Cuba announced on Wednesday it was temporarily lifting restrictions on travelers bringing food, medicines and hygiene products into the country in an apparent acknowledgment of demands from anti-government demonstrators. Thousands took to the […]
Cuba is suffering through a summer of dire shortages, from food and electricity to medicine. Fed-up Cubans are taking to the streets in unprecedented protests — and they’re voicing their outrage through […]
Thousands of Cubans have joined the biggest protests for decades against the island’s Communist government. They marched in cities including the capital Havana, shouting, “Down with the dictatorship!”. Images on social media […]
HAVANA TIMES – Cuban authorities suspended the operations of the branches of the official exchange house at the island’s airports that allowed passengers to buy dollars at the official rate of 24 X […]
HAVANA (AP) — People leaving Cuba can no longer change their local bills back into US dollars, Euros, or other hard currencies at the official exchange rate under a new policy announced […]
Soaring international food and shipping prices and low domestic production are further squeezing import-dependent Cuba’s ability to feed its people. Cuba traditionally imports by sea around 70% of the food it consumes, […]
Members of Cuba’s baseball team told Reuters on Wednesday the U.S. embassy in Havana had started processing their applications for visas to attend the Americas Olympic qualifying tournament in Florida despite its […]
HAVANA TIMES – Economic reforms implemented by the Cuban government in early 2021 are showing signs of failure. In fact, it goes without saying that virtually no measure the State has taken under […]
Havana, Cuba – Dr Gustavo Sierra is a storied name in Cuban medicine, with awards and seats on Cuba’s most powerful committees to prove it. He led the team that created a vaccine […]
The Cuban Communist Party’s Eighth Congress took place in Havana on April 16-19, five years after the previous one. President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who had just replaced former President Raúl Castro as first […]
