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Cuba says US ban hinders vaccine production amid joint Iran plan
May 08, 2021 09:41The Cuban foreign minister says the US blockade against his country has hindered the development and production of domestically-manufactured vaccines against the coronavirus pandemic.
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Diaz-Canel becomes Cuba's Communist Party chief, says will continue to seek Castro's guidance
Apr 20, 2021 06:18Cuba's ruling Communist Party has elected President Miguel Diaz-Canel to replace Raul Castro as its leader -- the most powerful position in the Caribbean island nation, that was held by the Castro brothers for six decades.
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Castro resigns from ruling party to hand power to Cuba's younger generation
Apr 17, 2021 03:37Former Cuban President Raul Castro has announced his resignation as the head of the country’s ruling Communist Party, the most powerful position on the Caribbean island nation.
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Cubans rally against US embargo with caravan protest
Mar 29, 2021 09:14Hundreds of cars and cyclists carrying Cuban flags take to Havana's Malecon to call for an end to the United States embargo, which was tightened during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Iran-Cuba vaccine cooperation sends signal of independence to White House
Mar 11, 2021 01:55Iran’s cooperation with Cuba on manufacturing a COVID-19 vaccine is indicative of a strong and clear signal to Washington that its illegal sanctions will not cripple an independent country, says an Iranian expert on geopolitics.
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EU recalls ambassador to Cuba over 'unacceptable' letter to Biden
Feb 28, 2021 05:50The European Union’s ambassador to Havana has been summoned to Brussels for signing a letter that urges US President Joe Biden to lift business and travel restrictions against Cuba.
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Iran-Cuba COVID vaccine may hit markets in April: Iran health official
Feb 22, 2021 03:02A senior Iranian Health Ministry official says a nation-wide immunization program against coronavirus involving an Iranian-Cuban vaccine could be rolled out in April.
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Iran, Cuba to mass produce COVID-19 vaccine amid US sanctions: Official
Jan 22, 2021 13:26Iran and Cuba plan to create the capacity for the mass production of doses of a vaccine to contain the coronavirus pandemic amid crippling sanctions imposed on the two countries by the administration of former US President Donald Trump.
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Iran, Cuba’s COVID-19 vaccine project proceeds to clinical trial phase II
Jan 20, 2021 11:37A coronavirus vaccine project being jointly pursued by Iran and Cuba has entered phase II of its clinical trials, with no side effects having been reported so far.
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Iran condemns US renaming of Cuba as ‘state sponsor of terrorism’
Jan 13, 2021 03:10Iran has strongly condemned the United States’ designation of Cuba as a “state sponsor of terrorism,” expressing solidarity with the Latin American country.