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‘On Social Media, There Are Thousands’: In Cuba, Internet Fuels Rare Protests
Artists gathered by the hundreds in Cuba’s largest protest in decades after seeing videos of police detentions that were filmed on cellphones and circulated online.
Cuba attracts $1.9bn in foreign investment despite US sanctions
The Caribbean island nation aims to attract $2bn to $2.5bn annually to update its state-run economy.
Coronavirus: 76 new cases in Cuba, 35 of them imported
Cuba added 76 new coronavirus infections at the end of this Monday, 35 of them imported, in a day in which the increase in active cases of the disease on the island was maintained with 797 confirmed cases today, one of its highest daily figures in months. Now the country accumulates 8,982 positive cases since …
2020-2021 school year kicks off in Havana
The 2020-2021 school year began this Monday in Havana, atypical due to the coronavirus. The authorities have called for extreme hygienic-sanitary measures and to respect the physical distancing established in the protocols. Students must carry up to four face masks each day for their replacement, coinciding with the times for snack and lunch. According to …
Cuba imported 1.4 billion dollars’ worth of soybeans in four years
Cuba paid more than 1.4 billion dollars in soy components between 2014 and 2018, which represents the largest expense in terms of animal feed imports, reported the Agencia Cubana de Noticias news agency. Experts in the field presented a program that plans to increase the land for soybean cultivation to 100,000 hectares within five years, …
Clima dicta cambios en campaña tabacalera de Cuba
La agricultura y en especial el tabaco, fueron los grandes perdedores tras las abundantes precipitaciones de noviembre que, por otra parte, favorecieron el llenado de los embalses. La entrada Clima dicta cambios en campaña tabacalera de Cuba se publicó primero en IPS Cuba.
¿Adónde acudir en caso de violencia machista en Cuba?
IPS Cuba actualiza sus infografías sobre los servicios disponibles en el país para las personas afectadas por el maltrato basado en género. La entrada ¿Adónde acudir en caso de violencia machista en Cuba? se publicó primero en IPS Cuba.
Cuba reports daily record of patients with COVID-19, with 124 new cases
Cuba reported 124 new confirmed patients with COVID-19, the highest daily number since the coronavirus epidemic began on the island. The previous daily record of infections with the coronavirus in Cuba dated from the beginning of November (109), and the second was registered this Saturday, with 104. Se confirmaron 124 nuevos casos de #COVID19, para …
Three voices of Cuban cinema: betting on dialogue and not on violence
More than a week after the concentration of Cuban artists and intellectuals, mostly young, on November 27 (27-N) in front of the Ministry of Culture (MINCULT), and the meeting ―until the early hours of the 28th―of a group of their representatives with Deputy Minister Fernando Rojas, the replicas and ramifications of that event keep the …
Coronavirus, Brexit, Havana Syndrome: Your Monday Briefing
The loss, guilt and anger after an outbreak.