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U.S. Coast Guard Sends 45 Illegal Migrants Back To CUBA

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

Judge Rules Cruise Lines Violated U.S. Law Traveling to CUBA

  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 and FRANCE Hold Ministerial Meetings in Paris To Bolster Bilateral Relations

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

Archipelago Announces Opening of New Hotel in Havana, CUBA

  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

CUBA Has The Most Female Inventors in the World For International Patents

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

German Prosthetics Firm OTTOBOCK Helps CUBA Make Strides in Paralympics

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 

U.S. Slaps Visa Restrictions on 8 Cuban Officials After Crackdown On Protesters

(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.

CUBA Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium Presents Credentials Letters

Brussels, November 24, 2021.- On the morning of this Tuesday, at the Royal Palace of Brussels, Ambassador Yaira Jiménez Roig presented Felipe, King of the Belgians, the Credentials that accredit her as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba in the Kingdom of