Twenty-six-year-old Yaquelin Dominguez-Nieves is sentenced to seven and a half years imprisonment for her part in a people smuggling operation that killed 16 and injured two Cuban undocumented migrants in a shipwreck in South Florida, United States, on November 16, 2024. 2025-04-11
Cuba releases Salvadoran national Raúl Ernesto Cruz León after he completed a 30-year prison sentence for his involvement in the 1997 hotel bombings. 2024-12-30
Widespread flooding and power outages are reported as Idalia makes landfall in Cuba. 2023-08-29
Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Western Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane. Residents of the Tampa Bay area of Florida, United States, are ordered to evacuate. 2022-09-27
The United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution sponsored by Cuba, Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Nicaragua, Oman, Qatar, and Palestine condemning Israeli forces' use of violence against Palestinians. 139 nations voted in favor of the resolution and nine voted against: Australia, Canada, Guatemala, Hungary, Israel, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, and the United States. 2020-11-5
A meteorite strikes near the Cuban town of Viñales, in the western province of Pinar del Río, after sightings of a fireball over the Florida Keys. The last confirmed meteorite to hit Cuba was in 1994. 2019-02-1
The President of the United States Barack Obama announces that he will visit Cuba next month becoming the first American president to visit Cuba since 1928. 2016-02-18
An Aero Caribbean passenger plane crashes in the central Cuban province of Sancti Spíritus, killing all 68 on board. 2010-11-5
Cuba eases property laws, allowing foreign investors to lease government land for up to 99 years. 2010-08-28
3 more Cuban dissidents released on humanitarian grounds arrive with their families in Madrid, Spain. 2010-08-17