Tag: Cuba
Cuba tells US to lift embargo instead of multi-million dollar aid offer
Cuba’s Ambassador to Dominica, Miguel Manuel Fraga Gonzalez, has brushed aside a United States offer of a US$100 million humanitarian aid package, reiterating Havana’s...
UN warns blackouts, shortages disrupt healthcare across Cuba
Senior United Nations officials warned on Friday that blackouts and shortages are disrupting healthcare in Cuba.
Edem Wosornu of the UN Office for the Coordination...
Cubans among 230 sexual predators, violent criminals nabbed by ICE
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says it has collaborated with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) in arresting several...
Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba hours after devastating Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa slammed into Cuba early on Wednesday, hours after causing devastation in neighboring Jamaica as the strongest-ever storm on record to hit that...
Tsunami warning lifted for Jamaica, several other countries
A tsunami warning issued for several countries within 620 miles of the epicentre of Saturday evening’s 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the Caribbean Sea has...
Cuba cancels May Day parade
Havana – Cuba's communist government has cancelled Monday's traditional May Day parade because of acute fuel shortages.
Every year hundreds of thousands of people are...