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Firm and absolute condemnation of the fraudulent qualification of Cuba as a State sponsor of terrorism
News from Cuba | Tuesday, 12 January 2021
Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba The Ministry of Foreign Relations condemns in the strongest and most absolute terms the fraudulent qualification of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, announced by the United States government in a cynical and hypocritical act.For months now, there ... read more
Trump returns Cuba to U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism
News from Cuba | Monday, 11 January 2021
The Trump administration has announced that it is returning Cuba to the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, a move that could complicate any efforts by the incoming Biden administration to revive Obama-era detente with Havana. Just nine days before Republican President Donald Trump leaves office, Secretary of State Mike ... read more
What will Cuba’s new single currency mean for the island?
News from Cuba | Friday, 1 January 2021
Cuba is devaluing its peso for the first time since the 1959 revolution with profound consequences for its people. The Cuban government formally ended its dual currency system on Friday, devaluing its peso for the first time since the 1959 revolution that swept the late Fidel Castro to power. The ... read more
Trump administration adds Cuban bank to US restricted list
News from Cuba | Friday, 1 January 2021
Cuban foreign minister rejects the move as a ‘punitive measure’ that aims to tighten the US blockade against Cuba. In a statement on Friday, the US State Department said it was adding Banco Financiero International SA (BFI) to the Cuba Restricted List, a list of entities that the US alleges have ... read more
Pompeo Weighs Plan to Place Cuba on U.S. Terrorism Sponsor List
News from Cuba | Tuesday, 29 December 2020
The move would complicate any effort by the incoming Biden administration to resume President Barack Obama’s thaw in relations with Havana.State Department officials have drawn up a proposal to designate Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, a final-hour foreign policy move that would complicate plans by the incoming Biden ... read more
Cuba Cuba to Ask COVID-19 Negative Test Result From Foreign Visitors
News from Cuba | Sunday, 27 December 2020
Cuba's Foreign Affairs Ministry (Minrex) Thursday announced that all international travelers entering the country as of January 1 must present a COVID-19 negative test result. The test must be performed by a certified laboratory in the country of origin no later than 72 hours before the trip. The measure comes amid a ... read more
220 Cuban Doctors To Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic in Panama
News from Cuba | Thursday, 24 December 2020
Panama on Thursday received 220 Cuban doctors who came to fight the pandemic in the Central American country that has the highest incidence rate of the disease in the continent. On Dec. 15, Health Minister Luis Sucre announced the hiring of foreign doctors and the beginning of adjustments in health facilities ... read more
US Treasury Identifies Cuban State-Owned Businesses for Sanctions Evasion
News from Cuba | Monday, 21 December 2020
On 21 December the US government added a further three Cuban companies to it's blacklist of Cuban sanctioned companies. The full statement from the US Treasury Department is reproduced below. Washington – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) identified three entities controlled by ... read more
Miami Five hero Gerardo Hernandez elected to Cuba's Council of State
News from Cuba | Friday, 18 December 2020
CUBAN national hero Gerardo Hernandez Nordelo was elected to the country’s Council of State today — almost six years to the day after he was released from prison in the US. Mr Hernandez was elected to fill a vacancy in the body which oversees the work of the National Assembly of ... read more
Cuba says economy shrank 11% in 2020, thwarts 'soft coup' attempts
News from Cuba | Friday, 18 December 2020
Cuba’s already cash-strapped economy shrank 11% in 2020 due to the pandemic and tougher U.S. sanctions but the government thwarted attempts by anti-communists to exploit this momentary weakness in a bid to topple it, President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Thursday. Addressing a year-end session of the Communist-run country’s parliament, Diaz-Canel celebrated ... read more
