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US Lawmakers Express "Concern" Over Jay-Z, Beyonce Cuba Trip

Above: US Congressmen Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen   By the Caribbean Journal staff Two United States lawmakers are expressing “concern” over a trip to Cuba this week by music stars Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles-Carter. The two reportedly traveled to […]

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Cuba, Fiji Talk Bilateral Ties

Above: Fiji By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla met Thursday in Havana with Ratu Inoke Kubuabola, the Foreign Minister of Fiji. The two sides discussed ways to increase bilateral ties between the two Small Island […]

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Cuba, Zambia Talk Sports Cooperation

Above: Havana By the Caribbean Journal staff Zambia Sports Minister Chishimba Kambwili began an official visit to Cuba on Monday. The visit is part of an effort to renew the sports cooperation agreement signed between Cuba and Zambia in 2007, […]

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Bahamas Apprehends 17 Migrants from Cuba on Cay Lobos

Above: Cay Lobos By the Caribbean Journal staff The Royal Bahamas Defence Force apprehended 17 migrants from Cuba on Cay Lobos, the force announced Saturday. The group, which included 14 men and 3 women, was apprehended after being spotted by […]


Cuba's Diaz-Canel Leads Delegation to Installation of Pope Francis

Above: Vatican City By the Caribbean Journal staff Miguel Diaz-Canel, the first vice president of Cuba’s Councils of State and Ministers, led a Cuban delegation to the installation of Pope Francis in the Vatican Tuesday. It marked the first major […]


Cuban Pitcher Yadier Pedroso Dies in Traffic Accident

Above: Yadier Pedroso Gonzalez By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuban pitcher Yadier Pedroso Gonzalez, who pitched for his country in the World Baseball Classic in Tokyo last week, was killed this weekend in a traffic accident in Cuba, according to […]

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Cuban Ambassador Makes First Official Visit to Grand Bahama

Above: Guzman and Bahamian officials in Grand Bahama (BIS Photo/Vandyke Hepburn) By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuba’s Ambassador to the Bahamas, Ernesto Soberon Guzman, made his first official visit to Grand Bahama on Monday. The trip included talks with Minister […]


Fidel Castro: Chavez Was "The Best Friend The Cuban People Ever Had"

Above: Fidel Castro By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuba’s Fidel Castro has published his first official remarks on the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez last week. In a statement published by in Cuba’s state-owned Granma newspaper, republished by its […]


Op-Ed: Is Cuba Really Changing?

By Andy Gomez Op-Ed Contributor We recently witnessed what we had not heard one of the Castro brothers say in almost 54 years: Come 2018, neither one of them will be in power. Raúl Castro announced to the Cuban National […]

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Cuba to Hold National Day of Mourning for Hugo Chavez

Above: Havana By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuba’s government said it would hold a national day of mourning on Friday following the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. The national day will come after a nearly two-day official mourning period […]


Cuba's Raul Castro Announces Plans to Retire in 2018

Above: Raul Castro (Photo: AIN Cuba) By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuba President Raul Castro, who was chosen to serve a new term Sunday, will be leaving politics in 2018 when this term expires, he announced. The announcement came after […]


Cuba Names Esteban Lazo New President of National Assembly

Above: Esteban Lazo (Photo: AIN Cuba) By the Caribbean Journal staff Esteban Lazo has been named the new President of Cuba’s National Assembly. Lazo has served in the Politburo of Cuba’s Communist Party. He succeeds Ricardo Alarcon, who had served […]


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