Cuba

Moscow refuses to rule out Latin America military deployments
Russia ‘exploring options to ensure security’, Kremlin spokesman says against backdrop of Ukraine tensions.
Published On 17 Jan 2022
Russia threatens Latin America troop deployments amid US tensions
Washington dismisses Moscow’s talk of military assets being sent to Cuba and Venezuela as ‘bluster’.
Published On 14 Jan 2022
Dozens of Cuban protesters to face trial this week, relatives say
Demonstrators were detained during unprecedented July protests over food shortages, rising prices and other grievances.
Published On 11 Jan 2022
ESSAY
Guantanamo Bay: ‘The scar on our collective conscience’
Clive Stafford Smith reflects on how his clients remain in the detention centre without charges or a trial, 20 years on.
Published On 11 Jan 2022

Dozens of Cuban nationals in legal limbo in Turkey after reporting violent and illegal expulsions from Greece.

US State Department accuses targeted Cuban officials of being involved in repression of opposition protesters.

Cubans seeking to reach the US by sea were detained over three days in 12 separate operations, Coast Guard says.

New centre in Havana celebrates the life of the late Cuban leader as the island faces a growing economic crisis.

The island has a strong homegrown biotechnology industry and is exporting vaccines to other developing nations.

Cubans say having fled economic crisis at home, applying for asylum in Greece fraught with challenges.

Garcia helped organise planned protests in Cuba that did not materialise amid pressure from authorities.

Founder of opposition group Archipelago was a central figure in major protests that rocked Cuba in July.

Archipelago says more than 100 people were detained on Monday as security forces prevented protesters from gathering.

Prominent dissidents say they were confined to their homes as police flooded the streets to head off planned protests.

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