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Cuba banks to suspend cash dollar deposits in face of US sanctions
Jun 11, 2021 11:18The Cuban government has declared plans to halt the acceptance of cash bank deposits in US dollars, blaming brutal American sanctions that have confined its ability to use the dollar abroad.
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Cuba says US ban hinders vaccine production amid joint Iran plan
May 08, 2021 14:11The 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 10:48Cuba'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 08:07Former 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 13:44Hundreds 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 05:25Iran’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 09:20The 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 06:32A 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 16:56Iran 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 15:07A 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.