Entries Published On September, 2020
Two deaths and 62 cases of coronavirus in Cuba
Help us keep OnCuba alive Cuba confirmed two deaths from the coronavirus and 62 new cases, according to the usual report by Dr. Francisco Durán, national director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP). The deceased are from the provinces of Ciego de Ávila and Havana. They are a 53-year-old woman with a …
How a tourist restaurant in Cuba has adapted in a country with no tourists?
I first visited Muñoz Tapas in Trinidad in July 2019 several weeks after its initial launch. As a long-time friend of the restaurant’s owner, Julio Muñoz, I had stopped by on my way between Cienfuegos and Santa Clara for a quick lunch. Situated at a central crossroads in Cuba’s premier tourist town, the restaurant is …
The Cuban port of “Con mis hijos no te metas”
Cuba modified its Constitution in early 2019. In December of that same year, the National Assembly of People’s Power announced the schedule of laws or decrees that, as a consequence of the change in the Magna Carta or as a prior need, would be modified or created in the next two legislatures: 2020-2028. So far, …