Tag: la habana

• Friday, May 13th 2022 - 08:11 UTC

  Cuba in mourning over 45 dead from hotel explosion

  

  Cuban authorities Thursday decreed a 42-hour official mourning period starting at dawn Friday to honor the 45 victims of the Saratoga Hotel explosion in Havana last week.

• Monday, July 29th 2019 - 09:02 UTC

  Cuban officials at funeral of Havana's Cardinal Ortega who reinstated working relations between Church and the regime

  

  Cuban government and Communist Party officials attended funeral services for Roman Catholic Cardinal Jaime Ortega on Sunday in a testament to his success in elevating the Church's position on the Caribbean island after the fall of the Soviet Union.