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Montevideo, March 29th 2025 - 00:01 UTC

Tag: Cuba

  • Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 07:48 UTC

    Former Cuban FM Ricardo Alarcón dead at age 84

    Alarcón chaired the National Assembly between 1993 and 2013

    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

    Cuba is going through a shortage of supplies, particularly food

    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

    Frequencies are also being increased between Buenos Aires and other cities in the region, particularly Montevideo

    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

    Demonstrators demanded the end of the dictatorship

    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.

  • Thursday, March 10th 2022 - 20:01 UTC

    Man who killed Che dies aged 80

    Killing the guerrilla leader was one of the worst moments of his life, Terán had told reporters

    Retired Bolivian Army non-commissioned officer Mario Terán Salazar dies Thursday, aged 80. Terán rose to worldwide notoriety for being the man who killed Argentine doctor turned Cuban guerrilla leader Ernesto “Che” Guevara in 1967.

  • Sunday, February 6th 2022 - 19:32 UTC

    Cuban official says ok to withhold surplus earnings of foreign company workers

    Objective hindrances create a lot of fear among potential investors, Malmierca said

    Cuba's Foreign Trade Minister Rodrigo Malmierca has said in an interview with local current news magazine Bohemia last week that he saw a contradiction in workers of global companies earning more than those who did the same job for the local State.

  • Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 04:53 UTC

    Cuban prosecutors liken protests to sedition against July 11/12 demonstrators

    The defendants are charged with sedition with the use of extreme violence

    Cuba's regime Friday ratified charges were being filed against participants in the July 11 and 12 nationwide demonstrations. Prosecutors also made it clear that in the country's legal system protests and sedition were considered to be the same offense.

  • Tuesday, January 25th 2022 - 20:59 UTC

    Cubans keep flocking into Uruguay seeking asylum

    Cubans have kept coming in from Brazil in 2021

    The number of Cubans entering Uruguay through the land crossings from Brazil is noticeably on the rise, it was reported Tuesday. According to press reports, so far this year 135 people of that nationality have crossed through the Rivera pass from Santana do Livramento at an average of six individuals daily. Uruguayan Migrations authorities have reported that of the 135 who came in only two went out at a later date. Many of them were carrying the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which added to the migrant services overwhelming.

  • Friday, January 21st 2022 - 09:27 UTC

    Cuba cracks down on free journalism

    “They are about to kick us out of Cuba,” EFE's Gabriela Cañas said this week

    Following the July 2021 uprisings and how information left the island of Cuba and reached the world, the Communist regime has been revoking visas from foreign journalists, it was reported.

  • Tuesday, January 18th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

    Putin's false flag operation in Ukraine and the Cuba and Venezuela cards

    This is a minor diplomatic spat that has been deliberately inflated far beyond its merit, and it is being taken much too seriously.

    By Gwynne Dyer (*) – After a week of intense discussions about “security” between Russia and the NATO countries, this is the week when the Western allies will send their written replies to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Various pundits, some of whom have actually been to Russia, warn us that there will be “War in Europe” if Putin's demands are not met.