CubaNewsRegional Cubans search for holiday food amid deepening crisis by Barbados Today 24/12/2022 written by Barbados Today 3 min read 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 … Continue Reading 24/12/2022 0 comments 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 — 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
Covid-19CubaNewsRegional Cuba starts clinical trial for children’s COVID vaccine by Barbados Today 20/06/2021 by Barbados Today 20/06/2021 SOURCE: CMC — The head of the Centre for State Control of Medicines , Equipment and Medical Devices (CECMED), says a clinical trial on a COVID-19 vaccination for children is … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Covid-19CubaNewsRegional Cuba registers record 1,077 COVID-19 cases in one day by Barbados Today 04/04/2021 by Barbados Today 04/04/2021 SOURCE: Xinhua — Cuba reported on Friday 1,077 new COVID-19 infections, the highest number in a day, bringing the total to 77,353 cases, along with another four deaths for a … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
CubaNewsRegional Report finds microwave energy likely made US diplomats in Cuba ill by Barbados Today 06/12/2020 by Barbados Today 06/12/2020 A new report by a National Academy of Sciences committee has found that “directed” microwave radiation is the likely cause of illnesses among American diplomats in Cuba and China. The … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Covid-19CubaNewsRegional Cuba shuts some schools after a week of classes by Barbados Today 06/09/2020 by Barbados Today 06/09/2020 A small outbreak of COVID-19 cases has prompted authorities to re-close schools in a central Cuban province only a week after they opened. Ciego de Avila schools director Bárbara RodrÃguez … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
