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CubaCuban engineers' dreams take flight with home-grown drones
It is the creation of a group of engineers keen to develop cheap, local alternatives to foreign-made technology on the communist island under US sanctions since 1962
CIA planned to kill Raul Castro in 1960: Declassified documents
The CIA made its first known attempt to assassinate a leader of the Cuban revolution in 1960, offering $10,000 to a pilot flying Raul Castro from Prague to Havana to arrange an "accident," according ...
Climate change shrinks marine life richness near equator
During some summers, as the Caribbean water temperatures climb, the luminous coral colonies of gold, green and blue that ring the island nation of Cuba give way to patches of skeletal white.
Squeezed by sanctions, pandemic, Cuba finally opens up economy
Cuba is undergoing a paradigm shift: after decades of tight, centralised control, the communist government is opening up the bulk of its economy to the private sector
Cuba's artistes make music on rooftops
Cuba's artistes are rising to the occasion during the coronavirus lockdown, taking to rooftops and balconies to create music or dance.
Cuba suspends May Day parade over virus worries
Cuba on Tuesday announced a rare suspension of its May Day parade, a fixture of the country's political calendar since the 1959 Communist revolution, as a precaution against the coronavirus pandemic
Cuba to quarantine tourists, close borders
Cuba will quarantine foreign tourists from Tuesday when it seals its borders to guard against the spread of the new coronavirus, the prime minister said Monday, in a move cutting one of the communist ...
Independent media in the firing line in Cuba
Monica Baro's investigation into cases of lead poisoning in Havana won her a prestigious Latin American journalism award but few friends in the Cuban government, which views independent media outlets ...
First Cuba prime minister in over 40 yrs takes office
Cuba's first prime minister in more than four decades -- long-serving tourism minister Manuel Marrero -- took office Saturday as the country resurrected a post last held by Fidel Castro.The ...
Cuban capital at 500: A city in four portraits
Half a millennium since its founding by Spanish colonists, the Cuban capital Havana has become a byword for Latin American romance and revolutionary nostalgia.On the occasion of the city's 500th ...
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