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On 17 March and 18 March 2024, blackouts alongside a poor harvest and food shortages [29] [6] [30] caused [7] [8] widespread protests primarily in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba's second largest city, during which three people were arrested. [5] [31] Cuba accused the government of the United States of stirring up unrest, an accusation that the United ...
Granma is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.It was formed in 1965 by the merger of two previous papers, Revolución (from Spanish: "Revolution") and Hoy ("Today"). [1]
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.
Cuba continues to broadcast interference against U.S. broadcasts specifically directed to Cuba in attempts to prevent them from being received within Cuba. After the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991, the budget for all U.S.-government-run foreign broadcasters, with the exception of Radio Martí, was sharply reduced.
December 4 – 2024 Cuba blackout: The entire national power grid affecting more than 10 million citizens fails after the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant collapses again. [12] December 30 – Raul Ernesto Cruz, a Salvadoran national convicted for his role in the 1997 Cuba hotel bombings, is released after serving a 30-year prison sentence ...
In 2020, the economic situation in Cuba worsened. The Cuban economy contracted by 10.9% in 2020, and by 2% in the first six months of 2021. [11] The economic crises emerged from a combination of factors, [46] [47] including reduced financial support (subsidized fuel) from Cuba's ally Venezuela, the United States embargo against Cuba and United States sanctions (tightened by the Trump ...
Agencia de Noticias Latinoamericana S.A. (Latin American News Agency), trading as Prensa Latina, is the official state news agency of Cuba, founded in March 1959 shortly after the Cuban Revolution. Overview
An indirect presidential election was held in Cuba on 19 April 2023. [1] [2] The election took place following the election to the National Assembly of People's Power on 26 March 2023. The incumbent president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, was eligible for re-election and his candidacy was supported with 459 votes out of 460 valid votes. Two deputies ...