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November 6th

Cuba shutters private theaters, threatens other businesses

Cuba closed dozens of home-based movie theaters on Saturday and reaffirmed its plans to end the private sale of imported goods as communist authorities pressed for "order, discipline and obedience" in the growing small business sector. Read More

Cuba's Bellamar Caves proposed for World Heritage site

Sections of Cuba's Bellamar Caves are being considered for UNESCO's World Heritage status Read More

November 5th

Cuba Shows Impact of Biotechnology on Cancer Fight at Havana Trade Fair

The Cuban biotechnology’s impact on cancer control and innovative therapeutic product developed by the Molecular Immunology Center (CIM), will be presented at the XXXI International Fair of Havana (FIHAV 2013) Read More

Hamid Ansari meets Fidel Castro as he wraps up Cuba visit

Vice-President Hamid Ansari's meeting with revolutionary hero Fidel Castro was the high point of the first ever bilateral visit by any Indian VVIP to Cuba Read More

Mexico to Waive Most of $487 Million Owed by Cuba

The Mexican government is ready to waive 70 percent of a debt worth nearly $500 million Cuba owes it, Finance Minister Luis Videgaray said on Friday, as Mexico seeks to improve ties with the communist island. Read More

Connect Cuba campaign will send information to the island

Cuban singers Gloria Estefan and Willy Chirino are backing a campaign to deliver “the Internet without the Internet” to the island — USB drives, DVDs, CDs and other memory formats loaded with uncensored information. Read More

Cuba Cracks Down On Private Movie Theaters And Gaming Salons

Cuban authorities are bringing down the curtain at the privately run cinemas and video game salons that have mushroomed on the island recently Read More

November 3rd

Cuba to Begin Daylight Savings Time

The clocks in Cuba get set back an hour early Sunday as the country goes in its daylight savings time mode until next March. Read More

Cuba opens regulatory office in Special Development Zone

Cuba has opened a regulatory office in its first Special Development Zone in the Mariel port to attract domestic and foreign investors. Read More

Cuba gains UN victory over U.S.

The United Nations General Assembly on October 29 approved a Cuban resolution calling upon the United States to end its economic, commercial and financial blockade Read More