Underlining alliance, Venezuela’s Maduro visits new Cuban leader
HAVANA - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro became on Saturday the first foreign leader to meet with Cuba’s Miguel Diaz-Canel since he became president of the communist-run island this week, underscoring the More...
Díaz-Canel elected president of Cuba
HAVANA - Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez was elected president of Cuba on Wednesday during a session of the National Assembly of People’s Power (ANPP). Alina Balseiro Gutiérrez, president of the National Electoral More...
Castro era to end in Cuba as Raul set to step down
It will be the first time in nearly six decades that the island country will not be led by a Castro. HAVANA - Cuba will open a session of its National Assembly on Wednesday that will mark the end of an era in the More...
Antigua-Barbuda and Cuba celebrate twenty-four years of diplomatic relations
ST JOHN’S - The government of Antigua and Barbuda has commemorated the 24th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Cuba. Marked by a common desire to promote cooperative and friendly ties, 24 years ago, the More...
Carnival adds 20 cruises to Cuba
FLORIDA - Carnival Cruise Line has added another 20 voyages to Cuba aboard Carnival Paradise from Tampa, Florida, next year, complementing the 11 cruises to the island taking place aboard the vessel through More...
Cuban special economic zone shows promising economic future
MARIEL - After a little over four years of operations, the Special Development Zone, located in the western Cuban harbour of Mariel, is on the way to becoming a promising platform for foreign investment projects More...
Cuba prepares to end dual currency system
HAVANA - The days of Cuba’s dual currency system are numbered. President Raul Castro has given his clearest hint yet that the Spanish-speaking Caribbean nation will adopt a single currency. “This issue has More...
Press freedom organization protests threats to Cuban journalist
MIAMI - The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) has protested threats made by Cuba’s political police to Luz Escobar, a journalist with the independent digital newspaper 14ymedio, a situation that demonstrates More...
Five Damen tugs delivered to Empresa de Navegación Caribe, Cuba
HAVANA - Damen Shipyards Gorinchem has delivered five new harbour tugs to Empresa de Navegación Caribe, a subsidiary of Cuban maritime company Grupo Empresarial de Transporte Marítimo Portuario (GEMAR). Prior More...
Caribbean Airlines begins Guyana/Cuba flights but airfares remain exorbitant
PORT OF SPAIN - Caribbean Airlines (CAL) now flies twice weekly to Cuba from its Port of Spain (POS) hub on Tuesdays and Saturdays and these flights are linked to CAL’s network including Georgetown (GEO), Guyana, More...
