Etiket: Cuba
Faced with a gigantic fire at an oil depot, Cuba calls for help
Cuba has received offers of assistance from many countries after it appealed for help in dealing with a massive oil depot fire struck by lightning that sparked explosions in which…
Cuba | Oil depot fire kills at least one, injures 121
(Matanzas) Cuba has received offers of assistance from many countries after it appealed for help in dealing with the massive fire at an oil depot struck by lightning that caused…
Faced with a gigantic fire at an oil depot, Cuba calls for help
Cuba on Saturday asked for help “from friendly countries” to deal with the gigantic fire at an oil depot struck by lightning, in which 77 people were injured, three of…
Cuba | Massive oil depot fire leaves 17 missing and 77 injured
(Matanzas) Seventeen people are missing and 77 were injured in a huge fire that broke out in a fuel depot struck by lightning in western Cuba which requested international assistance…
“Cuba sinks in flames in the middle of Lake Geneva while I go down to the bottom of things”
It is at this incipit of next episodeby Hubert Aquin, undoubtedly one of the finest in Quebec literature, that I sometimes think of when I finish reading the day’s news.…
Cuba | A referendum to legalize equal marriage in September
(Havana) The referendum on the new family code, which plans to legalize same-sex marriage and surrogacy, will take place on September 25, the Cuban parliament announced on Friday, which hopes…
Cuba | The Canadian hotel group Blue Diamond takes over the management of an island
(Havana) The Cuban authorities have ceded the tourist activity of one of its islands in the south of the country, Cayo Largo del Sur, to the Canadian hotel group Blue…
Cuba | A boat with more than 200 Haitian migrants runs aground on the coast
(Havana) A boat carrying more than 200 Haitians on board, who were trying to reach the United States, ran aground on the Cuban coast in the center-north of the island…
Cuba | More protesters sentenced for July rallies
(Havana) Around 30 Cubans accused of taking part in the protests on the island in July 2021 have been sentenced, bringing to 414 the number of people definitively sanctioned, some…
Summit of the Americas | Mexican president boycotts event after Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua excluded
(Los Angeles) Joe Biden saw it as an opportunity to relaunch dialogue with Latin America on crucial topics such as immigration, but his “Summit of the Americas” opened on Monday…
Sex tourism | Horror in Cuba: a Quebec pedophile sentenced to 15 years in prison
A Cuban girl offered by her destitute mother has been exploited as a “sex toy” for years by a Quebec sex tourist. For his crimes of extreme repugnance, Alain Vandette…
Washington lifts a series of restrictions on Cuba
(Washington) The Biden administration on Monday announced the lifting of a series of restrictions on Cuba, including on immigration procedures, money transfers and air connections, a decision that promises to…
Cuba adopts a new penal code that further cracks down on dissent
(Havana) Cuba adopted on Sunday a new Penal Code aimed at “protecting” the socialist system by punishing demonstrations in particular, ten months after the unprecedented revolts of the summer of…
Cuba: authorities recognize major drug shortages
Cuba’s health authorities on Saturday acknowledged difficulties in the manufacture of medicines on the island, causing major shortages, while customs authorities extended the tax exemption on imports of health products…
Cuba | Death toll from Saratoga Hotel explosion rises to 44
(Havana) The body of a victim was extracted Wednesday from the rubble of the Saratoga hotel in Havana, destroyed Friday by a powerful explosion, bringing the death toll to 44,…
Cuba | Search continues under the rubble of the hotel, the death toll reaches 43
(Havana) The provisional toll of the explosion that blew the Saratoga hotel in Havana passed Tuesday evening to 43 dead, after the discovery of a new body under the rubble,…
In Cuba, research continues under the rubble of the hotel
Four days after the accidental gas explosion that blew up Havana’s iconic Saratoga hotel, killing at least 42 people, Cuban rescue workers continued to search through the rubble on Tuesday.…
Cuba | Search continues under the rubble of the hotel, the death toll reaches 42
(Havana) Four days after the accidental gas explosion that blew up the emblematic Saratoga hotel in Havana, killing at least 42 people, Cuban rescuers continued to search through the rubble…
Hotel explosion in Cuba | Death toll rises to 31
(Havana) The death toll from the accidental explosion that blew up the Saratoga Hotel in Havana rose to 31 on Sunday, the Ministry of Public Health said. Posted at 12:39…
Hotel explosion in Cuba | Death toll rises to 30
(Havana) The death toll from the accidental explosion that blew up the Saratoga Hotel in Havana rose to 30 on Sunday, three more than the day before, the Ministry of…