Tag: Cuba

• Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 20:19 UTC

  Improving numbers in tourism still below Cuban gov't's projections

  

  Cuban tourism authorities have confirmed 128,159 foreign travelers had visited the country for leisure purposes during March of 2022, which represented 58.7% of the Government's projections.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2022 - 09:11 UTC

  Aerolíneas Argentinas returns to Cuba as ties between countries improve

  

  Aerolineas Argentinas has announced the resumption of flights to Cuba in July. The route had been lifted in 2016 due to political differences between Havana's regime and the administration of then-President Mauricio Macri.

• Friday, March 18th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Cuban demonstrators given jail terms of 4 to 30 years

  

  Cuba's Judiciary handed down prison sentences ranging from 4 to 30 years to the July 11 demonstrators who filled the streets demanding an improvement to their living conditions, it was reported Thursday.

• Thursday, March 10th 2022 - 20:01 UTC

  Man who killed Che dies aged 80

  

  Retired Bolivian Army non-commissioned officer Mario Terán Salazar dies Thursday, aged 80. Terán rose to worldwide notoriety for being the man who killed Argentine doctor turned Cuban guerrilla leader Ernesto “Che” Guevara in 1967.

• Sunday, February 6th 2022 - 19:32 UTC

  Cuban official says ok to withhold surplus earnings of foreign company workers

  

  Cuba's Foreign Trade Minister Rodrigo Malmierca has said in an interview with local current news magazine Bohemia last week that he saw a contradiction in workers of global companies earning more than those who did the same job for the local State.

• Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 04:53 UTC

  Cuban prosecutors liken protests to sedition against July 11/12 demonstrators

  

  Cuba's regime Friday ratified charges were being filed against participants in the July 11 and 12 nationwide demonstrations. Prosecutors also made it clear that in the country's legal system protests and sedition were considered to be the same offense.

• Tuesday, January 25th 2022 - 20:59 UTC

  Cubans keep flocking into Uruguay seeking asylum

  

  The number of Cubans entering Uruguay through the land crossings from Brazil is noticeably on the rise, it was reported Tuesday. According to press reports, so far this year 135 people of that nationality have crossed through the Rivera pass from Santana do Livramento at an average of six individuals daily. Uruguayan Migrations authorities have reported that of the 135 who came in only two went out at a later date. Many of them were carrying the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which added to the migrant services overwhelming.

• Friday, January 21st 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Cuba cracks down on free journalism

  

  Following the July 2021 uprisings and how information left the island of Cuba and reached the world, the Communist regime has been revoking visas from foreign journalists, it was reported.

• Tuesday, January 18th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Putin's false flag operation in Ukraine and the Cuba and Venezuela cards

  

  By Gwynne Dyer (*) – After a week of intense discussions about “security” between Russia and the NATO countries, this is the week when the Western allies will send their written replies to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Various pundits, some of whom have actually been to Russia, warn us that there will be “War in Europe” if Putin's demands are not met.

• Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 09:21 UTC

  Cuban COVID-19 vaccine cleared for use in Mexico

  

  Mexico's Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris) has issued the green light Wednesday for the emergency use of the Cuban-developed Abdala vaccine against COVID-19.