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Biden’s potential VP pick Karen Bass has a Cuba problem
Fidel Castro has risen from his oversized, corn-kernel-shaped tomb in Santa Ifigenia Cemetery to play a role in another American presidential election. This time, Castro’s ghost looms over Democrat Joe Biden’s all-female short list of candidates for vice president. “The passing of the comandante en jefe is a great loss to the people of Cuba,” …
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Cuban borders to continue closed until further notice
A note published on the website of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) recalls that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuba’s borders remain closed. Humanitarian flights are excepted from this measure, as well as Cuban citizens residing in the national territory who were stranded in other countries at the time of the epidemic’s outbreak …
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Cuba exceeds 200 active COVID-19 cases, with the 24 new positive cases reported today
The behavior of COVID-19 in Cuba in recent days continues to be “unfavorable,” according to Dr. Francisco Duran during his daily appearance, where he reported that of the 3,485 tests made on Sunday, 24 were positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. All are Cuban, 16 were contacts of confirmed cases, in three individuals the source of …
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New Cuban drug with “very encouraging” results against COVID-19
The Cuban drug known so far as CIGB-300 is showing “very encouraging” results against COVID-19 in its first phase of clinical evaluation, according to the official media. The antiviral-action drug was designed by the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) in Havana, and is being studied as part of the research being carried out …
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Minister of Health: Kenya is working “hard” for the return of kidnapped Cuban doctors
Cuban Minister of Public Health Jose Angel Portal affirmed the Kenyan government is working “hard” to guarantee the “safe return” of two Cuban doctors who were kidnapped by suspected members of the Al-Shabaab terrorist group more than a year ago. Portal had a telephone conversation with his Kenyan counterpart, Mutahi Kagwe, in which they discussed …
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Greenback returns: How dollar stores came back to Cuba
Benito Morejon arrived at the supermarket before dawn to claim a spot near the front of the queue. The supermarket in Havana is one of a number of shops opened by the Cuban government on the island in which basic food and hygiene products can be paid for with the currency of its ideological enemy: …
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Cubans bid farewell to Eusebio Leal Spengler, the saviour of Havana
Much-loved citizen was born poor but went on to mastermind restoration of the island’s splendid capital Historian and de facto mayor has died aged 77 The old town of Havana has sheltered many famous faces over its 500 years, Alexander von Humboldt and Ernest Hemingway among them, but few more loved than Eusebio Leal Spengler, …
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Eusebio Leal Spengler, Cuban historian and restorer of Old Havana, dies aged 77
Prominent intellectual is credited with rejuvenating crumbling centre into tourist hub Eusebio Leal Spengler, the Cuban historian who oversaw the transformation of Old Havana from a crumbling quarter into an immaculately restored colonial tourist attraction, has died at the age 77. He had been suffering from cancer. Leal and his restoration efforts became so famous …
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Cuban Bank Based in London Punished by US
HAVANA TIMES – The United States announced sanctions on Thursday against Havin Bank LTD, a London-based Cuban entity also known as Havana International Bank, dealing a blow to the Cuban financial system, reported mercopress.com The Treasury Department said it had placed the bank on its Office of Foreign Assets Control list of entities which US …
