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Cuba Strengthens Strategy to Combat Drug Trafficking
The Cuban government recently reaffirmed its unwavering position of zero permissiveness toward drug trafficking and the continued implementation of actions aimed at preserving citizen security. Yosvany Bárcenas, General Director of Customs...
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New Climate Goal: To Quadruple Sustainable Fuels
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US jury issues $20M verdict against French bank BNP Paribas over Sudanese atrocities
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A federal jury in New York has issued a nearly $21 million verdict against France's largest bank for giving the Sudanese government access to the U.S. financial system as it engaged in atrocities two decades ago. The woman and two men who obtained...
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US jury issues $20M verdict against French bank BNP Paribas over Sudanese atrocities
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Cuban Regime Suggests That the US Is Behind the ‘Suspicious Coincidence of the Virus in Cuba’
It is a question of discrediting tourism, since this “may affect the greater inflow of foreign currency to the country in times of the economic crisis on the Island” Fumigation in Matanzas, where the outbreak began to worsen this September / Girón...
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Trump's immigration crackdown weighs heavy on the US labor market
Maria worked cleaning schools in Florida for $13 an hour. Every two weeks, she’d get a $900 paycheck from her employer, a contractor. Not much — but enough to cover rent in the house that she and her 11-year-old son share with five families, plus...
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Trump's immigration crackdown threatens America's job market and ability to recruit foreign talent
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Maria worked cleaning schools in Florida for $13 an hour. Every two weeks, she’d get a $900 paycheck from her employer, a contractor. Not much — but enough to cover rent in the house that she and her 11-year-old son share with five families, plus...
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Bulgaria appreciates art by Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba
Media from the city of Panagyurshiste, 91 kilometers from this capital, highlighted the magnetism of the Cuban company and the enthusiasm shared with the public at the Sport Arena Asarel, where they soon realized that one show would be...
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Over 600 billion VND raised for Cuban people
Hanoi (VNA) - Total donations to the “65 Years of Vietnam–Cuba Solidarity” campaign reached 615 billion VND (23.34 million USD), 9.5 times higher than the initial target, heard the campaign's closing ceremony in Hanoi on October 18. Addressing the...
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Cuba thanks China for donation of smart displays
HAVANA, Cuba, October 15 (ACN) “We publicly express our most sincere gratitude to the government of the People's Republic of China for donating several smart displays to centers that play a key role in the process of digital transformation,...
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Over US$23.34 million raised for Cuban people
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HÀ NỘI — Total donations to the “65 Years of Việt Nam–Cuba Solidarity” campaign reached VNĐ615 billion (US$23.34 million), 9.5 times higher than the initial target, heard the campaign's closing ceremony in Hà Nội on Saturday. Addressing the...
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Cuban prime minister calls for strengthening fight against crime
6 Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero urged strengthening the fight against economic crime and the illegal extraction of natural resources during a meeting at the Palace of the Revolution. At the end of September, the crime record, although still...
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Cuba Increases Rice Cultivation by 200,000 Hectares
Cuba, on its path toward food sovereignty, will expand its rice-growing areas with the planting of 200,000 hectares of the crop next year. The agricultural sources in the archipelago reported today. The president of the Agricultural Group of the...
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Coffee Harvest in Eastern Cuba with High Output
Havana, Oct 17 (ACN) Coffee is one of Cuba’s main export products and the eastern province of Guantanamo is a large coffee producer, which has reported nearly 90 tons of the product out of an 82.2-ton plan up to early October. According to local...
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Private Companies Have No Interest in Sponsoring Cuban Baseball
The Sports Law approved last July opened the door to investments, but no firm has approached the clubs Sponsorships, in general, have not been successful in Cuban sports. / Jit 14ymedio, Havana, 16 October 2025 — The National Series baseball teams...
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From booth to business, this Baton Rouge woman teaches artists how to turn their craft into cash
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Ana Andricain has worn many hats. She has acted, sang and danced across Broadway stages. Then she mastered the art of crafting jewelry. Now she’s mentoring others on how to turn their craft into cash. “When I was an actor, I never bought into this...
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Cuba celebrates Che Guevara on World Standards Day
MATANZAS, Cuba, Oct 14 (ACN) On World Standards Day, observed every year on October 14, the Regional Standards Office (OTN) of the province of Matanzas paid tribute to the legendary guerrilla Ernesto (Che) Guevara as a pioneer of quality,...
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US jury finds French bank BNP Paribas complicit in Sudan atrocities
Published On 18 Oct 202518 Oct 2025 A New York jury has found that French banking giant BNP Paribas’s work in Sudan helped to prop up the regime of former ruler Omar al-Bashir, making it liable for atrocities that took place under his rule. The...
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Cuba confirms departure of Jose Daniel Ferrer to Miami
Cuba’s Foreign Ministry confirms José Daniel Ferrer’s departure to the US following a formal Washington request and his consent. The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Monday that Cuban citizen Jose Daniel Ferrer García, accompanied by...
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He hijacked a plane in Cuba, made it to Florida and was deported to Mexico: The life in the shadows of Adermis Wilson González
You can’t say Adermis Wilson González doesn’t know fear. Nor that he scares easily. On March 31, 2003 he knocked on the door to the cockpit of a Russian Antonov-24 plane on which he was traveling from Cuba’s Isla de Juventud to Havana with his...
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