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On 18 March, Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Dmitry Chernyshenko, touted Russia and Cuba's deepening economic ties, celebrating that over 100 Russian companies have started doing business in Cuba and were involved in the heavy industry, energy, banking, agriculture, IT, and tourism sectors. Chernyshenko stated, "Cuba is a reliable Russian ally."
Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez blasted the U.S. Embassy comments late on Sunday, blaming Cuba's "acute economic situation" on the long-standing U.S. trade embargo and sanctions.
Karen Vasquez, 44, walked out of jail in Cuba on Sunday, part of a deal brokered by the Vatican under which the Biden administration would loosen sanctions on the communist-run island, while ...
Cuban state enterprises and many foreign companies on the island must open accounts with the bank if they want to operate in dollars, he added. How Cuba fooled the U.S. to get millions of dollars ...
On 17 March and 18 March 2024, blackouts alongside a poor harvest and food shortages [29] [6] [30] caused [7] [8] widespread protests primarily in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba's second largest city, during which three people were arrested. [5] [31] Cuba accused the government of the United States of stirring up unrest, an accusation that the United ...
December 4 – 2024 Cuba blackout: The entire national power grid affecting more than 10 million citizens fails after the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant collapses again. [12] December 30 – Raul Ernesto Cruz, a Salvadoran national convicted for his role in the 1997 Cuba hotel bombings, is released after serving a 30-year prison sentence ...
Cuba on Wednesday began releasing prisoners jailed following anti-government protests in 2021, making good on a deal agreed with the Biden administration this week. Outgoing U.S. President Joe ...
The Cuban government said Wednesday that 13 soldiers had died after an explosion a week earlier in an arms depot in the country's east. Cuba's Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces said in a ...