Cuba passes ‘urgent’ reforms to liberalise economy under US pressure
Measures could be communist island’s biggest shake-up since the early years of the revolution in the 1960s
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Measures could be communist island’s biggest shake-up since the early years of the revolution in the 1960s
The emergency economic package comes amid an ongoing US pressure campaign that has left the island nation reeling.
The number of foreign visitors is down by 58% compared to last year, Cuban officials say, amid sanctions and an effective oil blockade.
Decades-old property claims, frozen since the 1960s, are being turned into live instruments of reconquest.
Former Cuban president Raul Castro made his first public appearance in Havana since being indicted by the United States
Cuba has begun distributing donated powdered milk from Mexico and Uruguay as the island faces severe shortages.
It's only a couple of months or so since I was last in Cuba, and conditions then were pretty dire: power cuts, large queues for bread and fuel, state-run grocery stores virtually…
Will Grant spoke to a 70-year-old widow who says the inability to use her building's elevator during a power outage trapped her and her husband when he needed medical care.
The Caribbean island has faced a fuel blockade that has cut off essential supplies, as Trump seeks regime change.
China sends aid to Cuba amid a harsh US blockade.
Thousands of people are protesting outside the US embassy in Havana to show their support for Raul Castro.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel says country is not a threat, but will defend itself from aggression if necessary.
The reported visit to Havana came after the US renewed an offer of aid to ease the effects of its oil blockade.
The head of the CIA has made a historic visit to Havana for talks with senior officials as the country is gripped by blackouts caused a US oil blockade.
Large parts of eastern Cuba were plunged into darkness in the latest round of nationwide electricity shutdowns.
The new measures come on top of a US blockade of oil to Cuba that has caused widespread blackouts and fuel shortages.
Cuba's former president Raul Castro has been charged by the US with murder.
The three countries pledge more aid to Cuba and say Cubans must decide their own future amid a US pressure campaign.
For decade upon decade, many Cuban exiles have prayed for the downfall of the island’s communist government, established in the 1959 coup led by “comandante” Fidel Castro.…
Miguel Diaz-Canel vows to resist US pressure as Trump escalates threats, tightens oil blockade on the island.
Cuba's president has said he won't step down as he pushed back against mounting US pressure for change on the island.
Cuba's president has said he won't step down as he pushed back against mounting US pressure for change on the island.
The Cuban government has led several protests in recent weeks to call on the US to allow oil to arrive to the island.
US President Trump has made clear his desire to change Cuba's leadership and has placed the country under an oil embargo.
There have been emotional scenes in Cuba where 2,000 prisoners are being pardoned and released from jail.
US President Trump has made clear his desire to change Cuba's leadership and has placed the country under an oil embargo.
As Cuba faces one of the worst humanitarian crises in its history, questions have emerged about the island's leadership.
Cuba's deputy foreign minister says island will resist US pressure as sanctions deepen, blackouts and tensions escalate.
The crew are safe and will complete their mission, a spokesman for the organisers said.
The BBC's Will Grant speaks to two women experiencing starkly different realities as the country's energy crisis impacts their pregnancies.
The US oil blockade has brought Cuba’s power grid to the brink of collapse.
Two pregnant women tell the BBC's Will Grant of their hopes and fears as their nation is mired in crisis.
Cuba's power grid has collapsed for the third time this month, leaving the country in darkness with no electricity.
More than 10 million people are enduring power cuts after Cuba's national electrical grid collapsed again.
Power grid collapses for a third time in March as the Cuban government battles a US-imposed oil blockade.
Cuba's power grid has collapsed for the third time this month, leaving the country in darkness with no electricity.
Another total failure of its power grid underlines Cuba's hardship under a US-imposed fuel blockade.
An aid flotilla from Mexico is sailing for Cuba as the country suffers under a tightening US fuel blockade.
Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio says he is open to US trade talks but refused to entertain a leadership shake-up.