Hurricane Idalia, which made landfall as a Category 3 storm in the U.S. state of Florida early Wednesday, inflicted a heavy impact on the western part of Cuba, local media reported Wednesday. According to a [Read More]
The sixth Cuba’s International Salsa Music Festival kicked off in the capital city of Havana this week after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to organizers, the festival has invited 27 Cuban [Read More]
Firefighters in Cuba are battling to put out a second large-scale wildfire in the country’s eastern province of Holguin, local media reported Monday. The fire, the second hitting Holguin in a couple of weeks, has [Read More]
Mariana Benitez, an engineer from Havana’s El Cerro district, has heightened precautions against COVID-19 while commuting to work. Wearing a face mask, the 53-year-old carefully chooses well-ventilated means of transportation and avoids rush hours. “The [Read More]
ANKARA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that his country wants to enhance cooperation with Cuba, and the two countries signed six agreements in the fields of media and communication, culture, and [Read More]
Cuba is betting on rural tourism to help boost the economy amid stepped up U.S. sanctions against the Caribbean nation. To get a taste of rural life in Cuba, tourists can visit the Coastal Farm [Read More]
Idelaida Rodriguez, a 62-year-old teacher from the district of 10 de Octubre, a municipality in southern Havana, spent six days in hospital after getting infected with dengue. “It was a nightmarish experience,” she said. “I [Read More]
The 13th edition of the International Fair of Construction “FECONS 2022” opened here Tuesday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread in the Caribbean nation in March 2020. The fair, taking [Read More]
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