Cuban President and First Secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party Miguel Diaz-Canel described as a brutality act the recent US announcement about forcibly incarcerating thousands of migrants at its naval base in the illegally occupied Cuban territory of Guantanamo.
Pope Francis yesterday stressed the importance of the decision of the Cuban Government to free 553 prisoners sentenced for various causes, within the context of the Jubilee of the Catholic Church in 2025.
Several Caribbean countries will face a significant decline in air quality today due to the presence of a thick layer of Saharan dust, which may also impact the well-being of individuals with respiratory issues.
A group of former US diplomatic and national security officials urged President Joe Biden on Tuesday to make changes in the Government's policy on Cuba before his Republican successor, Donald Trump, takes office.
In a letter to Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, they called on the administration “to loosen some restrictions on Cuba before handing over the reins of US diplomacy to President-elect Trump.”
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that he does not anticipate any change of policy towards Cuba before Joe Biden leaves power on January 20, 2025.