Sources: BBC
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
Cuban Americans gather at the Florida State Capitol in solidarity with protesters in Cuba. 2021-07-15
Hurricane Irma regains category 5 strength just before it makes landfall on Cuba's Camaguey Archipelago. 2017-09-8
Nine Cuban migrants die and 18 others are rescued by the Royal Caribbean's "Brilliance of the Seas" cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico, 130 miles west of Marco Island, Florida. The group had been sailing for 22 days in a 30-foot long "rustic" boat. The survivors were severely dehydrated and in poor condition. Those who had died were buried at sea. The cruise ship is taking the migrants to its next stop, the Mexican island of Cozumel. 2016-03-19
Hugo Chávez, the President of Venezuela, undergoes cancer surgery in Cuba. 2012-12-11
Fidel Castro appears in public for the first time in many months. A photograph of the Cuban revolutionary leader appears to show him "doing very well." 2012-10-21
As he arrives in Cuba to begin a three day visit there, Pope Benedict XVI offers a prescription for change. 2012-03-26
Cuba commutes the last remaining death sentence on the island. 2010-12-29
An Aero Caribbean passenger plane crashes in the central Cuban province of Sancti Spíritus, killing all 68 on board. 2010-11-5
France condemns as "unacceptable" remarks made by former Cuban leader Fidel Castro expressing sympathy with the Romani migrants it is trying to rid itself of. 2010-09-11