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Cuba has the truth and the ability to demolish the lies of imperialism
6 Cuba doesn’t have to lie to defend itself; the United States cannot defend its policy without lying, Johana Tablada of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) affirmed this Friday in Mexico City, as she lashed out at the economic blockade and...

Cuban Fighters May Become Russia’s Top Foreign Force
screenshot NewsmaxTV By Jim Thomas From Newsmax Russia is increasingly turning abroad to sustain its war in Ukraine, with thousands of Cuban recruits reportedly joining its ranks as Moscow struggles to replace mounting battlefield losses....

Cuba in Crisis: Are There Still Happy Children Here?
Three children from Matanzas play marbles during a blackout. Photo: Raul Navarro / Girón newspaper By Amado Viera HAVANA TIMES – On the night of October 2 to 3, dozens of people blocked a stretch of Monte Street in Havana to protest the power...

Cuban Culture Day Opens in Holguin
The Cuban Culture Day opened this Friday at the Alex Urquiola Provincial Library in the city of Holguin. The celebration kicked off at this location with a cultural gala featuring Holguin talent. Including the companies La Campana, Guiñol,...

Cuba Bets the Farm on Tourism Revival.
Cuba’s tourism minister, Juan Carlos García Granda, insists the island’s tourism industry is “alive and kicking” despite the worst economic crisis since the Cold War. Visitor numbers have collapsed since the highs of nearly five million in 2018,...

The Cuban Academy of Sciences contribute to health in Holguin
The Council of Young Associates of the Cuban Academy of Sciences (ACC), in the Biomedical Sciences Section. Recently welcomed two Holguin residents as new members. Verónica Aleyda Velázquez González, Ph.D., and José Leandro Pérez Guerrero, Ph.D....

Warning about road accident risks in Cuba
Havana, October 11 — The incidence of traffic accidents, many with fatal outcomes, is a matter of concern systematically addressed by the National Road Safety Commission in its meetings with the territories. Colonel Roberto Rodríguez Fernández,...

The Compass of Entrepreneurship in Cuba
Starting a business in today’s Cuba is not just an economic act. It is an act of profound resilience and courage. The path to founding a Micro, Small, or Medium-Sized Enterprise (MSME) or any self-employment initiative (TCP) is fraught with unique...

Havana Slams US Over Charges Cuban Troops Are Fighting in Ukraine
Cuba’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday said US claims that its troops were fighting in Ukraine were unfounded, and released for the first time information on legal proceedings against Cubans for mercenary activity in the war in Eastern Europe....

Díaz-Canel receives Commander-in-Chief of Nicaragua's Military Forces
Havana, October 11 - The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, held a meeting on Thursday afternoon with General Julio César Avilés Castillo, Commander-in-Chief of the...

Cuban president says Nobel Peace Prize award to Machado shameful
HAVANA, October 11. /TASS/. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel called the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado shameful and noted the "unprecedented scale of politicization and bias" of the Nobel Committee. "It is...

World Reuters Havana slams US over charges Cuban troops are fighting in Ukraine
By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) -Cuba's Foreign Ministry on Saturday said U.S. claims that its troops were fighting in Ukraine were unfounded, and released for the first time information on legal proceedings against Cubans for mercenary activity in...

Cuban Official Accuse Private Tricycle Drivers in Cienfuegos of ‘Speculating’
According to the official newspaper ‘5 of Septiembre’, these vehicles transport 80% of the passengers in the province Many circulate without a license to transport people. / 5 de septiembre 14ymedio, Havana, October 10, 2025 –This Friday, the...

Cuba Warns of 'Real and Imminent' Threats to Peace And Urges International Action Against U.S. Escalation in Venezuela
Cuba warned that U.S. military operations in the Caribbean pose "real and imminent dangers" to regional peace and called on the international community to mobilize to prevent what it described as a potential military intervention against...
Cuba Commemorates Start of First War for Independence from Spain
Guantanamo.- Cuba today commemorates the beginning of the wars for independence from Spanish colonialism, marked by the so-called Grito de Yara (Cry of Yara) led by Carlos Manuel de Céspedes on October 10, 1868. On that date, at his eastern...

Cuban academic reflects on the 1868 War
The head of the History Department at the University of Havana, Fabio Fernández, hosted the monthly program “Memories of the War“. At the Dulce María Loynaz Cultural Center this Thursday with the lecture “October 1868: A Retrospective Look.” Just...

Cuba Strengthens Military Alliance With Belarus
Waving flag of Belarus and Cuba. Photo: iStock October 10, 2025 Hour: 1:42 pm On Friday, Cuban General Roberto Legra Sotolongo toured key Belarusian military installations, including arsenals and command posts of the Air Force and Air Defense...

Family of missing Tanzania government critic demands answers
Former Tanzania Ambassador Humprey Polepole, and a government critic who has been missing. [Sourced] The family of a former Tanzanian ambassador-turned-government-critic filed a petition in court on Thursday to demand information on his...

Africa’s last absolute monarch King of eSwatini once banned sex despite having 15 wives
King Mswati III of Eswatini has drawn global attention with his epic touchdown in Abu Dhabi(Image: Dmitry Feoktistov/TASS) Africa's last absolute monarch rolls deep, banning teens from sex and even changing his country’s name, but his lavish ways...

BIS Expands Entity List and Military End-User List Restrictions to Affiliates
Key Takeaways In a significant—but anticipated—change to the U.S. export control regime, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released an interim final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding the Affiliates Rule,...