China loses to France in Men's Volleyball Nations League

WARSAW, July 16 (Xinhua) -- China lost to France in four sets 22-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-17 in the final week of the FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League preliminary phase in Gdansk, Poland on Wednesday. Opposite Theo Faure was the gamen's top scorer...

Trump Appears to Move off Regime Change Approach to Cuba

Ever since the MAGA movement engulfed the U.S. Republican Party, it has harbored two competing foreign-policy tendencies—a muscular internationalism and a neo-isolationist reluctance to intervene. That tension has played out on a number of issues,...

Cuba President meets PM Modi, expresses interest in India’s Digital Public Infrastructure and UPI

Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], July 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez on the sidelines of the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. During the meeting, Diaz-Canel expressed...

With a Lack of Players for the Classic, Cuba Is Debating Inviting Those Who ‘Defected’

Eight months before the event, only Yoan Moncada, Andy Ibáñez, Andy Pagés and Daysbel Hernández have confirmed their participation. Members of Team Cuba at the last World Baseball Classic. / Jit 14ymedio/Swing Completo, Havana, 9 July 2025 — The...

Cuba President meets PM Modi, shows interest in UPI and DPI

During the meeting, the two leaders reviewed bilateral ties in the areas of economic cooperation, development partnership, fintech, capacity building, science and technology, disaster management and healthcare, according to the Ministry of...

Lina Luaces Crowned Miss Universe Cuba 2025: Meet Gloria Estefan's Stunning Niece

Lina Luaces, the 22-year-old model and rising star of the Estefan family dynasty, was crowned Miss Universe Cuba 2025 on Tuesday, July 8, during a glitzy ceremony in Hialeah, Florida, the beating heart of the Cuban-American community. Representing...

Cuba Joins BRICS Summit in Brazil: A Proven Step Toward Global South Solidarity and Sovereignty

“Díaz-Canel’s participation marks the second time the Cuban president has attended a BRICS Summit; the first was in Johannesburg, as chair of the Group of 77 and China. Photo: EFE.” Jule 6 2025 July 6, 2025 Hour: 8:50 am Cuba Joins BRICS:...

Mountain Brook surgeon introduced in U.S. Senate hearing as HHS nominee

Mountain Brook surgeon introduced in U.S. Senate hearing as HHS nominee COUPLE OF DAYS INTO THE WEEKEND, AT LEAST FOR, I’D SAY, A HANDFUL OF YOU. YOU’VE SEEN A SHOWER TODAY THAT AT LEAST GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF, BUT THESE ARE NOT LONG...

Mother, Daughter and OC Synagogue Lead ‘Mitzvah Missions’ to Cuba

Roe Gruber and her adult daughter, Daniella, congregants of Congregation B’nai Israel, a Conservative community in Tustin, CA, run a boutique travel agency, Escapes Unlimited, which specializes in exotic, hard-to-reach destinations, from Bhutan to...

Who is Lina Luaces, the New Miss Universe Cuba 2025?

There’s a new Miss Universe Cuba. Lina Luaces, the daughter of Lili Estefan, has been crowned the new representative for the country in the upcoming Miss Universe. The 74th Miss Universe pageant is set to take place on November 21, 2025, at the...

The Flintstones of Cuba

Digital drawing by Fabiola Gonzalez By Fabiana del Valle HAVANA TIMES – Lately I wake up waiting for the rooster to crow at me from the window. Living on this Island is like inhabiting a version of The Flintstones, only without the comedy’s irony...

Women's Advancement Program is a reality, Diaz-Canel affirms

HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 15 (ACN) Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and president of the country, considered the National Program for the Advancement of Women (PAM by its Spanish...

Current Nicaraguan Political Prisoners List Rises to 54

Photo: Archive | Confidencial Fifteen of the political prisoners are “disappeared due to concealment of whereabouts and denial of visits”. By EFE (Confidencial) HAVANA TIMES – At least 54 opposition members and critics of the Nicaraguan...

Cuban and Mexican experts hold exchange on Civil Defense

HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 15 (ACN) Experts from Cuba and Mexico held a technical exchange on risk management, focusing on Civil Defense, with the goal of strengthening organizational and emergency response practices. According to the official website of...

Cuban Political Bureau accepts resignation of Minister

HAVANA, Cuba, July 15 (ACN) A Tuesday prime-time news program on Cuban TV aired the following announcement: The Political Bureau accepts resignation of the Minister of Labor and Social Security As a result of an analysis conducted by the...

Satanizing the people in uniform: the new pretext for the war against Cuba

FAR and Minint are an inseparable part of Cuba's history in its permanent struggle against the vile obsession of the U.S. governments to truncate our right to independence and sovereignty. Photo: Juvenal Balán The military that Marco Rubio's...

Who sets the price of the dollar in Cuba?   The financial war that many don't see

In a regional scenario where economic wars are fought both in the markets and online. The afternoon of August 3, 2022, marked a key moment for the Cuban economy. Thousands of citizens tuned in to one of the most anticipated editions of the...

Eat Up Havana: Night Markets Tell The Full Story Of Aurora

Over a decade ago, former Westword food editor Mark Antonation began his food-writing career by eating his way up Federal Boulevard. Now, we're turning our attention to another vibrant culinary corridor. The four-plus-mile stretch of Havana Street...

What do gender equality indicators reflect in Cuba?

The incorporation of the 2024 population interface facilitates the detailed monitoring of key indicators such as women's economic empowerment, education, access to decision-making, sexual and reproductive health, and gender violence. Photo: Granma...

Private pharmacies, clinics and hospitals are illegal in communist Cuba