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Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has lashed out after U.S. President Donald Trump said that he can do “whatever he wants” with the Caribbean island and that Washington could take “imminent action” against it. CBC | World News
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IN PHOTOS | Daily life amid Cuba’s nationwide blackout
Cuba faces a nationwide blackout as its energy and economic crises deepen and its power grid continues to crumble. CBC | World News
Read More »Ecuador draws Cuba’s ire after declaring its ambassador and his staff ‘persona non grata’
Ecuador declared Cuba’s ambassador, Basilio Antonio Gutiérrez, and his diplomatic staff “persona non grata” on Wednesday and gave them 48 hours to leave the South American country. CBC | World News
Read More »Uncertainty looms in Cuba after the capture of president of Venezuela, Cuba’s closest ally
Cuban officials on Monday lowered flags before dawn to mourn 32 security officers they say were killed in the U.S. weekend strike in Venezuela, Cuba’s closest ally, as residents of the island nation wonder what the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro means for their future. CBC | World News
Read More »Biden to lift Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terror
U.S. President Joe Biden notified Congress of his intent to lift the designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House announced Tuesday, as part of a deal facilitated by the Catholic Church to free political prisoners on the island. CBC | World News
Read More »Hurricane Rafael knocks out Cuba’s power grid, slows to Category 2
Hurricane Rafael pushed into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday night after plowing across western Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane with winds so powerful it knocked out the entire country’s power grid. CBC | World News
Read More »Cuba’s electrical grid collapses for 2nd time, prolonging countrywide blackout
Cuba’s electrical grid collapsed again early on Saturday morning, state-run media reported, plunging the entire country into blackout for a second time just hours after authorities announced they had begun re-establishing service. CBC | World News
Read More »Cuba’s national power grid shuts down leaving millions in the dark
Cuba plunged into a countrywide blackout on Friday after one of the island’s major power plants failed and caused the national electrical grid to shut down, its energy ministry said. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. sanctions Cuba’s Raul Castro, members of his family
The Trump administration on Thursday imposed diplomatic sanctions on Cuban Communist Party Leader Raul Castro as it sought to step up pressure on Havana over its support of Venezuela’s socialist president, Nicolas Maduro. CBC | World News
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