2025 in Cuba
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This article covers events in the year 2025 in Cuba.
Incumbents
- First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba: Miguel Díaz-Canel
- President of Cuba: Miguel Díaz-Canel
- Prime Minister of Cuba: Miguel Díaz-Canel
Events
January
- January 7 – Thirteen soldiers are killed in an explosion at an ammunition depot in Melones, Holguín Province.[1]
- January 17 – South Korea opens an embassy in Cuba for the first time.[2]
February
- February 4 – The United States begins transporting detained migrants to its naval base in Guantanamo Bay.[3]
March
- March 14 – A systems failure at the Diezmero electric substation outside Havana causes a nationwide blackout.[4]
April
- April 29 – Dissidents José Daniel Ferrer and Félix Navarro Rodríguez, who were released as part of an agreement between the Cuban government and the United States in January, are rearrested after their paroles are revoked.[5]
June
- 4 June – US President Donald Trump issues a proclamation imposing partial restrictions on Cuban nationals travelling to the United States.[6]
July
- 11 July – The United States imposes sanctions on President Miguel Díaz-Canel, Defense Minister Álvaro López Miera and Interior Minister Lázaro Álvarez Casas for their role in human rights violations.[7]
- 15 July – Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera resigns as Minister of Labor and Social Security following criticism over her remarks questioning the presence of beggars in the country.[8]
Art and entertainment
Holidays
Source:[9]
- January 1 – Liberation Day
- January 2 – Victoria Day
- April 18 – Good Friday
- May 1 – Labour Day
- July 25–28 – Day of the National Rebellion
- October 10 – Independence Day
- December 25 – Christmas Day
See also
References
- ^ "13 Cuban soldiers dead after explosion at ammunition depot, government says". CBS News. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ Sang-Ho, Song (18 January 2025). "(LEAD) S. Korea opens embassy in Cuba one year after establishing diplomatic relations". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ "First military flight with migrants deported from US lands in Guantanamo Bay". France 24. 5 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ "Cuba suffers another massive power outage leaving millions in the dark". AP News. 15 March 2025.
- ^ "Top Cuban dissidents detained after court revokes parole". France 24. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ "What we know about Trump's latest travel ban". BBC. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ^ "US sanctions Cuban President Díaz-Canel and other officials for human rights violations". AP News. 12 July 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ "Cuban labor minister resigns after her suggestion beggars were pretending sparked backlash". AP News. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ^ "Cuba Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
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