A 2025 report by United Nations Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan stated that 69% of the medicines necessary for people in Cuba were not available, a shortage the report linked to increases in mortality.
November 21, 2025
high
statistical
Finding reported by the UN Special Rapporteur on the impact of sanctions and other factors on Cuba's access to medicines.
In 2016, Cuban President RaĂșl Castro and U.S. President Barack Obama officially restored diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States.
January 01, 2016
high
historical
Formal restoration of bilateral relations between Cuba and the United States following a period of severed relations.
The United States imposed an economic embargo on Cuba in 1960 after Fidel Castro's revolution toppled Fulgencio Batista and the Cuban government nationalized properties belonging to U.S. citizens and corporations.
January 01, 1960
high
historical
Historical origin of the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba.