One week after protests in Cuba, streets belong to the police
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A week after the largest wave of citizen protests in more than six decades, the...
July 18, 2021Section
Cuba News in English
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Biden evaluates whether U.S. can “restore” Internet access in Cuba
U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday that he is studying whether his government has "the technological capacity to restore" mobile...
July 16, 2021
Cuba marks second consecutive day of record number of deaths from Covid-19 (July 15)
Cuba marked a new maximum number of deaths in one day with 67 and for the second consecutive day bringing...
July 15, 2021
Cuba lifts tariffs and restrictions on private food and medicines imports
The exceptional measure, urgently passed by a Ministry of Finance and Prices resolution, will come into force next Monday and...
July 15, 2021
Cubans remain without internet and resort to VPNs to circumvent censorship
Mobile internet connection in Cuba is still cut off three days after the protests, some resort to VPNs to circumvent...
July 14, 2021
Cuba: an economy exhausted by the pandemic, sanctions and an ineffective model
The deteriorated Cuban economy has deepened its depression due to the effects of covid-19 in the tourist sector, a major...
July 14, 2021
Cuban-Americans sail from Miami in fleets bound for Cuba
The recent events in Cuba have repercussions in Florida and, particularly, in Miami. Miamians have taken to the streets in...
July 14, 2021
Human Rights Watch criticizes UN High Commissioner Bachelet for her silence on Cuba
Executive Director of Human Rights Watch for the Americas José Miguel Vivanco reproached Michelle Bachelet for her office's silence regarding...
July 14, 2021
One protester killed in Cuba’s anti-government demonstration
He was a 36-year-old citizen who was participating in a protest that took place yesterday in the Güinera Popular Council...
July 13, 2021