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Wednesday, July 15, 2026
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ECONOMY-CUBA: Insecurity in US Threatens Flow of Remittances
The climate of insecurity spawned by the terrorist attacks against New York and Washington is threatening the flow of remittances sent by Cuban emigrants in the United States back home to their families, the third source of revenue for the island, after tourism and sugar exports./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/TELEVISION-CUBA: New Channel to Bring Culture to the Masses
The upcoming launch of a television channel dedicated exclusively to "bringing culture to the masses" is much anticipated in Cuba, where TV broadcasting is limited to just two state-controlled stations.HEALTH: Cuba Seeks Funds to Send AIDS-Fighting Doctors to Africa
Cuba could send 4,000 doctors and health technicians to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa tomorrow - if industrialised countries would provide the necessary resources.CULTURE-CUBA: ‘La Jiribilla’ Responds to Cyber-Attack
The Cuban cultural e-magazine 'La Jiribilla' retaliated with a show of local humour against a cyber- attack that left its Internet site completely blank just three months after the publication was inaugurated.DEVELOPMENT-CUBA: Castro Wants to Know How His People Are Doing
The Fidel Castro government has ordered a survey that could serve as a diagnosis of Cuban society today, that is, if the interviewees feel they can respond openly to the pollsters' questions.HEALTH-CUBA: Empowering Women to Insist on Safe Sex
Only a revolution similar to the one women led 40 years ago in search of gender equality could curb the spread of AIDS in Cuba and uproot the widespread resistance to the use of condoms, say local AIDS prevention workers.POLITICS-CUBA: Anti-US March to Take Place amid Economic Worries
The Cuban government plans to turn this year's national Jul 26 holiday, anniversary of the Fidel Castro- led 1953 rebellion, into a massive protest march against the United States, but the event comes at moment of great economic uncertainty./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/ARTS-CUBA: National Museum of Fine Arts Reborn
The reopening of Cuba's National Museum of Fine Arts is anxiously awaited this week after a long period of restoration that changed its facade and expanded its presence in the capital's historic district from just one building to three.ECONOMY-CUBA: Hard Times Persist in Havana
The more than two million people living in the Cuban capital suffer the consequences of a crisis that has reigned in this island nation since the early 1990s despite the reanimation of some economic indicators.POLITICS-CUBA/US: Migrants – Yesterday by Raft, Today by Airplane
A US court ruling that facilitates legal residency for Cuban immigrants who arrive in the United States by air and hold falsified documents has become another sticking point in the always-tense Cuban-US relations.HEALTH-CUBA: Community Pharmacy Tackles HIV/AIDS
A group of Cubans who are HIV-positive have set up a community pharmacy in the capital to ensure the continuity of treatment for others, like themselves, with HIV/AIDS./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC-CUBA: Ibrahim Ferrer Challenges Time, Yet Again
The British record label World Circuit has begun recording its second album in the Cuban capital with local singer Ibrahim Ferrer, who at the age of 73 won recognition in the United States as a "new artist."HEALTH-CUBA: Guaranteeing Treatment for HIV/AIDS Patients*
Although all HIV/AIDS patients in Cuba are to receive free treatment from the state, therapy is sometimes interrupted due to a delay in imports, and not all patients have access yet to the latest anti-retroviral combination drugs, several of which have begun to be produced in Havana.CUBA-CHINA: Allegations of Weapons Sales Heighten Tension with US
Military relations between Cuba and China that allegedly extend to arms sales to this Caribbean island nation as well as joint intelligence activity has heightened tension between the two socialist nations and the United States./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/CULTURE-CUBA: Archaeologists Find Biggest Taino Settlement
A team of Cuban and Canadian archaeologists have found more than 1,000 artifacts at a site located 460 kms east of Havana, presumed to be one of the biggest Caribbean settlements of the Taino, an Amerindian people who had attained a relatively advanced level of development at the time of the Spanish conquest.COMMUNICATION-CUBA: South Must Boost Web Presence
The Internet could be a very useful tool for developing countries if they become active producers of quality web sites rather than mere consumers of information, said a leading Cuban expert.ENVIRONMENT-LATAM: UNEP Launches Video Library Network in Cuba
The United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Latin America and Caribbean office launched the region's first network of "environmental video libraries" in Cuba Tuesday, as part of the commemoration of World Environment Day.CUBA: A Nation Gears Up for World Environment Day
Ten people are on a bicycle trek across Cuba, visiting more than 20 villages and cities, conveying the message of "peace with nature" as part of the festivities of World Environment Day, June 5.ENVIRONMENT-CUBA: The Colours are Returning to Mariel
People still gaze in astonishment at the cement factory smokestacks that dominate the entrance to Mariel, a town near the capital of Cuba which has recuperated its natural colours after decades of being covered with a layer of grey dust.
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Havana, Cuba, and Turin, Italy, are the headquarters for World Environment Day celebrations this year. Cuba is wrapping up its preparations for the festivities, which include awareness campaigns running from one extreme of the island to the other.HEALTH-CUBA: Fighting Asthma with the Majagua Tree Flower
Scientific researchers in Cuba say the flower of the majagua tree could provide a good alternative remedy for asthma, a chronic ailment that affects nearly 150 million people worldwide and is one of the top 10 killer diseases.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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