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Multivisión's programming includes a mix of telenovelas, series, documentaries (chiefly from National Geographic Channel and DW-TV), music videos and imported children's programs, as well as movies on Sunday nights and American primetime shows in the evenings.
The economy of Cuba is a planned economy dominated by state-run enterprises. In the 1990s, the ruling Communist Party of Cuba encouraged the formation of worker co-operatives and self-employment. In the late 2010s, private property and free-market rights along with foreign direct investment were granted by the 2018 Cuban constitution.
Commercial television arrived in Cuba on October 25, 1950, the first in the Caribbean and second in Latin America. [8] In the 1940s, Cuba's two largest radio stations, CMQ (which had begun testing in 1946) and RHC-Cadena Azul, announced they would soon start broadcasting television. Since building TV stations and broadcast networks from scratch ...
The decision, Cuba observers say, was almost unthinkable just a few years ago, and it exposes how rapidly the country is changing despite the current government’s mantra that it seeks to be a ...
Traveling through clandestine airwaves, Kurt Cobain touched down in Havana, Cuba, in the turbulent early 1990s. A time of dire economic hardship for the island nation after the fall of the Soviet ...
John Kavulich of the U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council told The New York Times, "President Obama is saying, 'I'm going to leave a shell, but it's going to be a proverbial Easter egg - it's ...
After hearing Lionel read Pete Seeger’s “Abiyoyo,” Leona becomes too scared of the giant in the book. Theo makes a mask that looks like Abiyoyo to teach Leona not to be afraid, but it scares her even more. After Cleo and Leona tell their own version of the Abiyoyo story, Leona finally overcomes her fear and puts the mask on, scaring everyone.
In 2020, the economic situation in Cuba worsened. The Cuban economy contracted by 10.9% in 2020, and by 2% in the first six months of 2021. [11] The economic crises emerged from a combination of factors, [46] [47] including reduced financial support (subsidized fuel) from Cuba's ally Venezuela, the United States embargo against Cuba and United States sanctions (tightened by the Trump ...