Latest news about Cuba in The Nomad Today

World

HUMAN RIGHTS

Amnesty urges Biden to close Guantanamo camp

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/8/22

The camp stands for arbitrariness, injustice and torture, Amnesty's US expert Sumit Bhattacharyya said in Washington

Spain

CUBA

Cuban dissident to continue campaign, won't apply for Spanish asylum

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/19/21

The activist entered the country on a tourist visa with his wife, Dayana Prieto, the Spanish government announced on Thursday

Spain

CUBA

Leading Cuban dissident arrives in Spain 'with ideas intact'

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/18/21

He expressed thanks to "the many people who have made this journey possible"

World

CUBA

Cuban government's crackdown frustrates plans for protest march

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/16/21

The dissidents daring to go outside, including Manuel Cuesta Morua, Ladies in White’s Berta Soler, Angel Moya and art historian Carolina Barrero, were arrested

FILED - A man with a mouth-and-nose guard walks in front of a mural of former Cuban President Fidel Castro. In Cuba, 5310 people have contracted Covid-19. Photo: Guillermo Nova/dpa

Spain

PRESS FREEDOM

Ahead of protests, Cuba revokes work permits for Spanish news agency

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/14/21

It's the first time that an entire news service's work has been shut down on the island nation

World

DEMONSTRATION

Cuban president at rally after protests: 'World sees a lie'

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/18/21

Cuba's economy is suffering badly from the collapse of tourism in the pandemic as well as from US sanctions

FILED - Demonstrators wave flags of Cuba during a rally in front of the Cuban Embassy in support of the island's government. Scores of people had demonstrated the day before in Havana and several other Cuban cities against the economy of scarcity and oppression. Observers spoke of the largest demonstrations in Cuba in decades. Photo: Jesus Vargas/dpa

World

DEMONSTRATIONS

Cuba sees rare mass protests against Communist government

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/13/21

US President Joe Biden expressed support for the demonstrators, while Russia warned the US against interfering in Cuban affairs.

28 June 2021, Venezuela, Caracas: A vial of Cuba's Corona vaccine Abdala at a Venezuelan vaccination center. The first shipment of vaccine from Cuba is expected to provide an initial dose to 10000 people in Venezuela, according to Cuban authorities. Photo: Jesus Vargas/dpa

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Cuba approves self-developed Covid-19 vaccine Abdala

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/11/21

Abdala is the first vaccine against the coronavirus to be developed and approved in Latin America

World

BEFORE TRUMP'S TERM ENDS

US adds Cuba back on terrorism list

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/12/21

Washington has accused the government in Havana of oppressing its own people, and of aiding and abetting Venezuela's socialist President Nicolas Maduro.