Entries Published On July, 2020
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Farewell to the hardest of Cuban trapton music
HAVANA, July 19 (By Yanelys Hernández Cordero) This year has put our humanity to the test. And when the chest has been tight for so much pain for months, another blow comes another news that is not heartbreaking, but not unexpected. On the afternoon of Saturday, July 18, Daniel Muñoz, a member of the urban …
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Cuba among countries with most COVID-19 tests per million inhabitants, according to health authorities
Help us keep OnCuba alive Cuba is one of the countries with the highest number of tests made per million inhabitants to detect COVID-19, according to the island’s health authorities. In total, more than 35,000 tests have been made per million inhabitants, between real-time PCR and rapid tests, in Cuba until July 1 to detect …
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Online stores in Cuba: catch me if you can
Help us keep OnCuba alive If Steven Spielberg were to take a trip to Cuba these days―if he could do it even in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic―he would surely film the second part of Catch Me If You Can, that so-much-liked film based on the life of famous swindler Frank Abagnale Jr. that …
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Cuba: only one case of coronavirus
Help us keep OnCuba alive Cuba reported only one case of coronavirus this Saturday after 2,059 samples were studied, according to the daily report of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP). Dr. Francisco Durán, director of epidemiology of the MINSAP, explained in the usual press conference that the person diagnosed is a Cuban whose age …
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Racism in Cuba: banned by law, alive on the streets
HAVANA, July 18th (AFP) Six decades on from Cuba’s proclamation of equality and despite three top government officials being black, the Caribbean island nation has made little headway on racism.“Racism in Cuba is very hypocritical … No-one says they’re racist, even if they are,” researcher Tomas Fernandez, 79, and author of several books on the …
