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Raúl Castro hands over power to Miguel Díaz-Canel
Map of Havana Cuba Cuba: Miguel Díaz-Canel has been sworn in as Cuba's new president, replacing Raúl Castro who took over from his ailing brother Fidel in 2006
Díaz-Canel had been serving as first vice-president
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Oxfam Haiti scandal: Suspects 'threatened' witnesses
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Puerto Rico: Trump compares Maria and Katrina deaths |
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Mystery as US expels two Cuban diplomats |
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Cuba denounces Trump's policy rollback |
| Jun.11 |
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Puerto Rico voters back becoming 51st state in referendum |
| Jan.12 |
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US visa-free residency for Cubans ends |
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Haiti: Jovenel Moise confirmed winner of presidential election |
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Crowds pay last respects to Fidel Castro in Santiago. Cuba
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Cuba plunged into mourning for ex-leader
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Cuba's Fidel Castro, former president, dies aged 90
Map of Havana Cuba Fidel Castro, Cuba's former president and leader of the Communist revolution, has died aged 90, his brother has said
Fidel ruled Cuba as a one-party state for almost 50 years before Raul took over in 2008. He was accused of suppressing opposition. There would now be several days of national mourning
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Colombia and Farc rebels sign historic peace agreement
Map of Havana Cuba Cuba: The government and the Farc rebel group have signed a historic peace accord, putting an end to more than five decades of conflict | |
| Jun.23 |
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Colombia Farc: Ceasefire signed to end five decades of war
Cuba: The Colombian government and the Farc rebels have signed a historic ceasefire deal, bringing them closer to ending more than five decades of...
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Puerto Rico to default on debt payment after talks fail |
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US cruise ship travels to Cuba for first time in decades |
| Mar.21 |
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Obama and Castro spar over human rights. Cuba
| Mar.20 |
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Barack Obama in Cuba at start of historic visit
Map of Havana Cuba President Barack Obama is the first sitting US president to visit since the 1959 revolution, which heralded decades of hostility
| Feb.12 |
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Pope Francis holds historic talks with Russian Orthodox Patriarch
Cuba: Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill have called for restored Christian unity between the two churches at historic talks in Cu...
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Ex-UN General Assembly leader accused of pocketing $500,000 in bribes |
| Sep.20 |
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Pope Francis meets with Fidel Castro in Cuba
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Cuba: Pope Francis celebrates Mass before thousands
Pope Francis has celebrated Mass in front of tens of thousands of people in the Cuban capital Havana, on his first visit to the Communist-ruled...
| Sep.19 |
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Pope Francis urges 'freedom' for Church on Cuba visit
| Aug.14 |
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US flag raised over reopened Cuba embassy in Havana
The US has reopened its embassy more than 54 years after it was closed, in a step signalling the warming of ties between both countries
| Jun.29 |
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Puerto Rico governor says territory 'can't pay $72bn debt' |
| May.10 |
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Pope Francis inspires Cuba's Raul Castro towards Church |
| Apr.18 |
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Two Cuban dissidents stand in local municipal vote |
| Apr.14 |
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Cuba praises 'fair' US pledge on terrorism list |
| Apr.11 |
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Obama and Castro in historic US-Cuba meeting
Panama: US President and Cuban President have met on the fringes of the Summit of the Americas, the first formal talks in half a century
| Apr.9 |
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US and Cuba hold highest-level meeting in 50 years. Panama
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Castro urges US to lift Cuba embargo |
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US and Cuba seek to normalise ties 
Washington: US and Cuba are to start talks to normalise diplomatic ties in a historic shift in relations between the two countries, US officials say | |
| Oct.11 |
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Former Haiti ruler Duvalier buried |
| Oct.4 |
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Former Haiti president Duvalier dies
| Sep.23 |
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Vatican arrests ex-envoy Wesolowski over child abuse |
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| Nov.6 |
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US hijacker returns from Cuba |
| Apr.10 |
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Cuba hands fugitive parents to U.S. officials |
| Feb.24 |
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Cuba's Raul Castro to retire in 2018 |
| Jan.3 |
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Chavez battling 'severe' lung infection. Cuba
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| Dec.30 |
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Chavez suffers new complications Cuba: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has suffered 'new complications' after a cancer operation in Cuba, his vice-president has said
