More than 1.4 million students at all educational levels are returning to classrooms in Cuba in a context marked by the tightened economic blockade imposed by the United States.
Cuban authorities on Monday welcomed members of the non-governmental organization (NGO) Open Arms, who set sail on the sailboat “Astral” from Cancún on August 29, on their second solidarity mission to the Caribbean nation.
Cuban Minister of Education Naima Ariatne Trujillo has announced that more than 1.4 million students will begin the 2026-2027 school year on Tuesday, September 1st, despite the complex national situation exacerbated by the blockade.
Cuba's tourism sector is facing its worst crisis in decades, marked by the mass departure of major international hotel chains that operated on the island, amidst an intensifying U.S. offensive against the country.
The United States government renewed the “Trading with the Enemy Act” for another year, a 1917 instrument that has been used for more than six decades to legalize the economic, commercial, and financial blockade against Cuba.