Viewing News From Cuba from April 2025
Naval blockade of Cuba
News from Cuba | Monday, 14 April 2025
No shipping company was willing to make the direct voyage to the port of Mariel in Cuba for fear of US sanctions, according to a report published by the daily Granma which addressed specific examples of the US blockade of the island. A test container was sent to evaluate the ... read more
Despite appearances, the defunding of USAID is no help to Cuba
News from Cuba | Monday, 14 April 2025
Interviewed on March 2, Cuban Vice-Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío reacted to the Trump administration’s move to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). He granted that “some of these [USAID] programs do benefit some countries … [but the agency] has been employed [also] to foment a fake opposition, ... read more
Cuba restores pockets of electricity after major power outage
News from Cuba | Monday, 17 March 2025
Cuban authorities worked around the clock to restore pockets of electricity back to the country today. This comes after millions of people were left without power on Saturday after a failure of the nation’s electric grid left the island in the dark the previous night. The massive blackout is the fourth in ... read more
Cuba sends doctors… And the United States?
News from Cuba | Wednesday, 12 March 2025
Many people and authorities have spoken out loud and clear in recent hours against the recent measures taken by the United States government, which seek to intimidate this bastion of solidarity: our medical collaboration. And they have done so because, as Fidel said, our country is "capable of sending the ... read more
Trump resumes his crusade against Cuba
News from Cuba | Monday, 3 March 2025
After Joe Biden’s cynical last-minute clemency for Cuba, the new administration has quickly returned to maximum subversive tactics. This socialist island needs our support now more than ever, writes LUKE FLETCHER MS Earlier this month, the 20th Latin America Conference convened under the looming shadow of the new Trump administration.On February 8, ... read more
Firmness and Dignity in the Face of the Outrage
News from Cuba | Saturday, 1 February 2025
Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs On 31 January 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that he communicated to the U.S. Congress the revocation of the suspension of the possibility of filing lawsuits in U.S. courts under Title III of the Helms-Burton Act. Likewise, it approved the reinstatement of the ... read more
Cuba rejects US decision to incarcerate migrants in theGuantanamo Naval Base
News from Cuba | Thursday, 30 January 2025
Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Cuba rejects the decision announced by the President of the United States to use the Guantanamo Naval Base to imprison tens of thousands of migrants he has proposed to forcibly expel. It is a demonstration of the brutality with which that government is acting ... read more
Cuban statement on removal from US State Sponsors of Terrorism list
News from Cuba | Wednesday, 15 January 2025
The United States takes steps in the right direction, but the blockade remains in force. Declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba The United States takes steps in the right direction, but the blockade remains in force. Declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba On January 14, 2025, the government ... read more
Cuba joins South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at ICJ
News from Cuba | Tuesday, 14 January 2025
Cuba has officially declared its intention to intervene in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the court announced yesterday. The case concerns the application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in Gaza. Under Article 63 of the ICJ ... read more
Fernando González, President of ICAP: “With Trump We Can Expect Even More Aggressiveness”
News from Cuba | Tuesday, 7 January 2025
As the island goes through one of its worst economic crises, the president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, Fernando Gonzalez, believes that international solidarity is now “more essential than ever.” Hurricanes, earthquakes, economic crisis and soon the return of the extreme right-wing Republican to the White House… ... read more
