US adds Wagner mercenaries to blacklist for religious persecution US State Department says it ‘will not stand by’ in the face of a crackdown on religious freedoms. Al Jazeera · Dec 3, 2022
UN General Assembly rebukes US embargo on Cuba Resolution condemning embargo on Cuba passes 185-2, marking 30th time the UN has rebuked the decades-old US policy. Al Jazeera · Nov 3, 2022
UN votes overwhelmingly to condemn US embargo of Cuba The U.N. General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn the American economic embargo of Cuba for the 30th year, with the Biden administration continuing former President Donald Trump's opposition and refusing to return to the Obama administration’s 2016 abstention The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022
Cuba calls U.S. trade embargo a 'hurricane' that never ends Cuba on Wednesday said the decades-old U.S. trade embargo has been causing record financial losses and untold human suffering in recent months, at a time when Cuba was also battling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and Hurricane Ian. Reuters · Oct 19, 2022
Cuba slams US ‘involvement’ on anniversary of anti-gov’t protests Havana accuses Washington of helping to ‘subvert law and order’ after Blinken hails determination of Cuban protesters. Al Jazeera · Jul 11, 2022
U.S. says Cuba not cooperating fully against terrorism, inflaming tensions The Biden administration on Friday once again placed Cuba on a short list of countries the United States alleges are "not cooperating fully" in its fight against terrorism, further inflaming tensions with its long-time rival. Reuters · May 20, 2022
U.S. appears set to deem Cuba not cooperating fully against terrorism-document The Biden administration on Thursday appeared set to renew its assessment that Cuba is among a handful of countries "not cooperating fully" with the United States in the fight against terrorism, according to a government document. Reuters · May 19, 2022
Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela unlikely to join summit: US official State Department official says three gov’ts unlikely to be at Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles in June. Al Jazeera · Apr 27, 2022
Cuba accuses US of trying to exclude it from regional summit Cuban foreign minister says Washington is pressuring governments to block Havana from Summit of the Americas in June. Al Jazeera · Apr 25, 2022
Cuba says it has been excluded from the upcoming Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles The Biden administration has excluded Cuba from the preparations leading to the upcoming Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles and would not invite the island’s representatives to the event, the Cuban foreign affairs minister said Monday. Miami Herald · Apr 25, 2022
US-Cuba tensions persist after high-level migration talks Discussions on migration held in Washington this week amid increasing numbers of Cubans trying to enter the US. Al Jazeera · Apr 22, 2022