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Artist sketches under the sea among fish and coral reefs

Rodrigo Gutierrez, Reuters
Posted at Jun 19 06:26 AM

PUNTA PERDIZ, Cuba - Some artists like to go on a countryside retreat to foster their creative process. Read more »

Softball: PH Blu Boys struggle vs Cuba to open world championship

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 06:55 PM

The Filipinos lost to Cuba 11-2 in the 2019 World Baseball and Softball Confederation men’s softball world championship in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday night. Read more »

Cuba Gooding Jr. charged with groping woman in Manhattan bar

Reuters
Posted at Jun 14 07:15 AM

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. was charged on Thursday with groping a woman at a Manhattan bar last weekend, New York City police said. Read more »

Ostrich, rodent on the menu as Cuba seeks food miracle

Sarah Marsh, Reuters
Posted at Apr 12 06:50 AM

HAVANA - From breeding miniature cows to importing water buffalo, Cuban leaders have long gotten creative in their effort to remedy food shortages. Now, they are proposing ostrich and rodent farms as an answer, prompting ridicule from a weary population. Read more »

We picked the drink that will go best with your Havana cigar. Thank us later.

Iñigo S. Roces
Posted at Mar 27 08:41 AM

You might chance upon a pair that will last forever. All readily available at Solaire's Macallan bar. Read more »

Cuban cigars hit record sales thanks to increasing Chinese demand

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 19 06:55 AM

Boosted by growing demand from China, sales of Cuban cigars reached a record $537 million in 2018, a seven percent increase over the previous year despite global laws against tobacco, the partially state-owned Habanos said Monday. Read more »

Rare tornado ravages Havana, at least three killed

Marc Frank and Sarah Marsh, Reuters
Posted at Jan 29 09:56 AM

HAVANA - A rare tornado ripped through several working-class districts of eastern Havana late on Sunday, leaving at least three dead and scores injured as it tore off roofs, flipped vehicles and reduced some of the buildings in its path to rubble.   Read more »

Pope Francis and the circus

Tony Gentile, Reuters
Posted at Jan 03 01:24 PM

Pope Francis plays with a ball as members of Circus of Cuba perform during the Wednesday general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on Wednesday.  Read more »

Cuba celebrates 60 years of revolution amid challenges and change

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 02 07:55 AM

Cuba, long a source of inspiration for leftist Latin American governments, celebrated the 60th anniversary of its revolution on Tuesday facing increasing isolation in a region dominated by a resurgent right.  Read more »

Historic deal will allow Cuban talent to sign with MLB

Jim SLATER, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 20 12:23 PM

Cuba's impressive baseball talent will no longer have to risk defection and human trafficking to play for American clubs under a deal announced Wednesday that culminated more than three years of negotiations. Read more »

Cuba finally rolls out mobile 3G, though too costly for most

Carlos Batista, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 07 06:41 AM

HAVANA - Cuba became one of the last countries in the world to get 3G mobile internet services on Thursday, though most citizens on the communist-run island won't be able to afford it. Read more »

Bitter taste for Cuba as it imports sugar for the first time

Katell Abiven, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 24 04:38 PM

The long-time world leader in sugar production is importing the stuff for the first time, and in large amounts, from France after another bad harvest. Read more »

In Cuba, condom use stretches far beyond sex

Reuters
Updated as of Sep 06 04:49 PM

HAVANA - Cubans use them to fish, ferment wine, fix punctures or tie up hair; latex condoms have become the ultimate multipurpose tool on the Communist-run island where shortages of basic goods have forced locals to become masters of invention. Read more »

Frozen in time, Havana looks to put a modern stamp on its 500-year history

Moises Avila, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 02 03:32 PM

Despite the visual signs of deterioration, Havana is spiritually alive. Read more »

Communist-run Cuba to recognize private property in new constitution

Reuters
Posted at Jul 15 10:58 AM

Communist-run Cuba will officially recognize private property, something it has long rejected as a vestige of capitalism, under a new constitution that also creates the position of prime minister alongside the president, state media reported on Saturday.  Read more »

More US staffers evacuated from China over mystery illness

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 07 12:11 PM

WASHINGTON - The US State Department has evacuated more staff from China over fears they may have been hit by a mysterious illness that has struck other colleagues in the Asian country and Cuba. Read more »

Cuba to amend constitution to extend economic reforms

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 29 06:55 AM

Cuba will seek to amend its constitution to further open up the economy but without modifying the 'irrevocable character of socialism,' authorities there said Monday.   Read more »

Cuba retrieves second black box from deadly plane crash

Reuters
Posted at May 25 09:28 AM

HAVANA - Cuban search teams have retrieved the flight data recorder from the passenger plane that crashed last Friday, killing all but two of the 113 people on board, Cuban state-run television announced on Thursday in the evening news broadcast.   Read more »

Cuba plane crash: What we know

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 20 11:53 AM

This is what we know about the Boeing passenger plane crash that happened in Cuba on Friday, as the aircraft was taking off from Havana to a city on the east of the island nation: Read more »

Cuba confirms 110 killed in country's deadliest plane crash since 1989

Nelson Acosta and Sarah Marsh, Reuters
Posted at May 20 08:30 AM

Cuban authorities said the fiery crash of an aging Boeing passenger jet on Friday shortly after takeoff from Havana had killed 110 of the 113 on board, making it the Caribbean island's deadliest air disaster in nearly 30 years. Read more »