When a Cuban goes shopping they never know what they will find on store shelves. There may be plenty of some unaffordable luxury products and acute shortages of basic necessities. We publish a report from Café Fuerte on the current shortages of many basic products in the country.
Read MoreThe Cuban government will send a total of 165 doctors and nurses to cope with Ebola in Africa as part of the global effort coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO), reports Granma newspaper.
Read MoreSixteen Cuban rafters were close to their goal of touching US soil when heavy rains kept them from reaching one of the Florida Keys.
Read MoreCuba’s new mobile phone email service continues to be highly deficient owing to “jamming of the lines”, and no announcement as when this will be fixed has been made.
Read MoreFor this week there are no significant tropical waves expected in the vicinity. We will have generally good weather. Starting Saturday, there will be isolated showers in the afternoon product of the heating up during the day.
Read MoreJohn Patrick and Patrick Edward, grandchildren of the famous US writer Ernest Hemingway, received on Monday the status of Honorary Members of the Club International Hemingway of Cuba, during a visit to the island this week.
Read MoreFrench triple jumper Teddy Tamgho, the Moscow 2013 world champion, is training in Havana since September 2, preparing for the Beijing 2015 Championships, reported the website of Radio Habana Cuba.
Read MoreThe Cuban government has announced a series of measures aimed at restructuring the country’s current housing system and authorizing the building of dwellings on roofs, empty lots and State-owned land by the population.
Read MoreWe present the list of rationed protein products that Havana residents can purchase at their neighborhood “bodega” stores during the week of September 8-14 September. The portions are distributed monthly on a rotation basis in the 15 municipalities of the Cuban capital.
Read MoreNew York based photographer Hannah Berkeley Cohen, is showing her pictures taken in Cuba this coming Saturday at the Lark Café in Brooklyn. The showing is titled “Cuba: An Intimate Glimpse into Un-sensationalized Realities” and takes place from 7-9 p.m.
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