For Rubio the Cuba Hawk, the Road to Havana Runs Through Venezuela

President Trump’s secretary of state and national security adviser has long sought to cripple or topple Cuba’s government, which has close security and economic ties to Venezuela.
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US sanctions Cuban president, ‘regime-controlled’ luxury hotels

The US State Department has imposed sanctions on senior Cuban officials, including President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced as he marked the fourth anniversary of a brutal crackdown on historic antigovernment protests.
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Cuba sentences former deputy PM Alejandro Gil to life in prison for espionage and treason

The politician, who was also economy minister, was until 2024 a highly trusted collaborator of President Miguel Díaz-Canel
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IBA's Kremlev Meets With Cuba's President To Discuss Boxing Development

IBA President Umar Kremlev met the President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and the parties agreed on big steps for boxing development in the country. They also discussed close collaboration in boxing development and plans for the next year. IBA President ...
Yahoo

Biden removes Cuba from list of sponsors of terrorism, lifts sanctions on Cuban military

In a last-minute move before he leaves office next week, President Joe Biden removed Cuba from the list of countries that sponsor terrorism, lifted sanctions on companies run by Cuba’s military and again suspended a provision in a law that allows Cuban ...
Politifact

Biden moves on promise to re-engage with Cuba, but not as far as Obama

President Joe Biden's administration has taken some steps toward his campaign pledge to re-engage with Cuba, but he hasn't gone as far as he promised. During the 2020 campaign, Biden said he would restore former President Barack Obama's policies that ...
City & State New York

Opinion: Biden removes Cuba from terrorist list, but devastating economic blockade remains

While President Joe Biden did the right thing by removing Cuba from the list of countries that support terrorism, honesty compels me to say that Cuba should not have been on the list in the first place. In addition, Biden should have supported and called ...
KHQ

US sanctions Cuban president four years after historic protests

The United States announced its first sanctions on Friday against Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel for his role "in the Cuban regime's brutality toward the Cuban people." It is the latest in a series of measures by US President Donald Trump's ...

Cuba hands life imprisonment to former economy minister in explosive spy trial

Cuba’s former economy minister Alejandro Gil Fernández was sentenced to life imprisonment on the charges of spying and espionage. Gil was the country’s economy minister and closest to President Miguel Díaz-Canel until he was removed from his post.
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