Sources: Straits Times
Cuba experiences a nationwide blackout as Hurricane Rafael makes landfall in Artemisa Province. 2024-11-7
The National Assembly of People's Power passes a law aimed at reforming the country's judicial system and criminal code, consistent with the 2019 constitution. 2021-10-28
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis urges the Cuban military to stage a coup in Cuba. He also urges the Biden administration to "restore internet access to Cuba". 2021-07-15
The United States announces new restrictions on American travel to Cuba. Effective Wednesday, travel via cruise ships or other conveyances, including private yachts or airplanes, is prohibited. Group travel under the previous "people-to-people educational" provision is also not allowed. 2019-06-4
The President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez returns home after three weeks in Cuba for cancer surgery. 2012-03-15
Detainees at the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre in Sydney, Australia, go on a hunger strike following the suicide of an Iraqi detainee. 2010-11-16
The Cuban government considers another large-scale round of political prisoner releases after the release of 52 in July. 2010-10-4
Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas ends a 134 day hunger strike after the Cuban government is to release 52 political prisoners. 2010-07-8
Cuban President Raúl Castro "laments" the death of political prisoner Orlando Zapata, who was on a hunger strike for more than 80 days in protest of prison conditions in the country. 2010-02-24
Fidel Castro reports activities of 500 Cuban-trained doctors in Haiti. 2010-01-18