Cuban General Luis Alberto Rodríguez López-Callejas, was one of the most powerful figures in Cuba who headed the Grupo de Administración Empresarial SA (GAESA ), the business group of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) (cubanstudiesinstitute.) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES General Luis Alberto
Some 45 migrants found off the Florida Keys were repatriated to Cuba on June 19, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. Coast Guard returned 45 migrants back to Cuba on Sunday after interdicting them last week off the
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times) Vintage American car in Havana, Cuba. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Biden administration this week rolled back several Trump-era policies toward Cuba including allowing more travel to the island, and increasing the amount of money families can
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A Federal judge in Miami ruled that four of the largest cruise lines “trafficked in stolen property” by traveling to Cuba. In the March 21, 2022, ruling, U.S. Judge Beth Bloom found that Carnival Corp., Royal Caribbean Ltd.,
Cuba’s First Deputy Foreign Minister Gerardo Peñalver DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF Cuban First Deputy Foreign Minister Gerardo Peñalver is in Paris on a working visit to France for bilateral political consultations with Francois Delattre, general secretary of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. “Today, the
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Archipelago, Southeast Asia’s largest privately owned and independent hotel management group, today announced the expansion of its Cuban portfolio with the opening of the 600 room GRAND ASTON La Habana Hotel located in Havana’s commercial district section Vedado. The hotel
According to the World Intellectual Property Organization, in Cuba, over half of all registered patent applicants were women in 2021. (Matanzas, Cuba / Source: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES CUBA is the country with the most female inventors with pending international patents
Malu Perez Iser is a Cuban Paralympic athlete who claimed a surprise victory at the Paralympic Games in Rio September 2016 winning a Bronze Medal. German company OTTOBOCK supplied Perez Iser’s running prostheses for recreational athletes and competitive runners (Credit: Ottobock) By Gary Raynaldo
Sir George Hollingbery KCMG has began his appointment as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba (gov.uk) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Sir George Hollingbery KCMG, newly appointed as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba, took up his official duties
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times) Vintage American car in Havana, Cuba. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States announced Thursday the State Department imposed visa restrictions on eight Cuban officials in the aftermath of the government’s crackdown on demonstrators last July.