Cuba, Iran presidents meet in Havana, vow to confront ‘Yankee imperialism’
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi met with Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel on Thursday, his last stop on a three-nation Latin American tour aimed at shoring up...
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China to build spy base in Cuba, WSJ says; US casts doubt on report
China has reached a secret deal with Cuba to establish an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island roughly 100 miles (160 km) from Florida, the...
Cyprus seeks to bolster business ties with Cuba
The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) this week announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with its Cuban counterpart, as part...
Cuba entirely without power after Hurricane Ian causes grid to collapse
Cuba‘s electrical grid collapsed late on Tuesday, local officials said, leaving the entire country in the dark shortly after Hurricane Ian plowed through the western...
Cuba confirms first monkeypox case in visitor from Italy
Cuba confirmed its first case of monkeypox late on Saturday, the country’s Public Health ministry said, after detecting the viral disease in a tourist who...
Cuba to send hundreds of doctors to Italy’s Calabria region
Cuba will send nearly 500 doctors to the Calabria region of southern Italy, Cuban state media reported this week, part of a broader program that...
Third oil storage tank collapses in Cuba terminal following fire, spill -governor
A third crude tank caught fire and collapsed at Cuba’s main oil terminal Matanzas, a local governor said on Monday, as an oil spill spread flames from a second tank that...
Gas leak blamed for blast at iconic Havana hotel that killed 22 (Update)
A deadly explosion hit a well-known hotel in downtown Havana on Friday, tearing a gash several floors high in the side of the building, killing at least...
Ukraine-related price jolts threaten Cuba’s already tepid recovery
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is making Cuba’s three-year-old foreign exchange crisis worse as import costs jump, undermining an incipient recovery and threatening more hardship...
US Gulf Coast braces for Hurricane Ida after Cuba takes hit
Hurricane Ida churned toward the U.S. Gulf coast on Saturday, forecast to gather strength in coming hours and prompting evacuations of flood-prone New Orleans neighborhoods...
