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…
Cuba will host the 69th World Cocktail Championship, to be held from November 4 to 9, 2022, at the Meliá Internacional Hotel in Varadero, as announced Tuesday by José Rafa Malém, president of the Cuban Bartenders Association (ACC). At a press conference, Rafa Malém informed that members of the International Bartenders Association (IBA) are supervising…
The man who worked as a driver for the Cuban doctors kidnapped in Kenya almost three years ago was sentenced on Wednesday, March 23, to life imprisonment. According to Kenyan press reports, Issack Ibrein Robow, a Somali, was convicted of kidnapping, aiding a terrorist act and fraudulently obtaining an identity card. Robow was the driver…
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….
In Cuba, eating beef has always been a problem. Although people with health vulnerabilities or children, receive through the supply book a diet of just under 1 kg of beef per month, access to this fiber has always been difficult. In fact, Cubans prefer not to mention the word “beef” because they know that they…
The Cuban Embassy in Mexico regretted the traffic accident in Veracruz in which three compatriots lost their lives. “Our diplomatic mission informs that it is in constant communication with the competent authorities and is taking steps to contact the families of the victims in Cuba,” the diplomatic legation said in a statement. According to Mexican…
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 authorities are in contact with Poland with the aim of identifying 35 Cuban citizens who are stranded in the border area that separates Poland from Belarus, the Cuban Foreign Ministry informed on Sunday, March 13, 2022. Diplomats from the Cuban embassy in Poland are maintaining exchanges with Polish authorities in order to gather information…
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…
Panama’s Copa Airlines announced that it will be flexible with Cuban passengers who need to modify their travel plans after Panama announced a transit visa requirement for Cubans. Passengers who need to make changes to their travel plans can contact Copa Airlines and its reservations center or go to the company’s sales offices, the statement…
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…
So far this year, 1,020 irregular migrants have been returned to Cuba from the United States, Mexico and the Bahamas, according to data provided by the Cuban official press. So far, 22 return operations have been carried out, 12 by sea. The U.S. Coast Guard leads the maritime returns, although there have also been two…