Entries Published On August, 2020
Cuba sends a new team to Venezuela to fight COVID-19
Help us keep OnCuba alive Cuba sent a new health team of 212 doctors to Venezuela. They will join the island’s health professionals who support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in that South American country. “A new team of 212 doctors from #Cuba will support our brothers, the people and government of #Venezuela, in …
Coronavirus in Cuba: 102 discharges and 2,794 recovered
Help us keep OnCuba alive 102 people received a medical discharge in Cuba during the last day and there are already 2,794 recovered from the new coronavirus, according to Dr. Francisco Durán said today during his daily appearance. During the day, the disease produced a balance of 44 new infections, after conducting 4,294 tests throughout …
Dollar back in Cuba as pandemic and US sanctions hammer economy
The communist government has been forced to allow citizens to spend US currency at special shops, formalising a split between haves and have-nots On Paseo del Prado, a boulevard in Havana’s colonial district, dozens of people waited expectantly as the staff raised the shutters to open a tatty but revamped shop. Soon after, Alejandro Domínguez, …
Dollar back in Cuba as pandemic and US sanctions hammer economy
The communist government has been forced to allow citizens to spend US currency at special shops, formalising a split between haves and have-nots On Paseo del Prado, a boulevard in Havana’s colonial district, dozens of people waited expectantly as the staff raised the shutters to open a tatty but revamped shop. Soon after, Alejandro Domínguez, …