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Havana Club limited-edition collab with designer Martine Rose
Havana Club, a leader in the world of premium and above rums, has unveiled its latest global creative collaboration, with a limited-edition Havana Club Añejo 7 Años bottle, designed in partnership with fashion powerhouse Martine Rose. The striking...
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Cuba Ambassador: Aid will continue despite hardships after Melissa
Cuba’s Ambassador to Saint Lucia, Yenielys Vilma Regueiferos Linares, said she is aware of the challenges faced by Saint Lucian students in Cuba following this week’s catastrophic hurricane. She also noted that, despite the country’s economic...
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Solidarity movement in Spain mobilizes for Cuba
According to the MESC, which published an appeal on the Cubainformación website, the devastation caused by the cyclone in Cuba’s eastern provinces requires solidarity support from Spain. To this end, the MESC stated, several accounts have been...
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The Struggle for Eggs in Cuba is Solved with US Dollars
Someone asks the price, another complains, and a third decides to take five cartons, each with 30 eggs. / 14ymedio Imported eggs from Brazil are now dollarized in San Jose de las Lajas and sell out within minutes. By Julio Cesar Contreras...
Owner: Circles Robinson
Cuba, the thorn in the side of US-Mexico relations
U.S. President Donald Trump is in the midst of a full-blown offensive in the Americas. Mexico, the star pupil, has so far weathered the Republican leader’s most aggressive policies, which are currently focused on Venezuela and Colombia, but the...
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Colombia Sends 240 Tons of Humanitarian Aid to Cuba After Hurricane Melissa
Colombian soldiers load humanitarian aid onto the ARC Victoria ship, Nov. 3, 2025. X/ @ElbaSalaza36810 November 3, 2025 Hour: 9:54 am On Sunday, the government of Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced the shipment of 240 tons of humanitarian...
Owner: Venezuelan Government
Havana Club unveils limited edition bottle
The new design for the brand’s flagship expression unites Havana Club’s Cuban spirit and craftmanship with Rose’s Jamaican British heritage and bold creativity, a tribute to Caribbean identity and community-led creativity. Described by its creator...
Owner: Jonathan George Mills
US says sending $3 mn post-hurricane aid to foe Cuba
The United States on Sunday announced $3 million in aid for Cubans impacted by powerful Hurricane Melissa, seeking to bypass the island’s communist government with distribution via the Catholic Church. Melissa caused at least 59 deaths and massive...
Owner: Paulo Azevedo
Cuba: Health Under Sanction
Free, universal, but failing – Cuba's once world-class healthcare system is being strangled by US sanctions. Cuba’s healthcare system was once a paragon, held up as an example of what was possible in the developing world. But all that has changed....
Owner: Qatari Government
A ship carrying 246 tons of aid to Cuba will depart from Colombia.
This was announced by the Director General of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD) of Colombia, Carlos Carrillo. According to the official, of the 246 tons to be loaded onto the vessel, which are expected to arrive in Cuba, 54...
Owner: Cuban Government
USA is isolated on world stage: Trump failed to pressure countries to support illegal blockade of Cuba
A study by the firm Reputation Lab polled people in 60 major countries, and found that the United States has one of the worst reputations on Earth. The US ranking fell from what was already a low rank of 30 out of 60 in 2024 to an even worse 48th...
Owner: Benjamin Norton
Cuba: Hurricane destroys the National Shrine of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre
(ZENIT News / La Habana, 11.01.2025).- The Basilica of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, Cuba’s most cherished sanctuary and a national symbol of hope and unity, now bears deep wounds from the Hurricane Melissa ferocity. Perched in the foothills of...
More Than Six Decades of Political Purges in Cuba
The fall of Alejandro Gil Fernández is yet another chapter in the political liturgy as a reaffirmation of power. In 2009, Raúl Castro decided to reorganize power after his brother’s departure from public life. / Granma 14ymedio, Havana, November 2...
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UN Commits USD8M to Haiti, Cuba Following Hurricane Melissa
(MENAFN) The United Nations (UN) has committed 4 million U.S. dollars each to Haiti and Cuba to help the nations cope with the impact of Hurricane Melissa, a spokesperson announced Wednesday. Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN...
Owner: Abdel Rehim Ali & Hani Jabsheh
Hurricane Melissa flattens Jamaica and eastern Cuba
BDF loads emergency supplies destined for 75 BElizean students in Jamaica By William Ysaguirre (Freelance Writer) BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Oct. 30, 2025 All 75 Belizean students who could not evacuate from Jamaica have been accounted for and found safe...
Owner: Evan X Hyde
At Cuba’s Notorious Garbage Dump, Locals Find Grace And Community
(ESSAY) “Every morning a war breaks out here, you know?” whispers the wrinkled old woman who, that evening, invited me into her shack — an improvised shelter of aluminum, cardboard and wood. “Sometimes they kill each other over a piece of copper,”...
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Cuba's PM meets Minister of Public Health
Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba HE Manuel Marrero Cruz, who is visiting Doha, met today with the Minister of Public Health HE Mansoor bin Ebrahim bin Saad Al Mahmoud. The meeting discussed cooperation relations between the two...
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End the brutal blockade of Cuba! – UN votes 65-7 in favour!
On Friday, China urged the United States to ‘heed the call of the international community’, by lifting its blockade and sanctions against Cuba ‘immediately’, after the United Nations General assembly voted on Thursday to lift the blockade on the...
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There Was No Blackout at Cuba’s 26 July Event, but Neither Were There Any Ideas for Overcoming the Crisis
Prime Minister Manuel Marrero called, to “convert the people’s efforts into tangible results”, without saying how. Raúl Castro and his group at the closing ceremony./ Televisión Cubana 14ymedio, Havana, 26 July 2025 — Cuban Television, which...
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