HAVANA, March 29. Cuba concentrated just over a third of its total investments in 2023 in the tourism sector, a figure that was also 533% greater than what was allocated to health, Read more
Western Union runs out of date for the restoration of remittances
HAVANA, March 29. The Western Union Company has once again been left without a date for reestablishing the sending of remittances to Cuba.Less than two days before the scheduled date, a company official explained to Martí Noticias that they…
Ferry “Perseverancia” without fuel for trips to Isla de la Juventud
HAVANA, March 28. The 'Perseverancia' ferry is ready but inoperative due to the fuel crisis in Cuba. The newly repaired ferry 'Perseverance' cannot start its services between Isla de la Juventud and Batabanó due to a lack of fuel, exacerbating…
Cubana de Aviación and Aerogaviota fly to Nicaragua unofficially ?
HAVANA, March 28. Although the Cuban airport company, ECASA, has not issued any official information, platforms such as FlightAware,dedicated to monitoring flights, showing how Cubana de Aviación and Aerogaviota could be flying to Managua. Perhaps…
Father Kenny Fernández calls on Cubans not to be violent
HAVANA, March 27. The archbishop of Santiago de Cuba, Monsignor Dionisio García Ibáñez, reiterated this Sunday the demands for food, current, and freedom that the people made during the protests that broke out in the province on March 17. In…
Amid blackouts and scarce food, Cuba protests rattle ‘cradle’ of the Revolution
HAVANA, March 27 A crowd swarms the steps of a small state-run market on the outskirts of Santiago, Cuba's second-largest city, sweating and shouting, jostling for a chance at a once-monthly ration of chicken. A pound bag of thighs…
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines donates 235 tons of flour to Cuba
HAVANA, March 26. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines will donate 235 tons of flour to Cuba, in the midst of the widespread food crisis in the Caribbean nationwhere the regime faces difficulties in completing the basic basket of the population,…
Food production in Cuba will be financed with more than 62 thousand euros by Japan
HAVANA, March 26. Food production in Cuba will be boosted by the signing of several projects between the island's authorities and the government of Japan.This Japanese cooperation is focused on developing the sector in several provinces of the…
They expel the Grand Master of Cuban Freemasonry shouting “thief out”
HAVANA, March 24. The Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Cuba, Mario Alberto Urquía Carreño, has been expelled by the representatives of more than 300 lodges on the Islandshouting “Out with a thief, usurper, scoundrel, traitor.” The events…
New solar eclipse can be seen in Cuba on April 8
HAVANA, March 25. On the afternoon of April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will be partially visible throughout the national territory, according to the Institute of Geophysics and Astronomy.In Morro de la Habana the beginning of the eclipse…
Images of historic hailstorm in Havana and Artemisa
HAVANA, March 24. The editorial brings a selection of images of the historic hailstorm that Havana and Artemisa experienced this Friday afternoonand that attracted the attention of many people, who saw how the streets were painted white. In…
Perceptible earthquake shakes towns of Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo
HAVANA, March 24. An earthquake shook part of the eastern region of Cuba this Saturday, affecting the provinces of Guantánamo and Santiago de Cuba.The National Center for Seismological Research (CENAIS) confirmed that the earthquake was noticeable…
“Hard times are coming,” says Díaz-Canel… “Even more so?”, one might ask
HAVANA, March 23. One would think that 18-hour blackouts, food shortages and almost non-existent salaries to pay for products that the State sells in a currency with which it does not pay, would be enough to talk about difficult times. But…
Fincimex restores remittance service to Cuba with AIS USD cards
HAVANA, March 23. La Financiera Cimex, S.A. (FINCIMEX) said that it restored the remittance service with AIS USD cards in Cuba.After several weeks with the delivery of remittances stopped due to an alleged "technical failure", FINCIMEX announced…
Sancti Spíritus tobacco producers say “It is no longer profitable”
HAVANA, March 23th. Tabac farmers of Sancti Spíritus, the second province of Cuba with the highest tobacco production, only behind Pinar del Río, planted less than half of the planned area because the payment for their production by the state…
Dollar and Euro continue to rise in the Cuban informal market
HAVANA, March 22. The price of the dollar and the euro increased in the informal currency exchange market in Cuba this Friday. The independent press outlet El Toque, in its daily report on rates in the informal currency market in Cuba, noted…
Leonardo Padura: “I think there is a historical fatigue in Cuba”
HAVANA, March 22. The Cuban writer and journalist Leonardo Padura stated this Thursday that he believes that "there is a historical fatigue in Cuba" and he hopes that "there will not be a repressive response"
of the government towards the demonstrators…
Cuba has 11,000 MSMEs with the 64 approved yesterday
HAVANA, March 21. A group of 64 new micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) received approval to operate, bringing the total to almost 11,000 to date,as reported this Wednesday by the Ministry of Economy and Planning (MEP). All of the…
Customs intercepts more weapons, drugs, tobacco contraband, money and medicines at Cuban airports
HAVANA, March 21st. Illegalities have increased on Cuba's borders, mainly at the entrances and exit through the country's airports, where a greater number of incidents linked to drugs, smuggling and firearms have been recorded, the program said…
Internal migration: More than 65 thousand Cubans moved from the countryside to the city
