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Cuba’s leaders fiddle the figures
Summer is never easy in tropical Cuba. Suffocating heat and humidity conspire with a dysfunctional electricity supply to highlight government inadequacy and incompetence. Patience tends to fray. This year promises to be crabbier than usual. The...

Havana Fair showcases environmental innovations and projects
The event runs until July 6 at the Havana-based Conference Center, with seven congresses in which professionals from 18 countries will participate. Among the activities is the exhibition fair promoting the exchange of sustainable technologies,...

Cuba opens International Summer Festival
Opened this Wednesday at 23rd and 12th Street movie theater as part of the Orizzonti: Italy-Cuba event, the event which is being held in Havana for the fourth straight year, seeks to strengthen cordial ties between Cuba and sister nations through...

Cuba reaffirms its commitment to tacking climate change
The event brings together more than 550 delegates and guests from Cuba and 17 other countries. Photo: Courtesy of the Subdelegation of Environment The Ministry of Science, Technology, and Environment (CITMA, for its Spanish acronym) presented a...

Cuba Township Board Meeting scheduled for August
Heidi N. Shannon Cuba Township Clerk | Cuba Township Heidi N. Shannon Cuba Township Clerk | Cuba Township The Cuba Township Board Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, August 14, 2025. The meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. and will be held at the Cuba...

Cuba Township Board Meeting scheduled for July 10, 2025
Heidi N. Shannon Cuba Township Clerk | Cuba Township Heidi N. Shannon Cuba Township Clerk | Cuba Township The Cuba Township Board Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 10, 2025. The meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. and will be held at the Cuba...

As Cuba Sweats Through Summer Blackouts, Solar Promises Can’t Chase the Night
The lights vanished at precisely 2 A.M. in Havana’s Miramar neighborhood. A voice rang out into the darkness: “¡Ya la quitaron!”—They cut it again. The electricity wouldn’t return until just after sunrise. Across the city, the same scene repeats...

Venezuela to host solidarity meeting with Cuba, Fidel´s symposium
The first of these events, to be held on August 16, will outline the proposals that the delegation of the Bolivarian Republic will bring to the IX Meeting of the Continental Latin American and Caribbean Network, which will take place in October in...
Nicaragua condemns US blockade of Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, July 2 (ACN) The Government of Reconciliation and National Unity of Nicaragua expressed its firm support for Cuba and denounced the intensification of the U.S. blockade, calling it "inhumane and criminal." In an official statement...

Italy’s solidarity event condemns US blockade on Cuba
Marco Papacci, president of the National Association of Italy-Cuba Friendship, emphasized that the event held the day before, presided over by Leonardo Masi, mayor of that town in the central Italian region of Tuscany, reaffirmed the close ties of...

St. Petersburg welcomes schoolchildren from Venezuela and Cuba
According to the publication, 210 students from various regions of Venezuela and 14 accompanying persons arrived in St. Petersburg, as well as 50 children and four accompanying persons from Cuba. During their stay in the city, the delegation of...

Havana Weather for July 3 – 9
Havana photo by Juan Suarez Hot and isolated showers in the Capital… By Adrian Fuentes HAVANA TIMES – Cuba remains under the influence of oceanic high-pressure systems, primarily centered over the central Atlantic Ocean. This situation generally...

Brazil: Solidarity campaign for Cuba by Landless Workers’ Movement
It’s not just about helping a sister country; it’s about defending a symbol of resistance, say voices from the heart of the Brazilian farmers’ struggle. Others assert that the island is always present whereever one is most needed; now it’s time to...

Mexico and Cuba Sign 2025-2028 Tourism Cooperation Program
Havana, Cuba. X/ @RadioHabanaCuba July 3, 2025 Hour: 10:01 am On Tuesday, Mexican Tourism Secretary Josefina Rodriguez and Cuban Tourism Secretary Juan Garcia signed the 2025-2028 Tourism Cooperation Action Program. RELATED: China Demands Lifting...

When and Why Recent University Graduates Leave Cuba
Raining in Havana. Photo: Lazaro By Amado Viera HAVANA TIMES – In recent weeks, Michel has spent much of his free time preparing to apply for a master’s program abroad. He’s not doing it out of a mere desire for self-improvement. If that were the...

Cuba Denounces U.S. Move To Tighten Economic Blockade
CUBA – Cuba is strongly condemning a new U.S. memorandum tightening travel and financial restrictions against the island. The move signed by President Donald Trump during his first week back in office reinforces a long-standing ban on American...

Cuba's deputy foreign minister says U.S. memorandum is an intimidating political platform
Fernández de Cossío affirms that Cuba has the capacity, organization, wisdom, and experience to overcome this new U.S. aggression Photo taken from Archive/Cubadebate Havana, July 3 (RHC)-- The Presidential Memorandum on National Security, issued...

Forty-fourth edition of the Caribbean Festival begins in Cuba
This edition of the festival is focused on the popular culture of Curacao Havana, July 3 (RHC) The 44th edition of the Caribbean Festival, also known as the Fire Festival, begins today in the city of Santiago de Cuba, this time with a focus on the...

US blockade on Cuba decried in solidarity event in Italy
Marco Papacci, president of the National Association of Italy-Cuba Friendship (ANAIC), emphasized that the event, presided over by Leonardo Masi, mayor of that town in the central Italian region of Tuscany, reaffirmed the close ties of brotherhood...

Caribbean Festival opens in Cuba
In addition to the guest of honor, participants from Colombia, Brazil, the United States, Mexico, Haiti, and other nations are confirmed. Meanwhile, dozens of groups, artists, and scholars from several provinces are representing Cuba. Until July...