CubaNewsRegional At least one dead as downpours flood eastern Cuba by Barbados Today 11/06/2023 written by Barbados Today 1 min read (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 … Continue Reading 11/06/2023 0 comments 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
CubaLocal NewsNews Denny calls on United States to remove embargo against Cuba by Anesta Henry 24/07/2021 by Anesta Henry 24/07/2021 General Secretary of the Caribbean Movement for Peace and Integration David Denny has joined the call for the United States to remove the embargo against Cuba. During a solidarity rally … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
CubaLocal NewsNewsPolitics Barbados issues statement on situation in Cuba by Barbados Today 18/07/2021 by Barbados Today 18/07/2021 Statement by Senator Dr Jerome X Walcott, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade: On Sunday, July 11, 2021, a series of street protests took place in Havana and several … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
