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Blackouts throughout the country will mark the darkest day of the year in Cuba

The UNE predicts this Thursday a deficit close to 1,900 MW and blackouts that will leave up to 60% of the country without electricity. MADRID, Spain.- The Cuban electrical system is going

January 16, 2026

Cuba

85% of loans to MSMEs led by women are up to date

The Association of Multiple Banks of the Dominican Republic (ABA) highlighted the credit performance favorable performance exhibited by micro, small and medium-sized businesses led by women, recording that 85% of their financing

January 16, 2026

Dominican Republic

Cuba’s First Line in Yarini

Primera Línea de Cuba takes over the Havana night with an exclusive concert at Yarini Habana this Friday, January 16, at 9:00 pm Rhythm, energy and Cuban flavor to start the weekend

January 16, 2026

Cuba

A Cuban citizen requested for extradition by the US is detained in Honduras.

In Miami-Dade, there is a criminal file opened in the name of the same individual for a charge of cocaine trafficking. MIAMI, United States. – The Honduran Police arrested this Wednesday in

January 16, 2026

Cuba

La búsqueda de Brianna Genao continúa sin descanso en Puerto Plata, tras 16 días

The search for Brianna Genao continues without rest in Puerto Plata, after 16 days

Santo Domingo.-The National Police reported this Thursday that it maintains active and uninterrupted search efforts for the girl Brianna Genao Rosarioreported missing in the municipality of Imbert, Puerto Plata, constantly expanding the

January 16, 2026

Dominican Republic

Venezuela defies Trump and assures to maintain oil exports “normally”

The US completes its first sale of Venezuelan oil for 500 million dollars

The Government of The US completed a first sale of Venezuelan oil, valued at $500 millionaccording to a government official cited by cnn. More crude oil sales are expected in the coming

January 16, 2026

Cuba

SNS and SeNaSa agree to create a technical table to optimize hospital services and coverage

Santo Domingo.- The head of the National Health Service (SNS), Julio Landrón and Edward Guzmán, director of the National Health Insurance (SeNaSa), held a planning meeting this Thursday with the aim of

January 16, 2026

Dominican Republic

Mike Hammer (izquierda) y Dariel Fernández, en Miami este jueves

Dariel Fernández and Mike Hammer meet in Miami to “support the Cuban people”

The Miami-Dade tax collector presented the meeting as part of a political line of rejection of any ties with actors who “support, defend or benefit from tyranny.” MIAMI, United States. — Dariel

January 16, 2026

Cuba

Haitians jump from a moving immigration truck

Circulating on social networks a video in which the moment is observed two Haitian citizens They jump from a truck belonging to the General Directorate of Migration. The audiovisual, lasting 19 seconds,

January 16, 2026

Dominican Republic

Why are the reforms not advancing? We Cubans will have to fix it, no one else

The Trump government’s aggression against Venezuela and the kidnapping of its president have made the possibility that the North American Administration decides to carry out similar and even larger actions in our

January 16, 2026

Cuba

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