Cuba news.
Cuba’s Communist Party has decreed nine days of national mourning for Fidel Castro in a directive that will largely suspend day-to-day life on the island nation until December 4 as Cubans commemorate Castro’s life in a series of memorials and vigils. Announced Saturday by the party’s central committee, the broadcast said the 90-year-old former leader … Read more
News of the death of Cuban leader Fidel Castro has inspired reflections and debate about an ironic and controversial revolutionary leader. Shortly after the Cuban government’s announcement of Castro’s Friday death, Cuban exiles in Miami, Florida, took to the streets in celebration. Some were draped in Cuban flags, other danced in the streets, some dazed … Read more
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, born August 13, 1926, has died on November 25, 2016. Castro was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 followed by term as President of Cuba from 1976 to 2008. Castro was the longest serving non-royal leader of the 20th … Read more
In 2015, Cuba became the first country in the world to receive validation from the World Health Organization (WHO) for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis. A recent in-country assessment of Cuba and Thailand showed that the two countries shared five common features that may have contributed to their success in achieving elimination. Here … Read more
By Sylvia Mathews Burwell, HHS Secretary Earlier this year, President Obama laid out the Administration’s vision for a new relationship with Cuba – one built on cooperation and collaboration on the interests we share. Two weeks ago, I visited Havana to further that vision and lay the groundwork for partnership on specific health priorities. At … Read more
“The Cuban government has paid the first installment, and done so early,” France’s ambassador to Cuba, Jean-Marie Bruno, said on late on Wednesday. The $40 million payment was due October 31. The Cuban government announced earlier this year that France will be involved in Cuba’s largest airport renovation. That news surfaced weeks after the announcement … Read more
Every year for the past 25 years Cuba has introduced a resolution at the UN’s General Assembly criticizing the US embargo against Cuba and demanding its end. The U.S. has lost all previous UN votes by an overwhelming margin. Last year’s tally was 188-2 with only Israel siding with the U.S. This year, according to … Read more
Yesterday, Cuba and the U.S. signed a memorandum of understanding for collaboration around cancer. The agreement, signed by Dr. Roberto Morales Ojeda, Cuban Minister of Public Health, and Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of the U.S. Health and Human Services, seeks to combine forces to combat cancer through collaboration. Joint meetings, conferences and workshops will promoting exchange … Read more
Starting today, AT&T customers can talk, text and use data while in Cuba. AT&T follows Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile offering roaming capability in the island nation. “We know our customers want uninterrupted connectivity and a continuous mobile experience. This is especially true as more visitCuba,” said Bill Hague, executive vice president, AT&T Global Connection Management. … Read more
Cuba is the most interesting place in the world to travel today, but don’t let the allure of the forbidden blind you to some realities about the situation on the ground in the island nation. Cuba is different from most travel destinations and is certainly different from the rest of the Caribbean: it is beautifully … Read more
