MIR cards, a payment system that defies the blockade against Cuba
march 30, 2023
Author: Nuria Barbosa León |
Since March 13, Cuban banks have been accepting...
News from Cuba

Selected domestic and international news items relating to events or issues affecting Cuba.
Over 5 million people march on May Day in Cuba, a country of 11 million
Evan Branan reporting from HavanaMay 2, 2022
Led by the slogan, “Cuba Works and Lives,” Havana’s 2022 May Day parade was attended by more than 700,000 workers and students...
Resistance, creativity and patriotism: That's what Cubans are made of
"My 91-year-old heart is full of joy," the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, declared as the massive May Day march to Havana’s Plaza de la Revolución...
Cuban children protected by Abdala vaccine and other medications developed and produced here
Author: Pedro Jorge Velázquez |
The progress of the mass vaccination campaign in the context of COVID-19 in the country has taken place simultaneously with the increase of positive, serious and critical cases and...
The European Left Rejects The European Parliament’s Proposed Resolution Against Cuba
In view of the new resolution against Cuba proposed in the European Parliament today, 16 September 2021, the European Left considers that this resolution...
Some 84.3% of Cubans has received one shot of Covid-19 vaccine
Declassified US Report Dismantles 2017 Story of Havana "Sonic Attacks"
A State Department report declassified Thursday dismissed the theory of the causes behind the alleged acoustic attacks reported in 2017 by U.S. diplomats in Havana.
Intensive care in Cuba
Exemplary medical attention, saving the lives of COVID-19 patients
Author: Nuria Barbosa León |
november 25, 2020 15:11:26
Intensive...
The U.S. blockade is the most harmful form of violence against Cuban women
Gladys Leydis Ramos López |
October 2, 2020
Teresa Amarelle Boué, secretary general...
U.S. government escalates campaign against Cuban international medical cooperation
Declaration from Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs denouncing the dishonest campaign the U.S. government has conducted since 2019 to discredit Cuba’s international...
Cuba in favorable range on COVID-19 evolutionary curve, but strict preventative measures remain in place
The country’s national director of epidemiology reported that the number of patients recovered, over the last few days, is greater than...
- Díaz-Canel: In facing Covid-19, everyone depends on every one of us
- Cuba offers its hand to the Caribbean
- US pressures countries to reject Cuban aid during coronavirus pandemic
- Cuba Comes to Italy's Aid by Sending Team of Doctors and Nurses
- Cuba has medicines for thousands of possible cases of COVID-19
- Cuba will accept and assist travelers on British cruise ship MS Braemar