The Irish Times

Mass trials in Cuba deepen its harshest crackdown in decades

More than 60 people have gone on trial in relation to protests over Cuba’s economic crisis

Sun Jan 16 2022 - 15:51

‘There is no food, money or work’: how shortages fuelled Cuba protests

Demonstrators call for freedom and end to shortages in largest protests in decades

Sun Jul 18 2021 - 15:46

Biden praises Cuban protesters for ‘bravely asserting rights’

Thousands took to the streets of the socialist country in anti-government protests

Mon Jul 12 2021 - 20:33

Cuba opens economy to private business initiatives

Cuban economy has stagnated for years and contracted by 11% last year

Sun Feb 07 2021 - 12:46

Covid-19 pandemic deepens rift over Cuba’s medical squads

There are 3,600 health professionals from country battling coronavirus in 35 states globally

Mon Jul 27 2020 - 14:13

‘Sick of living in a small-minded, Catholic country, I moved to Ireland’

New to the Parish: Federico Julián González arrived from El Salvador in 1998

Wed Mar 04 2020 - 06:00

Trump administration bans cruises to Cuba in clampdown on US travel

Latest bid to pressure country over its support for Venezuela president Nicolas Maduro

Tue Jun 04 2019 - 18:06

US government restricts travel to Cuba with new rules

Move follows Trump’s decision to roll back Obama-sponsored warmer US ties with Havana

Wed Nov 08 2017 - 19:29

US expels 15 Cuban diplomats from Washington embassy

Move is in response to mysterious illnesses affecting American staff in Havana

Tue Oct 03 2017 - 20:51

US orders Havana staff home after mystery illnesses

Ailments from hearing loss to nausea affecting diplomats and family members

Fri Sept 29 2017 - 20:56

Son of Che: The life of Camilo Guevara

Che Guevara’s son was four when he last saw his famous father, killed 50 years ago in Bolivia

Sat Mar 18 2017 - 06:00

Cuba and the internet: Expensive and slow, but the connection is there

Cuba came late to the digital revolution, but a new openness to the world is changing lives

Fri Mar 17 2017 - 01:00

Cardinal’s secret US visit paved way for Obama-Castro détente

Influential Cuban cleric Jaime Ortega warns of new uncertainty in US-Cuban relations

Thu Mar 16 2017 - 01:00

Higgins steps on to sensitive diplomatic terrain in Cuba

Irish President meets Cuban activists and independent journalists on final day of visit

Mon Feb 20 2017 - 01:00

US ends ‘wet foot, dry foot’ Cuban immigration policy

Policy allowed any Cuban who reached US soil to stay and become a legal resident

Fri Jan 13 2017 - 09:30

Kathy Sheridan: Michael D got it wrong on Fidel Castro

Our elected leaders should be less effusive about foreign leaders – living or dead

Wed Nov 30 2016 - 04:00

Cuba mourns Castro: Bars shut, papers printed in only black ink

Cuba begins 9 days of mourning as state media filled with tributes to former leader

Sun Nov 27 2016 - 16:50

Fidel Castro’s death sparks celebrations on streets of Miami

Contrasting reactions to death as world leaders pay tribute to ‘revolutionary leader’

Sat Nov 26 2016 - 09:13

Podcast: EU envoy Eamon Gilmore on Colombian peace deal

Former tánaiste was involved negotiations between Farc delegation and government

Tue Aug 30 2016 - 16:48

First US cruise ship in nearly 40 years arrives in Cuba

Cruises can bring in money without placing demand on Cuba’s maxed-out food supplies

Mon May 02 2016 - 19:15

Obama’s Havana moment

Weekend Read: The US president’s historic visit to Cuba this week was a victory lap for his doctrine of diplomacy. But it's one of Obama’s few foreign-policy success stories

Sat Mar 26 2016 - 05:45

Cuba’s Ramon Castro, brother of Fidel and Raul, dies aged 91

Eldest Castro never took up arms in 1959 guerrilla movement led by brothers

Wed Feb 24 2016 - 08:35

Barack Obama to visit Cuba on presidential tour

Republicans oppose Cuba visit, which marks first by a US president in nearly 90 years

Thu Feb 18 2016 - 14:07

Cuban president Castro calls for end to US embargo

UN hears call for Guantanamo return and an end to the economic and financial blockade

Tue Sept 29 2015 - 06:41

Marines who took down US flag in Havana raise it again

John Kerry entourage travels to Cuba as countries restore diplomatic relations

Thu Aug 13 2015 - 16:16

Cuban youths see new US embassy, but same old drab life

Change is evident on the streets of Havana but young people are sceptical about their government

Fri Aug 07 2015 - 12:47

Washington flies Cuban flag as formal relations restored

Freeze stretched five decades and outlasted the Cold War and nine US presidencies

Mon Jul 20 2015 - 21:38

US and Cuba to reopen embassies after 54-year diplomatic hiatus

Hailing ‘historic step’, Obama to send John Kerry to raise US flag in Havana this summer

Wed Jul 01 2015 - 17:38

Cuba says removal from US terrorism list a ‘fair decision’

Barack Obama tells US Congress he plans to remove Cuba from list of terrorism sponsors

Wed Apr 15 2015 - 10:07

US lawmakers arrive in Cuba to discuss greater co-operation

First delegation to visit island since Obama announced he was restoring diplomatic ties

Sun Jan 18 2015 - 12:23

Action on Cuba shows Obama’s new resolve

US president determined to defy Republicans and push his agenda

Thu Dec 18 2014 - 17:26

US-Cuba to ‘cut loose the shackles of the past’

Obama calls time on five-decade policy of isolation and for a new approach to Havana

Thu Dec 18 2014 - 01:00

Search for ‘unresponsive’ plane believed to have crashed off Jamaica

Single-engine plane trailed by F-15 jets until it entered Cuban airspace

Sat Sept 06 2014 - 11:41

Lingering air of mystery surrounding Dodgers’ Puig makes for compelling story

The 23-year-old still refuses to discuss the circumstances of his escape from Cuba

Thu Jul 10 2014 - 09:00