In a speech at the opening of the 8th Congress of the ruling party, Raul Castro said he was retiring with the sense of having “fulfilled his mission and confident in the future of the fatherland.”
The kidnappers have demanded a $1 million ransom for the group, which includes one French priest and one French nun.
Cuba and Iran are unable to rely on an international economy where the US is the main actor, a harsh reality that brought them together to secure a coronavirus vaccine.
Haitian authorities have announced that more than 400 inmates have escaped and 25 people are dead in a prison break, making it the country's largest and deadliest in a decade.
The plucky island nation has overcome debilitating sanctions and is now on the cusp of producing a working vaccine against the coronavirus.
Police arrest more than 20 people accused of trying to kill President Jovenel Moise and overthrow his government, officials say.
The film's lead character Edee, played by Wright, decides to live alone in the beautiful but unforgiving Wyoming wilderness after suffering immense personal tragedy.
FIFA's ethics committee said Yves Jean-Bart, the president of Haiti’s football federation, allegedly raped girls as young as 14 and took “habitual mistresses” among players.
Over 200 artists, activists and members of the public protested outside the culture ministry to denounce repression and censorship agreeing with officials to engage in dialogue.
The protest outside the culture ministry was triggered by the eviction of fourteen artists - members of the San Isidro Movement – were evicted by the authorities from their premises in the historic centre of Havana.
FIFA's independent Ethics Committee ruled that 73-year-old Yves Jean-Bart was found guilty of having abused his position and having sexually harassed and abused various female players, including minors.
The tropical storm breached Cuba even as searchers in Guatemala were still digging for people believed buried by a massive, rain-fueled landslide.
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