America Cuba Garbage on the streets of several cities has become part of the urban landscape as the sanitation services are unable to regularly collect due to a lack of machinery, inputs, fuel, human resources; only 10% of collected garbage is recycled
America Cuba As Cuban Telecommunications Company announced a rise in rates, plans and mobile packages to prices unaffordable for most Cubans, the pro-government University Student Federation openly rejected the new rates, stating they limit the right to education
America Cuba Along Havana’s central highway, 114th Street market offers a imported groceries: Washington apples and grapes, garlic from California, Turkish produce; shoppers; almost nobody living off a local salary can afford them, but nobody grows them either
America Cuba Santa Clara, a 17th-century convent in the heart of Old Havana home to the first cloistered nuns in Cuba, has been restored and opened as a hub for preserving the city’s soul, training young craftsmen and artisans in heritage conservation techniques
America Cuba Starting 1 April all Cuban citizens must have a valid passport to enter the island; the measure will be implemented as the extension that allowed entry into the country with expired passports, introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, comes to an end
America Cuba Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko stressed that Russia is helping Cuba to resolve energy issues and Cuba is gaining popularity thank to direct flights, and called for assistance for a speedy launch of Russia’s investment project in Cuba
America Cuba Action is underway to reorganise non-state-run transport services, said Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, hoping that the private sector would 'continue to support passenger transport, but without imposing abusive prices'
America Cuba The NGO Amnesty International accused the Cuban government of 'irregularities' and 'lack of transparency' in the process of releasing 553 prisoners, announced following the agreement between Washington and Havana
America Cuba Non-essential educational and work activities have been suspended for two days in order to save electricity; the measure was announced by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security in consequence of the current energy situation
America Cuba A supermarket accepting dollars has opened in Havana; it is the first grocery store taking US currency in two decades
America Cuba The Cuban government announced the gradual release of 553 prisoners in response to a direct appeal by Pope Francis in a decision tied to the Catholic Church's Jubilee Year 2025
America Cuba Cuba will be removed from the list of countries that support terrorism; the announcement came from the US administration of President Joe Biden and in the agreement, brokered by the Catholic Church, Cuba would release 553 political prisoners
America Cuba The small company MOROPO SURL, from Camagüey, is working on modernising the passenger information system at Ignacio Agramonte International Airport