MOSCOW, June 7- Russia has signed a deal with Cuba to modernize its railways worth almost $1 billion dollars, Interfax news agency reported citing Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov as saying to Russia's state TV Rossiya 24..
Norwegian Cruise Line said on Friday the Trump administration's sudden ban on cruises to Cuba would hit its 2019 profit.
June 7- Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd said on Friday the Trump administration's sudden ban on cruises to Cuba would hit its 2019 profit. Cruise operators are scrambling to adjust their itineraries after the United States said it would no longer permit visits to the Caribbean island via passenger and recreational vessels, including cruise ships and...
June 7- Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd said on Friday the Trump administration's ban on cruises to Cuba would hit its full year earnings. The new restrictions on U.S. travel to the Caribbean island are aimed at pressuring the country's Communist government to reform and stop supporting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Norwegian said, among other...
June 5- Carnival Corp said on Wednesday it will no longer sail to Cuba following the Trump administration's ban on cruises to the Caribbean island. The new restrictions on U.S. travel to Cuba are aimed at pressuring the country's Communist government to reform and stop supporting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Royal Caribbean Cruises said on Tuesday...
HAVANA, June 4- The Trump administration banned cruises to Cuba under new restrictions on U.S. travel to the Caribbean island imposed on Tuesday to pressure its Communist government to reform and stop supporting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The State Department said the United States will no longer permit visits to Cuba via passenger and...
HAVANA, June 4- The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed heavy new restrictions on U.S. travel to Cuba, including a ban on cruises, in a further bid to pressure the island's Communist government to reform and end its support for Venezuela's embattled President Nicolas Maduro. The State Department said the United States will no longer permit visits to Cuba via...
HAVANA, June 4- The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed heavy new restrictions on U.S. travel to Cuba, including a ban on cruises, in a further bid to pressure the island's Communist government to reform and end its support for Venezuela's embattled President Nicolas Maduro. The State Department said the United States will no longer permit visits to Cuba via...
HAVANA, June 4- The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed heavy new restrictions on travel to Cuba by U.S. citizens, including a ban on cruises, in a bid to further pressure the Communist island over its support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The tightening of the decades-old U.S. embargo on the Caribbean's largest island will further wound its...
Venezuela has drained oil inventories since late January, when Washington imposed sanctions on PDVSA, to offset declining crude output, according to analysts. Russia's Rosneft, which takes PDVSA's barrels as repayment of billions of dollars in loans to Venezuela, was the largest recipient of the OPEC member's oil. Europe took 8% of the total, almost the same as...
HAVANA, June 4- The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed heavy new restrictions on travel to Cuba, saying the move aimed to further pressure the Communist government over its support for Venezuela's embattled President Nicolas Maduro. The Treasury Department said in a statement the United States would no longer allow so-called group people-to-people...
The Trump administration is imposing major new travel restrictions on visits to Cuba by U.S. citizens, including a ban on many forms of educational and recreational travel.
PENCE SAYS HE ASKED TRUDEAU TO DO MORE TO ADDRESS CUBA'S ACTIONS IN VENEZUELA.
Vice President Mike Pence spoke to reporters in Ottawa:. VP PENCE SAYS HE IS HOPEFUL THAT TRUMP AND CHINA'S XI WILL MAKE PROGRESS ON TRADE AT G20, BUT CHINA MUST AGREE TO MAKE REFORMS. *CANADA'S TRUDEAU, ASKED ABOUT PENCE'S COMMENTS ON CUBA'S INFLUENCE IN VENEZUELA, SAYS CUBA CAN POTENTIALLY PLAY A ROLE IN VENEZUELAN STABILITY.
CARACAS, May 27- Two major shipping lines this month have raised their rates for transporting goods from the United States to Venezuela, according to three industry sources and two documents, as U.S. sanctions limit transit between the two nations. Washington on May 15 banned direct flights between the United States and Venezuela, citing safety concerns, as part...
WASHINGTON, May 23- The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday unveiled a draft $750 billion defense policy bill that would authorize more Lockheed Martin F-35 jets for the United States and effectively end Turkey's partnership in the program if Ankara pursues a plan to buy a Russian missile defense system. In the coming weeks the U.S. House of...
CARACAS, May 22- The United States should help Venezuela keep control over U.S. refiner Citgo by preventing its seizure by creditors seeking to collect on unpaid Venezuelan debts, opposition leader Juan Guaido said in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday. Venezuela's opposition is pushing to remove President Nicolas Maduro amid a catastrophic economic...
OTTAWA, May 15- Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said she will visit Cuba on Thursday to discuss the political crisis in Venezuela and the United States' decision to allow lawsuits for property confiscated after the 1959 revolution. "I also look forward to discussing how we can work together to defend Canadians conducting legitimate trade and...
Major League Baseball hired a Trump-allied lobbying firm "for guidance on finding a solution that ends the human trafficking of Cuban baseball players," according to a league spokesman.
A Venezuelan general called on the country's armed forces on Sunday to rise up against President Nicolas Maduro, who has relied on the backing of the military to hold on to power despite an economic collapse.
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