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Cuba Accelerates Solar Expansion with 2,000 MW Plan by 2028
Power Magazine
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September 5, 2025
The Cabaiguán photovoltaic park, with a capacity of 21.87 MW, located in the central province of Sancti Spíritus, began operations after just over two months of installation. This is part of Cuba’s national plan that calls for the construction of...
Caribbean Government Bureaucracy – The Manchurian Candidates
I News Cayman
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September 5, 2025
By Peter Polack Peter Polack Both versions of the classic Hollywood thriller, The Manchurian Candidate, show loyal persons being brainwashed into unconditional support of the real enemy as will happen in big and small ways throughout the...
FIVB Men’s World Championship: USA, Cuba, Portugal, Colombia
Inquirer
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September 6, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — Fan favorite USA is returning to Manila with a goal of getting over the hump in the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship. USA, which played in the Volleyball Nations League Manila leg last year, leads Pool D with Cuba,...
Why doesn’t Google Maps work in one of Asia’s most developed, tourist-friendly countries?
CNN
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September 5, 2025
Follow When Taiwanese traveler Eric Weng goes to South Korea, he resigns himself to toggling between three different map applications to navigate his way around. That’s because Google Maps, ubiquitous in much of the world, doesn’t fully work in...
Cuban Greats Arlen Lopez and Lazaro Alvarez Bring Havana’s Boxing School to Berlin
Boxing News 24/7
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September 4, 2025
Berlin is about to get a taste of Havana’s gym culture. On September 12, the Uber Eats Music Hall will see two of Cuba’s sharpest boxing exports lace up: Arlen Lopez and Lazaro Alvarez. If you know your amateur pedigree, you already understand...
Putting up the costs of business
Wellington Scoop
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by Mike Petrie A year ago, a liquor licence renewal in Wellington cost around $2,300. Today, that same licence costs $5,700. Nearly two and a half times more, in less than twelve months. That’s not just a line item on a balance sheet — it’s a...
State President’s China visit boosts strategic trust, reaffirms Vietnam’s commitment to peace
VietnamPlus
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September 5, 2025
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamese State President Luong Cuong’s attendance at the 80th anniversary of the world people’s victory over fascism and working trip to China from September 2-4 helped strengthen strategic trust between the two countries, and...
Cuba had record number of protests in August, report says
United Press International (UPI)
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People walk along a commercial street in Havana in late July. A record number of protests and complaints were reported in Cuba in August, according to a monthly report from the Cuban Observatory of Conflicts. File Photo by Ernesto Mastrascusa/EPA...
Over 15.1 million USD mobilised in support of Cuban people in a month
VietnamPlus
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September 5, 2025
Hanoi (VNA) – The fundraising programme “65 Years of Vietnam–Cuba Solidarity” has garnered more than 400 billion VND (over 15.1 million USD) with nearly 2 million donations as of the morning of September 5, less than a month since its launch....
Latin America And The Caribbean In The Face Of US Desperation
PopularResistance.org
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September 5, 2025
The general consensus in Latin America and the Caribbean is that organized crime is the main threat to the region’s security. What is usually omitted is the central role of the US government in manipulating the regional structures of organized...
Federal prosecutors say immigration services business 'a sham'. Smuggled thousands of Cubans to US
WLRN - Florida
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September 5, 2025
The ring of alleged smugglers offered Cuban nationals a tantalizing offer: legal U.S. residency by claiming European citizenship. Federal investigators say they raked in $18 million over a four-year period in what was "a sham." The U.S. Justice...
The Cuban Medical Mission in China: More…
Periódico 26
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Yours is undoubtedly a mission that has its peculiarities, its particularities, and also has several important contributions, said First Secretary of the Party Central Committee and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, to seven...
Team Kentucky announces Caza Innovations move to Bowling Green, new podcast for Governor Beshear
WNKY - Kentucky
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September 5, 2025
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – During his Team Kentucky update, Governor Andy Beshear announced a new company coming to Bowling Green as well as a new venture he’ll be taking soon. Caza Innovations will be investing $270,000 to create 15 new jobs by...
Xi Vows To Keep Helping Cuban Regime with Agriculture and Infrastructure in Meeting With Diaz-Canel
Breitbart
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September 4, 2025
Genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping on Thursday vowed to continue supporting Cuba’s communist regime after meeting with the nation’s figurehead “president,” Miguel Díaz-Canel. Díaz-Canel traveled to Beijing this week to attend China’s military...
12 accused of operating ‘sham' immigration business to smuggle migrants into U.S.: DOJ
NBC 6 Miami - Florida
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September 4, 2025
Several Florida residents are among a group of 12 people who have been charged for their roles in an international operation that involved operating a "sham" immigration business to smuggle migrants into the United States, federal officials said...
President Xi calls on China, Cuba to elevate ties to a higher level
CGTN
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Xi Jinping (R), general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, meets with Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Cuban president, in Beijing,...
President Xi calls on China, Cuba to elevate ties to a higher level
CGTN
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Xi Jinping (R), general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, meets with Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Cuban president, in Beijing,...
Cuban president lays wreath at Monument to People's Heroes on Tian'anmen Square in Beijing
Xinhua News Agency
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Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Cuban president, lays a wreath at the Monument to the People's Heroes on Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 4, 2025. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
Cuba and Vietnam value positive results of economic ties
Cuban News Agency
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September 2, 2025
HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 2 (ACN) Cuba and Vietnam positively assessed the results achieved in the current phase of their economic ties, Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel commented on X. This was emphasized today by Cuban head of state about his meeting...
Centenary Stage Company to Kick Off 2025-26 Season with John Lloyd Young
New Jersey Stage
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September 4, 2025
originally published: 09/04/2025 (HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company's 2025-26 Season will kick off with a Curtain Up! concert performance by John Lloyd Young on Saturday, September 20 at 8:00pm. This starts a celebration of their 40th...