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Cuba launches new App for Animal Welfare

Decree-Law No. 31 on Animal Welfare was issued on April 2021 and regulates the principles, duties, rules and purposes regarding the care, health and use of animals, to guarantee their welfare.

A new computer application developed in Cuba in favor of animal welfare is now available at the national and international platform store APKLIS under the name of BACuba.»

Cuban authorities ratify zero-tolerance against drug trafficking

Cuba maintains zero tolerance on drug trafficking

The Cuban state's fight against international drug trafficking led to the seizure of 4,162.23 kilograms of narcotics in 2021, said Colonel Héctor González Hernández, deputy chief of the Anti-Drug Confrontation Division of the Technical Directorate of Investigations (DTI).»

German film reveals injustice at Guantanamo naval base

Through the lens of German filmmaker Andreas Dresen, the Berlin International Film Festival, known as Berlinale, screened Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush, a docu-drama about about the experiences of prisoner Murat Kurnaz, imprisoned at the US base from 2002 to 2006, as one of the injustices committed at the Guantanamo naval base, a Cuban territory illegally occupied by the United States.»

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.»

Europe prepares media marathon against blockade of Cuba

The coordinators of the Europe for Cuba channel, José Antonio Toledo and Patricia Pérez, today offered details on the preparations for the media marathon convened on April 2 and 3 to denounce and condemn the U.S. blockade against the island.»

Cuban Zapateo dates back to the far-off 1550s

El zapateo. Víctor Patricio Landaluze. Colección: Arte en la colonia

There are more than 70 musical genres in Cuba, which is why many call it the Island of Music. In the first place we must mention Salsa, Son or Danzón, although Cha-cha-chá, Mambo or the noisy Timba also stand out, without leaving aside others born centuries ago, such as the Zapateo. Zapateo is a Cuban stomping dance of Spanish origin »