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Another electrical failure leaves passengers on metro line 1 stranded

A section of the Line 1 of the Santo Domingo Metro presents issues on Wednesday night, which has forced hundreds of people to travel on foot along Hermanas Mirabal Avenue and the

November 20, 2025

Dominican Republic

Cuba Siglo 21 blames Díaz-Canel for “the worst financial crisis” in the history of Cuba

The NGO emphasizes that the Cuban ruler “has submitted himself like a puppet to the interests of GAESA.” MIAMI, United States. – A new dossier from the Cuba Siglo 21 thought laboratory,

November 19, 2025

Cuba

FDD recognized as a microfinance institution in the 2025 Index of 60 Decibels

The Dominican Development Foundation (FDD) reached a outstanding place in the 2025 Microfinance Index prepared by 60 Decibelsjoining the group of the most relevant institutions in the world for its direct impact

November 19, 2025

Dominican Republic

Santiago de Cuba without radio or television signals since Monday, HD turned off “indefinitely”

Since Monday, the province of Santiago de Cuba remains without radio and television broadcasts due to the lack of electricity supply at the Boniato transmitter center and the damage to the equipment

November 19, 2025

Cuba

El paquete de "narcochocolate" que iba dirigido a La Habana

Chocolate with cocaine heading to Havana: Ecuadorian Police thwarts drug shipment to the Island

The National Police of Ecuador estimated that, in Cuba, the package would be valued at around 52,800 US dollars. MIAMI, United States. – The National Police of the Ecuador thwarted the shipment

November 19, 2025

Cuba

Juez Daniel Nolasco alerta sobre retrasos y excesos del Ministerio Público en procesos penales

Judge Daniel Nolasco warns about delays and excesses of the Public Ministry in criminal proceedings

SANTO DOMINGO.- Judge Daniel Nolasco, of the Third Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal of the National District, stated that the four-year period established by the Criminal Procedure Code for complex

November 19, 2025

Dominican Republic

Pinero Chronicles: Córdova, the geologist

On our tour of the Isle of Youth we created a map of places and people. Stories that are linked to my family and that of many people who passed through there.

November 19, 2025

Cuba

Las Parras Prison will be handed over this Saturday to the Directorate of Prisons

Santo Domingo. – He Ministry of Housing and Buildings (Mived) will deliver this Saturday the first phase of the complex Las Parras Correctional and Rehabilitation Center to the General Directorate of Correctional

November 19, 2025

Dominican Republic

Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Pedro Kourí", en La Habana

Cuba: Some 19 minors with chikungunya are in “critical” condition

Francisco Durán García admitted that the official figures of people sick with arboviruses in Cuba “do not always correspond to reality.” MIAMI, United States. – Cuba is going through a “complex” epidemiological

November 19, 2025

Cuba

They close the farm where a student died on a school trip

The authorities closed this wednesday tax authorities where died drowned a 11 year old girl who participated in a school excursion in the province Santiagoafter determining that the place did not comply

November 19, 2025

Dominican Republic

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