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Argentina’s Foreign Minister Werthein Resigns Ahead Of Key Legislative Elections
Argentina’s Foreign Minister, Gerardo Werthein, has resigned from office, the presidential office announced on Wednesday, marking the second foreign ministerial departure under President Javier Milei’s administration. Although the government did...
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,...

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...
Trump's immigration crackdown threatens America's job market and ability to recruit foreign talent
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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Over US$23.34 million raised for Cuban people
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...
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...

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...

From booth to business, this Baton Rouge woman teaches artists how to turn their craft into cash
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...
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,...

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...

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...

The hijackers who invented modern terrorism
The passengers and crew on El Al flight 426, returning to Tel Aviv from Rome on 23 July 1968, probably did not realise they were on a history-making flight, even after it was forced to land in Algiers by men armed with pistols and grenades....

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...

Antonio Juan Farias Arbelo Explains the Balance Between Land and Business
Born on 16 September 1981, he grew up between Spain and the Dominican Republic, spending time in La Romana and Santo Domingo. These early experiences gave him resilience, identity, and an appreciation for both community and culture. His education...

President Maduro thanks Cuba for solidarity after collecting 4.3 million signatures
“You do not know how important it is for our people to be united and receive the love and solidarity support of the Cuban people,” said President Nicolás Maduro. President Nicolás Maduro thanked Cuba for its support with more than 4.3 million...
Trump’s drug war using the military has come to the Pacific
The Trump administration’s controversial and deadly campaign targeting alleged drug traffickers at sea has now expanded from the Caribbean into the Pacific Ocean. On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the most recent strike —...