass exodus. A political and economic crisis further worsened by the impact of the Covid pandemic has left many #Cuba#ns feeling that they have no option but to leave their homeland to search for better opportunities abroad. Y

CUBA AND THE US BASE A SIGN OF COOPERATION IN THE MARINE ECOSYSTEM...
HAVANA, March 5th The #Cuba#n Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA) and the American non #government#al organization (NGO) the Ocean Foundation wrote a memorandum of understanding for the conservation of marine ecosystems. The document was signed in #Washington# on February 28. The Oc

FUTURE LAW ON CUBAN ENTERPRISES IN HIS FINALIZING STAGE...
HAVANA, March 6th Apparently, the #Cuba#n #government# is finalizing the details of the future Law on Enterprises, a law that should have been approved a few years ago and that was postponed again in 2022. In the end, everything indicates that the new #Parliament# that will be constituted this year will h

WOULD THE US EMBARGO ON CUBA FINALLY END ?...
HAVANA, March 8th A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill Monday that would remove key parts of the U.S. embargo on #Cuba#, which has been in place for over six decades.Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D Minn.), who proposed a similar bill in 2021, described the proposal as a way to end the embargo &ldquo

19 MUST PLACES TO VISIT IN CUBA IN 2023 (4OF4)...
sla de la Juventud, or the Isle of Youth, is the second largest island in the #Cuba#n archipelago (there are around 4000), situated in the Caribbean Sea south of western #Cuba#. It is one of the destinations in #Cuba# that are the trickiest to #visit#. The capital city is Nueva Gerona, which is more like

U.S. LEGISLATORS PRESENT BILL ON TRADEMARKS NATIONALIZED IN CUBA...
HAVANA, March 12th This Thursday, a group of United States legislators presented a bill to prohibit courts from validating any claim of rights of a business or assets nationalized by the #Cuba#n #government#.The bipartisan bill was presented by congresspeople and senators simultaneously in both houses,

DIMECUBA, IF YOU LOOK FOR A RELIABLE WAY TO SHIP APPLIANCES TO CUBA...
HAVANA, March 13th Looking for a reliable way to ship home appliances to #Cuba#? Dime#Cuba# has everything you need to make your shipment fast, easy and secure. With a wide variety of products, Dime#Cuba# is the perfect choice for anyone looking to ship home appliances to #Cuba#. Whether you’re l

BANKS IN CUBA BEGIN ACCEPTING RUSSIA’S MIR PAYMENT SYSTEM...
HAVANA, March 14th Banks in #Cuba# have begun accepting the Mir payment system, the #Russia#n alternative to Visa and Mastercard. According to TASS, multiple banks based in the #Cuba#n capital of Havana have commenced the process, with ATMs featuring the logo of Mir during fund withdrawal. At present,

ITALIAN COMPANY ITALSAV ANNOUNCES UPCOMING OPENING OF SHOPPING CENTER IN HAVANA...
HAVANA, March 14th The Italian company Italsav announced the upcoming opening of a mixed management shopping center in Havana, according to the ANSA #news# agency.“By September we will open the first #news#-Cuba-en.html target=_blank>#Cuba#n shopping center that has mixed management, in Havana, with the sale and staff always in th

CHINESE EVS GAIN GROUND ON CUBAN ROADS...
HAVANA, March 16th Thousands of #Cuba#ns across the country have started to use Chinese electric cars and scooters amid fuel shortages and tightened U.S. economic sanctions, which have dealt a heavy blow to the island’s transportation system. To increase the presence of electric modes of pers

Is the Arab world ready for the uncertain age of AI powered web tools?...
DUBAI/RIYADH: Silicon Valley startup OpenAI caused a sensation when it released ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence powered #chat#bot tool capable of formulating detailed, human like answers on a seemingly limitless range of topics. In retrospect, that was just the start. Google has since announced

Sanctions are an instrument of death, destruction and global rift...
Let me cut to the chase, sanctions can end up being more harmful than your average war: they can involve many more countries than two parties to an armed conflict; cause more human suffering and last much longer; inflict more widespread economic loss, impede economic and human recovery; leave more h

French court convicts three over Macron attack plot...
PARIS: A French anti terror court convicted three people on Friday over a plan to attack President Emmanuel Macron after a trial that threw the spotlight on a radical far right online group. The three men, part of a Facebook group known as the “Barjols,” were convicted for conspiracy to

China sees Russia’s concerns over NATO expansion as premise for conflict ...
PARIS, February 7. /TASS/. China remains neutral in regards to the conflict in Ukraine, but it understands #Russia#’s concerns over #NATO#’s eastward expansion and the plans to include Ukraine in the alliance, which have become the premise for the current conflict, Chinese Ambassador to Fran