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The US is considering sending “small amounts of fuel” to Cuba

The US Government would be considering sending “small amounts of fuel” to Cuba, despite the current oil fence tax on the island from Washington. This was revealed by sources familiar with the

February 16, 2026

Cuba

Shooting leaves a young woman dead when she was traveling with the urban artist “Masha”

Santo Domingo. – A 22-year-old girl died early this Monday after being injured when unknown persons shot at the vehicle in which she was traveling next to the urban exponent Ashley Mariel

February 16, 2026

Dominican Republic

Amado Dedeu, director musical y percusionista cubano

Amado Dedeu, rumba figure and Latin Grammy winner, dies in Havana

LIMA, Peru – Amado de Jesús Dedeu Hernández, Cuban director, percussionist and vocalist, died last Sunday in Havana at the age of 80, reported the Music Marketing Company and other official media

February 16, 2026

Cuba

They demand the completion of the San José Adentro high school in Santiago

The community educational of San José Insidein the municipality of Baitoa, province of Santiago, demanded this Monday the termination of a high school that is being built in that town, whose work

February 16, 2026

Dominican Republic

Cuban government seeks greater attention to vulnerable people in the midst of the crisis

The Cuban Government seeks to promote care for people who are currently in vulnerable situation and they reside in intricate areas of the country, a number that could skyrocket in the midst

February 16, 2026

Cuba

The largest drug seizure in the Dominican Republic: figures, routes and what’s next in the investigation

El cargamento de presunta cocaína incautado en las costas del municipio de Baní, provincia Peravia, ascendió a 2,049 paquetes, equivalente —según la Dirección Nacional de Control de Drogas— a más de dos

February 16, 2026

Dominican Republic

Cuban regime companies receive million-dollar purchases from the US under federal licenses

LIMA, Peru – Documents from the Miami-Dade County Tax Collector’s Office reveal that several state entities of the Cuban regime appear as recipients of million-dollar exports from the United States, authorized through

February 16, 2026

Cuba

The price of the dollar this Friday, February 13, 2026

Dollar rate today in the Dominican Republic to buy and sell currencies this February 16

The exchange rates of Central Bank for the purchase and sale of the United States Dollar, at the close of February 13, 2026, are RD$61.5239/US$ and RD$61.9735/US$, respectively. These will serve as

February 16, 2026

Dominican Republic

More than 32 thousand pregnant women in Cuba are at risk due to the US oil blockade, according to the Minsap

More than 32 thousand pregnant women in Cuba face “additional risks, threats and limitations” as a result of the oil blockade from the US to the islandaccording to the Ministry of Public

February 16, 2026

Cuba

Maternidad en Santiago reporta caída en nacimientos de haitianas

Maternity in Santiago reports a drop in Haitian births

SANTIAGO.- The general director of the maternity hospital Renée Klang widow Guzmánwhich works in the insurance hospital President Estrella Urenareported that, after implementing new immigration measures, in that health center a considerable

February 16, 2026

Dominican Republic

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