| Dec.11 |
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President Chavez's cancer surgery 'successful'. Cuba
| Oct.21 |
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Fidel Castro appears in public. Cuba
| Mar.27 |
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Pope meets Raul Castro in Havana. Cuba
| Mar.26 |
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Pope arrives in Cuba on key visit |
| Mar.18 |
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Cuban protesters held in Havana |
| Feb.24 |
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Prime minister quits after just a few months |
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| Dec.23 |
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Cuba to release 2,900 prisoners |
| Jul.15 |
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Chavez plans more Cuba treatment |
| Apr.16 |
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Raul Castro proposes Cuba term limits |
| Apr.15 |
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Rights group presses for Duvalier trial |
| Apr.4 |
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Martelly 'is Haiti poll winner' Preliminary results in Haiti's presidential election show musician Michel 'Sweet Micky' Martelly has defeated ex-senator Mirlande Manigat
| Mar.17 |
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide 'returning home' |
| Mar.12 |
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U.S. contractor sentenced to 15 years |
| Feb.19 |
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Cuba sets free dissident Hernandez |
| Feb.12 |
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More dissidents out of jail |
| Jan.22 |
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Duvalier calls for reconciliation |
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Former U.S. lawmaker assisting Duvalier |
| Jan.16 |
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'Baby Doc' Duvalier back in Haiti The former president Jean-Claude Duvalier, has returned to the country, 25 years after he was overthrown by a popular revolt
| Jan.14 |
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Obama eases US Cuba travel rules |
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| Dec.24 |
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Cuba begins to publish U.S. documents |
| Nov.18 |
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Anti-U.N. protests erupt in Haitian capital |
| Nov.15 |
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Haiti cholera protests target UN
| Aug.20 |
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Jean's presidential bid rejected |
| Aug.7 |
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Fidel Castro delivers rare speech |
| Aug.5 |
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Jean announces run for presidency |
| Jul.12 |
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Seven freed dissidents leave for Spain |
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Castro rips U.S. in rare TV appearance. Cuba
| Jul.10 |
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Rare pictures show smiling Castro |
| Jul.7 |
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Cuba to release 52 political prisoners The prisoners are set to be freed and will be allowed to leave the country, Cuba's Roman Catholic church announced in a written statement
| May.23 |
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State of emergency in Kingston |
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Cuban prisoners 'win concessions' |
| Mar.31 |
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UN Haiti donor pledges surpass targets |
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UN chief urges support for $4bn Haiti plan |
| Feb.23 |
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Prison hunger striker Zapata dies |
| Feb.12 |
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National mourning month after earthquake |
| Feb.6 |
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G7 nations pledge debt relief for Haiti |
| Jan.27 |
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Ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile |
| Jan.25 |
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Donors meet to plan Haiti rebuilding. Montreal
| Jan.16 |
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Clinton visits quake-hit Haitians
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| Nov.28 |
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Commonwealth leaders back climate fund. Trinidad & Tobago
| Nov.26 |
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Commonwealth summit in targets climate |
| Jun.4 |
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Cuba rejects OAS membership |
| Apr.17 |
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Obama offers Cuba 'new beginning'
Trinidad & Tobago: President Barack Obama has said the US seeks a 'new beginning' with Cuba and an 'equal partnership' with all the nations of the Americas
| Apr.13 |
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Obama eases Cuba travel restrictions |
| Mar.2 |
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Cuban shake-up claims key figures |
| Jan.1 |
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Cuba marks 50 years of revolution |
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| Jun.19 |
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EU to lift sanctions against Cuba |
| May.16 |
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President wins election. Dominican Republic
| Apr.12 |
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Prime minister ousted over food prices |
| Apr.8 |
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Rioters storm presidential palace. Haiti
| Mar.7 |
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Leaders say Colombia crisis over
Dominican Republic: The presidents of Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia have shaken hands at a summit, marking the end of a crisis triggered by a cross-border rai...
