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 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...

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...

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...

Joanna Misnik: A Tribute and Political Biography

In 1995, the Fourth International (FI), having survived the fall of the Soviet Union, renounced the claim of being the “revolutionary vanguard party” of the working class. This signaled not dissolution, but a strategic reorientation in response to...

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...

Another crisis is driving Cubans to despair: More than three million suffer from water shortages on the island

On the afternoon of September 30, the sun was as strong as it had been on previous days. The heat was pretty much the same as always, while the sea remained blue and subdued. And the José Martí Anti-Imperialist Platform, a plaza that hosts public...

From ball boy to the boardroom: Packback co-founder Mike Shannon ’12 shares entrepreneurial journey in ‘Sweaty Equity’

For years, Mike Shannon ’12 lived a double life. Student entrepreneur by day, Chicago Bulls ball boy by night. As an Illinois State University student, Shannon co-founded Packback, a digital textbook rental company, along with Kasey Gandham ’13,...

In just four months, Mexico has sent US$3 billion in subsidized fuel to Cuba

10 Millions of Mexican citizens believe that instead of giving away billions of dollars to Cuba’s communist regime, Claudia Sheinbaum’s government could use those resources to address serious domestic problems, such as the lack of medicines, aid...

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....

Lula defends Venezuela, Cuba sovereignty against foreign meddling

In Brasília, Lula da Silva defends Venezuela and Cuba’s sovereignty, criticizing foreign interference in the region. In a sharply worded speech delivered in Brasília, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defended the sovereignty of both...

Local business among Florida’s top 10 manufacturing employers of choice

From microscopic status to statewide success, Ecological Laboratories in Cape Coral landed a spot on Florida’s Top 10 Manufacturing Employers list for 2025. The annual awards, determined by FloridaMakes, a statewide, industry-led partnership with...

China Seeks to Delay and Divide: Tensions Rise as Trump Enforces New Tariffs and Democrats Stall U.S. Budget in Senate

The Chinese communist regime seeks time, uses strategies of dissociation and tension, and tries to make Donald J. Trump’s government yield in its current position. Meanwhile, Democrats continue with their budgetary hijacking in the Senate. When...

Melissa brings heavy rain to Haiti, Dominican Republic

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Melissa dumped heavy rain on parts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Wednesday as forecasters warned of significant flood risk in parts of the northern Caribbean this week. The slow-moving storm was...

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 —...

As in Cuba’s Special Period, Authorities Hope the “Popular Rice” Will Reduce Imports

The Agricultural Group has set out to sow 200,000 hectares (494,212 acres), half of which are under the responsibility of “large enterprises and specialized centers” Half of the projected figure -100,000 hectares- will be managed by “large...

Key West woman facing new charges after arrest in Cuba travel scam: Sheriff

A Key West woman arrested earlier this year for allegedly posing as a travel agent and booking trips to Cuba that never happened while pocketing the money is facing new charges, authorities said. Traci Leann Culiver-Sanchez, 60, is facing new...

Zohran Mamdani’s message to CEOs of Google, Apple, Microsoft and other tech companies: ‘We are going to make…’

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic frontrunner for the New York City mayoral race, has sent a message to CEOs of tech companies. During the first debate of the campaign, when the candidates were asked how they would convince tech leaders concerned...