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FILE – A U.S. and Cuban flag hangs on a wall in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Jan 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File) | Photo Credit: AP A U.S. State Department report on Monday accused Cuban spies of infiltrating the highest levels of government in Washington and aiding “left-wing terrorism” on American soil. Containing little new…
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Children play inside their home during a nationwide blackout after Cuba’s national power grid collapsed, marking the third major outage in nine days, in Havana, Cuba, on July 14, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Cuba suffered another blackout of the National Electric System, or SEN, leaving the entire country without power, officials said. The blackout…
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Members of Cuba’s political bureau hold an extraordinary plenum of the Communist Party’s Central Committee to evaluate proposals for economic and social measures announced by Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel, in Havana, Cuba, June 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Cuba’s communist model needs “urgent changes” to overcome a major crisis which cannot be solely blamed…
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(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.) When Fidel Castro laid out the plans to storm the Moncada Barracks in 1953, his younger brother Raul was just 22. He signed up for the attack. The barracks…
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez. | Photo Credit: AP Cuba on Tuesday (May 5, 2026) accused U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio of lying when he denied that the United States was carrying out an oil blockade on Cuba. Cuba has been suffering from an energy crisis since January, when U.S. forces seized Venezuela president…
Cuban and U.S. flags are pictured at the U.S. Embassy in Havana on March 16, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP The U.S. military is not rehearsing for an invasion of Cuba or actively preparing to militarily take over the island, the top general overseeing American forces in Latin America told lawmakers on Thursday (March 19,…
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Image used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The United Nations said on Friday (February 13, 2026) it was deeply alarmed by the crisis unfolding in Cuba as the island nation struggles under what amounts to a U.S. blockade of oil deliveries. President Donald Trump has vowed to starve Cuba of oil…
President Joe Biden is to remove the US designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism. Washington: President Joe Biden is to remove the US designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House said Tuesday, in a deal that will see imprisoned protesters released in the communist country. “An assessment…
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Havana: Two powerful earthquakes rocked southern Cuba in quick succession on Sunday, US geologists said, as authorities said no tsunami alert was issued and no deaths immediately reported. The US Geological Survey put the second, more powerful tremor at a magnitude of 6.8 and 14.6 miles (23.5 kilometers) deep, some 25 miles off the coast…
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Buenos Aires: Argentina President Javier Milei on Wednesday sacked Foreign Minister Diana Mondino after the country voted at the UN in favor of lifting the six-decade US embargo on Cuba, the presidency said. “The new foreign minister of Argentina is Mr. Gerardo Werthein,” presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni wrote on X, hours after Argentina joined 186…
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