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This Latina Was Honored with Barbie with Type 1 Diabetes

This Latina Was Honored with Barbie with Type 1 Diabetes

Latina Head Peloton instructor Robin Arzón has been honored with a Barbie in her likeness as the company introduces a doll with type 1 diabetes. July is Disability Pride Month and Barbie is using the opportunity to introduce the first ever dolls...

Statement by Canadian Network on Cuba

Statement by Canadian Network on Cuba

Washington’s Criminality: Trumps Strengthening of Policy of the United States Toward Cuba The Trump administration’s so-called “strengthening” of U.S. policy toward Cuba represents yet another escalation in the criminal and internationally...

United States fines company for sending food to Cuba

United States fines company for sending food to Cuba

Photo: AP The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), of the U.S. Treasury Department, imposed a fine of 608,825 dollars to the company Key Holding, LLC, owner of Key Logistics Colombia S.A.S., for making 36 shipments to Cuba between 2022 and...

The 10th Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba takes place in Havana

The 10th Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba takes place in Havana

Havana, July 4 (RHC)-- Cuba has a mission: for its people to live in a prosperous and equitable society, with a committed government that listens and acts to transform challenges into opportunities, alongside its people. In this endeavor, the...

Cuba: Where Is Rock Bottom?

Cuba: Where Is Rock Bottom?

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...

Cuban authorities call new U.S. presidential memorandum aggressive

Cuban authorities call new U.S. presidential memorandum aggressive

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

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...

How Desi Arnaz Changed TV Forever With ‘I Love Lucy’

How Desi Arnaz Changed TV Forever With ‘I Love Lucy’

When Todd S. Purdum first set out to write Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television, it wasn’t just a passion project—it was a gamble. Purdum, best known for his political reporting at The New York Times and The Atlantic, was looking for his...

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

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...

The Photo of the Creator of the Drug Trofin Selling Coffee Shows the Reality of Cuban Retirees

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...

Cuban Link shares reason for split with 50 Cents

Cuban Link shares reason for split with 50 Cents

Fitness trainer and entrepreneur Jamira Haines, aka Cuban Link, has stirred major buzz online after revealing the real reason behind her split from rapper 50 Cent — a request for $10,000. The pair, who started dating in 2019, once flaunted a...

Cuban FM calls new tightening of US sanctions ‘criminal policy’

Cuban FM calls new tightening of US sanctions ‘criminal policy’

Mexico City: US President Donald Trump’s memorandum on tightening Washington’s policy towards Havana demonstrates a criminal policy that violates the rights of the entire Cuban people, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said. “The...

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

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...

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 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 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...

Trump reinstates hard-line Cuba embargo as Havana condemns US measure as “criminal”

Trump reinstates hard-line Cuba embargo as Havana condemns US measure as “criminal”

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...

Cuba attends FAO conference

HAVANA, Cuba, June 29 (ACN) A Cuban delegation led by First Deputy Minister of Agriculture Rodolfo Rodríguez Expósito is attending the 44th Session of the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), currently...

Tattoos in Cuba: From Stigma to Artwork

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...

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