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Việt Nam, Cuba hold Political Consultation to deepen special friendship, comprehensive cooperation
Vietnam News Agency
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HÀ NỘI Việt Nam and Cuba have agreed on orientations and measures to further deepen and comprehensively develop their special friendship and comprehensive cooperation. Both countries will continue to coordinate closely on implementing the results...
Laos, Cuba reaffirm commitment to deepen ties
Xinhua News Agency
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VIENTIANE, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Laos and Cuba on Friday reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening and further developing the traditional friendship and cooperation between the two states and peoples, Lao News Agency reported. Officials from the...
Cuban President Díaz-Canel Acknowledges That Dollarization in Cuba Has Increased ‘Social Inequality’
14ymedio
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July 20, 2025
The solution to reducing this gap is not to rethink the effectiveness of the Ordinance, but to avoid the “concentration of wealth in a few hands,” he said. The president emphasized the importance of exports to attract much-needed foreign currency....
Cuba’s Indigents and Leaders
Havana Times
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July 20, 2025
From the Facebook page La Tijera By Francisco Acevedo HAVANA TIMES – Clearly, the talk of the week in Cuba was the unfortunate remarks—and swift dismissal—of the Minister of Labor and Social Security, Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera. She became the...
China, LAC chart new path of green energy cooperation
Global Times
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The SVP project in Brazil built by the China General Nuclear (CGN) Power Group Photo: Courtesy of CGN Editor's Note: The "Global Times Overseas China Week and Global South Dialogue: Seminar on Relations between China and Latin America and the...
Susanna Elliffe Is Winner Of The 2025 NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize!
Scoop
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Friday, 25 July 2025, 7:14 pm Press Release: NZSA The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) congratulates Susanna Elliffe on winning the 2025 NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize with her manuscript Relic Party. The...
Cuba Receives Rice from Colombia, Where There is Overproduction
14ymedio
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July 19, 2025
Producers will sell 1,404 tons and the Colombian government will subsidize export. The crisis in rice production in Cuba has forced the Government to take measures such as leasing land for the first time to a foreign company / 14ymedio 14ymedio,...
BRICS+ Series: Cuban Tourism Set Back as United Airlines Ends Direct Flights, Brazil steps in
IOL
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Cuba’s tourism sector, already contending with external pressures and regulatory complexities, faces a new challenge as United Airlines prepares to suspend its only direct flight between Houston and Havana. This development threatens to weaken a...
New lithium mining project in Catamarca approved by RIGI
Buenos Aires Herald
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July 24, 2025
Argentina’s Large Investment Incentive Regime (RIGI, by its Spanish initials) committee approved a new lithium mining project in Catamarca. The project, spearheaded by Australian firm Galan Lithium, will entail a US$217 million investment. The...
World Steel Association: June Steel Production Down by 5.8%
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 23, 2025
World crude steel production for the 70 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 151.4 million tonnes (Mt) in June 2025, a 5.8% decrease compared to June 2024. Crude steel production by region Africa produced 1.7 Mt in...
Surge for greener pastures amid travel restrictions
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 4, 2025
Countries are raising the bar in their minimum requirements for travels, including visa fees and other processes, apparently to discourage large numbers. Some are tightening their immigration policies for safety and economic reasons. Even...
Connor DeSha Joins America Ferrera’s Take Fountain As Vice President Of Development and Production
Deadline
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July 24, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Connor DeSha has joined America Ferrera‘s production company Take Fountain as Vice President of Development and Production. A film and TV executive with over a decade of experience in creative development and production, DeSha was most...
A Former Cuban Official Close to Raúl Castro’s Grandson Has Been Arrested in the US
14ymedio
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July 23, 2025
Owner of a successful business in Las Vegas, Jorge Javier Rodríguez Cabrera is in deportation proceedings. Rodríguez shared luxuries with “El Cangrejo” [center] that would be unthinkable for ordinary Cubans / Martí Noticias14ymedio, Havana, 22...
Speaker of House of Representatives meets with Cuban Ambassador
The Malta Independent
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Speaker of the House of Representatives Anglu Farrugia held a bilateral meeting today with Mirta Aurora Granda Averhoff, non-resident Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the Republic of Malta. The meeting focused on advancing cooperation between...
'Please, something to eat': Cubans forced to beg in economic crisis
The Bryan Times - Ohio
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July 24, 2025
William Abel peers inside a plastic bag he dug out of a trash can in Havana while scrounging for his next meal. It contains rice, vegetables, a meatless chicken bone and flies competing for the spoils. The 62-year-old has been sleeping on the...
Cuban Minister ousted after accusing beggars of faking poverty
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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By David C. Adams New York Times Cuba’s communist government has long prided itself on its ability to meet the basic needs of the island’s population, despite persistent evidence to the contrary. The contrast between the official government line...
Cuba on the brink of energy collapse: days of 2,000 MW deficit
[your]NEWS
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July 18, 2025
Cuba has been on the brink of energy collapse in recent days, with deficits exceeding 2,000 MW this week. The most critical day was Tuesday, July 15, when the impact reached a record 2,020 MW, with blackouts across the country. In addition to the...
Tyran Stokes explains what he’s looking for in a school: “I don’t like ducking smoke.”
On3
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August 4, 2025
All eyes are on Tyran Stokes, the nation’s No. 1 overall prospect and Kentucky‘s top target for 2026. He’s taken official visits to UK, Louisville and Kansas with additional trips to Oregon, Gonzaga and USC also on the books. From there, it’ll be...
Cuba: Understand, learn from each other in poems
Global Times
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The Minister of Culture of the Republic of Cuba Alpidio Alonso Grau (5th from left), shares his poems with about 100 delegates at the "Encuentro Poetico Cuba-China," a Cuban-Chinese poetry appreciation event at the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba...
Cuban Culture, The Enduring Spirit Of Havana, And A Tariffs Shrug-Off
Forbes
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The bar at the Havana Club Museum, Havana, Cuba. Kevin Rozario Havana has a colorful history; from its heyday as the playground of rich Americans and Europeans until the last mid-century, to a sanctioned state that the Trump administration...