Cuban Baseball Season Games Suspended Due to Hurricane

7 Havana, October 25 (RHC) — The National Baseball Commission announced today the suspension of the Cuban championship games scheduled for October 28, 29, and 30, due to the forecasts surrounding Hurricane Melissa. The scheduled games for those...

Hurricane Melissa threatens catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba

Updated October 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM CDT Hurricane Melissa has intensified into a Category 4 hurricane, and could develop further to become a Category 5 as it approaches Jamaica, according to the National Hurricane Center. The hurricane is likely...

Auction of works of art in Ecuador in solidarity with Cuba

The proceeds from the auction of the works will be used to purchase medical supplies for the Caribbean nation. Auction of works of art in solidarity with Cuba. Photo courtesy of Pilar Bustos October 26, 2025 Hour: 9:07 pm Latin American artists...

Cuban health ministry continues health monitoring due to rise in arbovirus infections

HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 24 (ACN) The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported on its website that epidemiological surveillance and vector control efforts have been intensified last week, in response to an increase in febrile cases associated...

Cuban Civil Defense recommends use of family guides during tropical cyclones

HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 24 (ACN) Cuba's Civil Defense recommended on its social media channels the study and implementation of family guides for protection against tropical cyclones, developed in conjunction with the Institute of Meteorology and the...

Cuban authorities strengthen strategy against illicit drugs in Havana

HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 24 (ACN) The community of La Jata, in the Guanabacoa municipality of Havana, held an awareness-raising event on Thursday night as part of the national campaign "Against Drugs, We Win," with the presence of Party and government...

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel calls for facing extreme situations with unity

6 The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, stated this Friday that experience shows that when facing extreme situations such as a lack of food, medicine,...

Cuba: Voluntary Work, Compulsory Enthusiasm

How the ideal of the New Man turned into an empty rite that Cubans transformed with humor and resistance As they used to say, now with resigned insight, voluntary work “builds character.”/ Victoria 14ymedio, Malaga, José A. Adrián Torres, October...

Zohran Mamdani seen with beaming smile next to communist Cuba’s delegation: ‘No surprise’

Say cheese, Comrade! New York City mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani is seen beaming with members of communist Cuba’s delegation to the United Nations during a trip to Albany last year. Mamdani, a Queens state assemblyman and now the leading...

Cuba among First Signatories of Conventi…

Details Written by PL Published: 25 October 2025 Hits: 49 Cuba became one of the first signatory countries to the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, the opening ceremony of which took place at the National Convention Center in Hanoi....

Cuba’s foreign minister says U.S. blockade affects nephrotic patients

5 Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez has reiterated the Cuban government’s denunciation of the effects of the United States blockade on the island’s public health, particularly for nephrotic patients. According to the foreign minister, “the U.S....

Cuba among first signatories of Convention against Cybercrimes

Havana, October 25. - Cuba became today one of the first countries to sign the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, whose opening ceremony for signature took place at the National Convention Center in Hanoi. The so-called Hanoi...

Hurricane Melissa threatens life-threatening flooding in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba

Updated October 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM EDT Hurricane Melissa has intensified into a Category 4 hurricane, and could develop further to become a Category 5 as it approaches Jamaica, according to the National Hurricane Center. The hurricane is likely...

Cuba Gov. Tells Maduro He Can’t Count on Its Support

neither military nor as a refuge Venezuelan ruler Nicolas Maduro. Photo: Eje Global. By El Toque HAVANA TIMES – Venezuelan ruler Nicolas Maduro recently received bad news when he asked for help from his Cuban partners. Sources close to the...

Cuban Doctor Appears in Court for Alleged Theft of Hospital Medication

A 54-year-old Cuban national, Dr. Yamilet Castaneda, appeared in the Thabazimbi Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, 23 October 2025, facing a charge of theft of medication from the Thabazimbi Hospital. The case has been postponed to Tuesday, 28...

Is Cuba Today Close to the Stone Age?

People wait for the power to return in Havana, September 11, 2025. Photo: Ernesto Mastrascusa (EFE) By Eduardo N. Cordovi Hernandez HAVANA TIMES – Although in the realm of academic rigor the term Stone Age has long been superseded—and thus...

Category 4 Hurricane Melissa slowly moves towards Jamaica, Cuba and the Bahamas

Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a 140 mph Category 4 storm early Sunday morning and continues on its path toward Jamaica, Cuba and the Bahamas. “Tropical storm conditions are likely occurring in Jamaica, with hurricane conditions expected to...

Cuba among first signatories of Convention against Cybercrime

The so-called Hanoi Convention, adopted in December 2025 after five years of intense negotiations, was signed by Cuban Minister of Justice Oscar Silvera. The document consists of nine chapters and 71 articles that define cybercrimes and establish...

Category 4 Hurricane Melissa Threatens Jamaica, Cuba, and the Bahamas

Hurricane Melissa, now a powerful Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph, continues its slow westward movement through the Caribbean, posing a major threat to Jamaica, southeastern Cuba, and the Bahamas. As of 11 a.m. EDT, the...

Powerful Hurricane Melissa Threatens Cuba after Jamaica

Haiti and the Dominican Republic also affected By Circles Robinson HAVANA TIMES – The slow-moving hurricane Melissa has intensified rapidly as it takes aim on the island of Jamaica, before a predicted landing at eastern Cuba. At 11:00 am EDT on...