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…
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…
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…
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 municipality of Ciego de Avila, head territory of the province of the same name, lamented Thursday the death of a 14-year-old girl who was run over by a train covering the Ciego de Avila-Baragua route. According to the Facebook group Accidentes, Buses y Camiones por más experiencia y menos víctimas (Accidents, Buses and Trucks…
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…
The U.S. airline Southwest informed that as of February 1, all passengers bound for the United States must fill out an online health certificate upon their departure from Havana. Passengers who do not have it completed will not be allowed to fly, according to the Empresa Cubana de Aeropuertos y Servicios Aeroportuarios S.A (ECASA), on…