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Cuba Increases Rice Cultivation by 200,000 Hectares
Cuba, on its path toward food sovereignty, will expand its rice-growing areas with the planting of 200,000 hectares of the crop next year. The agricultural sources in the archipelago reported today. The president of the Agricultural Group of the...
Cuba recognizes FAO's support to the country
HAVANA, Cuba, October 14 (ACN) Speaking via videoconference this Monday to the World Food Forum on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel...

Cuba warns of threats to peace at Non-Aligned Summit in Uganda
4 Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez rejected at the 19th Mid-Term Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), the use of pretexts to threaten regional and international peace and stability. At the X meeting, the island’s...
Cuba Backs Venezuela against US Threats
Havana, Oct 15 (ACN) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez denounced the danger posed by a US military aggression against Venezuela and reiterated Cuba's unwavering support of the sister South American nation. On his X account, the Minister...

As in Cuba’s Special Period, Authorities Hope the “Popular Rice” Will Reduce Imports
The Agricultural Group has set out to sow 200,000 hectares (494,212 acres), half of which are under the responsibility of “large enterprises and specialized centers” Half of the projected figure -100,000 hectares- will be managed by “large...
Cuba and Belarus reassert scope of interparty ties
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 14 (ACN) Cuba’s willingness to keep strengthening ties with Belarus marked the welcome given in this city to Olga Chemodanova, president of the Belaya Rus Party, by Roberto Morales Ojeda, Secretary of Organization of the Central...
Cuba’s CDRs decry interventionist exclusion from the Summit of the Americas
HAVANA, Cuba, October 14 (ACN) The National Secretariat of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) expressed its strongest opposition to the unjust and exclusionary decision to ban Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua from the upcoming...
Cuba hosts 6th Colloquium on Latino Studies in the United States
HAVANA, Cuba, October 14 (ACN) The 6th International Colloquium on Latino Studies in the United States opened its doors in this city under the theme "Latinidad and Human Geographies: (In)visible Borders and Their Spaces of Power." In his welcoming...

Key West woman facing new charges after arrest in Cuba travel scam: Sheriff
A Key West woman arrested earlier this year for allegedly posing as a travel agent and booking trips to Cuba that never happened while pocketing the money is facing new charges, authorities said. Traci Leann Culiver-Sanchez, 60, is facing new...
Cuba celebrates Che Guevara on World Standards Day
MATANZAS, Cuba, Oct 14 (ACN) On World Standards Day, observed every year on October 14, the Regional Standards Office (OTN) of the province of Matanzas paid tribute to the legendary guerrilla Ernesto (Che) Guevara as a pioneer of quality,...
Việt Nam and Cuba strengthen cooperation in heart disease and stroke prevention research

Cuba confirms departure of Jose Daniel Ferrer to Miami
Cuba’s Foreign Ministry confirms José Daniel Ferrer’s departure to the US following a formal Washington request and his consent. The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Monday that Cuban citizen Jose Daniel Ferrer García, accompanied by...

Cuba Hosts International Meeting Of Left-Wing Theoretical Publications
International Meeting of Left-Wing Publications. X/ cubadebatecu October 15, 2025 Hour: 2:37 pm From Oct. 15 to 17, the University of the Cuban Communist Party will host the 3rd International Meeting of Theoretical Publications of Left-Wing...

Cuba and Venezuela strengthen support for Mexico in the face of floods
Cuba sends health professionals and Venezuela offers its Simón Bolívar Humanitarian Task Force to support Mexico, where the rains left 64 dead, 65 missing and more than 100,000 homes affected Cuban doctors and Venezuela’s Simón Bolívar...

Price Controls in Havana Don’t Work Says Official Press
Prices on view in a private store in the neighborhood of San Agustín, in the municipality of La Lisa. / Cubadebate The Communist Party website Cubadebate proposes “basic measures” that “in the long run” regulate prices “naturally”. By Juan Diego...
Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar Debuts GLP-1 Menu
With the skyrocketing use of GLP-1 drugs in the U.S., a Philadelphia-based restaurant brand has become the first to debut a GLP-1 menu to cater to the special needs of their guests who are currently on these medications for obesity, diabetes or...

Havana rejects US claims over Cuban fighters in Russia's ranks in Ukraine
Cuba's Foreign Ministry has denied allegations from Washington regarding Cuban military participation in Ukraine, as diplomatic tensions ratchet up over recruitment schemes that have allegedly sent thousands of nationals to fight alongside Russian...

Russia, Cuba Discussed Options for Restoring Cuba's Energy Potential
https://sputnikglobe.com/20251017/russia-cuba-discussed-options-for-restoring-cubas-energy-potential-1122977719.html Russia, Cuba Discussed Options for Restoring Cuba's Energy Potential Russia, Cuba Discussed Options for Restoring Cuba's Energy...

Four Street Children Survive in the Basement of Havana’s Largest Dollar Supermarket
The problem “has spread to several places, where children ask for money, even late at night,” admits deputy Carlos Miguel Pérez Reyes When asked if they sleep there, two say yes, that they do it “under the stairs.” / 14ymedio 14ymedio, Havana,...

The Control of Prices in Havana Is “A Dead Letter,” Recognizes the Official Press
Cubadebate proposes “basic measures” that “in the long run” regulate prices “naturally” Prices on view in a private store in the neighborhood of San Agustín, in the municipality of La Lisa. / Cubadebate 14ymedio, Havana, Juan Diego Rodríguez,...