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Cuba promotes Bill on sports activity
The proposal, with 253 articles, includes state funding, private sponsorship and strengthening of provincial academies. Magda Damian, Deputy Provincial Director of the National Institute of Sports and Recreation (INDER), stressed that the law...

Cuba rejects the US Presidential Memorandum tightening the economic blockade
Photo: Ricardo López Hevia The anti-Cuban document released by the US government on June 30, 2025, is a reissue and amendment of Presidential National Security Memorandum No. 5, which the US government itself had issued on June 16, 2017, at the...

Cuba appreciates Nicaragua and Bolivia’s denunciations of US measures
Through the social media platform X, the foreign minister expressed his gratitude to co-presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, as well as to the Government of National Unity and Reconciliation and its revolutionary people for their...

Andrew Yang supports an Elon Musk political party that ‘breaks the duopoly’
Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang appeared to express support for fellow entrepreneur Elon Musk’s proposed political party if it changes the status quo. “If it breaks the duopoly I’m all for it,” Yang posted on Musk’s X platform amid...

The Photo of the Creator of the Drug Trofin Selling Coffee Shows the Reality of Cuban Retirees
Before, he sold wine, says his daughter, because “his retirement isn’t enough for anything.” Café Raúl is the name of the business venture of doctor and researcher Raúl González Hernández. / Facebook/Elizabeth González Aznar 14ymedio, Havana, 1...

Cuba categorically rejects the U.S. Presidential Memorandum tightening the economic blockade
Cuba categorically rejects the U.S. Presidential Memorandum tightening the economic blockade The anti-Cuban document released by the U.S. government on June 30, 2025, consists of a reissue and amendment of National Security Presidential Memorandum...

Cuba Condemns U.S. Presidential Memorandum Tightening Economic Blockade: A Renewed Assault on Sovereignty
Cuba rejects renewed U.S. measures tightening the economic siege.Photo:EFE. July 1, 2025 Hour: 9:45 pm Cuba vehemently rejects the U.S. Presidential Memorandum of June 2025 that intensifies the economic blockade, denouncing it as an imperialist...

DOJ’s Final Rule on Bulk Data Transfers: A Road Map
To help prevent countries of concern or “covered persons” from accessing U.S. government-related data and Americans’ bulk sensitive personal data, the National Security Division (NSD) of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a final rule...

5 Things In-House Counsel Must Know Before DOJ’s Bulk Transfer Rule Enforcement Begins
The 90-Day Grace Period is Ending, Are You Ready? The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) 90-day grace period for compliance with the Data Security Program (DSP) ends on July 8, 2025, and enforcement is expected to begin. This regulatory regime was...
Cuban President Denounces New US Anti-Cuba Move
Havana, July 1 (ACN) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel denounced the new US plan strengthening Washington’s economic, commercial and financial blockade of the island. In an X message, Diaz-Canel described the new US Presidential Memorandum...
Cuban president receives Russian Intelligence Chief
HAVANA, Cuba, July 1 (ACN) Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, received Sergei Naryshkin, director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation....
Cuban province seeks to increase rice production
SANTA CLARA, Cuba, July 1 (ACN) Increasing rice planting and production in the central province of Villa Clara is the main objective of the Emilio Cordoba Agroindustrial Grain Company in the municipality of Encrucijada. Yanelis Saborido Perez,...
Cuba works on caring for patients with Parkinson's
HOLGUIN, Cuba, July 1 (ACN) The General Health Directorate in the eastern province of Holguín is implementing a comprehensive program for the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson's disease through the use of science and technological innovation....
Cuban Biotechnology Institute contributes to food sovereignty
SANTA CLARA, Cuba, July 1 (ACN) Contributing to the country's food sovereignty and nutritional education program is among the main goals of the Plant Biotechnology Institute (IBP) in the central province of Villa Clara. Liz Mery Martinez Montero,...
Cuba and Venezuela Close Ranks against US Aggression
Havana, July 1 (ACN) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez extended his gratefulness to the people and government of Venezuela for their rejection of the new US Presidential Memorandum strengthening the US economic blockade of the island nation....
Ronnie Kasrils on Joe Modise
Tuesday, 08 July 2025 08/07/25 OPINION Ronnie Kasrils on Joe Modise Victoria Brittain - Ronnie Kasrils | 07 July 2025 Victoria Brittain interviews former intelligence minister on his recent book "Comrade and Commander" Joe Modise. 30 years heading...

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel denounces new U.S. plan against the island
Collage taken from CubaMinrex Havana, July 1 (RHC)-- The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, denounced on the social network X the adoption of a new plan by the...

Tattoos in Cuba: From Stigma to Artwork
By Fabiana del Valle HAVANA TIMES – It used to be that having a mark on your skin was almost a guilty verdict. In my childhood, we had a neighbor who gave me the shivers. My mother told me that he had been in jail. There was really no need for...

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...

Cuban Faces Deportation after 20 years in Jail for Hijacking
Adermis Wilson Gonzalez at home in Houston, before his detention. Photo: Cafefuerte / 14ymedio. Adermis Wilson Gonzales may seek asylum in Mexico, in order to avoid reprisals in his country of origin. HAVANA TIMES – For the second time in 22...