Sources: BBC
Ecuador declares Cuba's ambassador to the country a "persona non grata" and orders him and all his diplomatic staff to leave the country within 48 hours. Shortly after the announcement, a man was filmed by the Associated Press on the roof of the Cuban embassy in Quito burning a bag of papers. 2026-03-5
A ww 6.8 earthquake strikes off the coast of Bartolomé Masó, Cuba, causing landslides and damage to buildings in the region. 2024-11-10
A South Florida caravan heads to Washington, D.C., to urge the Biden administration to take more action against Cuba and end the country's communist regime. 2021-07-25
Cuba reports a record for the second consecutive day of 7,784 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 316,383. 2021-07-23
Hurricane Laura heads toward the Gulf Coast of the United States. The storm is now over western Cuba after killing multiple people in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The coasts of Texas and Louisiana prepare to receive Laura as a category 3 (or higher) hurricane. 2020-08-25
A tornado in eastern Havana, Cuba, kills three people and injures 174 others. 2019-01-28
The Trump administration, through the Department of State and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, expels 15 Cuban diplomats, after pulling half of its own embassy staff from Havana on Sept. 29, due to the alleged failure of Cuba to take appropriate steps to protect American personnel against the mysterious health attacks. 2017-10-3
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
Amnesty International designates Cuban graffiti artist Danilo Maldonado Machado as a prisoner of conscience. 2015-09-29