(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
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley said he and others in uniform take an oath to the U.S. Constitution and not to any president or individual. Gen. Milley made the comments at a
United States President Joe Biden (Credit: Whitehouse.gov) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON – PENTAGON – President Joe Biden made his case before the American people Thursday in defending the decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan. President Biden vowed he would
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES China’s growing influence and international policies present challenges to Alliance security that need to be addressed, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday. The NATO chief made the comments following the meeting of NATO heads of state and
President Donald J. Trump stands before a plaque Tuesday, June 23, 2020, commemorating the 200th mile of new border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border near Yuma, Ariz. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden’s
Grahame Mark Morris is a British Labour Party politician and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Cuba (Credit: Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Grahame Morris, a British MP for Easington, has sent a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden asking him
The national flag of the Republic of Cuba By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States stands with Cubans who are pursuing freedom, prosperity, and “a future of greater dignity”. The secretary of state made the comments Thursday in
President Donald J. Trump stands before a plaque Tuesday, June 23, 2020, commemorating the 200th mile of new border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border near Yuma, Ariz. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON – PENTAGON –