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The band bringing Cuban music back to its cultural home Middle East
When Estrellas de Buena Vista y Mas take the stage of Dubai World Trade Centre on Wednesday, it will feel like a homecoming. For Cuban band leader Pancho Amat, the rustic swing of his tres guitar, the bright double-stringed instrument at the heart...

SPEECH: Cuba, Nicaragua, Grenada Together We Shall Win, Maurice Bishop, 1980
“Long live the Grenadian revolution! Long live the militant unity and solidarity of workers internationally!” On October 25, 1983, the United States invaded Grenada, a tiny island republic in the eastern Caribbean, approximately 21 miles long...

Cuba Declares Support for President Petro Amid US Accusations
Cuban authorities expressed their support for Colombian President Gustavo Petro. In response to recent statements by the US government accusing him of being a leader of illegal drug trafficking. Miguel Díaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central...

President Maduro receives credentials from ambassadors of Cuba and Lebanon
President Nicolás Maduro led the reception of credentials from the ambassadors of Cuba and Lebanon in Caracas, reaffirming the Bolivarian Diplomacy of Peace. President Maduro received credentials from new ambassadors as a sign of respect and...

Cuba To Have a New Law to Boost Its Scientific Activity
Cuba’s National Innovation Council. Photo: Cubadebate. October 21, 2025 Hour: 12:16 pm On Monday, the Cuban National Innovation Council examined the “Draft Law on Science, Technology, and Innovation,” initiating a process of national debate to...

Cuba decries Israeli strikes on Lebanon as threat to peace, stability
Cuba denounces "Israel's" violations of the November 2024 ceasefire, condemning repeated attacks on Lebanon and warning of rising regional instability. Cuba has condemned the recent Israeli aggressions against Lebanon, as the occupation continues...

Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drugs to partner with TrumpRx
Cuban, a vocal detractor of President Trump, is now entering a partnership with TrumpRx, aligned under the goal of saving patients money. DALLAS — This article was originally published by our content partners at the Dallas Business Journal. You...

Review: T3’s ‘The Trade’ is a slam dunk with big laughs as it explores the Doncic/Mavericks drama
For a humpday doubleheader, I’d recommend Theatre Three’s Hooky Matinee of the world premiere comedy The Trade: A Tragedy in Four Quarters, just before the Dallas Mavericks begin their new season Wednesday night against the San Antonio Spurs....

Cuba Libre Introduces Philly’s First GLP-1 Menu
News Plus: Everything you need to know about Philly's newest food hall, River Twice announces "7 Deadly Sins" dinner, and Cider Week returns. Devoted foodies and restaurant newbies love Foobooz. Sign up now for our twice weekly newsletter. Items...


US Farmers Advocate for Strengthening Cooperation with Cuba
US representatives today in Havana highlighted their mutual interest in strengthening exchanges. Especially in the agricultural sector, during a new edition of the Cuba-US Agricultural Conference. According to Paul Johnson, president of the...

World Chef’s Day: Resilience in the Cuban Kitchen
This October 20th, the world surrenders to the ingenuity, passion, and technique of those who transform ingredients into culture and art: chefs. World Chef’s Day, established in 2004 by the World Association of Chef Societies (Worldchefs). It is...

Official Report Confirms Persistent Inflation in Cuban Province
The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report compiled by the National Office of Statistics and Information (ONEI in Spanish) confirmed a sustained upward trend in the prices paid by families in this eastern Cuban province. Compared to data...

Cubans keep salsa alive with local lessons
Until recently, 26-year-old Cuban Alejandro Beltran was among a rare breed of Cubans with two left feet. That embarrassing predicament, he said, led him to seek out salsa dancing lessons with a fast-growing community programme that aims to...

AI and more digital products from Cuba presented by Lombao Estudios
Its general director, Mario Javier Lombao, told Prensa Latina that Lombao Next is the first edition of a smart technology event in Cuba that brings together entrepreneurs, brand representatives, and technology specialists to look together toward...

Cubans keep salsa tradition alive with neighborhood lessons
HAVANA (Reuters) -Until recently, 26-year-old Cuban Alejandro Beltran was among a rare breed of Cubans with two left feet. That embarrassing predicament, he said, led him to seek out salsa dancing lessons with a fast-growing community program that...

The genocide against the Cuban people in denouncing its civil society
The Cuban Association of the United Nations (ACNU) will hold, on October 24, the 21st Forum of the Cuban Civil Society against the Blockade, a space for denunciation and reflection on the effects of this policy that violates human rights and...

What Bolivia’s move to the center means for its economy, foreign policy, and security
Bolivian politics underwent a massive shift on Sunday, as voters ended nearly two decades of left-wing rule by electing Rodrigo Paz Pereira of the Christian Democratic Party as president. Primarily driven by a major economic crisis and distrust...

Cognitive Warfare Against Cuba
10 By Fernando Buen Abad / CUBA DEBATE In addition to all the economic and political blockades, imperialism is deploying against Cuba the most prolonged, systematic, and sophisticated Cognitive Warfare in the inventory of semiotic domination in...

What is Ohio, the new confederacy? Why do lawmakers want the state to have its own currency? Today in Ohio
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ohio lawmakers are considering creating a new currency backed by gold and silver. They’re calling it “pirate money.” Why? We’re talking about how Republican legislators are talking about “choice and freedom” on Today in Ohio....