Their sibling bonds tightened when Operation Peter Pan delivered them from Cuba

They had come together and they came alone: Grace Guerra, 7, and her older brother, Jose Guerra, 11, the person she would forever call her North Star. Angels unaware, the Guerra children fled Havana, Cuba, and landed in the United States on April 1, 1961: …

Cuba’s Devastating Blackouts Worsened by U.S. Economic Blockade

For months now Cuba has been enduring apagones — prolonged blackouts that throw entire communities into darkness and force families to live on the edge of crisis. It’s become part of a grim routine: neighborhoods falling dark as the sun sets, cities …

Azerbaijan’s Victory Day marked in Cuba

Baku, November 1, AZERTAC Cuba’s “Danza Teatro Retazos” theatre hosted a concert marking November 8, the Victory Day of Azerbaijan. Co-organized by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Culture and the Azerbaijani Embassy to the country, with the support of Cuban …

UN Once More Calls on U.S. To Change Course On Cuba

Cuba not alone as UN Assembly votes to end US blockade for 32nd year

Cuba is not alone. On 30 October 2024, the General Assembly of the United Nations met once again to consider the item on its agenda “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.” …

UNEAC Congress will close in Cuba on Saturday

Held at Havana’s Convention Center, the forum has brought together delegates from all Cuban provinces to analyze the organization’s functioning, difficulties and challenges, and the guild’s contribution to safeguarding national culture. On Saturday, awards …

More Major Blackouts Loom in Cuba, says Energy Minister

The “system is weak,” warns the official The daily report from UNE, the state electric company, indicates that six generation units are out of order. The “biggest problem is fuel,” the official acknowledges, anticipating another possible collapse of the …

Cuba loses to South Korea and announces Premier 12 team

After losing 0-2 in the first game, the team coached by Armando Johnson improved their average at bat with a dozen hits, including a home run by Yoelquis Guibert, but the pitchers could not stop the rival’s offensive. South Korea made 14 hits and defeated …

A group of Haitian students and teachers soon in Cuba

Haiti - Education : A group of Haitian students and teachers soon in Cuba 01/11/2024 10:31:17 The Communication Unit of the State University of Haiti (UEH) informs that a group of UEH students and their professors, most of them members of the …

Opinion - Mexico shamefully joins Russia, Venezuela in backing Cuba’s dictatorship

For 30 years, the Soviet Union was the main supporter of Cuba’s communist dictatorship, pumping into it more than $29 billion worth of money, weapons, food, oil and technology — a debt that Russia ultimately wrote off. In the 1990s, Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela …