Delta Airlines, a US airline company, will resume flights to Havana’s José Martí International Airport in April, according to Cuban aviation authorities. José Ramón Hernández, the Director of Operations at Cuban state-owned Ecasa, stated that the resumption of this route shows the growing interest of international airlines in having Cuba as a destination. Before 1961,…
After an interruption of more than two years, Western Union has quietly resumed quietly and, on a trial basis, its remittance services from the United States to Cuba. Gabriella Fitzgerald, president of Western Union’s North American division, stated, “It is with great pleasure that we announce the resumption of our Cuba operations with an initial…
It appears that Western Union is set to resume sending remittances to Cuba. The company’s app has reinstated the option to send money to the island, media outlet Proyecto Inventario noted on Twitter. On Western Union’s website, the only remittance destination to Cuba available is the Guantanamo Naval Base, a U.S.-occupied territory in Cuba. Western…
The Public Health of Santiago de Cuba has confirmed that two employees of the Doctor Ambrosio Grillo Portuondo Hospital have been arrested after “hearts of possible human origin” were seized. The news follows a wave of rumors on the matter, which had been denounced last Friday by a Twitter user who demanded explanations about this…
The president of the Cuban Baseball Federation, Juan Reinaldo Perez, said Saturday, in a statement, that the organizers of the World Baseball Classic, scheduled for March 2023, have received a license that would allow Cubans currently playing in Major League Baseball or residing in the United States to join Team Cuba. The head of the…
The Cuban Executive decided to extend until June 30, 2023 the temporary tariff benefits agreed by Resolution 309 of July 15, 2021, on the exemption from the payment of taxes on the non-commercial import of food, toiletries and medicines as accompanied baggage. Published in Official Gazette No. 83, Resolution 298 of 2022 grants an extension…
Last October, thousands of people took to the streets of Havana and other Cuban cities as a result of the extensive and annoying daily blackouts. The energy production deficit has affected the country since 2021 and was one of the main causes of the mass demonstrations on July 11 and 12, 2021, along with the…
Cuba’s Minister of Public Health, José Ángel Portal Miranda, presented a draft Public Health Law on Sunday, December 11, which includes among its main novelties the regulation of the right to euthanasia. The text still remains unknown, but, according to the official Cuban press, the bill proposes to recognize euthanasia as a form of health…
At CubaNews.today we have prepared this guide on urban cab in Cuba to help you enjoy your trip to the fullest. If you are planning an adventure on the island, there are many options for getting from one place to another. From modern cars, antique cars and even bicycles. In this post we tell you…
Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba SA (Etecsa) announced on Wednesday, December 7, that it signed an agreement with the French company Orange SA to expand and diversify its international services, in order to install a submarine fiber optic cable between Martinique and the Cuban province of Cienfuegos. This submarine connection will aim to support Etecsa’s…
Hilarión Ronaldo Veitía Valdivié, the Cuban women’s judo coach recognized as one of the best in the world, died this Monday in Havana at the age of 75, after several weeks of hospitalization between Cuba and Spain. The news was confirmed by several media outlets and represents the loss of a Cuban coach who trained…
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez expressed his displeasure with the United States for including Cuba on its list of countries that do not respect religious freedom. “The designation of our country on an arbitrary list shows that, once again, the U.S. government needs to resort to dishonest accusations to maintain an unsustainable policy of abuses…