During 2021 Mexico exported to Cuba more than 8,000 tons of meat products derived from chicken and pork. Mexican business producers know that the island is highly dependent on food imports and intend to take advantage of this circumstance. Jesús Huerta, president of the National Association of Federal Inspection Type Establishments (ANETIF), said that recently…
Renting a car is the best way to move around Cuba if you come from abroad, whether you are a tourist or a Cuban emigrant who is simply returning to his country for a visit. There is no doubt that renting a car is better than moving around by bus, even if it is from…
As announced last May 16, the U.S. Government began to relax its rules and regulations to allow compliance with measures reported as a change in Cuba policy. As of this Thursday, June 9, 2022, the $1,000 quarterly limit on remittances is eliminated, according to the Treasury Department and its Office of Foreign Assets Control. The…
Four hotels managed by the Meliá Hotels International Cuba hotel chain are among the best in the Caribbean area, according to the specialized portal TripAdvisor. The hotels were crowned with the Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best 2022 award, an accolade based on the numerous positive opinions left by users of this website, and which…
With only 52% of the 911 thousand tons of sugar planned, Cuba closed the last sugar harvest corresponding to the year 2021-2022, Azcuba’s director of Information Technology and Communications, Dionis Pérez, informed Granma newspaper. The sugar company official acknowledged that the 2021-2022 harvest did not start well and its development and behavior were not favorable,…
The U.S. government announced this Monday several measures that signify a turnaround in recent policy toward Cuba and directly benefit many Cubans inside and outside the island. The Democratic administration of Joe Biden has decided to fulfill part of its electoral promises and resume what seems to be, once again, a thaw in relations with…
A strong explosion at the Saratoga Hotel in Havana shook the Cuban capital during the morning hours -around 11:00 a.m. – with serious material damages and several injured and dead people. Authorities have confirmed that the explosion was caused by a leak in a hose during the transfer of liquefied gas from a truck into…
Ismael Borrero, Olympic champion in the discipline of Greco-Roman wrestling in Rio de Janeiro 2016, abandoned the Cuban delegation that will participate in the Pan American Championship of the discipline, to be held in Acapulco, Mexico. Borrero, 30, made the trip with the entire Cuban team but, after arriving in Mexico, he left the concentration…
With the presence of tour operators and travel agents from all over the world, the 40th International Tourism Fair of Cuba (FITCuba 2022) begins this Tuesday, May 3, in Varadero, as a hopeful sign on the road to the recovery of this industry on the island. The event will be held until May 7 at…
World2Fly airline, owned by the Spanish hotel group Iberostar, opened an office in the Cuban city of Santa Clara on Monday, May 2. Iberostar intends to schedule five weekly flights to the island, a destination where the chain has 17 hotels and expects to soon reach 12,000 rooms in total. The opening of the World2Fly…
Nearly 450,000 tourists had arrived in Cuba by the end of April, a figure higher than the same period last year, offering prospects for recovery, Juan Carlos García Granda, Cuba’s minister of tourism, said on Monday, May 2. Speaking to the national and foreign press in Varadero, García Granda recalled how the tourism business has…
The online stores to buy in Cuba from abroad, managed by the portal EnviosCuba, have the particularity of offering a service based on the real and existing inventory of physical stores in each province in Cuba. Since the stores operate independently from one another, they have varying products and inventories. Likewise, although they are designed…