New Rules for Tourism in Cuba
The Cuban government passed stricter regulations for certain tourism activities taking place in the country, including diving and recreational water activities, reported Café Fuerte.
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Cuba to Renew Passports of Citizens Living in the USA
The Cuban Interests Section in Washington today announced that it will renew expired passports of Cubans residing in the United States who plan to travel in the coming months to the island, reported dpa news.
Read MoreCuba Explains Its Foreign Investment Needs to Russia Based Bankers
Cuba’s economic chief, Marino Murillo, explained to the visiting bankers the ongoing process of updating the Cuban economy — it is already in its second stage, he told them — and said that the government has decided to abolish the dual currency system and establish the national peso (CUP) as the only unit of currency.
Read MoreCuba Has New Rates to Legalize Documents to be Valid Abroad
The Cuban government has published new rates for citizens to obtain and certify documents necessary to give them effect abroad as well as some services required by foreigners visiting or living in Cuba. All must be paid in CUC, the island’s hard currency pegged close to the US dollar.
Read MoreCuba Has a New Unified Payment System
The option of purchasing products at hard currency stores in regular Cuban pesos (CUP) will be made available in commercial centers around Cuba this month as part of the government’s plan to re-establish a single-currency monetary system on the island.
Read MoreAuthorities Thwart Theft of US $10,000 at Havana Airport
If you travel to Cuba with a considerable sum of money on you, don’t let it out of your sight at any point while going through customs, for con artists set their sights on you from the moment you set foot on the airport – perhaps they even traveled in the same plane you took.
Read MoreUS Fines Argentine Company $2.8 million for Cuba Embargo Violation
Despegar.com, a popular travel agency based in Argentina, has agreed to pay a US $2.8 million fine for conducting transactions that allegedly violated the provisions of the US embargo on Cuba.
Read MoreHavana Weather for May 8-14
Havana continues under the influence of an anticyclone centered northeast of the Bahamas, and affecting the adjacent seas. This influence will persist for some days. Generally a slight chance of rain is forecast for the last days of this 7-day period, starting Sunday.
Read MoreCuba Arrests Four Miami Cubans in “Terrorist” Plot
Cuban authorities informed Wednesday on the arrest of four Cuban-Americans who had come to the island from Miami, accusing them of planning “terrorist acts” in the country, reported dpa news.
Read MoreUS Congress Delegation Visits Alan Gross in Cuba
Four US Congresspersons were in Havana on Monday to visit with imprisoned Maryland resident Alan Gross and meet with Cuban officials, with the aim of promoting negotiations to free the prisoner now in his fifth year of a fifteen year sentence, reported dpa news.
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