The European Union is a political and economic union of 27 member states located primarily in Europe. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The European Union on Friday imposed targeted sanctions on five members of Mali’s military junta, including Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga. The five
Credit: ecowas.int/ The Economic Community of West African States, also known as ECOWAS, is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) imposed economic and diplomatic
Flag of Eritrea (Source: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States has sanctioned the Eritrean military and the country’s ruling party because “Eritrea’s destabilizing presence in Ethiopia” is prolonging the year-long bloody conflict. Since the outbreak of the military conflict in 2020,
U.S. Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF The U.S. Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Thursday announced that the cargo ship HERMANN (Cuban-flagged, owned by Compania Navegacion Golfo SA) had been removed from Cuba sanctions lists. The OFAC also announced
(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
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
(credit: leahy.senate.gov) U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-V) is among several lawmakers demanding Secretary of State Michael Pompeo answer on the out-going Trump administration’s designating Cuba a sponsor of terrorism on Monday. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Democrat Senators are demanding answers from the U.S.
(photo credit: Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times) Vintage American cars in Havana, Cuba By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The outgoing Trump administration designated Cuba as a state sponsor of terror on Monday, effectively reversing an Obama-era action that removed the Latin American country