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Cuba: Where Is Rock Bottom?
Havana in the dark. Photo: Juan Suarez By Angry GenXer HAVANA TIMES – They say that when someone loses footing in a pool, lake, or along the seashore, they can let themselves sink to the bottom, push off, and return to the surface—then catch their...

Cuban authorities call new U.S. presidential memorandum aggressive
Havana, July 1 (RHC / Prensa Latina)-- The president of Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power (Parliament), Esteban Lazo, has described the new Presidential Memorandum approved by the United States government against the island as an...

Cuban women's volleyball team denied US visa to compete in Puerto Rico
HAVANA, Cuba -- The Cuban women’s national volleyball team was denied a chance to play in a tournament in Puerto Rico following the new visa restrictions imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. The Cuban Volleyball Federation said last week that...

Cuba congratulates Communist Party of China on its 104th anniversary
“With admiration and respect, we share this celebration, while wishing you greater success in the important task of building socialism,” the president said on the social media platform X. According to a report, the Communist Party of China had...

Cuban President recognizes Alma Plus Tv’s information work
“Congratulations on your first year to the Alma Plus Tv project, for uniting what others divide, for telling what others ignore or silence, for showing in images and sounds what Benedetti had told us in verse: The South also exists. And you are...

Cuba Seeks to Maintain Its Undefeated Record in Women's Pan American Softball Championship
Women's Softball Havana, Jul 1 (RHC) - Today, Cuba's women's softball team will face its Argentinean counterpart with the aim of preserving its undefeated record in the Super Round of the 11th Pan American Championship being held in Monteria,...

Cuban Man Held at Miami's Krome Detention Center Dies in ICE Custody
A Cuban man has died while in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, marking the third death at the troubled facility since the start of the year. He was being held at Miami's Krome Detention Center. Isidro Pérez, a 75-year-old...

Venezuela Condemns Trump’s New Memo Targeting Cuba
The sign reads, “Down with the blockade.” X/ @GabyDeCuba1994 July 1, 2025 Hour: 11:20 am On Tuesday, Venezuela categorically rejected a a new National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, which seeks to...

Expert comments on new measures against Cuban tourism
Trump Signed Memorandum on Ban on U.S. Tourism to Cuba Havana, July 1 (RHC)-- Cuban economist and researcher José Luís Perelló commented on Tuesday, on his Facebook post, on the new U.S. measures that directly affect tourism in this country....

In major escalation, the US will sanction foreign companies supporting Cuba’s military
Despite the economic pain, the Cuban government has been able to circumvent the U.S. embargo and buy supplies from several countries, hold bank accounts overseas and partner with foreign companies in joint ventures. GAESA companies carry out a...

Venezuela: Friends of Cuba decry memorandum that intensifies blockade
The solidarity organization stated in a statement that the decree not only seeks to economically suffocate the Cuban people, but also “aims at destabilizing a social system that has been an example of resistance, dignity, and solidarity for the...

Sri Lanka spreads Cuba’s denunciation against US memorandum
The newspaper highlights the publication of Cuban foreig minister, Bruno Rodriguez, in the social network X, denouncing the new action of the US president to tighten the economic, commercial and financial blockade of Washington with harmful...

Venezuela Secretly Exports Sardines for Cuban Rations
Cans of Venezuelan sardines are delivered to Cubans through modules in warehouses or sold in shops with foreign currency cards. / 14ymedio 14ymedio, Havana, 27 April 2025 — No Cuban who has received the tiny tins of sardines from Venezuela for the...

Exile as a Catalyst, A Cuban Perspective
Cubans on the island, not having full enjoyment of their rights, suffer from a social defenselessness that emigrants from other systems of government do not suffer. Being away from one’s home country offers a panoramic view of national life, past...

WAYNE ROOT: President Trump, There are Legal Grounds to Revoke the Citizenship of Zohran Mamdani. Don’t Just Defeat Mamdani, DEPORT HIM!
By Wayne Allyn Root I’ve had an epiphany. President Trump always aims for the stars. We need to do more than just defeat Zohran Mamdani, the New York City Democrat Mayoral candidate. President Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi and the DOJ need to...

Five Cuban Doctors in Sinaloa Are Facing the Same Health Crisis as the Island
Health workers complain of a lack of staff and medicines, too many patients to care for, and a terrible hygiene situation. A Cuban anesthesiologist, an ophthalmologist, a nephrologist, a pathologist, and a cardiologist arrived at the Los Mochis...

Use of modern technologies at hydrological stations in Cuba
This action is among the tasks of the Mi Costa International Project, in which 24 Cuban territories are involved, and aimed at promoting the activities of the Cuban State Plan for Confronting Climate Change (Task Life). The specialist in...

U.S. President Mocks Migrants Heading to Alligator Alcatraz
Donald Trump (L) at Alligator Alcatraz, Florida, July 1, 2025. X/ @TrumpFrance July 1, 2025 Hour: 12:00 pm On Tuesday, President Donald Trump mocked migrants set to be transferred to a detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” saying they’ll...

‘The disappointment is huge:’ Cuban women’s volleyball team denied US visa to compete in Puerto Rico
HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — The Cuban women’s national volleyball team was denied a chance to play in a tournament in… HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — The Cuban women’s national volleyball team was denied a chance to play in a tournament in Puerto Rico following the...

Netanyahu has been lying about Iran's nuclear programme: Cuba
Tehran: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been lying about Iran’s peaceful nuclear programme, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodrigues said. He said Israel was clearly intending to militarily involve the US government in its offensive...