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Hurricane Oscar makes landfall in Cuba amid a national electrical blackout.
2024-10-20

Cuba starts releasing political prisoners as part of an historic agreement with the United States announced last month.
2015-01-6

China, Russia, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Algeria are elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council.
2013-11-13

Cuba announces that it will release 2,900 prisoners – including some political prisoners – in the next few days.
2011-12-24

The Roman Catholic Church in Cuba announces that the government will release two more political prisoners to exile in Spain.
2010-12-24

An Aero Caribbean passenger plane crashes in the central Cuban province of Sancti Spíritus, killing all 68 on board.
2010-11-5

Cuba releases 7 political prisoners and sends them into exile in Spain, the first in a wave of 52.
2010-07-12

Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas ends a 134 day hunger strike after the Cuban government is to release 52 political prisoners.
2010-07-8

President of the United States Barack Obama requests that Cuba's leaders release all political prisoners, describing human rights there as "deeply disturbing".
2010-03-25