Sources: BBC
Authorities in Cuba say that dengue fever cases have increased 21.7% from last year and describe the epidemiological situation as "complex". 2022-07-7
Cuban Americans gather at the Florida State Capitol in solidarity with protesters in Cuba. 2021-07-15
Cuba initiates its mass vaccination campaign for around 1.7 million people, using its locally-developed SOBERANA 02 and ABDALA vaccines, both of which have yet to complete its Phase III clinical trials. 2021-05-12
Cuba reports their first case of a variant from South Africa in an asymptomatic person who travelled from the country. 2021-01-22
Cuban president Raúl Castro prepares to step down as Miguel Díaz-Canel is elected as his successor. This marks the first time since the Cuban Revolution that the country is not led by a member of the Castro family. 2018-04-18
Amnesty International designates Cuban graffiti artist Danilo Maldonado Machado as a prisoner of conscience. 2015-09-29
Five deaths occurred in Haiti as Tropical Storm Erika dumped heavy rains there, on the Dominican Republic, and on Puerto Rico. The storm weakened to a Tropical Depression before it hit Cuba (max winds 56 kph (35 mph), heading to the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. 2015-08-29
Hugo Chávez, the President of Venezuela is suffering from a new severe respiratory infection as he struggles to recover from cancer surgery conducted in Cuba. 2013-03-4
The peace talks between FARC and the Colombian government will take place in October in Norway and then in Cuba. 2012-09-4
Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas ends a 134 day hunger strike after the Cuban government is to release 52 political prisoners. 2010-07-8