Cuba

Tehran, Nov 29, IRNA –Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, condemned terrorist attack to assassinate Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the Iranian defense industry scientist, saying on Sunday that Havana opposes all forms of terrorism.

"We strongly condemn the terrorist attack that assassinated Iranian prominent scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, said Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, on his official Twitter account.

HAVANA, Nov 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Western Union will close its Cuba operation on Nov 23, following new US sanctions that prevent it from working with Havana’s military financial firm, Fincimex, the Cuban company announced Friday.

“Fincimex and Western Union have decided to suspend from 23 November the transfer of money from abroad,” as well as the US money transfer company’s 407 agencies in Cuba, Fincimex said on its Facebook page.

HAVANA, Nov 7 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguez, met here with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, vowing to enhance bilateral relations and railing against U.S. sanctions.

Rodriguez said, Zarif’s visit will help continue deepening high-level political dialogue, as well as, economic, commercial, cultural, scientific and academic links between the two countries.

HAVANA, October 3. /TASS/: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro thanked President Vladimir Putin and Russian citizens for the delivery of the first batch of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to the republic.

"Sputnik V is already here! We are the first country in the Western Hemisphere to begin phase 3 of the clinical trials of this vaccine against Covid-19. On behalf of the Venezuelan people, I thank President Vladimir Putin and the Russian people for their solidarity," he wrote on Twitter on Friday.

HAVANA, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Tuesday condemned Washington's intensified economic blockade against the island nation. In his video address to the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, Diaz-Canel also said that the current U.S. administration tries to discredit the Caribbean island's medical assistance as part of the global response to stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide.

HAVANA, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pupils returned to school throughout much of Cuba on Tuesday after more than five months, although not in Havana where restrictions including a curfew went into effect due to a surge in coronavirus infections.

Authorities deemed the coronavirus outbreak contained enough in most of the island to be able to restart classes as long as pupils wear face masks, disinfect their hands upon arrival at school and sit at physically distanced desks.

HAVANA (AP) — With its airports closed to commercial flights and its economy tanking, Cuba has launched the first in a series of long-promised reforms meant to bolster the country’s struggling private sector.

HAVANA, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Monday marks the fifth anniversary of restored diplomatic ties between Cuba and the United States amid escalating U.S. blockade on the island.

The historic rapprochement spearheaded by former U.S. president Barack Obama in 2014 was soon rolled back by his successor, Donald Trump, who has ramped up sanctions against Cuba since taking office in 2017.

HAVANA, July 2 (NNN-Xinhua) — Cuba partially reopened its borders to international tourists in keeping with measures adopted by the government as part of the country’s post-pandemic recovery plan.

On March 31, the Caribbean nation announced the suspension of international flights and asked international boats to withdraw from its territorial waters as a precautionary measure to slow the spread of the coronavirus nationwide.

HAVANA, June 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — The 52-member medical brigade on a mission to help Italy’s Lombardy region combat the COVID-19 pandemic returned to Cuba on Monday.

The Cuban health workers were received as heroes. State TV Cubavision streamed live their flight status before landing, and thousands of locals waved to the health workers from balconies and portals.