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    Cuba attracts $1.7b in foreign investment despite US sanctions

    Cuba attracts $1.7b in foreign investment despite US sanctions

    07 Nov 2019

    Cuba said that the country had attracted $1.7 billion worth of foreign investment over the past year despite a tighter US trade embargo and worsening cash crunch, although it did...

    As Venezuela struggles, Cuba loses a lifeline

    As Venezuela struggles, Cuba loses a lifeline

    10 Oct 2019

    Mimi Whitefield, Tribune News Service In Cuba after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the end of its generous subsidies, fuel was so scarce that many people stopped...

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    This is what Penelope Cruz has to say about Cubans

    01 Sep 2019

    Spanish star Penelope Cruz said on Sunday that Cubans were not free to talk frankly when she was making a new film about the communist island's biggest modern heroes....

    The skateboarders of Cuba are carving their way to official recognition of the sport

    The skateboarders of Cuba are carving their way to official recognition of the sport

    23 Jul 2019

    Rigoberto Diaz Cuban skateboarder Ariel Gomez and many others like him are hoping for a much brighter future for their sport. After years in the shadows, with neither means...

    Cubans seek to revive little-known tango legacy

    Cubans seek to revive little-known tango legacy

    22 Jul 2019

    Cuba may be known now for upbeat salsa, but long before that genre even emerged its Afro beats fed into the melancholic Argentine tango which was widely popular on...

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    Dianelys Alfonso has become the pioneer of the #MeToo movement

    15 Jul 2019

    Dianelys Alfonso has a brassy presence - brightly colored tattoos, spandex bodysuits, Technicolor hair - and a clarion voice that won her the label "Goddess of Cuba" for her...

    ADFD-funded $15 million solar power project launched in Cuba

    ADFD-funded $15 million solar power project launched in Cuba

    05 Jul 2019

    Buiness Bureau, Gulf Today Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the leading national entity for international development aid, together with the Cuban Ministry of Energy and Mines and International Renewable...

    Cuban centenarians, cheered on by family, aim for 120

    Cuban centenarians, cheered on by family, aim for 120

    30 Jun 2019

    Looking into a mirror, Delia Barrios applies blush and lipstick -- she wants to look her best for her 102nd birthday celebration, when she will be surrounded by loved...

    The women boxers of Cuba are packing a hefty punch for equality

    The women boxers of Cuba are packing a hefty punch for equality

    10 Jun 2019

    Rigoberto Diaz   In Cuba, the island of boxing, big-hitting women are punching not so much a glass ceiling as a glass wall: Only men are allowed to compete in...

    US moves to bar American tourists from visiting Cuba

    US moves to bar American tourists from visiting Cuba

    05 Jun 2019

    The Trump administration clamped down on US tourist visits to Cuba on Tuesday, aiming to cut the flow of dollars to a country that Washington accuses of helping prop up...

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