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Cuba convenes colloquium on popular cultures and the African diaspora
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba, Jul 8 (ACN) The Casa del Caribe and the Cuban Writers and Artists Association (UNEAC by its Spanish acronym) convened the International Colloquium "The Caribbean that Unites Us" and the Forum "The African Caribbean in the...
Cuba looks to turn around result at Little League Baseball Regional Tournament
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 8 (ACN) After a loss in their debut, Cuban national team will face Aruba today in the second round of the Little League Caribbean qualifying tournament, held in Willemstad, Curaçao, on the road to the World Series. Committed to...

Cuban president concludes extensive work agenda in Brazil
Díaz-Canel highlighted the inequality in access to medical services and technologies, and the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures. Photo taken from ACN Rio de Janeiro, July 7 (RHC)-- The First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba...

Cuban president calls for transformation of the international order at BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, July 7 (RHC)-- Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Republic of Cuba, urged the countries participating in the BRICS Summit on Monday to join together in the active construction of a new international order based on...

Cuba Debuts in Little League Baseball Regional Tournament
U-12 Baseball Havana, Jul 7 (RHC) - The Cuban national team debuts today against Pariba in the beginning of the Caribbean Little League baseball qualifying tournament, which will grant a berth for the World Series in Pennsylvania. Eight teams made...
Cuban deputy PM highlights importance of 1rst National Meeting of Food Producers
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 7 (ACN) The significance of the 1rst National Meeting of Food Producers, held on weekend at the Rancho Boyeros Fair in Havana, was highlighted by Jorge Luis Tapia Fonseca, Cuban deputy prime minister. Touring the exhibition...

Cuban weightlifters to Attend Continental Tournament in Cali
Ludia Montero Havana, July 7 (RHC) - The Cali 2025 Pan American Senior Weightlifting Championship will be inaugurated next Sunday at the Miguel Calero Coliseum in Cali, Colombia, and will be attended by six Cubans. The women's team will be made up...
Cuban President Blasts Trump for ‘New Act of Imperial Arrogancy’
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Sunday blasted the U.S. for imposing a “new act of imperial arrogance contrary to international law” after President Donald Trump signed a memorandum imposing a hard-line U.S. policy toward the country,...

Cuban President Rants Against Trump & 'Unjust' Sanctions on His Communist Regime at BRICS Summit
Cuba’s figurehead “president” Miguel Díaz-Canel on Sunday delivered an impassioned screed against America President Donald Trump’s recent measures against the communist regime during the annual summit of the anti-U.S. BRICS coalition in Rio de...

OFAC fines U.S. company over $600,000 for shipping to Cuba
Key Holding, LLC, a Delaware-based privately held global logistics company, must pay a $608,825 fine after reaching an agreement with the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for potential civil liability for...

Cuban Television Dedicates a Program to the Corruption From Below, Ignoring the Major Cases at the Top / 14yMedio
Everything about the embezzlement in the distribution of basic food products, nothing about the dismissal of Minister Gil or the finances of Gaesa. The program invites citizens to report what is happening in their immediate environment /...

Cuba Reads From Right to Left: Cubans Rush To Consume Manga
Álex Jiménez, a 21-year-old, has been running a thriving business that he has decided to call Mangatiny Jimenez hand-covers the books to deliver them to a wave of followers of this type of literature in Havana. / EFE / Screen Capture EFE (via...

Cuba and the MST strengthen ties at the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro
The meeting was part of the activities promoted by the Cuban Embassy in Brazil and was attended by leaders of various grassroots movements. Photo: MST / Priscila Ramos. The Cuban president and Brazilian social leader João Pedro Stedile embraced...

Travellers to the US set to pay 'double' in major new change
Travellers heading to the US will face a doubling of a key fee in a lesser-known aspect of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. While no specific date for the increase has been confirmed, the bill approved by Congress will become law once signed by...

Cuban president says BRICS is symbol of hope for chaos-free world
HAVANA, July 7. /TASS/. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who is taking part in the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, has described the group as a beacon of hope that multilateralism will win out in the world and save it from chaos. "I would like...

President Kennedy’s Costa Rica visit in 1963
In March 1963, United States President John F. Kennedy visited San José as part of the Alliance for Progress. He was greeted by euphoric crowds in the streets of Costa Rica’s capital city, waved from an open-top car, and met with Latin American...

President Díaz-Canel receives warm greeting from his Brazilian counterpart, Lula da Silva
A firm handshake reaffirms the brotherhood of both leaders and peoples. Photo taken from @PresidenciaCuba Havana, July 6 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, host of the XVII BRICS Summit, warmly greeted his Cuban counterpart,...
Cuba's heart beats in Marica
Rio de Janeiro, July 6 (RHC)-- After arriving early Sunday morning in Rio de Janeiro to attend the Seventeenth BRICS Summit, President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez held a meeting with the Governor of the municipality of Marica, Washington Quaquá, a...

Cuban U-12 Baseball Team Travels to Curaçao
Baseball U-12 Havana, July 6 (RHC) - The Havana team La Lisa will leave today for Curaçao, as Cuba's representative in the Caribbean Little League Baseball elimination tournament (under 12 years old), which will be held from Monday until next...
President Lula greets his Cuban counterpart Diaz-Canel at 17th BRICS Summit
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 7 (ACN) Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, host of the 17th BRICS Summit, effusively greeted his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Diaz-Canel, in Rio de Janeiro with a hug and handshake that spoke volumes. On the opening day...