Tag: Cuba

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Cuba ratifies support for its ally Venezuela, “despite US blackmail”

  

  Cuban Communist Party leader Raul Castro said on Wednesday Cuba would never abandon its ally Venezuela despite US “blackmail”, even as the Trump administration threatened more sanctions over its support.

• Tuesday, April 9th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  Florencia Kirchner's lawyer presented her medical history and address in Cuba

  

  The defense of Florencia Kirchner presented before the Federal Oral Court 5 in charge of the “Los Sauces” case, her complete medical record and her residence address in Cuba on Monday, as requested by the Argentine Justice.

• Tuesday, April 9th 2019 - 07:29 UTC

  Venezuela pledges to fulfill its commitments to Cuba despite US sanctions

  

  Venezuela will “fulfill its commitments” to Cuba despite United States sanctions targeting oil shipments from Maracaibo to its ideological ally, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Monday.

• Monday, April 8th 2019 - 07:48 UTC

  First independent group march authorized in Cuba

  

  Hundreds of Cubans marched peacefully through Havana calling for an end to animal cruelty on Sunday in what organizers believe was the first independent march authorized by the one-party state.

• Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  US blacklists PDVSA tankers and two companies shipping Venezuelan oil to Cuba

  

  US Vice President Mike Pence announced sanctions on Friday on 34 vessels of Venezuela's state oil company and two companies that ship crude to Cuba as Washington pushes to oust President Nicolas Maduro.

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  Argentine court rules Florencia Kirchner to return from Cuba; defense will appeal

  

  Ex president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said a court order “forcing” her sick daughter to return to Argentina is “very grave and absurd”. Florencia Kirchner must return to Argentina from Cuba on Thursday April, 4, to stand trial for money-laundering. She is currently in the Cuban capital, Havana, receiving medical treatment for several conditions, including post-traumatic stress, amenorrhea and lymphedema.

• Monday, March 25th 2019 - 08:59 UTC

  Prince Charles, first member of the royal family to visit Cuba officially

  

  The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall have made history by becoming the first members of the royal family to visit Cuba in an official capacity. Prince Charles and Camilla's trip is expected to usher in a new chapter in the UK's relationship with the communist state.

• Friday, March 15th 2019 - 04:40 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez flies to Cuba to be next to her sick daughter

  

  Ex-Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner left on Thursday for Cuba to assist her 29-year-old daughter Florencia, who is receiving medical treatment. In a dramatic video posted on her Twitter, the senator for Buenos Aires province said that her daughter was suffering from ”severe health problems” and began special treatment in Cuba last December.

• Tuesday, March 5th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Trump tightens trade embargo on Cuba; retaliation for Havana's support for Maduro

  

  The Trump administration announced Monday that it is tightening the six-decade trade embargo on Cuba by allowing lawsuits against Cuban companies using properties confiscated after its 1959 revolution.

• Tuesday, February 26th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Cubans ratify new one-party socialist constitution with modest economic and social changes

  

  Cubans have overwhelmingly ratified a new constitution that enshrines the one-party socialist system as irrevocable while instituting modest economic and social changes, according to the national electoral commission.