(Photo by Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times) Banner of Ernesto “Che” Guevara in front of shop in Havana, Cuba. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States on Friday slapped additional sanctions on Cuban military and security leaders in response to the Cuban regime’s “continued violent
Romárico Vidal Sotomayor García – chief of the Political Directorate of the Cuban Ministry of the Interior (MININT) (Source: ecured.cu) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Biden administration hit top Cuban officials with more sanctions amid the suppression of peaceful protests that broke out on
Álvaro López Miera Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba (Ministerio de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias). (Credit: Granma) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Biden administration slapped sanctions on a top Cuban military official and a government special forces unit after the
( credit: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) “The culmination of years of talks resulted in this handshake between the President and Cuban President Raúl Castro during the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama” Apr. 11, 2015. By Gary Raynaldo
(credit: nato.int) Norway Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Norway criticized the out-going Trump administration’s 11th-hour decision to designate Cuba a state sponsor of terrorism. The Trump administration added Cuba to its list of sponsors of terror on Monday,
Cuba El Banco Financiero Internacional, S.A. (BFI) (Banco Financiero Internacional) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The outgoing U.S. Trump Administration announced Friday it has placed Banco Financiero International S.A. (BFI) on its blacklist of Cuban companies it claims has financial ties to the Latin American
(credit: vietnamnet.vn) Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Lianys Torres Rivera is expected to be Havana’s Ambassador to the US in Washington DC beginning January 2021 when the new American President Joe Biden takes office. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Cuba’s top diplomat in the United States
Photo by Gary Raynaldo / © Diplomatic Times / U.S. Trump administration on Dec. 21, 2020 added three Cuban military-owned companies to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List including Grupo de Administración Empresarial SA (GAESA), FINCIMEX, and Kave Coffee S.A. By Gary Raynaldo
The Western Union Company is an American worldwide financial services and communications company. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. House of Representatives Chair of the House Rules Committee, James (Jim) P. McGovern, and Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Elliot Engel, denounced the
The Western Union Company is an American worldwide financial services and communications company. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Cuban government says the 407 Western Union payment offices in the Caribbean nation are set to close next month as a result of crippling economic