Tag: Cuba

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.
Saturday, July 18th 2020 - 09:05 UTC
Cuba devalues its currency and makes the US dollar legal tender for shopping

Cuba said this week it will allow some stores to sell food, personal hygiene and other consumer goods in U.S. dollars and will eliminate a 10% tax on the greenback, an effort to rake in more hard currency to purchase goods abroad.
Thursday, June 25th 2020 - 05:40 UTC
Saharan sand cloud darkened much of Cuba and is affecting Florida

A massive cloud of Saharan dust darkened much of Cuba on Wednesday and began to affect air quality in Florida, sparking warnings to people with respiratory illnesses to stay home. The dust cloud swept across the Atlantic from Africa over the past week, covering the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico since Sunday and hitting south Florida in the United States on Wednesday, authorities there said.
Monday, June 22nd 2020 - 10:15 UTC
Florencia Kirchner's “nanny” in Cuba rewarded with Argentine embassy in UK

Javier Figueroa, currently head of the Argentine embassy in Cuba has been appointed as the next ambassador in the United Kingdom, and according to Clarin is an expert on Malvinas affairs. His time in Havana coincided with Cristina Fernandez daughter Florencia Kirchner medical internment, which impeded her from travelling back to Argentina.
Thursday, May 14th 2020 - 08:41 UTC
US blacklists Cuba for not cooperating on counterterrorism; Havana argues “we are victims of terrorism”

The United States said on Wednesday it had added Cuba to a blacklist of countries that do not fully cooperate on counterterrorism, denouncing the presence of Colombian leftist guerrillas.