Former President of Cuba Raul Castro By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States Thursday slapped sanctions on Cuba’s Raul Castro and his children as it seeks to sever all lifelines helping Venezuela’s Nicholas Maduro remain in power. “The Department is publicly designating
Photo: Gary Raynaldo / Plaque outside the Permanent Residence of Cuba to the United Nations in New York City at 315 Lexington Ave. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Trump administration on Thursday announced the expulsion of two diplomats from Cuba’s U.N. mission in
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / United Nations New York world headquarters By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Trump administration said Thursday it is expelling two diplomats from Cuba’s U.N. mission in New York for allegedly trying to conduct “influence operations” in the United States. The
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / Cubans buying meats and eggs in a shop located in Old Havana, Cuba. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Trump administration tightened sanctions on Cuba Friday by limiting the amount of money that Cuban Americans can send to their
Credit: cubaron.com / Cuba’s premium Santiago de Cuba rum will be added to Diageo Europe’s portfolio of reserve luxury spirits. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES British whisky giant Diageo has formed a joint venture with the Cuba’s state-owned Corporación Cuba Ron S.A. to distribute the
Source: MFARussia.twitter / Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov and Foreign Affairs Minister of Cuba Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla at news conference in Havana, Cuba July 24, 2019. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Biting U.S. sanctions and a sharp drop in aid from economically
Credit: translatingcuba.com / Federica Mogherini and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez on a 2018 visit of the High Representative of the EU to Havana. (EEAS) DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF While the U.S. under President Trump is rapidly breaking all political and economic ties with Cuba that
Credit: presidency.gov.gh / Ghana H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo meets Cuba President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez Apr. 5, 2019 in Havana, Cuba DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the prospects for scaling-up economic relations between Ghana and
Photo by Gary Raynaldo / María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the UN General Assembly, speaks at 70th Anniversary of UDHR Dec. 6, 2018 at UN world headquarters New York City with “Women Who Shaped The Universal Declaration” photo exhibit behind