Chinese Investors Evaluate Ventures in Cuba’s Sugar Industry

(FILE) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel. Photo: EFE. August 29, 2025 Hour: 1:53 am A Chinese state-owned business group is visiting Cuba this week to explore investment and cooperation opportunities aimed at revitalizing the island’s sugar...

Yegor Troyanovsky • Director of Cuba & Alaska

SARAJEVO 2025 Documentary Competition "My film is a portrait of friendship during wartime" by Ana Stanic The Ukrainian director reflects on the challenges of filming in an active war zone and the urgent need to preserve human connection through...

Cuba: Rapper Maykel Osorbo’s Daughter Denied Visit

The political prisoner is serving a 9-year sentence for dissent “The most painful thing was the disappointment of a girl and her father, separated for no reason for over four years.” / Facebook The 10-year-old girl suffered the cancellation of the...

Cuba slams U.S. for military deployment in Caribbean

HAVANA, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Cuba on Thursday denounced the U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean Sea under the pretext of fighting drug trafficking in the region. "This dangerous move represents a serious threat and an aggressive show of force...

With all and for the good of Cuba: Elpidio and the vampires’ mirror

Few portraits of the island’s society compare to the comic strip of Elpidio Valdés and the film Vampiros en La Habana (Vampires in Havana). They bring together a diverse array of Cuban characters, situations, and ways of being; social hierarchies...

US seeks to turn Caribbean into war zone amid Venezuela threats: Cuba

Cuba has strongly denounced Washington's latest military deployment as allegations target Venezuela and Latin America under the pretext of "the fight against narcotics." Cuba has strongly rejected the deployment of the United States' military...

Cuba: US narcotics market fuelling trafficking

News Gregory Mc Burnie 2 Hrs Ago US President Donald Trump, right, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a media briefing after a cabinet meeting on August 26. - The Cuban government has condemned the deployment of United States military forces in...

Cuban Railway History Preserved in Holguin

The Rafael Freyre Railways Base Business Unit in Holguin preserves the history of Cuban and Latin American railways by preserving steam locomotive 1180, from 1882, known as La Mambisita, the oldest in operation. José Luis Pérez Rodríguez, director...

Walfredo de los Reyes Sr., Famed Cuban-Born Percussionist, Dies at 92

Walfredo de los Reyes Sr., the Cuban-born musician who created a bigger beat by blending hand percussion instruments from his native country with the modern drum set, died Thursday in Concord, California, his family announced. He was 92. During...

Cuba: U.S. Military Deployment in Caribbean Is Not About War on Drugs

Venezuelan fishermen reject the U.S. military presence in the Caribbean, Aug. 2025. Photo: @Erosmilla August 28, 2025 Hour: 12:50 pm On Thursday, Cuba issued a statement against the U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean, calling it a serious...

Cuban American Bar Association hosts inaugural convention and judicial luncheon

CABA President Amanda Fernandez; Lynn Carillo, Director of Commercial Legal at FIFA; Alina Hudak, President & CEO of the Miami 2026 World Cup Host Committee; Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava; CABA Board Member Jorge Fors, Jr.; CABA...

Cuban healthcare workers remain in country as govt works new deal with US

By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net CUBAN healthcare workers remain in The Bahamas as the Davis administration negotiates with the United States over its proposal to directly contract the professionals, Health and...

‘Norheimsund’ Centers on the Harsh Reality of Cuban Brides Marrying for Survival

When director and screenwriter Ana Alpízar left Havana in 2017 at the age of 27, she never imagined she’d one day return to her homeland to shoot a film about the very stories that haunted her youth. Now pursuing her MFA at NYU’s Tisch School of...

'Shark Tank' contestant turns down $1.5M offer from Mark Cuban and still walks away with life-changing deal

"Each Pizza Pack comes with five divider trays that not only keep your slices separate during storage," Tate Koenig said. It takes guts to turn down a deal offered by 'Shark Tank' investors, but some contestants stand their ground even in front of...

Việt Nam–Cuba biotechnology network launched

Cuban sandwiches and bananas foster, North Augusta’s newest restaurant opens. You know the chef

Brink’s Tavern opened at Beacon Bluff in North Augusta Aug. 23. It’s the second restaurant in North Augusta owned by Terry and Cimberlie Brinkley, who opened Brinkley’s Chop House at Riverside Village in 2022. But while the Chop House is anchored...

In Cuba There Are Two Grades of State Bread Rolls

That sold on the ration book and that “under the table” The trick is achieved by further reducing the size of the rationed bread roll, cutting out ingredients. / 14ymedio Every morning, Jose Luis discreetly picks up the goods and walks the streets...

Tropicana: Cuba’s Legendary Cabaret Under the Stars

August 28, 2025 Hour: 2:48 pm With over eight decades of dazzling performances, El Tropicana stands as Cuba’s most iconic cabaret and a global symbol of tropical glamour. Known as the “Paradise Under the Stars,” it was inaugurated on New Year’s...

Vietnam – Cuba biotechnology network launched

Hanoi (VNA) – The Green Economics Institute and the Vietnam–Cuba Intergovernmental Committee held a bilateral working session and launched the Vietnam – Cuba biotechnology network in Hanoi on August 28. Speaking at the launch, Duong Thi Bich Diep,...

Police Seize More Than $40,000 Hidden in Intimate Locations of Cuban Passengers with Spanish Passports

The National Police and the National Aeronaval Service seized $43,039.00 in undeclared cash from three Cuban citizens at the Panama Pacific International Airport. During the inspection process, the three travelers were scanned using an X-ray...