| Feb.24 |
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Raul Castro named president
Cuba: Raul Castro has been unanimously selected to succeed his brother Fidel as leader by National Assembly
| Feb.19 |
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Castro resigns as president
Cuba: Fidel Castro announced his resignation as president and commander in chief of the military , according to a letter published in the Granma
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| Dec.17 |
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Fidel Castro hints at retirement. Cuba
| Sep.21 |
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Castro on TV appears gaunt but lucid |
| Jul.26 |
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Fidel absent as Cuba celebrates |
| Jun.5 |
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Castro interview focuses on past |
| Jan.30 |
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Castro up and talking in new video |
| Jan.19 |
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Chavez admits Castro gravely ill |
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| Dec.26 |
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Castro's ailment 'is not cancer' |
| Dec.17 |
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Castro not dying, US envoys told |
| Dec.2 |
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Castro misses birthday parade. Cuba
| Nov.28 |
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Castro misses birthday ceremony
Cuba: Frail Cuban leader has stayed away from the opening ceremony of his birthday celebrations in Havana on doctors' orders
| Oct.28 |
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Cuba TV shows pictures of Castro |
| Aug.14 |
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Chavez at Castro's bedside in new photos. Cuba
| Aug.3 |
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Bush calls for democracy in Cuba |
| Jul.31 |
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Castro hands power to brother Cuba: President Fidel Castro was undergoing a surgery and provisionally handed over power to his younger brother Raul
| Apr.29 |
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Leftist trio seals Americas pact. Cuba
| Feb.15 |
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Accord names Preval winner. Haiti
| Feb.14 |
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Haiti calls for election review |
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| Mar.9 |
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Latortue named as prime minister. Haiti
| Mar.7 |
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6 shot dead after anti-Aristide rally |
| Mar.3 |
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State of emergency declared |
| Mar.1 |
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Aristide: U.S. deposed him in 'coup d'etat' |
| Feb.29 |
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Aristide quits, flees Haiti President resigned and left his embattled nation 'to prevent bloodshed,' according to a statement read by Prime Minister
| Feb.17 |
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50 dead as crisis grows |
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| May.13 |
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US expels 14 Cuban diplomats |
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| May.12 |
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Cuba opens up for Carter
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| Jun.29 |
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Elian Gonzalez returns to Cuba
before year 2000
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Cuban Revolution ousted Batista
Map of Havana Cuba An armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement and its allies against the US-backed authoritarian government | |
| Jan. 11, 1757 |
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Alexander Hamilton born
Map of Charlestown Saint Kitts %26 Nevis Saint Kitts & Nevis: A founding father of the United States, chief staff aide to General George Washington, the founder of the nation's financial system
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2018 |
| Feb.18 |
Oxfam Haiti scandal: Suspects 'threatened' witnesses
2010 |
| Mar.31 |
UN Haiti donor pledges surpass targets |
| Mar.31 |
UN chief urges support for $4bn Haiti plan |
| Feb.6 |
G7 nations pledge debt relief for Haiti |
| Jan.25 |
Donors meet to plan Haiti rebuilding. Montreal
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2017 |
| Jun.11 |
Puerto Rico voters back becoming 51st state in referendum |
| Jan.3 |
Haiti: Jovenel Moise confirmed winner of presidential election |
2015 |
| Apr.18 |
Two Cuban dissidents stand in local municipal vote |
2011 |
| Apr.4 |
Martelly 'is Haiti poll winner' Preliminary results in Haiti's presidential election show musician Michel 'Sweet Micky' Martelly has defeated ex-senator Mirlande Manigat
2010 |
| Aug.20 |
Jean's presidential bid rejected |
| Aug.5 |
Jean announces run for presidency |
2008 |
| May.16 |
President wins election. Dominican Republic
2006 |
| Feb.15 |
Accord names Preval winner. Haiti
| Feb.14 |
Haiti calls for election review |
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2016 |
| May.1 |
Puerto Rico to default on debt payment after talks fail |
2015 |
| Jun.29 |
Puerto Rico governor says territory 'can't pay $72bn debt' |
| Apr.14 |
Cuba praises 'fair' US pledge on terrorism list |
2009 |
| Jun.4 |
Cuba rejects OAS membership |
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2009 |
| Nov.28 |
Commonwealth leaders back climate fund. Trinidad & Tobago
| Nov.26 |
Commonwealth summit in targets climate |
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2016 |
| Feb.12 |
Pope Francis holds historic talks with Russian Orthodox Patriarch
Cuba: Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill have called for restored Christian unity between the two churches at historic talks in Cu...
2015 |
| Sep.20 |
Cuba: Pope Francis celebrates Mass before thousands
Pope Francis has celebrated Mass in front of tens of thousands of people in the Cuban capital Havana, on his first visit to the Communist-ruled...
