Tag: Cuba

• Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 09:21 UTC

  Cuban COVID-19 vaccine cleared for use in Mexico

  

  Mexico's Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris) has issued the green light Wednesday for the emergency use of the Cuban-developed Abdala vaccine against COVID-19.

• Friday, December 10th 2021 - 09:19 UTC

  Getting jailed for being a journalist on the rise, CPJ reports

  

  The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Thursday denounced that the number of journalists jailed for their reporting work has reached a historic Zenit in 2021, with 293 of them imprisoned worldwide, 50 of whom were in China.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2021 - 09:36 UTC

  Cuban regime preparing to counter the 15N march questions opposition leader

  

  A leading member of the Cuban opposition was set free, with restrictions, on Tuesday following his detention by the Castro dynasty regime in the city of Santa Clara where he lives.

• Monday, October 25th 2021 - 09:19 UTC

  Cuban July protester gets 10-year jail sentence

  

  A Cuban court has sentenced Roberto Pérez Fonseca to 10 years imprisonment for allegedly attacking police officers “with stones and bottles,” during the July 11-12 nationwide demonstrations, it was reported Saturday.

• Tuesday, October 12th 2021 - 23:41 UTC

  Cuban authorities say no to “peaceful” demonstrations

  

  Cuban authorities have ruled against the staging of an opposition demonstration which was scheduled for Nov. 15 because it entailed “unconstitutional and destabilizing purposes.”

• Tuesday, September 14th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  Paraguayan Ambassador in Cuba dies of COVID-19

  

  Paraguay's Ambassador to Cuba Bernardino Cano Radil has died Sunday of COVID-19 in Havanna, it was reported. He was 65.

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Leading dissident arrested following a letter calling on UN official to check human rights in Cuba

  

  Cuban opponent and Sarajov Human Rights Prize from the European Parliament, Guillermo Fariñas was picked up by security forces on Wednesday at his home in the city of Santa Clara, with no information of the reason for his arrest or where he is being held.

• Monday, September 6th 2021 - 08:56 UTC

  Argentine Air Force delivers medical supplies to ailing COVID-19 ailing Cuba

  

  An Argentine Air Force Hercules C-130 aircraft has landed Sunday in Cuba to deliver syringes, needles, surgical masks, gloves and other medical supplies furnished by the White Helmets and the Argentine Movement of Solidarity with Cuba, among other organizations.

• Tuesday, August 31st 2021 - 08:53 UTC

  Argentina, Cuba ratify willingness to strengthen bilateral ties

  

  Argentina's International Economic Relations Secretary Jorge Neme held a meeting Monday in Havanna with Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, during which both countries ratified their intention to strengthen bilateral ties.

• Friday, August 20th 2021 - 18:30 UTC

  US sanctions Cuban officers involved in repression against their own people

  

  The United States sanctioned on Thursday three high ranking Cuban officials, the fourth round of punitive measures, in reply to the violent repression of anti-government protests that started on 11 July and shook the island's elite.