The first flight carrying "high-threat" deportees from the United States arrives at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. The ten deportees are allegedly part of Tren de Aragua, a transnational organized crime group originating from Venezuela recently designated as a terrorist organization by the United States. 2025-02-5
Widespread flooding and power outages are reported as Idalia makes landfall in Cuba. 2023-08-29
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom adds Cuba, Nicaragua, and the Russian paramilitary organization Wagner Group to its blacklist of countries and organizations violating international religious freedom, signalling possible sanctions by the U.S. government. 2022-12-2
Cuba reports a record 7,745 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 308,599. 2021-07-22
The first cruise ship in more than a half-century bound for Havana from the United States leaves Miami, Florida, at about 4:24 p.m. EDT. Carnival Cruise Line's 704-passenger Adonia was able to set sail for the northern Caribbean country after Cuba, April 22, loosened its policy banning Cuban-born people from traveling to the country by sea. 2016-05-1
U.S. and Cuban officials sign an environmental accord in Havana, the first such agreement since the countries renewed diplomatic relations this summer. 2015-11-18
Panamanian authorities seize North Korean bulk carrier "Chong Chon Gang" after a missile is found on board. The captain of the ship, which was en route from Cuba, attempted to commit suicide. 2013-07-16
The President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez returns home after three weeks in Cuba for cancer surgery. 2012-03-15
Cuba frees Ivan Hernandez, a dissident who refused to go into exile in Spain. 2011-02-19
An Aero Caribbean passenger plane crashes in the central Cuban province of Sancti Spíritus, killing all 68 on board. 2010-11-5