Hurricane Ike has caused major damage to homes and agriculture in the eastern provinces of Santiago de Cuba, Holguin and Las Tunas, according to local preliminarily reports.
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In the wake of Hurricane Ike, Cuban First Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura is in Holguin, where he called on the people of that province to work with discipline in the area's recovery.
The Eye of Hurricane Ike entered Cuban National Territory Sunday evening, through the locality of Cabo Lucrecia, in eastern Holguin province, according to the latest advisory by the Cuban Weather Institute.
The evacuation of citizens and the preventive measures underway in this province were at the center of concern of Cuban President Raul Castro during a phone conversation today with the president of the Provincial Defense Council Miguel Acebo…
The strong winds of Ike have caused severe damage in the easternmost locality of Baracoa, in Guantanamo province, where tens of thousand citizens have been evacuated.
The Cuban Civil Defense authorities issued a tropical cyclone warning at 3 pm Sunday for the central provinces of Ciego de Avila, Villa Clara, Sancti Spiritus, Cienfuegos and Matanzas and a tropical cyclone watch for the western provinces of Habana…
Cuban President Raul Castro acknowledged the preventive measures underway in eastern Holguin province in the face of Hurricane Ike, expected to hit this territory on Sunday.
The "Five Stars and One Song" concert dedicated to five Cubans unjustly imprisoned in the US, will be broadcast live throughout Latin America by TELESUR.
Cuban President Raul Castro presided over the official welcoming ceremony on Friday for his counterpart from East Timor, Jose Ramos Horta, at Havana's Revolution Palace.
A humanitarian shipment arrived to the Jose Marti International Airport from the Spanish Cooperation for International Development Agency to palliate the damages caused to Cuba by Hurricane Gustav.
The Cuban westernmost Pinar del Rio province has restored 58 percent of its electricity distribution, after been cut off from the National Grid System (SEN) last Saturday by the passage of Hurricane Gustav. The hurricane, the third strongest to hit…
The Cuban westernmost Pinar del Rio
province has restored 58 percent of its electricity distribution, after
been cut off from the National Grid System (SEN) last Saturday by the
passage of Hurricane Gustav.
province has restored 58 percent of its electricity distribution, after
been cut off from the National Grid System (SEN) last Saturday by the
passage of Hurricane Gustav.