Sources: Straits Times
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom adds Cuba, Nicaragua, and the Russian paramilitary organization Wagner Group to its blacklist of countries and organizations violating international religious freedom, signalling possible sanctions by the U.S. government. 2022-12-2
Over 8,900,000 people in Cuba have received a dose of the Abdala and Soberana 02 vaccine. 2021-07-27
The Cuban Council of Ministers approves a measure authorizing private activity in most sectors. 2021-02-6
Hurricane Laura heads toward the Gulf Coast of the United States. The storm is now over western Cuba after killing multiple people in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The coasts of Texas and Louisiana prepare to receive Laura as a category 3 (or higher) hurricane. 2020-08-25
Cuba starts releasing political prisoners as part of an historic agreement with the United States announced last month. 2015-01-6
Panamanian authorities seize North Korean bulk carrier "Chong Chon Gang" after a missile is found on board. The captain of the ship, which was en route from Cuba, attempted to commit suicide. 2013-07-16
In a statement by Pope Benedict XVI he says that Communism does not work for Cuba and that he is ready to help the island find new ways to move forward in a peaceful manner. 2012-03-23
Three more dissidents released by Cuba on humanitarian grounds arrive in Spain. 2010-07-22
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