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.

World news related to Cuba – overview

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• May 22nd 2013 – February 21st 2013
• February 19th 2013 – December 25th 2012
• December 15th 2012 – October 22nd 2012
• October 17th 2012 – July 29th 2012
• July 27th 2012 – May 17th 2012
• May 12th 2012 – March 28th 2012
• March 27th 2012 – February 1st 2012
• January 30th 2012 – November 9th 2011
• November 4th 2011 – August 29th 2011
• August 29th 2011 – July 1st 2011
• July 1st 2011 – April 19th 2011
• April 19th 2011 – March 3rd 2011
• March 1st 2011 – January 4th 2011
• January 3rd 2011 – October 21st 2010
• October 14th 2010 – July 29th 2010
• July 28th 2010 – June 12th 2010
• June 11th 2010 – February 25th 2010
• February 24th 2010 – September 30th 2009
• September 30th 2009 – May 12th 2009
• May 11th 2009 – February 8th 2009
• January 28th 2009 – October 21st 2008
• October 20th 2008 – June 12th 2008
• June 7th 2008 – February 19th 2008
• February 18th 2008 – September 22nd 2007
• September 1st 2007 – June 3rd 2007
• June 2nd 2007 – January 20th 2007
• January 19th 2007 – September 20th 2006
• September 17th 2006 – July 1st 2006
• June 22nd 2006 – December 23rd 2005
• December 22nd 2005 – November 18th 2005

Cuba: news

VIDEO: Cuba to end 'hated' exit permits

Wednesday, October 17th 2012, 8:40

Cuba will allow residents to leave the country without needing an exit permit after the government relaxed restrictions on residents.
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US welcomes Cuba travel reform

Tuesday, October 16th 2012, 22:21
related countries: United States
related places: Washington

Washington welcomes Cuba's announcement that it is removing the need for citizens to obtain expensive exit permits before travelling abroad.
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Cuba ends exit permit requirement

Tuesday, October 16th 2012, 6:53

Cuba announces it is removing the need for citizens to obtain expensive exit permits, "white cards", before travelling abroad.
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VIDEO: Cold War sites given listed status

Tuesday, October 16th 2012, 6:11

The remains of two concrete Cold War nuclear missile sites have been given listed status by English Heritage, 50 years on from the Cuban missile crisis.
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VIDEO: Hunting remnants of Cuban missile crisis

Monday, October 15th 2012, 22:31

Fifty years on from the Cuban missile crisis, Sarah Rainsford went on a hunt for traces of the event that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.
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Spanish activist jailed in Cuba

Monday, October 15th 2012, 15:57
related countries: Spain

Spanish activist Angel Carromero is jailed for four years in Cuba over a car crash that killed high-profile dissident Oswaldo Paya.
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The other Cuban missile crisis

Saturday, October 13th 2012, 1:18
related countries: Russia

The other Cuban missile crisis - averted by one Russian's ingenuity
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Cuban refugees die near Mexico

Friday, October 12th 2012, 23:54
related countries: Mexico
related places: Cancun

A home-made raft carrying 23 Cuban refugees sinks as it hits reefs near the Mexican beach resort of Cancun.
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Cuba's housing market booms

Tuesday, October 9th 2012, 1:30

Limited reforms fuel Cuban property market rise
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VIDEO: Cuba tries man over dissident's death

Saturday, October 6th 2012, 12:39
related countries: Spain

Spanish national Angel Carromero has gone on trial in Cuba accused of manslaughter over the death of high-profile dissident Oswaldo Paya.
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Spanish activist tried in Cuba

Saturday, October 6th 2012, 4:46
related countries: Spain

Spanish national Angel Carromero is tried in Cuba for manslaughter over the car crash that killed leading dissident Oswaldo Paya.
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Cuban dissident blogger arrested

Friday, October 5th 2012, 14:18

Cuban blogger and dissident Yoani Sanchez is arrested while on her way to attend the trial of a man involved in a car crash that killed a fellow dissident.
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VIDEO: Cubans raise Alzheimer awareness

Saturday, September 22nd 2012, 10:21

Senior citizens in Cuba who have been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease have taken to the catwalk to help promote awareness of the condition.
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Cuba 'ready to talk' about Gross

Wednesday, September 12th 2012, 20:50
related countries: United States
related places: Washington, Gross

A senior Cuban diplomat says the government is ready to have talks with Washington about the continued detention of US contractor Alan Gross.
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VIDEO: How Cuba tries to stop flow of drugs

Sunday, September 9th 2012, 21:30
related countries: United States
related places: Havana

Cuba has a long-established zero tolerance policy on drugs, and now Havana is helping US officials stop the flow of narcotics from South America.
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VIDEO: Cuba's key role in the war on drugs

Saturday, September 8th 2012, 6:53
related countries: United States
related places: Havana

Cuba has a long-established zero tolerance policy on drugs, and now Havana is helping US officials stop the flow of narcotics from South America.
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VIDEO: Storm delays Republican gathering

Sunday, August 26th 2012, 8:42
related countries: Haiti, United States
related places: Florida, Republican

The US Republican Party decides to delay discussions at their national convention in Florida because of the approaching Tropical Storm Isaac, which has already swept across Haiti and Cuba.
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VIDEO: Nyad: Jellyfish sting 'like fire'

Wednesday, August 22nd 2012, 11:00
related countries: United States
related places: Florida

The American endurance swimmer Diana Nyad has abandoned her latest attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida.
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Cuba imprisons 12 over corruption

Tuesday, August 21st 2012, 20:09

A court in Cuba sentences a group of former ministers and officials to terms of between four and 12 years for corruption.
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US swimmer halts Cuba-Florida bid

Tuesday, August 21st 2012, 20:07
related countries: United States

US woman Diana Nyad is pulled from the water during her attempt to become the first person to swim from Cuba to the US without a shark cage.
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Squall holds up Cuba-Florida swim

Tuesday, August 21st 2012, 10:38
related countries: United States

An overnight squall holds up the bid by US woman Diana Nyad to become the first person to swim from Cuba to the US without a shark cage.
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US woman attempts swim crossing

Monday, August 20th 2012, 15:29
related countries: United States

A 62-year-old woman attempts to become the first person to swim from Cuba to the US without a shark cage.
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VIDEO: US woman attempts Cuba-US swim

Sunday, August 19th 2012, 14:10
related countries: United States

Diana Nyad has already been stung several times by jellyfish but is continuing her 166km (103 mile) journey.
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Cuba seeks jail term for Spaniard

Thursday, August 16th 2012, 9:11
related countries: Spain

Cuban prosecutors are reported to be seeking seven years for Spanish politician Angel Carromero, accused over the death of dissident Oswaldo Paya in a car crash.
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Iglesias claims light-welter gold

Saturday, August 11th 2012, 22:51
related countries: Ukraine

Cuban Roniel Iglesias avenges his World Championships defeat from last year to claim gold against Ukraine's Denys Berinchyk.
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Spaniard in jail over Cuban death

Tuesday, July 31st 2012, 22:51
related countries: Spain

Cuba says it will keep Spanish politician Angel Carromero in custody as it investigates the death of dissident Oswaldo Paya in a car crash.
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Cuba dissident's death 'accident'

Monday, July 30th 2012, 20:28

Two foreigners who survived a car crash in which Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya was killed dismiss reports that their vehicle was forced off the road.
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Cuba death crash 'not accident'

Sunday, July 29th 2012, 1:00

The wife of Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya rejects official accounts that the car crash which killed him was an accident.
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