Tag: Cuba

Saturday, February 16th 2019 - 10:37 UTC
Prince Charles will make an official visit to Cuba in March, as part of a Caribbean tour

Prince Charles will make the first-ever official British royal visit to Cuba in March, his office announced on Friday, to mark improving ties between the two nations. The heir to the throne and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, will make a four-day visit to Cuba during a wider tour of the Caribbean, his Clarence House official residence said.
Saturday, February 9th 2019 - 09:15 UTC
Maduro's protection in the hands of the Cuban security and intelligence services

Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro is increasingly leaning on the protection and support of his Cuban backers, amid mounting global pressures to leave office, according to several senior U.S. officials. Adm. Craig Faller, head of U.S. Southern Command, told U.S. senators on Thursday that Havana “owns the security around Maduro and is deeply entrenched in the intelligence service.”
Monday, January 28th 2019 - 09:33 UTC
Cuba: Three dead and 170 injured after tornado passage through Havana

At least three people lost their lives and more than 170 were wounded on Sunday night by the onslaught of a tornado in Havana as a result of an extratropical drop from the Gulf of Mexico that transits the territory of the island, local media confirmed.
Thursday, December 27th 2018 - 05:27 UTC
Cuba and Venezuela default on Brazilian development loans

After defaults in Mozambique, Venezuela, and Cuba the Brazilian government froze credit lines for new exports, a measure that will affect mostly small and medium-sized businesses. The Brazilian Treasury Department will spend US$ 6 million to reimburse BNDES (National Bank For Economic and Social Development) for Cuba's default
Monday, December 24th 2018 - 13:18 UTC
Bolsonaro adds Nicaraguans to the list of unwanted guests for his inauguration

Brazil's Presdient-elect Jair Bolsonaro will not welcome any Nicaraguan delegation at the inauguration ceremony in Brasilia on January 1, his future Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo announced on Twitter.
Wednesday, December 19th 2018 - 15:59 UTC
No same-sex marriage for now in Cuba's constitutional reform bill

The writers of Cuba's constitutional reform bill have yielded “to popular demand” and stricken out the paragraph establishing marriage between two people of any sex from the proposed Article 68 and which would have opened the door to same-sex marriage, State Council Secretary Homero Acosta announced.
Tuesday, December 18th 2018 - 09:25 UTC
Bolsonaro disinvites Venezuelan and Cuban presidents to his swearing in

The Brazilian Foreign Ministry on Monday confirmed that it had called off invitations sent to Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel and his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, for the inauguration of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, local media reported.
Monday, December 17th 2018 - 18:47 UTC
Cubans outraged on social media over shortage of bread

With 3G technology available only a fortnight ago, Cubans took their anger over to social media to complain for the shortage of bread on the island.
Wednesday, December 5th 2018 - 21:40 UTC
3G cellphone technology reaches Cuban customers, at long last

Cubans will have access for the first time to 3G mobile telephone technology starting this coming Thursday, the state-run telecoms monopoly in Cuba, Etecsa, announced Wednesday.
Saturday, November 24th 2018 - 06:54 UTC
Brazil says it has covered 84% of vacancies left by the Cuban doctors

As Cuban doctors in Brazil begin to head home amid a diplomatic spat between Havana and the Brazilian far-right president-elect, the health ministry of the country said nearly 84% of the resulting vacancies had already been filled.