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Cuban president receives Russian Intelligence Chief
Cuban News Agency
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July 2, 2025
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
Cuban News Agency
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July 2, 2025
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
Cuban News Agency
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July 2, 2025
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
Cuban News Agency
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July 2, 2025
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
Cuban News Agency
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July 2, 2025
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....
Popular movements urge BRICS to break relations with Israel
Radio Habana Cuba
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July 8, 2025
Participants also urged the bloc to publicly address the genocide in Palestine Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel was the only BRICS leader who, in his address to the plenary session, used the word "genocide" to refer to the situation in Gaza....
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel denounces new U.S. plan against the island
Radio Habana Cuba
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July 2, 2025
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...
The Photo of the Creator of the Drug Trofin Selling Coffee Shows the Reality of Cuban Retirees
14ymedio
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July 4, 2025
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’s Power Grid Nears Total Failure
IEEE Spectrum
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July 1, 2025
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
Havana Times
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July 2, 2025
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...
U.S. Tourist Ban At A Legendary Caribbean Hot Spot Worsens With A New $250,000 Fine
The Travel
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July 8, 2025
Americans have some of the best Caribbean resorts around the world to choose from. Heck, they can even pick a Caribbean location with the best mountain hikes. The options are indeed endless, with different perks. However, there remains one...
ICE Said They Were Being Flown to Louisiana. Their Flight Landed in Africa
The Intercept
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July 8, 2025
When eight men in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement boarded a plane in May, officials told them that they were being sent on a short trip from Texas to another ICE facility in Louisiana. Many hours later, the plane landed in...
Tattoos in Cuba: From Stigma to Artwork
Havana Times
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July 4, 2025
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: Where Is Rock Bottom?
Havana Times
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July 1, 2025
Havana in the dark. Photo: Juan Suarez By Angry GenXer HAVANA TIMES – They say that when someone loses footing in a pool, lake, or along the seashore, they can let themselves sink to the bottom, push off, and return to the surface—then catch their...
Trump reinstates hard-line Cuba embargo as Havana condemns US measure as “criminal”
OnCuba News
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July 3, 2025
Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum this Monday that toughens U.S. policy toward Cuba and reverses what was put in place by former President Joe Biden. The directive will enforce a legal ban on U.S. tourism to Cuba and strengthens the...
Cuban President Addresses Eurasian Economic Forum
Cuban News Agency
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June 27, 2025
Havana, June 26 (ACN) The first secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party Central Committee and Cuban President, Miguel Diaz-Canel, addressed on Thursday the 4th Plenary Session of the Eurasian Economic Forum, held in the Belarusian capital Minsk. In...
Cuban authorities call new U.S. presidential memorandum aggressive
Radio Habana Cuba
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July 1, 2025
Havana, July 1 (RHC / Prensa Latina)-- The president of Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power (Parliament), Esteban Lazo, has described the new Presidential Memorandum approved by the United States government against the island as an...
Cuba attends Conference on Financing for Development
Cuban News Agency
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July 1, 2025
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...
Dairy Business Association: Wisconsin’s 2025-27 budget reflects strong commitment to dairy community
WisPolitics - Wisconsin
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July 3, 2025
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Dairy Business Association, Wisconsin’s leading dairy advocacy group, applauds Governor Evers and legislative leaders for their bipartisan effort to craft a budget that supports the state’s dairy community. “This budget...
Reject Western Marxism, defend the socialist countries, and stand with the peoples of the world against imperialism
Friends of Socialist China
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July 8, 2025
On Saturday 5 July 2025, Friends of Socialist China hosted – along with the Morning Star, the International Manifesto Group, Critical Theory Workshop and Iskra books – a discussion of Domenico Losurdo’s crucial book, Western Marxism: How it was...