| Sep.19 |
Pope Francis urges 'freedom' for Church on Cuba visit
| May.10 |
Pope Francis inspires Cuba's Raul Castro towards Church |
2014 |
| Sep.23 |
Vatican arrests ex-envoy Wesolowski over child abuse |
2012 |
| Mar.27 |
Pope meets Raul Castro in Havana. Cuba
| Mar.26 |
Pope arrives in Cuba on key visit |
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2011 |
| Jan.14 |
Obama eases US Cuba travel rules |
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2010 |
| Dec.24 |
Cuba begins to publish U.S. documents |
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1959 |
| Jan. 1, 1959 |
Cuban Revolution ousted Batista
Map of Havana Cuba An armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement and its allies against the US-backed authoritarian government | |
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2009 |
| Jan.1 |
Cuba marks 50 years of revolution |
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2009 |
| Apr.17 |
Obama offers Cuba 'new beginning'
Trinidad & Tobago: President Barack Obama has said the US seeks a 'new beginning' with Cuba and an 'equal partnership' with all the nations of the Americas
2008 |
| Mar.7 |
Leaders say Colombia crisis over
Dominican Republic: The presidents of Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia have shaken hands at a summit, marking the end of a crisis triggered by a cross-border rai...
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2017 |
| Jan.12 |
US visa-free residency for Cubans ends |
2013 |
| Nov.6 |
US hijacker returns from Cuba |
| Apr.10 |
Cuba hands fugitive parents to U.S. officials |
2011 |
| Mar.17 |
Jean-Bertrand Aristide 'returning home' |
2010 |
| Jan.27 |
Ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile |
2000 |
| Jun.29 |
Elian Gonzalez returns to Cuba
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2017 |
| Oct.3 |
Puerto Rico: Trump compares Maria and Katrina deaths |
2016 |
| Mar.20 |
Barack Obama in Cuba at start of historic visit
Map of Havana Cuba President Barack Obama is the first sitting US president to visit since the 1959 revolution, which heralded decades of hostility
2015 |
| Sep.20 |
Pope Francis meets with Fidel Castro in Cuba
2010 |
| Jan.16 |
Clinton visits quake-hit Haitians
2006 |
| Dec.17 |
Castro not dying, US envoys told |
| Aug.14 |
Chavez at Castro's bedside in new photos. Cuba
2002 |
| May.12 |
Cuba opens up for Carter
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2016 |
| Aug.24 |
Colombia and Farc rebels sign historic peace agreement
Map of Havana Cuba Cuba: The government and the Farc rebel group have signed a historic peace accord, putting an end to more than five decades of conflict | |
| Jun.23 |
Colombia Farc: Ceasefire signed to end five decades of war
Cuba: The Colombian government and the Farc rebels have signed a historic ceasefire deal, bringing them closer to ending more than five decades of...
2006 |
| Apr.29 |
Leftist trio seals Americas pact. Cuba
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2017 |
| Aug.9 |
Mystery as US expels two Cuban diplomats |
2015 |
| Aug.14 |
US flag raised over reopened Cuba embassy in Havana
The US has reopened its embassy more than 54 years after it was closed, in a step signalling the warming of ties between both countries
2003 |
| May.13 |
US expels 14 Cuban diplomats |
|
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2016 |
| Mar.21 |
Obama and Castro spar over human rights. Cuba
2011 |
| Dec.23 |
Cuba to release 2,900 prisoners |
| Apr.15 |
Rights group presses for Duvalier trial |
| Mar.12 |
U.S. contractor sentenced to 15 years |
| Feb.19 |
Cuba sets free dissident Hernandez |
| Feb.12 |
More dissidents out of jail |
2010 |
| Jul.12 |
Seven freed dissidents leave for Spain |
| Jul.7 |
Cuba to release 52 political prisoners The prisoners are set to be freed and will be allowed to leave the country, Cuba's Roman Catholic church announced in a written statement
| May.23 |
Cuban prisoners 'win concessions' |
| Feb.23 |
Prison hunger striker Zapata dies |
2006 |
| Aug.3 |
Bush calls for democracy in Cuba |
|
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2015 |
| Apr.11 |
Obama and Castro in historic US-Cuba meeting
Panama: US President and Cuban President have met on the fringes of the Summit of the Americas, the first formal talks in half a century
| Apr.9 |
US and Cuba hold highest-level meeting in 50 years. Panama
|
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2016 |
| May.1 |
US cruise ship travels to Cuba for first time in decades |
2014 |
| Dec.17 |
Castro urges US to lift Cuba embargo |
| Dec.17 |
US and Cuba seek to normalise ties 
