Tag: Cuba

• Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Argentina interested in manufacturing Cuban vaccine against covid-19

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Felipe Solá Wednesday discussed with Cuba's Ambassador to Buenos Aires the possibility of developing locally a Cuban-created vaccine against covid-19, it was announced.

• Friday, April 16th 2021 - 08:09 UTC

  Raúl Castro to step down as leader of Cuba's Communist Party

  

  Iconic leader Raúl Castro is expected to step down as First Secretary of Cuba's Communist Party (PCC) as the VIII Congress of the PCC is set to start this Friday at the Havana Convention Center, under the title “The Congress of the historical continuity of the Cuban Revolution.”

• Saturday, March 27th 2021 - 10:01 UTC

  OAS Almagro backs Cuban activists on hunger strike

  

  Organization of American States Secretary-General of Luis Almagro Friday accused Cuba's government of applying “state terrorism to those who think differently” and held the current authorities of the Caribbean island accountable “for the health and well-being” of the 55 Cuban human rights activists on hunger strike.

• Monday, March 1st 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  The Biden administration has no immediate plans to review sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba

  

  The new administration of president Joe Biden is in “no rush” to lift U.S. sanctions on Venezuela but would consider easing them if President Nicolas Maduro takes confidence-building steps showing he is ready to negotiate seriously with the opposition, according to White House sources.

• Tuesday, January 12th 2021 - 09:31 UTC

  Secretary of State Pompeo re-designates Cuba as a “state sponsor of terrorism”

  

  The outgoing president Donald Trump administration has re-designated Cuba as a “state sponsor of terrorism” in a move that hits the Castro dynasty island with new sanctions shortly before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

• Monday, December 7th 2020 - 08:54 UTC

  The Havana syndrome: US diplomatic staff in Cuba and China “bombarded” with microwaves radiation

  

  The most probable cause of a series of mysterious afflictions that have sickened American spies and diplomats abroad in the past several years was radio-frequency energy, a type of radiation that includes microwaves, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has concluded in a report.

• Thursday, November 19th 2020 - 08:26 UTC

  Trump administration tightens the noose on Cuba: bans charter flights with alleged humanitarian cargo

  

  The U.S. Transportation Department said on Wednesday it is denying exemptions for two charter flight companies to deliver humanitarian cargo to Cuba, the latest crackdown by the Trump administration.

• Thursday, September 24th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  New US sanctions on Cuba: ban on the import of cigars and liquors

  

  US President Donald Trump announced new sanctions related to Cuba on Wednesday that will prohibit Americans from staying at properties owned by the Cuban government as well as the import of Cuban cigars and liquor.

• Friday, August 14th 2020 - 10:14 UTC

  More pressure on Cuba: all private charter flights with the US suspended

  

  The US administration has suspended all private charter flights between the United States and Cuba, to increase economic pressure on Havana. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted that “the Castro regime uses tourism and travel funds to finance its abuses and interference in Venezuela”.

• Friday, July 31st 2020 - 10:04 UTC

  London based Cuban government bank blacklisted by US administration

  

  The United States announced sanctions on Thursday against Havin Bank LTD, a London-based Cuban entity also known as Havana International Bank, dealing a blow to the Cuban financial system.