Tag: Cuba
Covid-19: no longer need to be tested or vaccinated to enter Cuba
The Caribbean island state will no longer require travelers entering the island to present a negative Covid-19 PCR or antigen test, or proof of vaccination, as the outbreak appears to…
Up to 30 years in prison: Cuba imposes harsh penalties on demonstrators
Up to 30 years imprisonment Cuba imposes harsh penalties on protesters 4/2/2022, 3:18 p.m More than a thousand people were arrested during protests in Cuba’s capital Havana in July 2021,…
Cuba: 6 to 30 years in prison for 128 July 11 protesters
A group of 128 Cubans who took part in the demonstrations of July 11 and 12, 2021 in two neighborhoods of Havana, considered the most violent on those days, were…
In Cuba, the recovery of tourism delayed by the war in Ukraine
A tourist on horseback in front of a mural in Viñales on February 19, 2022 in the province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba (AFP/YAMIL LAGE) On his horse, facing the…
Podcast “Learned something again”: Not the whole world is against Putin
Russia has been hit with sanctions over the war of aggression in Ukraine. However, Putin is not completely isolated. The Russian President is receiving worldwide support. Many countries are dependent…
Cuba: a news presenter decides to emigrate to the United States
One of the presenters of the Cuban television news announced on Friday that he had decided to emigrate to the United States, as thousands of his compatriots have been doing…
The United States announces the reopening of its consulate in Cuba
The United States Embassy in Cuba, March 3, 2022. AMANDA PEROBELLI / REUTERS The American consulate in Cuba will resume its activities, announced Thursday, March 3 Timothy Zúñiga-Brown, charge d’affaires…
Cuba: the tobacco harvest down for the making of the famous Havana cigars
Peasants work in a tobacco plantation in Viñales, Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, on January 18, 2022 (AFP/Archives/YAMIL LAGE) Great-grandson of a tobacco grower based in Viñales, in western Cuba,…
Covid-19: Morocco, Colombia, Cuba … here are the countries that are on the green list this Wednesday
This Wednesday, February 16, several countries are on the green list. This therefore implies the freedom to come and go and therefore to go there freely for French nationals. Also,…
Cuba wants to have its vaccines against Covid-19 approved by the WHO
A dose of Abdala vaccine prepared in Cuba, August 2021. ALEXANDRE MENEGHINI / REUTERS Cuba is preparing to play in the big leagues. Havana must in fact ask the World…
The American embargo against Cuba, 60 years and bright days ahead
An old American car, in Havana on February 3, 2022 (AFP / YAMIL LAGE) In force for 60 years, the American embargo against Cuba has become endemic, a reality to…
In Cuba, exemplary sentences for July 11 demonstrators
On the phones, three brothers and sisters imprisoned after the demonstrations of July 11, 2021, in Havana, on January 19. RAMON ESPINOSA / AP It is a new mass trial…