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Cuba beats Slovakia in Women's Volleyball World Championship

HAVANA, Cuba, August 26 (ACN) Cuba bid farewell to the 2025 Women's Volleyball World Championship, held in Thailand, with a 3-1 victory over Slovakia, after losing to Belgium and Italy in straight sets. This was the first win for a Cuban team...

Cuba beats Antigua and Barbuda in Pan American Volleyball Cup

HAVANA, Cuba, August 27 (ACN) Cuba beat Antigua and Barbuda in straight sets in the opener of the 2025 Men's Pan American Volleyball Cup, under way in Guanajuato, Mexico. The Cubans led the game in attack (41-15), block (6-2), and serve (11-2), as...

Cuba condemns murder of journalists in Gaza

HAVANA, Cuba, August 26 (ACN) In an official statement, the Circle of War Correspondents of the Union of Cuban Journalists (UPEC) strongly condemns the murder of five journalists on Monday during Israel’s double strike against the Nasser hospital...

How are cases of trafficking and possession of "chemicals" judged in Cuba?

How are cases of trafficking and possession of "chemicals" judged in Cuba?

There are around 45 types of cannabinoids circulating in Cuba and, even if the amount ingested by the individual is lower, it may generate serious consequences. Photo: Taken from Multimed Magazine How should synthetic cannabinoids be classified as...

Far right exploit Cuba's crisis

Far right exploit Cuba's crisis

On the streets of Havana: an elderly Cuban sells his belongings and whatever he can, Havana, 3 June 2025 Yamil Lage · AFP · Getty On 11 July 2021, while Covid social distancing and lockdown measures were still in place throughout Latin America,...

Havana Community Unit School District 126 taxpayers faced $4.2 million in outstanding school debt as of fiscal year 2024

Havana Community Unit School District 126 taxpayers faced $4.2 million in outstanding school debt as of fiscal year 2024

1 Chicago Public School District 299 Cook $9,444,187,549 68.7% 321,668 2 Valley View Community Unit School District 365U Will $265,500,264 59.3% 14,660 3 Oswego Community Unit School District 308 Kendall $251,518,343 66.1% 16,696 4 Springfield...

Havana Art Exposition: “Like a Fine Rooster”

We visit the Mariano Rodríguez Gallery in Villa Panamericana. There is currently an exhibition with roosters as its main theme. (12 photos) The post Havana Art Exposition: “Like a Fine Rooster” appeared first on Havana Times.

Cuba Not To Remain Silent in the Face of Injustice Against Venezuela: ICAP

Cuba Not To Remain Silent in the Face of Injustice Against Venezuela: ICAP

Flags of Venezuela and Cuba. X/ @RMSanctiSpiritu August 27, 2025 Hour: 10:43 am On Tuesday, the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) expressed its solidarity with the Venezuelan government and people in a public statement, which...

Cuba and Mozambique: Five decades of brotherhood

Cuba and Mozambique: Five decades of brotherhood

The legacy of brotherhood between the historical leaders of the Cuban Revolution and Samora Machel remains in their villages. Photo: Liborio Noval For five decades Cuba and Mozambique have forged a friendship based on mutual respect and...

Carlos A. Gimenez discusses Cuba and Venezuela issues across multiple platforms

Carlos A. Gimenez discusses Cuba and Venezuela issues across multiple platforms

U.S. blockade tampers with Cuba’s water sector

HAVANA, Cuba, August 27 (ACN) Cuba’s National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (INRH) issued a report denouncing that the U.S. blockade of Cuba “is a permanent aggression that affects every drop of water that reaches our homes, prevents us from...

Flight Carrying 118 Cubans Deported From the US Lands in Havana

Flight Carrying 118 Cubans Deported From the US Lands in Havana

During the first six months of 2025, more than 600 Cubans were repatriated by air. Road sign for the controversial migrant detention center Alligator Alcatraz in Florida. / 14ymedio 14ymedio, Havana, 31 July 2025 — The seventh deportation flight...

At the Calle Cuba Store in Camagüey, the Dollar Has Free Rein

At the Calle Cuba Store in Camagüey, the Dollar Has Free Rein

“If that store is in dollars, I can’t enter,” complains an elderly Party activist. Customers who lined up this Monday in different parts of the Calle Cuba store in Camagüey are “people with access to hard currency.”/ 14ymedio 14ymedio, Mercedes...

Timbalaye Festival reasserts African influence on Cuba

CAMAGÜEY, Cuba, August 26 (ACN) The 17th International Festival “Timbalaye”, dedicated to exalting the culture of Congo and the African diaspora in the Caribbean as a pillar of Cuban identity, concluded in this city. According to Yoelxy Pillinier,...

Vietnam, Cuba prioritize cooperation in key economic sectors

Vietnam, Cuba prioritize cooperation in key economic sectors

Taking place from August 27 to September 2, the session will review cooperation outcomes in various fields under the minutes of the 41st meeting, while setting out the framework for cooperation in 2025–2026. It will also promote major programs,...

What happened to cooperatives in Cuba? A review after more than a decade of “updating”

What happened to cooperatives in Cuba? A review after more than a decade of “updating”

Do you remember the new Cuban economy with greater cooperative participation that was promised as part of the “updating” that began more than a decade ago? The main documents leading this reform process, the Guidelines and Conceptualization, and...

CMC course offers students, community members rare opportunity to visit Cuba

CMC course offers students, community members rare opportunity to visit Cuba

Students in Colorado Mountain College Professor Bob Gumbrecht’s Current Political Issues class this fall will explore the Cuban revolution in the 21st century and get the chance to visit the hard-to-get-to country located 90 miles from the United...

A & B fall to Cuba in XVIII Pan American Cup opener

A & B fall to Cuba in XVIII Pan American Cup opener

Antigua and Barbuda Senior Men’s Volleyball team made their debut on the Pan-American stage on Tuesday evening, but it would not be the result that many at home hoped for as the men went under in straight sets to Cuba in their Group A encounter in...

Cuba Celebrated the 80th Anniversary of …

Cuba Celebrated the 80th Anniversary of …

Because it is a friendship whose roots are anchored to the heart, this Monday afternoon took place with the presence of First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel...

CMC Invites Community Members to Join an Excursion to Cuba this November

CMC Invites Community Members to Join an Excursion to Cuba this November

Study abroad registration due dates quickly approaching for students, community members Those interested in experiencing real life in one of Latin America’s most fascinating and often restricted destinations awaits, courtesy of a unique Colorado...

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