HAVANA, March 21st. Internal migration is another of the many problems that Cuba currently faces. Although the issue is not comparable to the mass exodus abroad, it is an issue that worries state authorities, mainly due to the abandonment of…
International Meeting of Ballet Academies begins in Havana
HAVANA, March 20 The membership of World Classical Dance is finishing preparations to develop from March 22 to 30 the 29th International Meeting of Academies for Ballet Teaching, dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the birth of Fernando…
Crash between Yutong and truck leaves one dead and 11 injured
HAVANA, March 20. A crash took place on Tuesday night on the Manicaragua-Santa Clara highway, leaving one person dead and 11 injured.As reported on social networks by local radio station Radio Arimao, the event took place in the La Paloma area. The…
Cubans stranded in Haiti still cannot return home
HAVANA, March 20. After Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla reported last week that more than 260 Cubans are stranded in Haiti, to date the authorities have not been able to return them home, and they are exposed to the climate of chaos…
Club Med 2 cruise ship again in Cuba
HAVANA, March 19 The Club Med 2 cruise ship is once again in Havana, with a load of tourists interested in getting to know in depth the beauties and people of this country, guides said today.For three days, the boat is stocked in the port of…
Amid blackouts, Cuba registers absolute temperature record
HAVANA, March 19th. This Sunday, March 17, Cuba registered an absolute maximum temperature record of 38.9°C, according to the Cuban Institute of Meteorology (Insmet).The figure was recorded by the Jucarito Meteorological Station, in Granma,…
Cuban government seeks to order the country’s monetary chaos in the midst of the crisis
HAVANA, March 18. Three currencies, four exchange rates and two markets: that is the monetary chaos in which Cubans operate in an environment of inflation, scarcity and dollarization. And the area in which Havana wants to bring order, despite…
Changes announced in Cuban Television due to blackouts
HAVANA, March 18. Directors of Cuban Television reported on some changes that will take place in programming starting this Monday, March 18 due to the current electricity crisis on the island.The prolonged blackouts in several provinces of the…
Protest erupts in Santiago de Cuba amid blackouts, food shortages
HAVANA, March 18 Hundreds in Cuba's second-largest city, Santiago, engaged in a rare public protest on Sunday, according to social media and official reports, prompting Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel to call for dialogue in an "atmosphere…
Davide Lo Surdo: A Name written in Eternity Arrives in Cuba in May
HAVANA, March 17th. The historic Italian guitarist, Davide Lo Surdo, recognized by Rolling Stone magazine as the fastest guitarist in music history, has announced a tour in Cuba, during which he will perform at the most prestigious events on…
Cuba invested 533% more in tourism than in education, health and agriculture in 2023
HAVANA, March 29. Cuba concentrated just over a third of its total investments in 2023 in the tourism sector, a figure that was also 533% greater than what was allocated to health,education and agriculture together, according to data from the…
Western Union runs out of date for the restoration of remittances
HAVANA, March 29. The Western Union Company has once again been left without a date for reestablishing the sending of remittances to Cuba.Less than two days before the scheduled date, a company official explained to Martí Noticias that they…
Ferry “Perseverancia” without fuel for trips to Isla de la Juventud
HAVANA, March 28. The 'Perseverancia' ferry is ready but inoperative due to the fuel crisis in Cuba. The newly repaired ferry 'Perseverance' cannot start its services between Isla de la Juventud and Batabanó due to a lack of fuel, exacerbating…
Cubana de Aviación and Aerogaviota fly to Nicaragua unofficially ?
HAVANA, March 28. Although the Cuban airport company, ECASA, has not issued any official information, platforms such as FlightAware,dedicated to monitoring flights, showing how Cubana de Aviación and Aerogaviota could be flying to Managua. Perhaps…
Father Kenny Fernández calls on Cubans not to be violent
HAVANA, March 27. The archbishop of Santiago de Cuba, Monsignor Dionisio García Ibáñez, reiterated this Sunday the demands for food, current, and freedom that the people made during the protests that broke out in the province on March 17. In…
Amid blackouts and scarce food, Cuba protests rattle ‘cradle’ of the Revolution
HAVANA, March 27 A crowd swarms the steps of a small state-run market on the outskirts of Santiago, Cuba's second-largest city, sweating and shouting, jostling for a chance at a once-monthly ration of chicken. A pound bag of thighs…
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines donates 235 tons of flour to Cuba
HAVANA, March 26. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines will donate 235 tons of flour to Cuba, in the midst of the widespread food crisis in the Caribbean nationwhere the regime faces difficulties in completing the basic basket of the population,…
Food production in Cuba will be financed with more than 62 thousand euros by Japan
HAVANA, March 26. Food production in Cuba will be boosted by the signing of several projects between the island's authorities and the government of Japan.This Japanese cooperation is focused on developing the sector in several provinces of the…
They expel the Grand Master of Cuban Freemasonry shouting “thief out”
HAVANA, March 24. The Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Cuba, Mario Alberto Urquía Carreño, has been expelled by the representatives of more than 300 lodges on the Islandshouting “Out with a thief, usurper, scoundrel, traitor.” The events…
New solar eclipse can be seen in Cuba on April 8
HAVANA, March 25. On the afternoon of April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will be partially visible throughout the national territory, according to the Institute of Geophysics and Astronomy.In Morro de la Habana the beginning of the eclipse…