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
In a widely-expected move at the 8th Congress of the Communist Party, Raúl Castro officially resigns as First Secretary, the most powerful position in Cuba. Incumbent President Miguel Díaz-Canel is expected to succeed him. 2021-04-16
Cuba reports their first case of a variant from South Africa in an asymptomatic person who travelled from the country. 2021-01-22
Colombia's migration authority detains and expels an alleged spy working for Cuba's Intelligence Directorate. 2019-03-16
A bus crash in eastern Cuba leaves at least seven people dead, including four foreigners, and 33 others injured. 2019-01-11
The Cuban Parliament approves moving the country's municipal elections to March, and the presidential election to April, when President Raúl Castro is expected to step down. 2017-12-21
Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power approves a law banning commemorative statues of late President Fidel Castro, and the naming of public places after him, in accordance with the wishes of Castro, who died last month. 2016-12-27
China, Russia, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Algeria are elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council. 2013-11-13
The President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez returns home after three weeks in Cuba for cancer surgery. 2012-03-15
An Aero Caribbean passenger plane crashes in the central Cuban province of Sancti Spíritus, killing all 68 on board. 2010-11-5