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Internet access becomes a reality for some Cubans, with 118 government-supervised “navigation halls” now open and charging $4.50 an hour to go online.
Cuba Online. As Cubans continued to jigger access to Internet content, Havana's intransience to connectivity became untenable. In 2015, as then-U.S. President Obama spearheaded a policy of ...
Starting in July 2024, travelers can request the new electronic tourist visa through Cuba’s official government portal. The ...
When Cuba in early August announced it was taking a major step towards electronic banking and a "cashless" society, the offices of fledgling small businesses across the communist-run country were ...
In the month of February, exports to Cuba were $47.6 million, a 75% jump from February last year, according to figures compiled by the U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council. In 2024, U.S. companies ...
Cuba is one of the toughest countries in the world in which to get online. Only about 30 percent of Cubans are considered to be Internet users, placing the country 126th among 202 territories ...
In Cuba, protests against food and medicine shortages amid the coronavirus pandemic have sparked online misinformation about the country's relationship with the United States. "People are either ...
The mandate required by Cuba’s Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) will go into effect on July 1, 2025, and was initially soft-launched back in 2024 to acclimate travelers to the new digital visa ...
Cuba Electrical Grid Back Online but Many Still Without Power. More. Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People walk on the street during an electrical grid collapse, in Havana, Cuba, December 4, 2024.
Cuba’s energy grid has collapsed, leaving millions without power, the latest in a series of failures on an island struggling from creaking infrastructure, natural disasters and economic turmoil.
In 2021, I came across the article “Inside Cuba’s Bitcoin Revolution” by Human Rights Foundation chief strategy officer Alex Gladstein, in which he explains how and why Cubans were utilizing ...