If you want to buy beer or malt to send to your friends or family in Cuba or you simply want to guarantee a drink during your stay on the island, you have found the right article. Here we are going to explain how to do it. Cuba, in case you don’t know, is a…
Cuban baseball player Aroldis Chapman, pitcher for the New York Yankees, asked baseball fans around the world to support the Cuban Professional Ballplayers Association, recently created in Miami. “To all baseball fans and followers, I ask on behalf of myself and free Cubans, to support the Cuban Professional Ballplayers Association, so we can take a…
Sending money to Cuba from the United States can be a complicated task. Despite being two neighboring countries and the fact that millions of Cubans or Cuban descendants live in the United States, historical differences between the two countries complicate the transfer of funds to the island. However, due to the partial dollarization of the…
Although lodging in rented houses, private houses, is usually quite frequent and recommendable, hotels continue to enjoy the preference of many travelers and tourists who visit the island of Cuba. Hotels are ideal for those who are looking for privacy, to be inserted in a populated or distant space, with beaches and unique natural attractions….
The Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba S.A. (ETECSA) has reported twice in less than 10 days that problems in its equipment have caused instability in the mobile data Internet connection. Last March 15, a breakage in the fiber optic cables caused users to be without mobile data service for several hours, which was later reestablished….
November 2, 2011 marked a before and after for real estate business and movements in Cuba. On that day, a decree law was published in Cuba’s Official Gazette (edition number 35 of 2011) allowing Cubans to buy, sell, donate, swap and award housing. Finally. One of the objectives of the law is to solve the…
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…
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,…
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…
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 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 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…