Cuban FM highlights Cuba's call at BRICS Summit

HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 7 (ACN) Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla highlighted on X, Cuba's position at the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro. In a thread posted on that social network, the head of the Cuban diplomacy highlighted the call...

El Toque: A Digital Platform Influencing Cuba’s Currency Market

El Toque and the informal Cuban currency market: independent media or economic weapon? Photo:EFE. July 8, 2025 Hour: 9:48 pm Amid Cuba’s economic challenges, the digital platform El Toque has become a controversial actor in the informal currency...

Private pharmacies, clinics and hospitals are illegal in communist Cuba

A runner’s highs and lows in escaping Cuba

Photo of the author‘s running shoes, used with permission. This story was written by the Cuban filmmaker Carlos Melián Moreno and was originally published in Periodismo de Barrio on May 12, 2025. It has been republished in Global Voices under a...

Cuba Congratulates sports journalists on its day

Through the social network X, Vento expressed that “on the International Day of the Sports Journalist, we congratulates all those who make this work sn expression of ethics and professionalism”. The leader expressed his gratitude “for his...

Havana hosts Int’l Convention Cubambiente 2025

Held every two years, the event officially begins this Wednesday with the attendance of professionals from Argentina, Canada, Chile, Spain, the United States, Haiti, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Saint Lucia, and Suriname, among other nations....

The Coffee of the Poor in Matanzas, Cuba: Scarce, Cold and Bitter

Many retirees would need to invest half of their pension in a simple 284-gram package of the imported product. The collapse of Cuban coffee is a palpable reality, evident in the disappearance of the product in the bodegas /14ymedio 14ymedio, Julio...

Unprecedented sargassum surge threatens tourism in the Caribbean

People walk past sargassum clumps on the sand in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, earlier this month. Dominican President Luis Abinader has issued an urgent call to recognize the scale of the environmental crisis posed by sargassum in the...

Cuba Seeks to Maintain Its Undefeated Record in Women's Pan American Softball Championship

Women's Softball Havana, Jul 1 (RHC) - Today, Cuba's women's softball team will face its Argentinean counterpart with the aim of preserving its undefeated record in the Super Round of the 11th Pan American Championship being held in Monteria,...

As the World Goes Green, Chile’s Atacama Desert Watches Its Water—and Future—Vanish

In Chile’s Atacama Desert, lithium powers the planet’s green transition, but at a growing cost. As ponds expand and springs collapse, herders, biologists, and Indigenous leaders fear the land they love is being traded away—drop by drop—for someone...

Cuba’s top diplomat slams Trump’s latest anti-Cuban move as criminal conduct

HAVANA, July 1. /TASS/. The memorandum strengthening the US policy toward Cuba signed by US President Donald Trump on Monday reinforces the aggression and economic blockade against the island country, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez...

No Slander will Prevent Cuba from Contin…

The US government makes no secret of its policy of destroying and causing harm to Cuba. A clear example of this has been the attack on Cuban medical missions abroad —one of the most genuine and humane legacies of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro...

Cuba’s Power Grid Nears Total Failure

For many Cubans, the sudden stop of a fan is more than just an annoyance on a tropical island; it’s a daily reminder of a critical, nationwide problem. On an average day, the Cuban government can meet only 50 to 70 percent of its country’s...

Cuba-China joint project to restore public transportation in Havana

HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 30 (ACN) Havana Provincial Transportation Company (EPTH by its Spanish acronym) is facing a complex situation with its vehicle fleet, significantly impacting public transportation services in the Cuban capital. Luis Hernandez...

Cuba Denounces Donald Trump Action to Tighten US Blockade against Cuba

Havana, June 30 (ACN) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez denounced on Monday that a Memorandum signed by President Donald Trump further tightens the US aggressive policy of Cuba and strengthen the economic blockade, with damaging effects on...

Cuba encourages initiatives to support and include people with disabilities

HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 30 (ACN) The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), in collaboration with the Cuban Neuroscience Center, is promoting specific initiatives to develop devices and equipment to benefit people with different...

Cuba's deputy prime minister calls for elimination of coercive measures

Photo: Inés María Chapman's Facebook page Sevilla, July 1 (RHC)-- Cuba today called for an end to unilateral coercive measures that hinder the development of the countries affected, such as "the unjust and illegal United States blockade." In her...

Cuba attended UN sessions on climate change

HAVANA, Cuba, June 29 (ACN) A Cuban delegation participated in the 62nd session of the Subsidiary Bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the...

Cuba salutes 49th anniversary of the independence of Seychelles

HAVANA, Cuba, June 29 (ACN) Cuban authorities congratulated the government and people of Seychelles on the 49th anniversary of its independence and wished them progress and prosperity. According to the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Cuban...

Cuba attends Conference on Financing for Development

Havana, Cuba, Jun 30 (ACN) Ines Maria Chapman, Cuban deputy PM, is leading the Cuban delegation attending the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development, which kicks off today in Seville, Spain. At the event, Cuban deputy prime...