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One person is killed and at least 121 others are injured after a lightning strike causes a fire near the supertanker port in Matanzas, Cuba.
2022-08-6

Authorities in Cuba say that dengue fever cases have increased 21.7% from last year and describe the epidemiological situation as "complex".
2022-07-7

Cuba recognizes cryptocurrency as legal tender, becoming the second nation to do so after El Salvador.
2021-08-27

Cuba loosens some regulations on state-run companies and farmers, and allows for U.S. dollars to be used in internal trade, as the country seeks to revitalize its economy in the midst of both the COVID-19 pandemic in the region and the economic decline of its trading partner Venezuela.
2020-07-29

Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Cuba. The death toll across the Caribbean is at least 25 people,
2017-09-9

Syrian uprising: The United Nations Human Rights Council votes to condemn the massacre carried out by Syrian forces in the town of Houla on May 25, despite Russia, China and Cuba voting against the resolution.
2012-06-1

The President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez confirms that doctors in Cuba have found a lesion and he will have to undergo an operation.
2012-02-21

Cuba announces plans to cut up to half a million public sector jobs to revive the island's economy, in the biggest private sector shift since the 1959 revolution.
2010-09-13

Cuban President Raúl Castro pledges to ease state control of the economy.
2010-08-2