News of cuba

Trump says US will detain 30,000 migrants in Guantánamo

30-01-2025 09:30 US President Donald Trump announces that the United States will hold some 30,000 "criminal illegal aliens" at the notorious Guantánamo military detention facility in Cuba as part of his administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.

NEW ERA IN AMERICA

Trump on Latin America: 'We don’t need them – they need us'

22-01-2025 11:10 US president's remarks indicate his forthright approach to future policy; Trump insists he will regain control of Panama Canal, sends troops to Mexican border, but Marco Rubio’s eye will remain on wider region.

DIPLOMACY

Trump names Peter Lamelas as next US ambassador to Argentina

13-12-2024 14:13 Cuba-born doctor and Republican donor, who recently met President Javier Milei at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, says appointment is “incredible honour.”

GEOPOLITICS

US likely to increase focus on LatAm with Rubio as top diplomat

19-11-2024 12:27 Marco Rubio's appointment as the United States' top diplomat has raised expectations that Washington will place greater emphasis on Latin America moving forward.

POLITICS & FOREIGN POLICY

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.