Tag: Cuba

• Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 19:38 UTC

  US now turns to Cuba and Venezuela, possibly to salvage LA Summit

  

  US President Joseph Biden picked up the message several leaders sent him and is said to be considering a possible U-turn on his decision not to invite Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua to the June 6-10 Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Cuba's new penal code keeps death penalty as an option

  

  Cuba's one-party legislature Sunday passed a new Penal Code, which was considered to be “modern” and adjusted to the country's socialist “reality,” it was announced in Havana.

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 18:10 UTC

  Bolsonaro insists Argentina and Chile might end up like Cuba

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Sunday insisted on social media that he feared Argentina and Chile were following the paths of Venezuela and Cuba because although Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez were already dead, the “consequences of communism” remained.

• Monday, May 9th 2022 - 19:21 UTC

  Presidents of Cuba. Mexico sign joint statement in Havana

  

  The Presidents of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (also known as AMLO) have signed a joint statement Sunday expressing both countries' will to strengthen bilateral ties.

• Monday, May 9th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Death toll in Havana hotel blast rises to 32

  

  Cuban authorities have updated the number of victims of the Saratoga Hotel explosion in Havana raising the number of injured people to 80 and to 32 the number of deaths, according to local Red Cross sources.

• Saturday, May 7th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  At least 18 killed in Havana hotel explosion

  

  At least 18 people have been reported dead and over 60 injured following an explosion at Havana's Saratoga Hotel Friday. However, authorities did not rule out that the number of casualties could increase later in the day.

• Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 07:48 UTC

  Former Cuban FM Ricardo Alarcón dead at age 84

  

  Former Cuban Foreign Minister and Chairman of the Cuban National Assembly, Ricardo Alarcón died Saturday night in Havana, President Miguel Díaz-Canel announced Sunday. Alarcón was 84. He was a widower and is survived by a daughter and a grandson.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 20:19 UTC

  Improving numbers in tourism still below Cuban gov't's projections

  

  Cuban tourism authorities have confirmed 128,159 foreign travelers had visited the country for leisure purposes during March of 2022, which represented 58.7% of the Government's projections.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2022 - 09:11 UTC

  Aerolíneas Argentinas returns to Cuba as ties between countries improve

  

  Aerolineas Argentinas has announced the resumption of flights to Cuba in July. The route had been lifted in 2016 due to political differences between Havana's regime and the administration of then-President Mauricio Macri.

• Friday, March 18th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Cuban demonstrators given jail terms of 4 to 30 years

  

  Cuba's Judiciary handed down prison sentences ranging from 4 to 30 years to the July 11 demonstrators who filled the streets demanding an improvement to their living conditions, it was reported Thursday.