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Hurricane Ian's death toll increases to 130, with 125 deaths in the United States and five in Cuba, making it the 24th deadliest hurricane in US history.
2022-10-6

Firefighters in Cuba bring a catastrophic fire at an oil terminal in Matanzas under control after it burned out of control for five consecutive days, destroying 40% of the country's main fuel storage facility and causing widespread blackouts.
2022-08-9

Cuba reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a person who travelled from Mozambique.
2021-12-9

Twitter suspends several Cuban government and state media accounts, including First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Raúl Castro and his daughter Mariela Castro. The pro-government Union of Journalists of Cuba denounces the suspensions as "massive censorship".
2019-09-12

Cuba starts releasing political prisoners as part of an historic agreement with the United States announced last month.
2015-01-6

President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez returns home after successfully completing of a course of radiotherapy for cancer in Cuba.
2012-05-12

Advocates for prisoners in the US state of California claim that more than 12,000 inmates are now participating in a hunger strike over prison conditions.
2011-10-3

The inaugural meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States due to be held in Venezuela next week is deferred due to a slow recovery of President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez from an operation in Cuba.
2011-06-30

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