The United States Coast Guard seizes an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. The ship was flying the Guyanese flag, despite not being registered in that country, and was en route to a port in Cuba. 2025-12-10
Cuba temporarily lifts restrictions on food and medicine imports following the protests. 2021-07-14
Cuban health regulator CECMED approves the emergency use of the domestically-produced Abdala vaccine, becoming the fifth COVID-19 vaccine to be approved in the country. Manufacturers last month claimed that the vaccine, which requires three doses, has a 92% effectiveness rate against the virus. This makes Cuba the first Caribbean and Latin American country to successfully develop its own variation of the vaccine. 2021-07-9
General Debate opens at the UN Headquarters in New York City, with US President Donald Trump denouncing globalism and calling Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro "a Cuban puppet". 2019-09-24
Citing "influence operations against the United States," the US expels two Cuban diplomats at the United Nations. Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla dismisses the accusations as "vulgar slander." 2019-09-19
An Aerogaviota-operated Antonov An-26 plane crashes in western Artemisa Province, Cuba, killing eight troops on board. 2017-04-29
Tropical Storm Isaac causes floodings and kills at least three people in Haiti, a nation still recovering from the 2010 earthquake. The storm moves Northwest over east Cuba. 2012-08-25
President Hugo Chávez returns to Venezuela after undergoing surgery for cancer in Cuba. 2011-07-4
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