Viewing News From Cuba from August 2026
U.S. Blockade Leaves 7,000+ Cuba-Bound Containers Stranded in Caribbean Ports
News from Cuba | Thursday, 30 July 2026
Cuba’s government said on Wednesday that more than 7,000 containers carrying food, energy, hydraulic resources, and medicines remain held at various Caribbean ports because of U.S. sanctions against the island. The containers hold merchandise lawfully purchased by Cuba under international trade rules, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign ... read more
Díaz-Canel in Pinar del Río: “May each dawn find us ready to fight”
News from Cuba | Monday, 27 July 2026
“Dear people of Pinar del Río, on this July 26th, please accept my affection and recognition for having earned, through your effort, dedication to the revolutionary cause, and creative work, the great honor of hosting the central commemoration of the 73rd anniversary of the attacks on the Moncada and Carlos ... read more
Defending and Building Socialism Under Siege: Cuba’s New Economic Measures
News from Cuba | Friday, 26 June 2026
In one of the most consequential economic policy announcements since the Special Period of the 1990s, Cuba has unveiled a comprehensive package of reforms designed to confront the island’s most severe economic crisis in decades while preserving the socialist foundations of the Revolution. Approved by the Extraordinary Plenum of the ... read more
US imposes even more sanctions on Cuba
News from Cuba | Friday, 26 June 2026
Amid a humanitarian crisis caused by external factors, as reported by the UN several weeks ago, the US government has decided to strike another blow against Cuba’s blockaded economy. The sanctions now target the Cuban Army’s financial system (GAESA) and other state-owned companies, such as the mining company GeoMinera. In ... read more
ExxonMobil wins Supreme Court battle against Cuba – but the legal fight continues
News from Cuba | Monday, 1 June 2026
Exxon Mobil Corporation v Corporacion CIMEX SA (Cuba) Since Donald Trump was elected president in 2017, the US blockade against Cuba has intensified. This unlawful and unjustified attack on a sovereign country has been condemned, annually, by votes at the United Nations General Assembly, but still the US persists. While hijacked ... read more
Trump escalates economic warfare and threat of military intervention against Cuba
News from Cuba | Thursday, 7 May 2026
On 1 May, Donald Trump issued another Executive Order against Cuba, intensifying the US economic war on the island to unprecedented levels. Citing Cuba’s unsubstantiated “threats to US national security and foreign policy”, the new coercive measures grant sweeping powers to freeze assets and sanction anyone – whether US or foreign ... read more
Cuba Condemns Trump’s Orders as International Crimes and Genocidal
News from Cuba | Thursday, 7 May 2026
Havana denounces oil blockade and expanded sanctions amid ongoing tensions. On 5 April, Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez described Washington’s latest executive orders imposing measures against his nation as international crimes and genocidal. “The U.S. government insists on proposing to act militarily against Cuba because ‘the country is devastated… and it ... read more
Cuba Accuses U.S. of Fuel Blockade Misinformation Row
News from Cuba | Thursday, 7 May 2026
Cuba disputes U.S. denial of a fuel blockade, citing sanctions and multi-billion-dollar losses amid escalating bilateral tensions. Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, has accused U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio of misrepresenting the existence of a fuel blockade against Cuba, amid heightened tensions over U.S. sanctions and energy ... read more
Cuba is running out of time. We need fuel now to save lives
News from Cuba | Thursday, 30 April 2026
With the US blockade cutting off oil, the island’s healthcare has been wrecked, access to clean water lost and babies put at risk Access to fuel remains a determining factor for whether humanitarian action can operate at all Behind every statistic are families whose resilience is being tested daily The response had ... read more
Cuban officials have held talks with US government representatives says President Miguel Canal-Diaz
News from Cuba | Friday, 13 March 2026
Remarks by the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, regarding the current state of relations with the United States government, during a meeting with members of the Political Bureau, the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the PCC, and the ... read more
