KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is moving to strengthen co-operation with Cuba on key industries such as agriculture and manufacturing, which can benefit both nations. Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Karl Samuda said the island is seeking to learn from the experience of Cuba, which “has done remarkably well with limited resources” and […]
HAVANA, Cuba – Representatives of Cuba and the U.S. again updated the roadmap to normalization of ties between the two nations, including high-level visits in areas like health and agriculture. They also agreed to new exchanges on hydrography, the environment and the implementation of and compliance with law. At the end of the third meeting […]
HAVANA, Cuba – Bruno Rodriguez, Cuba’s minister of foreign affairs, stressed in a telephone interview with public media in Ecuador that the lifting of the U.S. embargo should be a unilateral act by the United States. The Cuban foreign minister explained that the end of the economic, financial and commercial sanctions applied by Washington against […]
CALGARY, Alberta – While the sun-and-sand landscape of Cuba is mostly unchanged for Canadians, Geoff Freeborn and a group of U15 baseball players from Alberta will soon experience the new, progressive ways of the Caribbean island some 150 km off the Florida coast. Alongside ambassadors Devon White, a former Toronto Blue Jays centre fielder, and […]
HAVANA, Cuba – U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to restore ties with Cuba may have given him a revered spot in the heart of many Cubans. Crowds lined the roads here to catch a glimpse of the presidential motorcade: en route to a baseball game between U.S. and Cuban teams, thousands spilled into the streets […]
HAVANA, Cuba – On March 25, within days of the historic visit by U.S. President Barack Obama, Havana will host a free open-air concert by the iconic British rock band the Rolling Stones at Ciudad Deportiva, the city’s sports complex. The show, billed as the Stones’ Concert for Amity, will make Sir Mick Jagger, Keith […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. President Barack Obama plans a historic visit to Cuba next month, the first U.S. presidential trip to the country in nearly 90 years. It’s a dramatic symbol of the thaw in hostilities between the former Cold War foes. Obama, in his final year in office, will meet with Cuban President Raul […]
HAVANA, Cuba – Cuba announced Sunday night that it is launching broadband Internet service in two Havana neighbourhoods as a pilot project aimed at bringing home access to one of the world’s least connected nations. State telecommunications company ETECSA said it would allow Cubans in Old Havana, the colonial centre that is one of the […]
HAVANA, Cuba – The third edition of the Havana World Music Festival will be held in the Cuban capital from March 24 to 27 and will feature artists from around the world. The list of attendees includes popular American group Earth, Wind and Fire, which will present its show EW & F Experience, by […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – An inactive Hellfire missile sent to Europe for training use was shipped back to Cuba by mistake where it has remained since 2014. The Hellfire is an air-to-surface missile (ASM) first developed to be fired from helicopters for anti-tank use but later models were developed for precision strikes by the U.S. or […]
