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Sovereign state situated on an island in the Caribbean Sea
4 November 2010
Aero Caribbean Flight 883 was an international scheduled passenger service from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Havana, Cuba with a stopover in Santiago de Cuba. On 4 November 2010, the ATR 72 operating the route crashed in the central Cuban province of Sancti Spíritus, killing all 61 passengers and 7 crew members aboard.
1 December 2019
The global COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It spread to other parts of Asia and then worldwide in early 2020.
2021
A series of protests against the Cuban government and the Communist Party of Cuba began on 11 July 2021, triggered by a shortage of food and medicine and the government's response to the resurgent COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba. The protests were the largest anti-government demonstrations since the Maleconazo in 1994.
25 September 2022
A referendum was held on 25 September 2022 in Cuba to approve amendments to the Family Code of the Cuban Constitution. The revised code contains stronger rules on gender equality and modernizes protections for women, children, the elderly and people with disabilities.
10 November 2024
This is a list of earthquakes in 2024. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in significant damage and/or casualties.
25 February 2026
On 25 February 2026, an armed maritime confrontation occurred between a patrol vessel of the Cuban Border Guard Troops and a motor boat registered in the United States near Cayo Falcones, off the northern coast of Villa Clara Province, within Cuban territorial waters. Cuban authorities stated that the occupants of the motor boat opened fire after being intercepted, wounding the commanding officer of the patrol vessel.