Cuba President meets Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has received visiting Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev in Havana, the two officials …
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Russian football team defeats Cuba in friendly match
The Russian national football team defeated their opponents from Cuba 8-0 in a friendly home match on Monday night at a stadium in Volgograd. Hosts Russia chalked up 3 goals in the first half of the match with Ivan Oblyakov scoring a …
Cuba becomes Russian tourists favorite location
The Russians set a new record for tourist flow to Cuba. According to the tourist flow, Russian tourists became the fourth after Canadians, Cuban immigrants and US residents, ATOR writes.
Iran and Cuba unite in number of areas
The presidents of Iran and Cuba have signed the agreements on cooperation in various fields. The documents concern cooperation in the political, legal and technological fields.
Iran's president to visit three Latin American countries
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela next week, Iran's state news agency announced, adding that the upcoming …
Russian FM Sergey Lavrov arrives in Havana
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived on a working visit in Cuba on Wednesday. While in Havana, Sergey Lavrov will meet with …
Cuba begins accepting Mir payment system cards
Several banks in the Cuban capital city of Havana started accepting Mir payment system cards. ATMs now display the logo of the Russian payment …
Turkish and Cuban presidents meet in Ankara for talks
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed his Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez with an official ceremony at the presidential complex in the capital Ankara on Wednesday. The leaders will hold one-on-one talks, to be …
Russia's Mir cards to start working in Cuba in 2022
Cuba will begin accepting Russia's Mir payment cards by the end of the year, Minister of Tourism Juan Carlos Garcia Granda said. "Russian customers will be able to use their Mir cards in Cuba, we will implement this by the end …
Russian foreign ministry in contact with Cuba on fire at oil storage facility
Russia’s foreign ministry is in contact with the Cuban side to coordinate efforts to put out fire at an oil storage facility in the Matanzas province, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday. …
China displaces US from Latin America
While the West has largely ignored Latin America, or tried to force the region to bend to its will, China has been offering regional actors huge perks with none of the conditions
Maduro is sending message to US from Turkey
Did Biden's snub to Venezuela prompt a last-minute trip to Turkey?
Resorts from the Maldives to Cuba suffer without Russian tourists
Still hurting from pandemic lockdowns, vacation spots were counting on the big-spending visitors until the Ukraine operation stalled travel
Cuba says Iran to start producing its COVID-19 vaccine
Iran will next week become the first country outside of Cuba to start producing one of the Communist-run island’s homegrown COVID-19 vaccines on an industrial scale, Cuban state-run media said on Wednesday. The allies are under …
Cuba: why protesters took to the streets
This week Cuba declared a state of emergency in the country amid massive protests calling for free elections and more decisive action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Pandemic devastated tourism industry and cut state’s ability to finance food imports, leading to higher prices
Miami's mayor says U.S. should consider air strikes against Cuba
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez suggested that the United States should explore the option of air strikes against Cuba. "What should be contemplated right now is a coalition of potential military action in Cuba," Suarez, a …
Over 150 Russian tourists with COVID-19 stuck in Cuba
More than 150 Russian tourists who tested positive for COVID-19 upon their arrival in Cuba are now waiting for new coronavirus test results, Consul General of the Russian Federation in Cuba Nana Mgeladze said "We are talking …
Raul Castro steps down from top Cuban Communist party post
Raul Castro decided to step down as first secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party, TASS reported citing the party’s official Granma newspaper. "The army general said he was satisfied to hand over the leadership to a group …
It’s Biden vs. Trump in the rest of the world, too
For the last 70 years, the United States has sought to shape events in much of the world. We reward countries we favor with aid and other largesse. Those we dislike are isolated, sanctioned, and sometimes made to suffer, Boston Globe writes in the article It’s Biden vs. Trump in the rest of the world, too
Who join Azerbaijani experts on Covid-19 frontline
Specialists from Russia, Turkey, Italy and Cuba arrived in the country
