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, …
Argentina quiere de vuelta los $2,700 millones que Cuba le debe desde hace 50 anos
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Researcher of Cuban-origin leads a study on brain development in adolescents
Help us keep OnCuba alive “All brains are different”, says to EFE Raúl González, one of the main researchers of a project on brain development in adolescence. The research has an object of study of almost 12,000 American children, and it will last at least 10 years. The study, known by the acronym ABCD (Adolescent …
Bridges of Love: Cuba-USA. The Hope Route
Help us keep OnCuba alive Cuban-American teacher Carlos Lazo, a veteran sergeant of the Iraq war, completed the bicycle journey that took him, along with his children and nephews, to the White House. The trip began on July 11th as a bicycle expedition to draw attention to the economic sanctions reinforced by the Trump administration …
Coronavirus: Cuba receives a new batch of medical supplies from China
Help us keep OnCuba alive A 23-ton batch of sanitary supplies from the Chinese city of Shanghai arrived this Sunday to the José Martí International Airport in Cuba. Rapid tests, real-time molecular biology tests (PCR), and other necessary supplies to fight SARS-CoV-2 make up the cargo that arrived on board the sixth and last charter …
Coronavirus in Cuba: 72 patients were discharged on a day with 48 new infections
Help us keep OnCuba alive On the thirteenth day without deaths, 48 people were diagnosed yesterday with the Sars-CoV-2 virus in Cuba, according to the information offered by the health authorities, which highlights the number of discharges: 72. The new positive cases are Cubans. 39 of them, were related to confirmed cases, and in nine …
Asi se burlan del pueblo de Cuba los pastores que estan bloqueando la ay…
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Havana, a setback
Less than what a meringue lasts at the door of a school (Cuban popular saying). That was in Miguel’s opinion the time that Havana lasted in the first phase of the post-COVID-19 de-escalation. His opinion seems exaggerated if you look at it literally, but it is not at all if you look at it from …
Cuba reported 24 new cases of COVID-19 and 52 patient discharges
Help us keep OnCuba alive Cuba reported 24 new cases of COVID-19 and 52 patient discharges, rising the number of recovered patients to 2,620; informed this Sunday by Dr. Francisco Durán, director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap). 22 of the people diagnosed with the virus yesterday reside in Havana, while one …