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Cuban migrants attempt to force their way into the immigration offices of Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico

Cuban migrants attempt to force their way into the immigration offices of Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico

More than 400 migrants, among them many Venezuelans and Cubans, broke into the immigration offices in Ciudad Hidalgo (Chiapas), a Mexican city bordering Guatemala, reported several media outlets in the region. The migrants are desperate and fear that they will not to be attended to after the announcement of the cancellation of online appointments. This…

Cuban “Charada”: Do you know the meaning of the 100 numbers of “La Bolita”?

Cuban “Charada”: Do you know the meaning of the 100 numbers of “La Bolita”?

Charade is, in Cuba, a list of 100 numbers whose first 36 meanings were taken from the Chinese charade. The remaining ones are a living body, with meanings that come from the Cuban imaginary and history. Widespread meanings of the “la Bolita” numbers 1. Horse, sun, inkwell, Fidel Castro, camel, small fish. 2. Butterfly, man,…

Yunior Smith, a Cuban pro-government journalist, wants to seek asylum in the United States

Yunior Smith, a Cuban pro-government journalist, wants to seek asylum in the United States

Cuban television news system journalist Yunior Smith, known for his critical analysis of U.S. politics and reality, announced that he has reached the U.S. southern border, and will probably apply for political asylum. According to what he posted on his Facebook profile, he got tired “of plowing in the sand and decided to leave, to…

New hotel to open in the heart of Havana’s Malecon (Cuba) on March 15

New hotel to open in the heart of Havana’s Malecon (Cuba) on March 15

A new hotel will open on the Malecon in Havana (Cuba) on March 15. With 600 rooms, the new Grand Aston Havana will change the skyline of this popular area of the Cuban capital, due to its tall towers. Specifically, the new Grand Aston La Habana is located in the Vedado neighborhood, close to the…

Mario Terán, the military man who killed Che Guevara, dies in Bolivia

Mario Terán, the military man who killed Che Guevara, dies in Bolivia

Mario Terán Salazar, the Bolivian military man blamed for the assassination of Ernesto Che Guevara in October 1967, died on Thursday, March 10, at the age of 80, in a military residence in the department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. At 7:15 Bolivian time, he passed away at the Military Social Security Corporation (Cossmil), according to…

Cubana de Aviación to resume flights between Havana and Holguín as of March 15

Cubana de Aviación to resume flights between Havana and Holguín as of March 15

Cubana de Aviación airline will resume domestic flights between Havana and Holguín as from next Tuesday, March 15, 2022, the company announced on its social networks. Flights will have two weekly frequencies, Tuesdays and Saturdays, departing from Havana at 10:30 in the morning. The return from Holguín will be at 1:30 in the afternoon. Interested…

Fire affects thermoelectric plant in Mariel, Cuba

Fire affects thermoelectric plant in Mariel, Cuba

The newspaper El Artemiseño reported through its Facebook page that on the night of March 7, 2022 a fire broke out at the Máximo Gómez Báez thermoelectric plant in Mariel. The Fire Brigade was mobilized throughout the province to minimize the damage in the shortest possible time. According to sources from the Ministry of Energy…

Cuban scientists from the Finlay Institute of Vaccines make working visit to Italy

Cuban scientists from the Finlay Institute of Vaccines make working visit to Italy

A delegation from Cuba’s Finlay Vaccine Institute (IFV), headed by its president, Dr. Vicente Vérez Bencomo, traveled on a working visit to Italy, where it will carry out a program of activities until March 12, 2022. During their stay in that European country, the experts will hold meetings with scientific and health authorities on Cuban…

Cuba wants to stop the emigration of young Cubans with a scientific program

Cuba wants to stop the emigration of young Cubans with a scientific program

Cuban President, Miguel Díaz-Canel, called on state entities and scientists to join an integral policy of attention to young people and children in order to stop the exodus of Cubans. The Cuban Academy of Sciences will be the entity that will head the program, but they have not yet informed what will be its main…

Olympic champion leaves official Cuban delegation in Mexico

Olympic champion leaves official Cuban delegation in Mexico

Cuban canoeist Fernando Dayán Jorge, Olympic champion in Tokyo 2020, abandoned the official delegation with which he was traveling to Mexico to have a preparation base, the official sports weekly Jit reported Sunday. The National Canoeing Commission (CNC), the newspaper said, criticized the athlete’s actions and stated that “this is a serious indiscipline that ruins…

Omar, the Cuban promise payer, will arrive at El Cobre accompanied by the band Buena Fe

Omar, the Cuban promise payer, will arrive at El Cobre accompanied by the band Buena Fe

Omar Quintero Montes de Oca, known in Cuba and the world as the promise payer, is getting closer every day to his destiny at El Cobre Sanctuary, in Santiago de Cuba, and has invited the group Buena Fe to accompany him. According to what the Guantanamo group announced on its Facebook page, Omar contacted them…

Cuba and Canadian company agree to produce fertilizers with Cuban zeolite

Cuba and Canadian company agree to produce fertilizers with Cuban zeolite

The University of Havana (UH) and the Canadian company International Zeolite Corp (IZC) signed on February 16, 2022 a contract for the production of fertilizers created by Cuban researchers, according to official Cuban media. According to a report by Prensa Latina news agency, the Canadian company would be in charge of producing the Nerea fertilizer,…