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3 days ago · Havana Weather for November 8-13. November 7, 2024. Over the last 24 hours, there have been numerous rains, showers, and thunderstorms in Havana due to the influence of Hurricane Rafael.
New Requirements for Travelers to Cuba as of Jan. 23
By El Toque. HAVANA TIMES – The Cuban government will require, as of January 23, 2023, a digital customs declaration for travelers entering the country. The declaration is part of a more extensive digital form (which also contains immigration and health information) that will be mandatory for visitors, both Cubans and foreigners.st.
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4 days ago · Havana Weather for November 8-13. November 7, 2024. Over the last 24 hours, there have been numerous rains, showers, and thunderstorms in Havana due to the influence of Hurricane Rafael.
How to Watch Cuban State TV Outside of Cuba - Havana Times
Mar 25, 2022 · The Cuban television website (www.tvcubana.icrt.cu) offers the option to watch these and other channels, including: educational and educational 2, Multivision, Key Channel, Havana Channel,and Cubavisión Plus (in HD). In fact, however, only live Cubavisión Internacional is available. For the rest, only the channel’s banner -or the same ...
What You Need to Know as Cuba Reopens to Tourists
Nov 14, 2021 · HAVANA TIMES – On October 20, 2021, Cuba’s Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) announced that the country was moving towards a “controlled and tiered [opening] of its borders, scheduled for November 15th.”. Amidst an economic crisis considered to be the worst one in the past thirty years and with almost 100% of the potential vaccinated ...
Active Hurricane Season Highlights Cuba’s Vulnerabilities
May 27, 2024 · The hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30 in the North Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea. A very active season is forecast for 2024, with the possible formation of 20 named tropical cyclones, 11 of which could become hurricanes. According to the Meteorology Institute (Insmet), based in Havana, there is a 90% probability of ...
Garifuna Dance: Flavor, Culture and History - Havana Times
Oct 4, 2017 · The Garifuna have lived along the coast of Honduras, Belize and Nicaragua for two centuries. / Flickr CC / Jonathan Palombo. The dance we learned in this workshop was “ La Punta ” [roughly: “the tip”], which is usually danced as a manifestation of grief when an adult dies. The dance consists of moving the body and slowly edging forward ...
What the Government Doesn’t Say about Poverty in Cuba
Oct 21, 2023 · Although the government continues to deny poverty as a social problem in Cuban society today, the OCDH study shows that Cubans’ concern about the food crisis (70%) is increasing. It is followed by salaries (50%), inflation (34%), and public healthcare (22%) as the population’s major concerns. Notably, 86% of those surveyed criticize the ...
Hurricanes and Climate Change in Cuba and the Caribbean
May 30, 2020 · HAVANA TIMES – The 2020 hurricane season has only just about kicked off and we’ve already had our first tropical storm in the Northern Atlantic. The rest of the season is expected to be very active, with greater activity than normal. During the 2019 season, 18 named-hurricanes were recorded, which was above the historic average of 12.1.