Cuba’s Foreign Ministry keeps systematic contacts with Panamanian authorities in both capital cities about the requirement of transit visas for Cuban citizens and further modifications of that indication.

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The province of Holguín closed 2025 with an infant mortality rate of 6.42 per thousand live births, the fourth lowest in the country and the lowest in eastern Cuba, despite having experienced one of the most difficult years for Cuba and its healthcare system.

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The local railway services of Holguín were restored on this Thursday, after two years of recess due to the spread of the pandemic and the complex economic situation in the country.

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Cuba's Ministry of Finance and Prices (MFP) approved a regulatory update that expands tax benefits for natural persons engaged in economic activities—such as self-employed workers, agricultural producers, and artists—who invest in renewable energy sources. This measure is part of the national strategy to transform the energy matrix.

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diaz canel embajador china 20ene2026The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, received Ambassador Hua Xin. The diplomat reported on the delivery to the island of emergency financial assistance in euros valued at $80 million and a donation of 60,000 tons of rice in emergency mode.

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