AFK Sistema enters the international market of hotel services

AK&M 15 October 2025 19:20 The federal hotel operator Cosmos Hotel Group (part of AFK Sistema Group) and the Cuban travel group Gaviota S.A. have signed an agreement on the management of a five-star hotel, which will operate under the name Sierra...

Mark Cuban Leads Critics Warning OpenAI’s Erotica Plan Risks a Moral Collapse

OpenAI’s decision to allow adult erotica in ChatGPT has sparked a wave of alarm across the tech world. Critics, led by investor Mark Cuban, say the move exposes a deeper problem within Silicon Valley... a steady erosion of moral restraint...

Frieze London Restores Market Confidence and Outsells Expectations

Frieze London and Frieze Masters opened on October 15. Photo: Linda Nylind | Courtesy of Frieze The energy on the opening day of Frieze London on October 15 felt less like a post-Brexit correction and more like the city sliding back into its...

Exclusive: Over 1,000 Cubans fighting for Russia, Ukraine says, 96 dead or MIA

At least 1,076 Cuban nationals have fought or are fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) told the Kyiv Independent on Oct. 15. Ninety-six are known to have died or gone missing in action. The figures come after the...

Mexico Sends $3 Billion in Subsidized Fuel to Cuba in Just Four Months

Between May and August 2025, Mexico shipped more than $3 billion worth of subsidized fuel to Cuba through Gasolinas Bienestar, a subsidiary of state oil company Pemex, according to an investigation by Mexicanos Contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad...

COI, uma ferramenta imperialista para manipular o esporte mundial

Comitê Olímpico Internacional baniu competições na Indonésia por se recusar a receber atletas israelenses, mas EUA proíbem atletas cubanos de entrarem no país e o COI se cala Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK. Escreva para nós:...

Today in History: October 16, Cuban Missile Crisis begins

Today is Thursday, Oct. 16, the 289th day of 2025. There are 76 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 16, 1962, the Cuban missile crisis began as President John F. Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the...

Cuban Culture Day Opens in Holguin

The Cuban Culture Day opened this Friday at the Alex Urquiola Provincial Library in the city of Holguin. The celebration kicked off at this location with a cultural gala featuring Holguin talent. Including the companies La Campana, Guiñol,...

Venezuelan coup leader María Corina Machado vows to privatize oil: US corporations will ‘make a lot of money’

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was given to María Corina Machado, a far-right, pro-war Venezuelan opposition leader who has been funded by the US government for more than two decades. Machado has helped to lead numerous violent coup attempts in...

Russia’s largest hotel operator to manage five-star hotel in Cuba

MOSCOW, October 15. /TASS/. The Cosmos Hotel Group, Russia’s largest hotel operator, and the Cuban tourism group Gaviota S.A. signed a management agreement for the 5-star Sierra Cristal Hotel in Holguin Province at the Moscow Tourism Forum, a TASS...

Cuba in Crisis: Are There Still Happy Children Here?

Three children from Matanzas play marbles during a blackout. Photo: Raul Navarro / Girón newspaper By Amado Viera HAVANA TIMES – On the night of October 2 to 3, dozens of people blocked a stretch of Monte Street in Havana to protest the power...

Why Does the Dollar Keep Rising in Cuba?

Keys to understanding the new wave of foreign currency demand Photo: Guillermo Nova / Picture-Alliance/DPA/AP Images By Mayli Estevez (El Toque) HAVANA TIMES – The Cuban peso is sinking at what seems to be an unstoppable pace. According to the...

Exclusive: Over 1,000 Cubans fighting for Russia, Ukraine says, 96 dead or MIA

At least 1,076 Cuban nationals have fought or are fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) told the Kyiv Independent on Oct. 15. Ninety-six are known to have died or gone missing in action. The figures come after the...

Billionaire Mark Cuban says workers should get a stake in their employer’s success through stock. Here is why

As CEOs and founders see their wealth skyrocket due to soaring stock market gains, billionaire investor Mark Cuban is advocating for a change that could transform the traditional balance of power in corporate America. According to Cuban, it is...

Venezuelan ambassador to Cuba reiterates condemnation of imperial threat

HAVANA, Cuba, October 14 (ACN) “[My country] has become a fixed target for the United States and is at the center of global attention”, Orlando Maneiro Gaspar, Venezuela’s ambassador to Cuba, said during a solidarity meeting attended by members of...

Russian ambassador reaffirms ties of friendship with Cuba

VILLA CLARA, Cuba, Oct 14 (ACN) As part of a number of tours throughout the country, Viktor V. Koronelli, ambassador of the Russian Federation to Cuba, arrived in the province of Villa Clara―the fifth one he visits―to reassert the ties of...

Mark Cuban warns that OpenAI’s new plan to allow adults-only erotica in ChatGPT could ‘backfire. Hard’

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban is warning that OpenAI is walking into a massive trust crisis with parents and schools after CEO Sam Altman announced the company plans to begin allowing erotica in ChatGPT for “verified adults” starting in...

Is Mexico extending a lifeline to Cuba? New report on oil exports raises questions

Mexico might be replacing Venezuela as Cuba’s key economic savior, sending $3 billion in oil between May and August, some of it in a Cuban ship under U.S. sanctions, a Mexican group fighting corruption claims. The explosive allegations appear in a...

Havana rejects US claims over Cuban fighters in Russia's ranks in Ukraine

Cuba's Foreign Ministry has denied allegations from Washington regarding Cuban military participation in Ukraine, as diplomatic tensions ratchet up over recruitment schemes that have allegedly sent thousands of nationals to fight alongside Russian...

N.J. Cuban restaurant opens 5th location featuring ‘generational’ recipes

Cuban Eddie’s recently opened its fifth location in northern New Jersey as the homegrown chain of restaurants continues to expand. The 478 Market Street, Saddle Brook, restaurant opened earlier this month and operates seven days a week, according...