Cuba has confirmed it is in contact with the United States (US) and is open to dialogue, but insists that core issues such as its constitution and socialist system of government are not negotiable, according to a senior Cuban diplomat. Read More: Trump signals potential deal as cuba faces worsening crisis Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, Cuba’s deputy […]
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Trump says US negotiating with Cuba amid heightened pressure over oil supplies
WASHINGTON/HAVANA: US President Donald Trump said Sunday that Washington is in talks with Cuba leadership to “make a deal,” even as his administration ramps up pressure on the island’s struggling economy by targeting its oil supplies. Read More: Cuba defiant after Trump says no more Venezuelan oil or money Speaking to reporters at his Mar‑a‑Lago estate in Florida, Trump said […]
Cuba mourns 32 soldiers killed in US strike on Venezuela
Cuba held a solemn ceremony on Thursday to receive the remains of 32 of its soldiers killed during a United States military operation in Venezuela that led to the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, state officials said. Read More: US begins official sale of Venezuelan oil The Cuban military and intelligence personnel were killed in combat during […]
Trump warns Cuba of oil cutoff after Maduro’s capture
WASHINGTON/HAVANA: US President Donald Trump has vowed to cut off all oil and financial support to Cuba following the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, intensifying pressure on the Caribbean island. Read More: Cuba defiant after Trump says no more Venezuelan oil or money Trump made the announcement on Sunday via his Truth Social account, stating: “There will be […]
Trump urges Cuba to ‘make a deal, before it is too late’
WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY: US President Donald Trump on Sunday urged Cuba to negotiate a deal with Washington “before it is too late,” warning that Venezuelan oil and financial support to the island would cease immediately. Trump made the comments in social media posts as tensions escalated following a recent US military operation in Venezuela that removed […]
Cuba reports 32 nationals killed during US operation in Caracas
Havana has reported that 32 Cuban nationals were killed during the US military operation in Caracas that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Read More: World reacts strongly to US Venezuela strike In a statement read on national television, the Cuban government described the raid as a “criminal attack carried out by […]
Hurricane leaves causes massive destruction in Jamaica and Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE/KINGSTON/HAVANA – The death toll from Hurricane Melissa rose to 49 on Thursday after the Category 5 storm tore through the northern Caribbean, devastating Jamaica and Haiti before moving toward Bermuda. The storm, one of the strongest on record in the Atlantic, caused widespread flooding, power outages, and infrastructure damage across multiple nations. Haitian authorities […]
Pakistan to handover chairmanship of G-77 (developing countries) and China to Cuba on Thursday
Pakistan will hand over the chairmanship of the Group of 77 and China to Cuba on Thursday after completing it’s one-year term during which the world grappled with multiple economic and financial crises that especially affected the developing countries adversely. These crises included the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, growing impacts of climate change, economic imbalances and […]
Cuban border guard, migrant boat collision kills five
At least five Cubans, including a young girl, died on Saturday when a speedboat taking migrants to Florida collided with a Border Guard vessel and flipped over, the interior ministry said. Eighteen people were rescued from the waters north of Bahia Honda, in western Cuba, where the collision occurred, the statement said. The fatalities included […]
Cuba, Florida brace for Hurricane Ian
Cuba, Florida brace for Hurricane Ian Cuba declared an emergency alert in multiple provinces Monday as fast-approaching Hurricane Ian strengthened rapidly, with Florida also ramping up preparations ahead of a likely hit. Some 50,000 people in Cuba’s western Pinar del Rio province moved to safer locations, 6,000 of them to state-run shelters and the rest […]