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Abdala and Soberana 2 vaccines rolled out early as Havana declares health emergency
Departure of the Castro brothers is no guarantee of rapprochement with the US
Packed with archival research and driven by a powerful narrative, this new work shows how close we came to Armageddon in 1962
Blood clot concerns in J&J’s Covid vaccine risk damaging confidence in other vaccine programmes
Retiring party boss Raúl Castro, 89, will continue to be consulted on strategic decisions
Retirement of Fidel’s brother Raúl as party chief comes as country faces severe economic crisis
Communist government fires back at criticism with salsa counter-offensive
Soberana 2 and Abdala jabs reported to show ‘potent immunological response’ in earlier trials
TikTok is planning an aggressive expansion into ecommerce
Reform comes as communist-ruled island grapples with deepest economic crisis in decades
Havana’s reluctance to make concessions and US electoral politics complicate detente
Trump administration move will complicate rapprochement between Biden and Havana
Barack Obama’s detente, not hardline Trump sanctions, helped spawn the San Isidro movement
William Dalrymple, Sophy Roberts, Pico Iyer and many more reveal their best finds in a turbulent year
Worst economic crisis since fall of Soviet Union forces government to accelerate reforms
President Díaz-Canel denounces dissident artists as US stooges
Demonstrators demand dialogue with the Havana government over jailed rapper
Government is forced to act as it faces a dire shortage of dollars and collapse of tourism
Official historian saved the baroque and neoclassical buildings loved by tourists
Anthony DePalma’s piercing yet affectionate portrait of lives on the communist island
Supporters want Nobel Prize for teams but US and rights groups accuse Havana of abuses
Stanley Stewart on the town where Cuba’s love affair with music began
Covid-19 poses threat to regime’s domestic authority but offers diplomatic opportunities
Renewed warmth between Moscow and Havana still far cry from Soviet times
President Miguel Díaz-Canel warns of worst crisis since fall of Soviet Union
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