Many people are wondering how to send money from Europe, the United States or anywhere else in the world, to their families in Cuba. Since the suspension of Western Union services for many Cubans it has been difficult to be able to help their families with remittances. It is not always easy to send money…
The Cuban Telecommunications Company (Etecsa) reported that 80 percent of the Popular Councils (communities) have Internet access, an achievement that improves the quality of life of the inhabitants of those towns. By the end of 2021, Etecsa quantified more than seven million mobile lines, with more than five thousand radio bases installed in the national…
As of this Wednesday, January 19, 2022, PCR tests and antigen tests for those people who will travel permanently or temporarily outside Cuba will be carried out only in their municipalities of residence (temporary or permanent), announced Dr. Yadira Olivera Nodarse, provincial director of the Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology in Havana. As usual…
Cuba aims to reach 6 million foreign visitors by 2030 and will prioritize the construction of hotels and lodging facilities in the country’s main tourist destinations. In that sense, Cuban tourism authorities foresee significant growth especially in sun and beach destinations and in event tourism, according to statements made by Juan Carlos García Granda, Cuba’s…
By agreement of the Executive Committee of the Council of Ministers, this Wednesday, January 12, four-time Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling champion Mijaín López received the keys to a Mercedes Benz E-200. Lopez was selected among the best athletes of 2021 in Cuba, after making history at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, when he was crowned as…
The president of the Cuban Chess Federation, Carlos Rivero, announced that the next edition of the international Capablanca in Memoriam tournament will be held from April 18 to 28, and not in early May as traditionally happens. Rivero, also national chess commissioner, pointed out that the tournament will be held at the Hotel Nacional de…
Two people were killed and four injured in a traffic accident that occurred on Wednesday afternoon, January 12, on the National Highway, near Placetas, in Villa Clara province, Cuba. The first reports on social networks indicate that the tragic incident occurred between 3 and 4 o’clock in the afternoon at kilometer 288 in the town…
Many Cubans are wondering when package tours to Europe from Cuba will return. Those offers were, more than anything else, a way to reach the European Union during 2018, 2019 and early 2020. This Europe tour from Cuba allowed to visit countries such as Italy, France, the Czech Republic and Spain, through national agencies such…