Sources: BBC
Hurricane Rafael approaches the southern coast of Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane, triggering mass evacuations amid warnings of life-threatening flash flooding and storm surges. 2024-11-6
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
Cuba temporarily lifts restrictions on food and medicine imports following the protests. 2021-07-14
Protesters and Cuban exiles gather in Tampa, Florida to call for freedom and democracy in Cuba. In South Florida, protesters gather at the Cuban restaurant Cafe Versailles in Miami to hold a “liberty” rally. 2021-07-12
Far-left anarchists clash with riot police in central Paris, France. Several businesses are looted and set on fire, including a McDonald's restaurant and Renault garage. Hundreds are arrested. 2018-05-1
Cuban officials announce they have detected the first case of the Zika virus transmitted inside the country: a 21-year-old Havana woman who had not traveled abroad. Cuba has reported a handful of travel-associated Zika cases, all believed imported from Venezuela. 2016-03-16
President of the United States Barack Obama endorses a proposal to remove Cuba from a list of countries that sponsor terrorism. 2015-04-14
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
Christian Life Movement spokesman Regis Iglesias Ramirez in Cuba announces the launch of a new Facebook page called “Waiting for Benedict XVI” to promote the pontiff's upcoming visit and defend the right of all Cubans to welcome him. 2012-02-21
Cuba's Speaker of the Parliament Ricardo Alarcón challenges the United States to lift its 48-year embargo on the island if it believes Cuba benefits from the embargo, as Hillary Clinton suggested. 2010-04-25