Cuba will close 2015 with magnificent news for its ailing finances: this Saturday, Raul Castro’s government and the Paris Club reached an agreement on the island’s debt that will secure a US $ 4 billion relief in interests due and reduce Havana’s outstanding debt to US $ 2.6 billion, payable in the generous term of 18 years.
Read MoreThe 19th Havana Arts and Crafts Fair (FIART) continues through Sunday December 20th at the Pabexpo fairgrounds in the Cuban capital. The international event is dedicated this year to ceramics and the province of Matanzas. (40 photos)
Read MoreFree access to beaches and tourist facilities in Cuba’s northern keys is now being demanded by the population of a country where economic changes are prompting more and more difficult – and explicit – questions about citizen rights. The beaches located in the northern keys of the province of Ciego de Avila.
Read MoreThe United States and Cuba announced on Friday that “in the coming weeks” direct mail service between the two countries will be resumed, more than five decades after it was cut off, reported DPA news.
Read MoreIn Cuba, where most of the population struggles to put food on the table and scrounge up the bare minimum to get by, the recent report by the International Telecommunications Union (UIT), declaring the island the least developed Latin American country in terms of information and communication technologies, may seem trivial.
Read MoreTexas governor Greg Abbott began on Monday a three-day visit to Cuba to advocate for trade relations amid the political thaw between Washington and Havana.
Read MoreEcuador informed on Thursday that it will close its open door to Cubans by requiring a visa as of December 1st. Deputy Foreign Minister Xavier Lasso said the move is geared to curb “the dangerous route” used by Cubans to travel to the United States. Ilustration: granma.cu
Read MoreOne of the many building collapses that have become common in Havana today took place at the intersection of Oquendo and Carlos III. Once the rubble had been cleared, an empty, 900-square-meter surface was left behind, clamoring to be used. The spot would finally come to be occupied by Mislenis Gil Gomez, who gathers hundreds of children every afternoon with an inflatable park.
Read MoreCuban authorities increased access to the Internet on the island with the opening of new pay-for Wi-Fi hot spots in public places in the interior of the country, reported dpa news on Friday. Contracting home Internet service remains banned for ordinary Cubans.
Read MoreUS Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, Thomas Vilsack, arrived in Cuba on Wednesday for a working visit. Vilsack is the third member of the Obama cabinet to visit Cuba since the two countries resumed diplomatic relations in July.
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