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‘The Sea Rejuvenates You’: Cuban Seniors Defy Aging By Diving In
By Jordane BERTRAND – Barron’s June 03, 2025 It’s never too late to make a splash, as Orestes Quintana, one of the doyens of the Juventud Acumulada (Forever Young) swimming club in Cuba’s capital Havana discovered. The 87-year-old former revolutionary, who … Continue reading
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Cuba thanks Iran for its support in the face of the US blockade
Havana, June 3 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Díaz-Canel today thanked Iran for its support of Cuba’s struggle to end the U.S. blockade and its exclusion from the list of countries allegedly sponsoring terrorism. Upon receiving the president of Iran’s Islamic … Continue reading
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‘It’s changed us all’: CSULB vocal jazz students reflect on transformative Cuba tour
Published June 2, 2025 California State University, Long Beach — LB News By Richard Chang – Boundless Opportunity Cal State Long Beach’s Pacific Standard Time vocal jazz ensemble recently took the trip of a lifetime, traveling to Cuba during spring break. The … Continue reading
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Revolution resilient: May Day in Havana showed Cubans’ resolve to survive
June 2, 2025 4:13 By Ike Nahem — People’s World Editor’s Note: Though May Day is now more than a month past, People’s World presents these impressions of the mass May 1 march in Havana from Ike Nahem, a Cuba solidarity activist in … Continue reading
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Cuba’s Van Van will play at the Concert of Hope in Bogotá
Bogotá, June 2 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban popular dance music orchestra Los Van Van is today among the groups that will perform in this capital as part of the Concert of Hope, organized by the Colombian Public Media System. The … Continue reading
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Charles Rangel, longtime proponent of U.S.-Cuba normalization, dies
May 30, 2025 — Belly of the Beast Former Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) died this week at 94. A member of Congress for almost half a century representing Harlem, Rangel advocated for the normalization of relations with Cuba for decades. … Continue reading
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Venezuela and Cuba reviewed their health cooperation agenda
Caracas, June 1 (Prensa Latina) The governments of Venezuela and Cuba reviewed their health cooperation agenda in Caracas, official sources reported today. “We had a pleasant meeting with the Cuban Minister of Health, José Ángel Portal Miranda, with whom we … Continue reading
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Cuba to attend 1st Copa America Baseball
HAVANA, Cuba, May 30 (ACN) Cuba will once again compete with the elite of continental baseball during the 1st Copa America Baseball, Juan Reinaldo Perez Pardo, president of the Cuban Baseball Federation, confirmed today to the Cuban News Agency. The … Continue reading
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Students receive full scholarships to study in Cuba
May 31, 2025 — The Gleaner Fourteen Jamaican students have been awarded full scholarships to pursue undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Cuba under the longstanding Cuba-Jamaica Bilateral Scholarship Programme. The students, who will begin their studies in August, will be … Continue reading
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US Congressman condemns Trump’s racist immigration policy
Washington, May 31 (Prensa Latina) U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters said today that President Donald Trump is demonstrating the utmost racism by attempting to expel 500,000 legal immigrants from the country. Waters, the ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, … Continue reading
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