Tag: Cuba
The Canadian Blue Diamond jostles Accor in Cuba
By Hector Lemieux Posted yesterday at 7:49 p.m., Update yesterday at 7:49 p.m. Like several hotels in Havana deserted due to the Covid pandemic, the Paseo del Prado has almost…
Cuba calls for help to deal with oil depot fire
Tank on fire in the suburbs of Matanzas, Saturday August 6, 2022. YAMIL LAGE / AFP Cuba asked for help “from friendly countries” to deal with the gigantic fire at…
Multiple explosions at a fuel depot in Cuba
(dpa) Dozens of people have been injured in several explosions at a fuel depot in northern Cuba. 52 people were treated in the hospital, as the director of the Hospital…
Socialist island nation – Cuba to vote on gay marriage in September – News
In the fall, the people of Cuba will vote in a referendum on legalizing gay marriage. The referendum on a new family law that would also allow surrogacy was set…
A boat with 200 Haitian migrants on board runs aground in Cuba
A boat with more than 200 Haitians on board, trying to reach the United States, ran aground on the Cuban coast in the north center of the island where they…
Cuba: 5 and 9 year prison sentences against two dissident artists
Five- and nine-year prison sentences were handed down to Cuban dissident artists Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara and Maykel, respectively.Osorbo“Castillo, announced Friday, June 24 the general prosecutor’s office. Read alsoCuba: 74…
Cuba: faced with a lack of fuel, the boom in electric vehicles
An electric scooter in the streets of Havana, Cuba, May 25, 2022 (AFP/Archives/Yamil LAGE) “Gasoline? Can you imagine that we’ve been struggling to find it for 50 years. I don’t…
Decades of prison sentences imposed after mass protests in Cuba
According to activists, around 1,400 people were arrested during the spontaneous mass protests on July 11, 2021. According to the Attorney General’s Office, 381 people have now been sentenced to…
US excludes Cuba and Venezuela from Summit of the Americas, Mexico angered
by Matt Spetalnick and Dave Graham WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY, June 6 (Reuters) – The United States on Monday excluded Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua from the Summit of the Americas being held…
Hurricane Agatha: heavy rains in Cuba, at least three dead
Heavy rains, linked to the passage of hurricane Agatha, which hit the Cuban capital and several provinces on Friday, June 3, killed at least three people, and thousands of inhabitants…
In Cuba, two protesting artists of the regime imprisoned
Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara and Maykel Osorbo will be tried on May 30 and 31 for incitement to revolt. Washington and several NGOs are calling for their release. Cuban dissident…
Washington lifts a series of restrictions on Cuba
The United States Embassy in Havana (Cuba), May 3, 2022 (AFP / Yamil LAGE) The Biden administration on Monday announced the lifting of a series of restrictions on Cuba, including…