Cuba

The maritime transport crisis and its impact on the Cuban economy

The maritime transport crisis and its impact on the Cuban economy

Soon after the world was forced into confinement by the spread of COVID-19 in 2020, the effects became noticeable in international trade as border closure restrictions affected maritime transport, which moves about 80% of the goods consumed on the planet, according to estimates by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.»

A Family Code that brings light, hope and recognition

The Family Code: A project of love and justice in Cuba

In order to properly understand the new Family Code, Reina Arias, a resident of the province of Sancti Spiritus, hardly puts down the document whenever her work allows some reading time. She has had to check terms, ask questions and compare ideas at home, but today she refers to it as an all-encompassing text of vital importance in today’s Cuba»

A code with all and for all

The Family Code: A project of love and justice in Cuba

Cuba began on Tuesday a process of popular consultation of the draft Family Code, an exercise of participatory democracy scheduled to run until April 30 throughout the country in which people will be able to participate, give opinions and contribute to the final provisions of the Act»

U.S. blockade extends its effects to MEPs

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Members of the European Parliament denounced the impact of the U.S. blockade against Cuba, and its extraterritorial scope, after a delegation of the Left Group of that body faced obstacles to travel to the island»

New Academic Department Honors Cuban Independence Fighters of Color

The Martyrs of 1912 Honorific Department was set up at Santiago’s Antonio Maceo Studies Center having in mind that this eastern city was the epicenter of an armed protest by the Independent Party of People of Color on May 20, 1912 and which was cruelly crashed by the Spanish rulers»