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December

• Cuban parliament approves new constitution, formally recognizing private property Press TV 23 Dec 2018 -- Lawmakers in Cuba's National Assembly have approved a revised draft of a new constitution that retains the country's one-party socialist system but also recognizes private property for the first time.
• Cuban Parliament Approves Draft Constitution Recognizing Private Property Sputnik 23 Dec 2018 -- The Cuban National Assembly of People's Power approved on Saturday the draft new country's constitution that will be submitted to a national referendum in February, media reported.

November

• Cuba says interested in Iran-EU clearing mechanism Press TV 19 Nov 2018 -- Cuba has expressed interest in a plan by the European Union to create a mechanism to get round US sanctions against Iran, saying it hopes the mechanism would also help it sidestep the trade embargo that Washington has imposed on it for decades now.
• US Sanctions 26 Cuban Sub-Entities to Block Them From American Funds - DoS Sputnik 14 Nov 2018 -- The United States has added 26 sub-entities, including 16 hotels, to its Cuba Restricted List that aims to prevent money from reaching the Cuban military, intelligence and security services, the US Department of State said in a press release.
• State Department Updates the Cuba Restricted List US Dept. of State 14 Nov 2018 -- As part of the Trump Administration's efforts to prevent U.S. funds from reaching the Cuban military, intelligence, and security services, the State Department is adding 26 subentities to the Cuba Restricted List, including 16 hotels owned by the Cuban military.
• Putin, Cuban President Vow To Bolster Ties, Denounce U.S. 'Interference' RFE/RL 02 Nov 2018 -- The presidents of Russia and Cuba have vowed to strengthen political, economic, and military ties and denounced what they called U.S. "interference in the domestic affairs of sovereign nations."
• US Sanctions Venezuela and Cuba, Threatens Nicaragua VOA 01 Nov 2018 -- The White House announced new sanctions Thursday against Venezuela and Cuba, and threatened to do the same against Nicaragua, calling the three nations a "troika of tyranny."
• UN General Assembly Adopts Resolution to Lift US Trade Embargo On Cuba Sputnik 01 Nov 2018 -- Earlier, Cuban Ambassador to Russia Gerardo Penalver Portal stated that the state has lost over $4 billion over the past 12 month due to the United States' sanctions policy against Havana.
• UN General Assembly renews long-standing call for end to US embargo against Cuba UN News 01 Nov 2018 -- The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly voted in favour of condemning the United States economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba - a call it has made every year since 1992.
• US Vastly Outvoted at UN Over Its Cuba Embargo VOA 01 Nov 2018 -- U.N. member states overwhelmingly supported lifting Washington's more than half-century-old economic, commercial and financial embargo of Cuba on Thursday, saying it is the main impediment to the island nation's economic and social development.

October

• Russia to Provide Cuba With Weapons Worth Over $50 Mln – Reports Sputnik 27 Oct 2018 -- The latest loan agreement between the two countries dates back to 2009 and has been twice prolonged since then.

September

• Capitalism's greed fomenting terrorism, hurting sustainable development, asserts Cuban President UN News 26 Sep 2018 -- The consequences of capitalism, imperialism and neoliberalism are not only manifesting in fascism and conflicts around the globe, they are also diverting much needed resources which could have helped implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development or address climate change impacts, the Cuban President told world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly.
• Microwave Weapons Suspected As Cause Of U.S. Envoys' Illnesses RFE/RL 04 Sep 2018 -- Doctors and scientists increasingly suspect that weaponized microwaves were the cause of unexplained noises and illnesses that afflicted U.S. diplomats and their families in Cuba and China in the last year, The New York Times has reported.
• Microwave weapons suspected in 'sonic attacks' on US diplomats: Report Press TV 03 Sep 2018 -- US scientists and doctors increasingly suspect unconventional microwave weapons caused over three dozen American diplomats and their families to fall sick in recent months in Cuba and China, according to a report by US media.
• Report: Experts Suspect Microwave Weapons Injured US Diplomats in Cuba VOA 02 Sep 2018 -- Experts are growing more and more suspicious that microwave weapons were responsible for inflicting brain damage on nearly 40 U.S. diplomats and their families in Cuba and possibly China, the New York Times reports.

August

July

June

• Another American Confirmed Hurt by Mystery Attack in Cuba VOA 28 Jun 2018 -- One more U.S. Embassy employee in Havana has been affected by mysterious health incidents, the State Department said.
• US says 25th diplomat hit by 'sonic attack' in Cuba Press TV 22 Jun 2018 -- The United States says another diplomat in Cuba has fallen ill with symptoms of a mysterious sickness which intelligence officials in Washington say is caused by a sonic attack.
• Mysterious New Spy Radar Appears in Cuba Sputnik 08 Jun 2018 -- A new "signals intelligence" facility appearing in satellite imagery of Bejucal, Cuba, over recent months is capable of signal interception, ballistic missile monitoring and tracking objects in outer space, but analysts are puzzled about who provided the financing to build the facility.

May

April

• Miguel Diaz-Canel elected as Cuba's new president, vows continuity of socialism People's Daily 20 Apr 2018 -- Miguel Diaz-Canel was elected on Thursday as Cuba's new president, as the successor of Raul Castro who concluded two consecutive five-year terms in office.
• Diaz-Canel sworn in as Cuba's new president to end Castro brothers' rule Press TV 19 Apr 2018 -- Cuba's new President Miguel Diaz-Canel has been sworn in as Raul Castro's successor, becoming the first leader of the Caribbean island in six decades who is not named Castro and who was born after the 1959 Cuban Revolution.
• Diaz-Canel Named Cuba's New President VOA 19 Apr 2018 -- Miguel Diaz-Canel has been named Cuba's next president, marking the first time in 60 years the communist-run country has had a president outside the Castro family.
• Cuba nominates Raul Castro's successor Press TV 18 Apr 2018 -- Cuba has nominated First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel as the only candidate to succeed longtime President Raul Castro, as the country's National Assembly prepares to vote the next leader of the Communist-run island nation into office.
• Cuba Formally Proposes Miguel Diaz-Canel to Replace Raul Castro as President Sputnik 18 Apr 2018 -- Raul Castro, the 86-year-old head of the country's Council of State and Cabinet became the head of the Cuban state in 2008, succeeding his older brother and Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro.

March

• Cuba condemns US Embassy staff cuts Press TV 06 Mar 2018 -- Cuba has condemned the United States' move to make permanent the withdrawal of 60 percent of the American Embassy staff in Havana over mysterious ailments affecting some diplomats there.
• End of Ordered Departure at U.S. Embassy Havana US Dept. of State 02 Mar 2018 -- The U.S. Embassy in Havana has operated under ordered departure status since September 29, 2017, due to health attacks affecting U.S. Embassy Havana employees. It will reach the maximum allowable days in departure status on March 4.

February

January