Havana/Without much dissemination and hardly any public calendar, the long blackouts have returned to Havana. The Cuban capital, which has experienced weeks of energy privilege, while the provinces were plunged into power cuts of more than ten hours a day, has not managed to stay out of a crisis in which the lack of fuel … Read more
The intense rains and winds have caused serious damage in different areas of the Cuban capital. As you have been able to verify 14 intervene In the Calzada de Luyanó, municipality of Diez de Octubre, the gusts brought down several power line poles and the roof of a house. According to the testimonies of residents … Read more
Christmas has brought a gift in advance, for those who can afford it, like everything today, in the frustrated revolutionary utopia. Bueníssimo Soderia Gourmet, the new ice cream-sweet shop that succeeds the old BimBom in the Havana neighborhood of El Vedado, opened its doors this Wednesday, two months after starting its sales with a cart … Read more
Business Company, unit number 037. The severe colorless sign on an old public telephone and the wall painted in two colors, pale and peeling, leave no doubt that this is one of the state stores in Havana. In this case, the one that borders the market on 19 and B, in El Vedado. Inside, however, … Read more
Three years after the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (Icaic) began the restoration of the filmography of the censored Nicolás Guillén Landrián, the Latin American Film Festival this Sunday programmed the documentary titled the filmmaker’s last name, directed by a Ernesto Daranas who gave the surprise by going on stage and presenting the … Read more
By the buildings of Obispo 202 and Cuba 653, in Old Havana, 65 years of Revolution do not seem to have passed. Neat, with smooth walls and new paint, recently rehabilitated thanks to Saudi money, they contrast with the surrounding buildings, always on the brink of collapse. The restoration works were inaugurated last Saturday with … Read more
(EFE).- Havana urged Washington this Tuesday to deport all Cuban citizens who try to enter US territory irregularly with the aim of not stimulating migratory flows. The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Carlos Fernández de Cossío, made these statements at a press conference at the end of a routine bilateral meeting on migration … Read more
Among the new measures dictated by the Havana government on hygiene and communal services, one has caused particular irritation. This is the prohibition of pets or free-range animals on beaches, as well as in cemeteries or garbage dumps, which may lead, depending on the resolution which came into effect on Wednesday of this week, between … Read more
The boat that connects the Old Havana pier with the town of Regla sailed again this Saturday, after several weeks out of service, supposedly for maintenance. Although the authorities had not foreseen the resumption of trips across the bay before August, the little boat returns without much notice of its repair. At the beginning of … Read more
Tragedy Strikes as Building Collapse Claims One Life in Havana Havana, Cuba – In a devastating incident, one man lost his life and another was injured on Friday when a building partially collapsed in the Luyanó neighborhood of the Diez de Octubre municipality. While an official version of the accident is yet to be released, … Read more