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Between January 1980 and July 1991, El Salvador was in a civil war, fought between the U.S.-backed Salvadoran government and the FMLN front guerrillas. [11] During this time many guerrilleros from the FMLN movement and soldiers from the government would be guilty of violence and human rights violations (the militant government, so far, is known to be guilty of far more than half of it).
Juventud Rebelde, daily newspaper of Cuba's young communists. This is a list of newspapers in Cuba.Although the Cuban media is controlled by the Cuban People through the Cuban State apparatus, the national newspapers of Cuba are not directly published by the state, they are instead published by various Cuban political organizations with official approval.
It was formed in 1965 by the merger of two previous papers, Revolución (from Spanish: "Revolution") and Hoy ("Today"). [1] Publication of the newspaper began in February 1966. [2] Its name comes from the yacht Granma that carried Fidel Castro and 81 other rebels to Cuba's shores in 1956, launching the Cuban Revolution. [3]
The U.S. has returned 87 people from Cuba trying to reach Florida by sea since October 1, 2020. [14] March 31 – Russia and Cuba begin two days of high-level diplomatic talks. [15] April 19 – At the 8th Congress of the Communist Party, Raúl Castro officially resigned as the First Secretary, the most powerful position in Cuba. [16]
On 17 March 2024, protests began in Cuba, [2] primarily in Santiago de Cuba, the country's second largest city, in protest of food shortages and power outages. [3] [4]The country experienced what was described as the worst living crisis since the early 1990s. [5]
June 24 - 2021 Cuban protests: A court in Cuba sentences two protesters to between five and nine years in prison for desecrating the Cuban flag and resisting authority during last year's protests. [3] July 7 - Authorities in Cuba say that dengue fever cases have increased 21.7% from last year and describe the epidemiological situation as ...
1 September Cuba establishes a curfew and other strict measures to deal with the spread of the virus. [5] U.S. President Donald Trump orders Marriott Hotels & Resorts to close its operations in Cuba. [6] 14 September – With the addition of 12 health workers in Togo, Cuba has sent 4,000 health workers to 40 countries during the pandemic.
The Machurucuto raid (Spanish: desembarco de Machurucuto, lit. 'Machurucuto disembarking'), also known as the invasion of Machurucuto (Spanish: invasión de Machurucuto), was a battle involving the Venezuelan Army and National Guard troops against Cuban trained guerrillas.