News of cuba

Milei vows purge of ‘traitors’ after vote backing Cuba at UN

04-11-2024 22:16 President Milei lets rip at diplomats, promising to purge Argentina's foreign service of “ traitors to the country.”

EDITORIAL

Another one bites the dust

02-11-2024 06:50 The fiscal and macro-economic stability so obsessively sought by President Milei finds its antithesis in extreme administrative volatility, when political fragmentation could be permitting calmer waters.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei to 'audit' Argentina's Foreign Ministry after Cuba embargo vote

31-10-2024 14:12 Day after sacking of Foreign Minister Diana Mondino, Presidential Spokesperson Manuel Adorni says "President Milei's position is clear" and that all staff unhappy with Argentina's new direction are free to "withdraw from the government."

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

Milei sacks foreign minister after Cuba embargo vote

30-10-2024 18:11 President Javier Milei sacks Foreign Minister Diana Mondino for backing a UN vote condemning the United States' six-decade trade embargo of Cuba.

AVIATION REFUELLING ROW

Argentine firms refuse to refuel Cuban state airline’s planes

25-04-2024 11:33 Cuba’s state airline announced Wednesday that it had been forced to cancel two flights to Argentina because fuel suppliers refused to supply the planes.

ESPIONAGE

Mondino: 'Cuban and Venezuelan moles' are trying to destabilise government

01-03-2024 15:11 Without presenting evidence, Argentina's foreign minister claims there are "specialist and highty skilled" Cuban and Venezuelan moles active in the country that are trying to destabilise President Javier Milei's government.

ESPIONAGE SCANDAL

Former US envoy to Argentina charged with spying over 40 years for Cuba

05-12-2023 12:36 Victor Manuel Rocha responsible for “one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations of the United States government by a foreign agent,” says US attorney-general; Colombian-born US citizen previously served as Washington’s envoy to Bolivia and headed the US Embassy in Argentina for a brief spell.

TIES WITH CUBA

Brazil to send business leaders to Cuba in push to rebuild ties

02-09-2023 10:32 Delegation of at least 30 Brazilian business leaders will travel to Havana on Monday in search of opportunities to boost trade with Cuba, the latest step in Lula's push to repair relations between the two nations.

EU-Latin America

EU salvages Latin American summit after tussle on Ukraine stance

18-07-2023 15:44 EU and Latin American leaders, except Nicaragua, reached a consensus on expressing concern about the war in Ukraine without naming Russia, signaling a potential shift in global dynamics.

Ukraine war

EU faces setback in Latin America as Ukraine conflict impacts influence

17-07-2023 18:49 EU's efforts to strengthen influence in Latin America face hurdles due to the Ukraine conflict

PRICE HIKES

Left-wing LatAm governments agree joint inflation plan

06-04-2023 16:01 New ‘Alianza de Países de América Latina y el Caribe contra la Inflación’ scheme will see 11 leftist nations adopt common strategies to tackle price hikes.

INFLATION IN CUBA

Soaring inflation wallops Cubans already battling shortages

04-04-2023 12:09 "Prices....exploded and salaries did not follow," as the Cuban government phased out parallel currencies and raised salaries.

FACEBOOK FAKES

Meta shutters fake account 'cheerleaders' for Cuban, Bolivian governments

23-02-2023 17:57 Facebook parent company takes down two fake account networks with links to the governments of Cuba and Bolivia that were used to spread official propaganda and discredit the opposition.

News of cuba

Milei vows purge of ‘traitors’ after vote backing Cuba at UN

Another one bites the dust

Milei to 'audit' Argentina's Foreign Ministry after Cuba embargo vote

Milei sacks foreign minister after Cuba embargo vote

Argentine firms refuse to refuel Cuban state airline’s planes

Mondino: 'Cuban and Venezuelan moles' are trying to destabilise government

Former US envoy to Argentina charged with spying over 40 years for Cuba

Brazil to send business leaders to Cuba in push to rebuild ties

EU salvages Latin American summit after tussle on Ukraine stance

EU faces setback in Latin America as Ukraine conflict impacts influence

Left-wing LatAm governments agree joint inflation plan

Soaring inflation wallops Cubans already battling shortages

Meta shutters fake account 'cheerleaders' for Cuban, Bolivian governments

Trump and Argentina – Business leaders hope political affinity will prompt commercial resurgence

Cattle rancher accused of mass penguin slaughter found guilty

Police charge trio in connection with Liam Payne’s death

Wanted: Republican-friendly name for Argentina's vacant post in Washington

Biden's legacy in ruins after Trump’s triumph over Harris

Se pinchó Mercado Libre en Wall Street: por qué sus acciones cayeron más de 15% en Nueva York

Estados Unidos le pidió a la jueza Preska que rechace la demanda de un fondo buitre para quedarse con activos de YPF

Anuncian otra jornada inestable con intensas ráfagas en AMBA: ¿se esperan lluvias?

Un tuitero libertario "escrachó" a Dillom en un avión y el músico lo fue a encarar: "Mirá qué guapo sos"

La Corte Suprema declaró inconstitucional un impuesto de la provincia de Buenos Aires