Cubans keep salsa alive with local lessons

Until recently, 26-year-old Cuban Alejandro Beltran was among a rare breed of Cubans with two left feet. That embarrassing predicament, he said, led him to seek out salsa dancing lessons with a fast-growing community programme that aims to...

Cubans keep salsa tradition alive with neighborhood lessons

HAVANA (Reuters) -Until recently, 26-year-old Cuban Alejandro Beltran was among a rare breed of Cubans with two left feet. That embarrassing predicament, he said, led him to seek out salsa dancing lessons with a fast-growing community program that...

World Chef’s Day: Resilience in the Cuban Kitchen

This October 20th, the world surrenders to the ingenuity, passion, and technique of those who transform ingredients into culture and art: chefs. World Chef’s Day, established in 2004 by the World Association of Chef Societies (Worldchefs). It is...

Official Report Confirms Persistent Inflation in Cuban Province

The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report compiled by the National Office of Statistics and Information (ONEI in Spanish) confirmed a sustained upward trend in the prices paid by families in this eastern Cuban province. Compared to data...

AI and more digital products from Cuba presented by Lombao Estudios

Its general director, Mario Javier Lombao, told Prensa Latina that Lombao Next is the first edition of a smart technology event in Cuba that brings together entrepreneurs, brand representatives, and technology specialists to look together toward...

The genocide against the Cuban people in denouncing its civil society

The Cuban Association of the United Nations (ACNU) will hold, on October 24, the 21st Forum of the Cuban Civil Society against the Blockade, a space for denunciation and reflection on the effects of this policy that violates human rights and...

What Bolivia’s move to the center means for its economy, foreign policy, and security

Bolivian politics underwent a massive shift on Sunday, as voters ended nearly two decades of left-wing rule by electing Rodrigo Paz Pereira of the Christian Democratic Party as president. Primarily driven by a major economic crisis and distrust...

Cognitive Warfare Against Cuba

10 By Fernando Buen Abad / CUBA DEBATE In addition to all the economic and political blockades, imperialism is deploying against Cuba the most prolonged, systematic, and sophisticated Cognitive Warfare in the inventory of semiotic domination in...

What is Ohio, the new confederacy? Why do lawmakers want the state to have its own currency? Today in Ohio

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ohio lawmakers are considering creating a new currency backed by gold and silver. They’re calling it “pirate money.” Why? We’re talking about how Republican legislators are talking about “choice and freedom” on Today in Ohio....

Local sauce company gets Walmart deal

Marion County’s own Jose Juarez, creator of the award-winning 455 Sauce, has landed a deal to bring his handcrafted condiment to Walmart stores. Already sold at almost 300 Publix supermarkets, the artisan sauce will debut in 100 Walmart stores by...

Cuba to denounce blockade damages at XXI Civil Society Forum

Havana, October 20 - The Cuban Association of the United Nations (ACNU, for its acronym in Spanish) will hold the XXI Forum of Cuban Civil Society against the Blockade on October 24. The event will address the U.S. policy that violates fundamental...

Rai, CCTV, NHK and TVP among buyers to shop for factual at ORF-Enterprise

Rai has gone for documentary film 1278: The Battle for Europe Rai in Italy, CCTV in China and Japan’s NHK are among the latest broadcasters to acquire factual content from Austrian distributor ORF-Enterprise. Pubcaster Rai has picked up 1278: The...

Cuba’s Shadow Soldiers: How Havana’s Fighters in Ukraine Threaten the Americas

The revelation that at least 4,200 Cuban nationals are fighting for Russia in Ukraine isn’t just a battlefield curiosity—it’s a geopolitical tremor. Behind the numbers lie deeper questions: Who allowed them to go? What happens when they come back?...

Mexico triples oil aid to Cuba. Is Trump looking away?

Andres Oppenheimer President Trump has called Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum “a very wonderful woman” and has praised her for her growing cooperation on migration, drugs and security issues. But he has mysteriously overlooked a glaring fact:...

Neither Meek nor Apolitical, Cubans of Generation Z Are at the Forefront of Discontent on the Island

The clash between these young people and power is inevitable and is getting closer every day. Young Cubans Anna Sofía Benítez and Erlis Sierra. / Collage 14ymedio, Yoani Sánchez, 20 October 2025 — For several years now, they have positioned...

Mexico shipping oil to energy starved Cuba

Tuesday, October 21st 2025 - 08:23 UTC The cargoes were tracked through maritime monitoring platforms, showing consistent routes between Mexico and Cuba. So far this year, Mexico has shipped more than US$ 3 billion worth of subsidized fuel to Cuba...

The Cuban Regime Calls the Doctors Who Criticize the Medical Missions “Ungrateful, Resentful and Treacherous.”

“Do not spit on the dish that nourished you,” reads the headline in the Ministry of Public Health text disseminated on social networks Cuban doctors assigned to the Vícam Switch rural community hospital in Sonora. / Facebook/IMSS Bienestar Health...

Cuba, Belarus, Germany, party, cooperation, agreement, politics

Photo: Vladimir Molina To advance the effective implementation of the exchange and cooperation agreement between the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and the Belarusian Party, Belaya Rus, a roadmap establishing specific tasks for both political...

Repairing the La Coloma Disaster in Cuba Will Cost at Least 110 Million Pesos, Mostly in Foreign Currency

The lobster processing plant in Pinar del Río is still on a prioritized circuit and receives electricity all day despite its closure The plant was reduced to ashes, and so far no one has explained the origin of the fire. / ACN] 14ymedio, Madrid,...

Red Star Brands Brings US RTD ‘Party Punch’ To UK Convenience Market

Drinks and snack distributor Red Star Brands has announced the exclusive UK launch of the $250m+ ready-to-drink (RTD) ‘party punch’ called BeatBox. The four SKUs – Blue Razzberry, Juicy Mango, Orange Blast and Fruit Punch (ABV 6.1%) – have...