CubaLocal NewsNewsRegional Barbados will expand assistance to Cuba, PM says by Shamar Blunt 20/10/2024 written by Shamar Blunt 1 min read The Government of Barbados will be expanding the level of assistance and co-operation it currently gives to Cuba, Prime Minister Mia Mottley has announced. At the Barbados Labour Party (BLPโs) … Continue Reading 20/10/2024 0 comments FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
CubaEconomyRegional Most of Cuba hit by power outages: minister by Barbados Today 17/03/2024 by Barbados Today 17/03/2024 Large swathes of Cuba including the capital have been hit by power outages, authorities said, as the country grapples with a dire economic crisis. โAlmost the whole country has been … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
CubaNewsRegional At least one dead as downpours flood eastern Cuba by Barbados Today 11/06/2023 by Barbados Today 11/06/2023 (Tasnim News Agency) โ A 60-year-old man drowned in the municipality of Jiguani, Granma region in Cuba after the Bayamo river overflowed its banks. Cuban Government TV showed images of … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
CubaNewsRegional US confirms China has had a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019 by Barbados Today 11/06/2023 by Barbados Today 11/06/2023 (AP) โ China has been operating a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019, part of a global effort by Beijing to upgrade its intelligence-gathering capabilities, according to a … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
CubaElectionNewsRegional Abstention key issue as Cubans vote in parliamentary elections by Barbados Today 26/03/2023 by Barbados Today 26/03/2023 (AFP) โ Cubans headed to the polls on Sunday for parliamentary elections in which the results are a foregone conclusion but with the abstention rate the real issue in play. … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
CubaNewsRegional Mexico welcomes Cuban president amid hard times by Barbados Today 11/02/2023 by Barbados Today 11/02/2023 SOURCE: The Associated Press — Cuban President Miguel Dรญaz-Canel acknowledged Saturday that the island faces โtremendously difficult challenges,โ as he arrived for a visit in Mexico. The Cuban leader blamed … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
CubaNewsRegional Cubans search for holiday food amid deepening crisis by Barbados Today 24/12/2022 by Barbados Today 24/12/2022 SOURCE: AP — As Belkis Fajardo, 69, walks through the dense streets of downtown Havana with a small bag of lettuce and onions in hand, she wonders how she’ll feed … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
CubaNewsRegional Cuba holds unusual vote on law allowing same-sex marriage by Barbados Today 25/09/2022 by Barbados Today 25/09/2022 SOURCE: AP — Cuba held a rare referendum Sunday on an unusually contentious law — a government-backed “family law” code that would allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt, as … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
CubaLocal NewsNews Mottley expresses solidarity with gov’t and people of Cuba by Barbados Today 07/05/2022 by Barbados Today 07/05/2022 Prime Minister Mia Mottley has expressed solidarity with the Government and people of Cuba, and offered any assistance Barbados can render, following a horrific explosion in downtown Havana on Friday. … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
CubaNewsRegional Cuba slaps new tax on food sales as economic woes hit hard by Barbados Today 06/02/2022 by Barbados Today 06/02/2022 SOURCE: AFP โ Cuba on Saturday announced a new 10 per cent tax on retail food sales, as the country endures economic woes marked by rampant inflation. The levy taking … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
