Ramiro Valdes, one of Cuba’s last living revolutionary figures, dies at 94
Valdes was close ally of Castro brothers and helped found Cuba’s notorious intelligence apparatus.

Valdes was close ally of Castro brothers and helped found Cuba’s notorious intelligence apparatus.









Decades-old property claims, frozen since the 1960s, are being turned into live instruments of reconquest.
Measures come as Cuba continues to experience food shortages and blackouts.
The US Department of Agriculture says New World screwworm has been detected in a Texas calf.

Cuba has begun distributing donated powdered milk from Mexico and Uruguay as the island faces severe shortages.

Senior U.S. and Cuban military officials held a rare face-to-face meeting near Guantanamo Bay.
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.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Cuba poses a national security threat.
A US military operation in Cuba could be imminent, but Havana is not entirely defenceless, some analysts argue.