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Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Inés Flors Fernandez

CUBA | New US sanctions against Cuba violate rules of international law - Amb Fernandez

KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 26, 2019 - Cuba's ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Inés Flors Fernandez, says "the recent decision of the United States government to impose additional obstacles to Cuba's economic development will keep on failing to achieve its main purpose of submitting by force the sovereign will of Cubans."

April 26, 2019
Published in Caribbean

Guyana's ambassador to Cuba Halim Majeed (left) has the attention of President David Granger (right) shortly after being diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, a cancer that starts in the white blood cells.

GUYANA | Granger completes cancer therapy in Cuba, will pursue light workload

GEORGETOWN, April 21, 2019 - Guyana's President David Granger yesterday completed radiotherapy treatment for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in the Republic of Cuba following diagnosis last December that he was afflicted with that particular type of cancer.

April 21, 2019
Published in Caribbean

Airlines that fly into Cuba’s main airport could now be sued for profiting off of property confiscated during the country’s 1959 revolution. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File

CUBA | Trump declares economic war on Cuba

The Trump administration has declared the most severe new sanctions against Cuba since President John F. Kennedy imposed an economic embargo banning all trade with the communist island in 1962.

April 20, 2019
Published in Business & Economy

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel (L) accuses U.S. for destroying Cuba-U.S. relationship. | Photo: Reuters

Cuba's Diaz-Canel Blames 'Imperialist' Trump for Worsening US-Cuba Ties

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel accused the United States President Donald Trump’s administration Saturday of dragging relations with the United States to their worst level in decades and called on Cubans to strengthen the country’s defenses and economy.

April 14, 2019
Published in Caribbean

Cubans attend a public discussion to revamp the country’s Cold War-era constitution in Havana, in August 2018. Reuters/Tomas Bravo

Cuba expands rights but rejects radical change in updated constitution

Cuba has rejected a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in its new and revised constitution, a move that disappointed some gay rights activists.

February 28, 2019
Published in Caribbean

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel delivers a speech during the plenary session held at Parliament in Havana, Cuba, Dec. 22, 2018 | Photo: EFE

CUBAN Lawmakers Approve Revised Draft of New Constitution

HAVANA, Cuba, December 23, 2018 - Cuban lawmakers Saturday unanimously approved a revised draft of the new Cuban constitution.

December 23, 2018
Published in Politics

President David Granger and First Lady Sandra Granger.

GUYANA | President Granger in Cuba for second round of treatment

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – December 4, 2018 - Guyana's President David Granger, is now in the Republic of Cuba, where he will undergo a second round of treatment for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, a type of cancer with which he was diagnosed earlier this year, at the Centro de Investigaciones Médico Quirúrgicas (CIMEQ).

December 4, 2018
Published in Caribbean

Guyana's President David Granger Returns to Cuba for medical treatment

Guyana's President Returns to Cuba Tuesday for medical treatment

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 4, 2018 - Having concluded a first round of chemotherapy in Cuba, President David Granger is scheduled to return to Cuba on Tuesday for continued treatment for non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.

December 3, 2018
Published in Caribbean

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