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    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 not reach its goal of $2 billion to $2.5 billion annually.

    As Venezuela struggles, Cuba loses a lifeline

    10 Oct 2019

    In Cuba after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the end of its generous subsidies, fuel was so scarce that many people stopped driving and the government imported thousands of Chinese bicycles.

    Virus-hit Brazil lets Cuban doctors resume work

    19 May 2020

    The doctors, who had opted to stay in Brazil after the Cuban government pulled the plug on the program that sent them, received new medical licenses from the Brazilian health ministry under a program to round up reinforcements for the overstretched health system.

    Cuba fashion show is small step for private enterprise

    24 Nov 2019

    Thousands of young Cubans packed a Havana arena to witness a small step forward in the tumultuous relationship between one of the world’s last communist states and its small but vibrant private sector.

    Oxen and horses put back to work in Cuba

    12 Dec 2019

    A lack of fuel, in large part due to the US blockade, is forcing Cubans to return to horse and ox power for farming, transport and everyday travel.

    UAE sends medical aid to Cuba in fight against COVID-19

    04 Jun 2020

    The aid will assist approximately 8,000 medical professionals as they work to contain the virus.

    Artists, athletes cling to their dreams on Havana's rooftops amid the coronavirus lockdown

    03 May 2020

    Access to a rooftop and a breeze is a coveted luxury in the Cuban capital, areas of which have been in lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic for several weeks.

    With pristine reefs at stake, Cuba bets on coral nurseries

    11 Jun 2020

    Luminous yellow and blue fish dart through the fragments of coral hanging from rows of pipes anchored to the seabed in Guanahacabibes, in western Cuba, while scientists in diving gear annotate their observations.

    Cuba praises UAE for medical aid, support in fighting coronavirus

    07 Jun 2020

    The UAE recently dispatched an aid plane carrying eight metric tonnes of medical supplies to support Cuba in curbing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

    WHO hails Sheikh Mohamed's support in tackling COVID-19 pandemic

    07 Jun 2020

    Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed his sincere thanks and gratitude to Sheikh Mohamed and to the government of the UAE, for the support provided for the Organisation that is represented in 500,000 COVID-19 testing kits worth $10m.

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