Cuban para-athletes won 18 medals at 6th Parapan American Youth Games in Chile

SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Chile, November 6 (ACN) Cuban para-athletics team won 18 medals (8 gold, 8 silver, and 2 bronze) at the 6th Parapan American Youth Games in Chile, surpassing Cuba's performance at Bogota 2023 (5-2-3). Cuban athletes earned a...

Why hurricanes rarely kill in Cuba

Hours before Hurricane Melissa roared towards Cuba’s second-largest city, Santiago de Cuba, the island’s president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, announced that 735,000 people had been evacuated – one in every 15 Cubans. The storm had already smashed into...

Australian Deputy PM meets Cuban Ambassador

During the meeting at the Australian Federal Parliament, both sides discussed opportunities to strengthen bilateral relations, particularly in areas such as education, health, biotechnology, and the mining sector. Marles took the opportunity to...

Colombian president condemns Trump's climate stance at COP30

BOGOTA, Colombia Colombian President Gustavo Petro used his platform at the COP30 inauguration in Brazil on Thursday to deliver a sharp critique of US President Donald Trump, making Trump's denial of climate change the focus of his address. Petro...

Insured losses from Hurricane Melissa impacts in Jamaica and Cuba to hit $2.4bn: KCC

The privately insured loss from Hurricane Melissa damages to residential, commercial, and industrial properties in Jamaica and Cuba is expected to hit $2.4 billion, based on Karen Clark & Company’s (KCC) high-resolution Caribbean Hurricane Model....

“We welcome help as long as it is honest,” said Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel

Guantanamo.- “Cuba is open to and welcomes any kind of help for our people, as long as it is honest and within the framework of respect for regulations and national sovereignty,” stated Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel. On his Twitter account,...

CARIBBEAN-WEATHER-UN launches US$74 million hurricane relief fund for Cuba

Cuba reports operations resume in Holguín

The Cuba Tourist Board reports that tourism operations in Holguín have fully restarted, following a brief pause caused by Hurricane Melissa. The first two commercial flights from Canada arrived on Nov. 5 at “Frank País” International Airport in...

Cuban President Diaz-Canel Visits Hard-Hit Holguin and Santiago Provinces After Hurricane Melissa

Cuban President listens to residents in Melissa-hit areas of Holguín. Photo: Presidency of Cuba. November 6, 2025 Hour: 6:22 am Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel continued touring communities in eastern Cuba that suffered severe damage from...

Venezuela and Cuba seen through a book on Chavez and Fidel

The book was launched by Raul Cazal, Vice Minister of Development and Cultural Economy at the Ministry of Culture, during the 16th Caracas Book Fair, and its edition was in charge of the Supreme Commander Hugo Chavez Frias Higher Education...

The Island’s Biggest Outdoor Musical Extravaganza Returns

The BNP Paribas Jazz Fest takes to the stage at the Royal Golf Club on December 5, with an all-star lineup of international talent. The family-friendly festival, now in its ninth edition, features food trucks, art zones, play areas and interactive...

Venezuela busca oxígeno en Cuba y Nicaragua ante la presión de EE.UU., pero podría necesitar más a otros socios

Por Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN en Español Un enorme avión carguero de una compañía rusa sancionada por Estados Unidos por presunto comercio de armas y transporte de mercenarios estuvo en los últimos días de octubre por América Latina. Recorrió tres...

French solidarity organizations coordinate initiatives in support of Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba, November 6 (ACN) Solidarity associations, political forces, and French groups held meeting at the Cuban Embassy to Paris to coordinate initiatives to support Cuban communities affected by Hurricane Melissa. According to the official...

Diaz-Canel checks damage caused by Melissa in eastern Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba, November 6 (ACN) Miguel Diaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, toured the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, the territory most severely damaged by...

Diaz-Canel visited communities affected by the hurricane Melissa in eastern Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba, November 6 (ACN) The President of the National Defense Council, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, stated in Holguin that while the difficult situation created by Hurricane Melissa has been handled well, "now comes the longest and most...

Working together to defend Cuba

At each site visited, Díaz-Canel spoke with the people and asked the authorities to be very sensitive at this difficult time. Photo: Estudios Revolución Río Cauto, Granma.–"We all have to contribute to the effort that is being made, knowing that...

Blockade without end: the US fails, Cuba pays

FOR the 33rd consecutive year, the UN approved on October 29 by an overwhelming majority a resolution condemning the US blockade against Cuba. This vote comes at a precarious moment, as Cuba is enduring a difficult — indeed, a very difficult —...

US Secretary of State meets freed Cuban dissident in Washington

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a meeting with Cuban political dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer Garcia in Washington, DC on Wednesday, shortly after the activist's release from imprisonment in Cuba. The State Department confirmed the...

Cuba denounces U.S. extrajudicial executions in Caribbean and Pacific waters

Cuba accuses the U.S. of committing extrajudicial executions and violating international law during the attacks ordered by Donald Trump under the narrative of “fighting drug trafficking.” Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez denounced on social...

UN launches US$74 million hurricane relief fund for Cuba

The Unit­ed Na­tions has launched a US$74 mil­lion fund to aid Cu­ba in the wake of de­struc­tion caused by Hur­ri­cane Melis­sa. The UN said that an es­ti­mat­ed 2.2 mil­lion Cubans re­main in dire need of as­sis­tance across the east­ern...