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The United Nations General Assembly votes on a slate of new members of the Human Rights Council. The election of certain countries—China, Russia, Cuba, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan—draws strong criticism over their human rights records, including from UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer, who described the election as "making a gang of arsonists into the fire brigade".
2020-10-13

The United States issues a health alert in China, following a government employee reporting "abnormal sensations of sound and pressure", one in a range of physical symptoms, from late 2017 through to April 2018. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the State Department is moving medical teams into place in Guangzhou, adding that the incident was "entirely consistent" with reported "sonic attacks" in Cuba in 2016 and 2017.
2018-05-23

The remains of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro are interred beside independence leader José Martí.
2016-12-4

Pope Benedict XVI meets with a delegation from the Latin American Jewish Congress, and speaks about progress in relations between the two faiths in the past 50 years.
2012-05-10

Pope Benedict XVI calls for greater openness in Cuba during a speech in Revolution Square, Havana.
2012-03-28

Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Cuba to begin his three day visit to the country.
2012-03-26

As he arrives in Cuba to begin a three day visit there, Pope Benedict XVI offers a prescription for change.
2012-03-26

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

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

Hundreds of thousands of people attend May Day parades in Cuba.
2011-05-1