News: Cuba

We have started to collect the most important news related to Cuba in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Cuba: news

Guantanamo four arrive in Europe

Wednesday, February 24th 2010, 18:27
related countries: Albania, Spain, United States

Four inmates freed from the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, arrive in Europe - three in Albania and one in Spain.
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Havana urged to release prisoners

Wednesday, February 24th 2010, 15:45

Campaign group Amnesty urges Cuba to release its political prisoners after the death of an activist on hunger strike.
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Cuban prison hunger striker dies

Wednesday, February 24th 2010, 8:37
related places: Havana

Cuban political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo dies aged 42 in a Havana hospital after 85 days on hunger strike.
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US calls on Cuba to release 'spy'

Saturday, February 20th 2010, 1:46
related countries: United States
related places: Havana

The US calls for the immediate release of an American national held for nearly three month in Cuba and accused of spying.
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Spain 'to take Guantanamo five'

Monday, February 15th 2010, 12:20
related countries: Spain, United States
related places: Guantanamo

Spain says it is willing to take in five inmates from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Cuba investigates hospital deaths

Saturday, January 16th 2010, 0:26

Cuban authorities investigate the deaths of 26 patients at a psychiatric hospital linked to a spell of unusually cold weather.
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US denies man held in Cuba is spy

Thursday, January 7th 2010, 20:56
related countries: United States
related places: Havana, Washington

Washington says Cuban claims that an American contractor arrested in Havana last month was a US spy are "false".
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US man arrested in Cuba 'a spy'

Thursday, January 7th 2010, 7:50
related countries: United States
related places: Havana

Cuba says a US man arrested in Havana last month is working for the US secret services, but has not yet charged him.
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Afro-Cuban priests predict social unrest and coups in 2010

Sunday, January 3rd 2010, 1:00

Afro-Cuban priests predict social unrest in 2010 and call on the older generation of leaders - including President Raul Castro - to step aside.
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Sequins and samba: Havana's Club Tropicana celebrates turning 70

Thursday, December 31st 2009, 0:35
related places: Havana

Amid a dazzle of sequins, feathers and samba, the Cuban capital's famous night-club celebrates its 70th birthday.
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Cuba's president criticises Obama

Monday, December 21st 2009, 10:34
related countries: United States

President Raul Castro lashes out at the US, accusing Barack Obama of endorsing efforts to undermine Cuba.
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Fidel Castro says US on offensive

Tuesday, December 15th 2009, 9:49
related countries: United States

Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro tells a summit of leftist regional heads that the US is plotting the overthrow of Latin American left-wing governments.
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Cuba and Venezuela sign trade deals

Sunday, December 13th 2009, 0:23
related countries: Venezuela

Cuba's President Raul Castro and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez sign economic co-operation deals worth $3.2bn.
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Rights marches broken up in Cuba

Friday, December 11th 2009, 1:09
related places: Havana

Hundreds of Cuban government supporters drown out opposition marches in Havana being held to mark Human Rights Day.
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Read and roll

Thursday, December 10th 2009, 17:57

Cuba continues novel tradition in its cigar factories
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US cuts Cuban spies' jail terms

Wednesday, December 9th 2009, 3:51
related countries: United States

Two men jailed for spying in the US as part of the "Cuban Five" have their sentences cut from life to 30 years and 19 to 18 years.
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US couple admit spying for Cuba

Saturday, November 21st 2009, 5:27
related countries: United States

A retired US state department official and his wife have admitted spying for Cuba for nearly three decades.
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Obama engages with Cuba blogger

Thursday, November 19th 2009, 23:45
related countries: United States

US President Barack Obama replies to a dissident Cuban blogger who asked him about future US-Cuba relations.
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Cuban conditions 'remain harsh'

Wednesday, November 18th 2009, 16:56

Cuba continues to breach human rights and uses draconian laws to repress its citizens, a new Human Rights Watch report says.
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Cuba swine flu 'from US tourists'

Saturday, October 31st 2009, 22:37
related countries: United States

Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro blames the growth of swine flu on the increased numbers of US visitors on the island.
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Cuba's ex-leader Castro 'strong'

Wednesday, October 28th 2009, 22:37
related places: Castro

Cuba's ex-leader Fidel Castro is looking strong and remains on top of developments at home and abroad, says a world health chief.
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Castro's sister 'spied for CIA'

Monday, October 26th 2009, 23:27

A sister of Cuba's former long-time leader, Fidel Castro, admits spying for the CIA for three years in the 1960s
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US judge cuts Cuban spy sentence

Tuesday, October 13th 2009, 21:50
related countries: United States

A US judge cuts the sentence of one of the men known as the "Cuban Five", jailed for spying in the US, from life to 22 years.
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Arrest in 1968 Cuba hijack case

Monday, October 12th 2009, 7:10
related countries: United States
related places: New York

A man accused of hijacking a US plane to Cuba in 1968 is arrested after flying into New York, officials say.
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Cuba 'to end' free-lunch scheme

Wednesday, October 7th 2009, 9:56

Cuba plans to abolish its free-lunch scheme for state workers in a bid to balance the budget, the BBC's Michael Voss says.
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NY Philharmonic shelves Cuba trip

Friday, October 2nd 2009, 10:46

New York's Philharmonic Orchestra postpones its first visit to Cuba after its sponsors were barred from travelling there.
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Seeds of change

Wednesday, September 30th 2009, 12:21

Revolution on the farm as Cuba bids to boost crops
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US and Cuba in high-level talks

Wednesday, September 30th 2009, 6:48
related countries: United States
related places: Havana

A senior US official on a visit to Havana held high-level talks with Cuban officials - the first such in years - US diplomats confirm.
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