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Cuba, Casa de América, Madrid, cine independiente

“Cuba: Visions of a Fragmented Island”: Independent Cuban Cinema in Madrid

MADRID, Spain.- On September 18, House of America in Madrid will be the setting for the exhibition “Cuba: visions of a fragmented island”, a selection of contemporary independent Cuban short films. This

September 3, 2024

Cuba

13 remain hospitalized after accident in Azua

One day after the fateful shock of a truck into a crowd of people celebrating the start of the employers in the Bastidas community, Las Yayas municipality, in Azua13 of the wounded

September 3, 2024

Dominican Republic

They are suffocated and cannot hide it

HAVANA, Cuba.- The “Chinese Costco” It lasted a few hours after word of its existence spread. The independent press “exposed” it—after a few months operating in the very center of Havana, in

September 3, 2024

Cuba

Video muestra cómo varias personas son tiroteadas en San Francisco de Macorís

Video shows how several people are shot in San Francisco de Macorís

A man opened fire on Monday afternoon against a group of people who were hanging out on a sidewalk in the Santa Ana sector of San Francisco de Macorís. The incident was

September 3, 2024

Dominican Republic

reclusas, Sissi Abascal, Saylí Navarro, Cuba

Sissi Abascal and Sayli Navarro excluded from permits granted to other inmates

MADRID, Spain.- Political prisoners Sissi Abascal and Sayli Navarro, both imprisoned for their participation in the protests of July 11, 2021 (11J), were excluded from the group of five political prisoners who

September 3, 2024

Cuba

Bandex exhibe logros luego de transformación

Bandex shows achievements after transformation

Loan portfolio went from RD$199 million in September 2020 to RD$9,516 million in June 2024 and eliminates RD$520.2 million of accumulated losses The transformation of the Development and Export Bank (Bandex), established

September 3, 2024

Dominican Republic

Panait Istrati, Cuba, comisarios culturales, escritor, castrismo

Panait Istrati, among the authors banned by Castroism

Luis Cino Luis Cino Álvarez (Havana, 1956) worked as an English teacher, in construction and agriculture. He started working in independent journalism in 1998. Between 2002 and spring 2003 he was on

September 3, 2024

Cuba

Asonahores announces its trade fair

The Association of Hotels and Tourism of the Dominican Republic (Asonahores) announced the celebration of the XXXVI Commercial Exhibition, to be held from October 9 to 11 at BlueMall Puntacana. Its president,

September 3, 2024

Dominican Republic

Robiel Yankiel Sol, Omara Durand, Cuba, paralímpicos

Cuban delegation wins its first two gold medals at the Paris Paralympic Games

MADRID, Spain.- The Cuban Paralympic delegation got This Tuesday, September 3, the Paralympic Games in Paris won its first two gold medals thanks to the performances of athletes Robiel Yankiel Sol and

September 3, 2024

Cuba

Abinader encabezará desfile militar en Azua

Priest attributes Azua tragedy to lack of control

Santo Domingo.- The priest of the Las Mercedes church in Pueblo Viejo de Azua attributed the tragedy of last Sunday to the lack of control by the authorities, stating that “in the

September 3, 2024

Dominican Republic

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