Sources: BBC
Spanish foreign minister José Albares calls on the European Council to suspend EU relations with Israel due to Israeli human rights violations in Gaza. He also calls for an arms embargo against Israel and sanctions on individuals obstructing the two-state solution. 2025-06-23
Spain issues an arrest warrant against former Catalonian president Carles Puigdemont. 2017-11-3
Government officials from Cuba and the U.S. met in Havana, beginning settlement discussions surrounding $1.9 billion worth of U.S. assets seized by Fidel Castro’s regime in the early 1960s. By law, the United States embargo against Cuba cannot cease until settlements are made. [https:--www.washingtonpost.com-world-the_americas-in-major-breakthrough-cuba-and-us-discuss-19billion-in-property-claims-2015-12-08-9bc2ced0-9d23-11e5-9ad2-568d814bbf3b_story.html "(Washington Post)"]2015-12-9
Cuba announces that it will release 2,900 prisoners – including some political prisoners – in the next few days. 2011-12-24
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter ends a three-day visit to Cuba, saying that the American trade embargo and travel ban has damaged the people and disrupted progress. 2011-03-30
Cuba frees Ivan Hernandez, a dissident who refused to go into exile in Spain. 2011-02-19
The Roman Catholic Church in Cuba announces that the government will release two more political prisoners to exile in Spain. 2010-12-24
Havana's Roman Catholic Church says Cuba is to release 3 more political prisoners who will be allowed leave for Spain. 2010-10-10
3 more Cuban dissidents released on humanitarian grounds arrive with their families in Madrid, Spain. 2010-08-17
Two more Cuban dissidents arrive in Spain out of the 52 political prisoners due to be released on humanitarian grounds. 2010-07-14