Washington: US and Cuba are to start talks to normalise diplomatic ties in a historic shift in relations between the two countries, US officials say | |
2009 |
| Apr.13 |
Obama eases Cuba travel restrictions |
2008 |
| Jun.19 |
EU to lift sanctions against Cuba |
|
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2018 |
| Apr. 19 |
Raúl Castro hands over power to Miguel Díaz-Canel
Map of Havana Cuba Cuba: Miguel Díaz-Canel has been sworn in as Cuba's new president, replacing Raúl Castro who took over from his ailing brother Fidel in 2006
Díaz-Canel had been serving as first vice-president
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2015 |
| Oct.6 |
Ex-UN General Assembly leader accused of pocketing $500,000 in bribes |
2013 |
| Feb.24 |
Cuba's Raul Castro to retire in 2018 |
| Jan.3 |
Chavez battling 'severe' lung infection. Cuba
2012 |
| Dec.30 |
Chavez suffers new complications Cuba: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has suffered 'new complications' after a cancer operation in Cuba, his vice-president has said
| Dec.11 |
President Chavez's cancer surgery 'successful'. Cuba
| Oct.21 |
Fidel Castro appears in public. Cuba
| Feb.24 |
Prime minister quits after just a few months |
2011 |
| Jul.15 |
Chavez plans more Cuba treatment |
| Apr.16 |
Raul Castro proposes Cuba term limits |
| Jan.22 |
Duvalier calls for reconciliation |
| Jan.16 |
'Baby Doc' Duvalier back in Haiti The former president Jean-Claude Duvalier, has returned to the country, 25 years after he was overthrown by a popular revolt
2010 |
| Jul.12 |
Castro rips U.S. in rare TV appearance. Cuba
| Jul.10 |
Rare pictures show smiling Castro |
2009 |
| Mar.2 |
Cuban shake-up claims key figures |
2008 |
| Apr.12 |
Prime minister ousted over food prices |
| Feb.24 |
Raul Castro named president
Cuba: Raul Castro has been unanimously selected to succeed his brother Fidel as leader by National Assembly
| Feb.19 |
Castro resigns as president
Cuba: Fidel Castro announced his resignation as president and commander in chief of the military , according to a letter published in the Granma
2007 |
| Dec.17 |
Fidel Castro hints at retirement. Cuba
| Sep.21 |
Castro on TV appears gaunt but lucid |
| Jul.26 |
Fidel absent as Cuba celebrates |
| Jun.5 |
Castro interview focuses on past |
| Jan.30 |
Castro up and talking in new video |
| Jan.19 |
Chavez admits Castro gravely ill |
2006 |
| Dec.26 |
Castro's ailment 'is not cancer' |
| Dec.2 |
Castro misses birthday parade. Cuba
| Nov.28 |
Castro misses birthday ceremony
Cuba: Frail Cuban leader has stayed away from the opening ceremony of his birthday celebrations in Havana on doctors' orders
| Oct.28 |
Cuba TV shows pictures of Castro |
| Jul.31 |
Castro hands power to brother Cuba: President Fidel Castro was undergoing a surgery and provisionally handed over power to his younger brother Raul
2004 |
| Mar.9 |
Latortue named as prime minister. Haiti
| Feb.29 |
Aristide quits, flees Haiti President resigned and left his embattled nation 'to prevent bloodshed,' according to a statement read by Prime Minister
1886 |
| Jan. 11, 1757 |
Alexander Hamilton born
Map of Charlestown Saint Kitts %26 Nevis Saint Kitts & Nevis: A founding father of the United States, chief staff aide to General George Washington, the founder of the nation's financial system
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2012 |
| Mar.18 |
Cuban protesters held in Havana |
2010 |
| Nov.18 |
Anti-U.N. protests erupt in Haitian capital |
| Nov.15 |
Haiti cholera protests target UN
2008 |
| Apr.8 |
Rioters storm presidential palace. Haiti
2004 |
| Mar.7 |
6 shot dead after anti-Aristide rally |
| Feb.17 |
50 dead as crisis grows |
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2010 |
| May.23 |
State of emergency in Kingston |
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2016 |
| Dec.3 |
Crowds pay last respects to Fidel Castro in Santiago. Cuba
| Nov.26 |
Cuba plunged into mourning for ex-leader
| Nov.25 |
Cuba's Fidel Castro, former president, dies aged 90
Map of Havana Cuba Fidel Castro, Cuba's former president and leader of the Communist revolution, has died aged 90, his brother has said
Fidel ruled Cuba as a one-party state for almost 50 years before Raul took over in 2008. He was accused of suppressing opposition. There would now be several days of national mourning
|
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2014 |
| Oct.11 |
Former Haiti ruler Duvalier buried |
| Oct.4 |
Former Haiti president Duvalier dies
2010 |
| Feb.12 |
National mourning month after earthquake |
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2010 |
| Aug.7 |
Fidel Castro delivers rare speech |